Very Best of Paul Anka [Original recording remastered]

Paul Anka | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00004ZBD2
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,538 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Not just his big RCA hits- Love Me Warm and Tender; A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine; Eso Beso (That Kiss); Love (Makes the World Go 'Round) , and more-but the classic ABC-Paramount hits that he re-recorded in stereo for RCA! Those include Lonely Boy; Diana; Put Your Head on My Shoulder; Puppy Love; It's Time to Cry , and more. 22 Anka favorites-the perfect single-disc compilation!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars mixed feelings about this one, October 30, 2000

By A Customer

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

His original oldies from ABC-Paramount ("Diana" etc) are not on this compilation, these are the re-recordings from the early 60's. Still, they're good and brings back feelings from an era long gone with Sputnik in the air and Elvis in the army. And all the best RCA-sides are here like "Love me warm and tender" and "Dance on little girl", except for his biggest hit from that period: "Crying in the wind", a huge hit in Scandinavia, Continental Europe and South America in the summer of 1963. Strange to leave that one out. And really, no compilation of Paul Anka is complete without "I miss you so", a real, true diamond from 1959. That one's on his big hits, vol. 2. Check it out, and enjoy. Wonder when they're giving us a decent compilation of his worldwide hits?

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars REMAKES: AWFUL, March 11, 2005

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Naptown (Naptown, Indiana) - See all my reviews

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

I'm a casual listener and even I knew these were re-makes. They sound terrible. What an insult to package this is a way that implies original recordings. Another record label lies to the public. Hmm, time to kazaa these instead. RIP OFF!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Learned my lesson, February 23, 2006

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A. W. Schott (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of Paul Anka (Audio CD)

I bought this CD last night at Best Buy and when I got home and played it was shocked to find out these songs are remakes. If I had read the reviews on amazon.com like I usually do I wouldn't have wasted my money.I felt I was listening to a live Las Vegas show. The CD case is not forthcoming about this. I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because the recording had pretty good musical fidelity. This CD will be relegated to a drink coaster after I purchase a CD with original recordings on Amazon.

Weldon Schott