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Vietnam Generation: 36 Rock & Pop Hits

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As a member of the "Vietnam Generation" and a Vietnam Vet whose daily link to the "World" was Cronauer, and his successors at AFVN, many of the titles on this album have great meaning. Unfortunately, the Dutchman who remastered and/or remixed these songs never heard of American Rock 'n Roll and is unaware of how attuned we are to the music. Though I don't doubt that these are the original artists, the production quality of this album is so poor that the songs sound like inept covers of great tunes. DO NOT buy this album. Don't even accept it as a gift. Amazon would do well to do a little QC on the products that they distribute. P.S. As a music lover who is near fanatical, I am well aware of who Nina Simone is, and the great work she's done, BUT, I don't ever recall hearing her on AFVN or any AFRTS programming before, during or after my tour.

The line up for this CD sounded great. But I should have known better.
The general quality of the sound on this CD is bad, and if that isn't enough to disappoint, they have selected some truly bad examples of songs. One version to watch out for is 'Born to be Wild'. Loved the original version how the '97' version made into a collection of Vietnam era music I have no idea. And it is a really bad version.
My advice: Stay well away. Save your money. There are better collections out there.

I was looking forward to listening to this album, but when it came and I began to listen I was in total shock. I know my hearing has taken a beating over the years but this was the pits. Save your money.

I had this on my wish list and got it for Christmas. I should have read the reviews. I wonder where the people who put this together got their tracks? Most of the songs are not the versions that got US airplay. either that or the producers really butchered these songs in the mixing. Dizzy by Tommy Roe seems to play way to slowly. Born To Be Wild 97 by Steppenwolf? Why is it on here? Why not the original? There are a few that are the same as the US airplay versions, but most are crap. My CD1 gets an err after the 6th track. This is a horrid set of some great songs. Since some of these are hard to come by I was really looking forward to this set. I was greatly disappointed. I give it one star for the FEW good tracks.

I'll be brief - DO NOT PURCHASE THIS ALBUM!!! These are NOT the recordings you remember hearing on the radio. It's the original artists, but not the version of the songs originally released. And....as an added bonus, the sound quality borders on pathetic. Steer clear of this rip-off! I rated this one-star, because this site doesn't permit me to rate this item NO STAR.

i should have previewed the selections on this collection more closely. the quality of the recordings is fair to poor and the actual selections are uninspiring, considering the wealth of classics generated during this period of history. in sum, there are much better anthologies out there than this one.

This must be the soundtrack to a war. Lots of nice tunes that flows nicely with the famous pot.