Very Best of

The Arbors | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 6, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taragon
• ASIN: B00000DC4U
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,478 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Symphony for Susan

2. Just Let It Happen

3. Dreamer Girl

4. Open a New Window

5. Mas Que Nada

6. You Are the Girl

7. So Nice (Summer Samba)

8. Graduation Day

9. With You Girl

10. A Love for All Seasons

11. Valley of the Dolls

12. That's the Way It Is

13. The Letter

14. I Can't Quit Her/For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

15. Lovin' Tonight (Maybe Tonight)

16. Touch Me

17. Like a Roling Stone

18. Okalona River Bottom Band

19. Julie, I Tried

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original 1998 Taragon release. There is a saw cut through the UPC.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Love with the Arbors, August 23, 2005

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Shirley S. Thagard "Risktaker" (Hayden Lake, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Arbors music is timeless. Their voices are musical instruments of the most rare quality. Having been a fan since the 60's, I cherish every recording and encourage anyone in love to share their music. They are more than 'cover artists'. The tender, thoughtful lyrics of Ed Farran speak volumes. If you see a lady with an Idaho license plate cruising down the highway singing in total bliss, she's wearing out an Arbors recording!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 60's - Music's Collision Course!, July 21, 2004

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Torresongs "Torresongs" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Arbors are testament to the collision of traditional artists and the emerging psychedelic and pop scene of the 60's. Hence the covers of some of the biggest hits of the era by crooners, jazz artists, and vocal groups. Like the Lettermen, the Four Freshmen, the Hi-Lo's etc...,The Arbors take the hits of the day and eschew them through their traditional male vocal harmonic style. The results are mixed but sometimes surprisingly good! The Arbors swirling vocal harmonies seem to lend themselves particularly well to the psychedelic, dreamlike quality of songs like "Valley Of The Dolls" and "Julie". Easy listening goes on a TRIP! I would also hope for another Arbors compilation that includes "Love Is A Groovy Game" and other gems from this overlooked group. To the gentlemen that questioned the "originality" of these tracks: Yes, they are covers, but, they are the Arbors original recordings of these covers. SHEESH!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the Bad Reviews, March 15, 2004

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J.C. Clark - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I have heard all the records, and these are the original recordings and they are presented in wonderful stereo sound. [...]. Yes, there are a few nice songs missing, but that's the way it is with all greatest hits compilations. I would recommend, after buying this CD, buying the original LPs and listening to all the great songs this gifted vocal group did. These guys fell somewhere between The Association and The Lettermen, but they worked with some of the best people in the business and did not record a song which did not have a decent melody. Their reworkings of songs like "The Letter" and "Touch Me" are very innovative and original songs like "Symphony For Susan", "Just Let It Happen", and "You Are The Girl" are pure pop perfection. These guys were the best-kept secret of the Sixties.