Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats Boxed 3-cd Set!

The Tokens (Author), The Cleftones (Author), The Five Keys (Author), The Cardinals (Author), The Dominos (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: PBS
• ASIN: B000NWDP4S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,276 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Disc One: 1 Come Back My Love - The Cardinals * 2 The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys * 3 Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - The Five Keys * 4 Love Walked In - The Flamingos * 5 Twilight Time - Platters * 6 Blue Velvet - The Moonglows * 7 The Wind - The Diablos * 8 Work With Me - Annie Hank Ballard & The Midnighters * 9 My Memories Of You - The Harptones * 10 Down On My Knees - The Heartbeats * 11 The Letter - Vernon Green & The Medallions * 12 A Casual Look - The Six Teens * 13 Please Send Me Someone To Love - The Moonglows * 14 Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - Jessie Belvin * 15 Count Every Star - The Rivieras * 16 Every Night (I Pray) - The Chantels * 17 I Met Him On Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) - The Shirelles * 18 Bad Boy - The Jive Bombers * 19 Sixty-Minute Man - The Dominoes * 20 Star Dust - Billy Ward And His Dominoes! Disc Two: 1 For Sentimental Reasons - The Cleftones * 2 The Girl I Love - The Cadillacs * 3 I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers * 4 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters * 5 Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods * 6 Chapel Of Dreams - The Dubs * 7 Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - The Tune Weavers * 8 Don't You Just Know It - Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns * 9 Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris & The Sharps * 10 Down The Aisle Of Love - The Quin-Tones * 11 A Million To One - Jimmy Charles & The Revelettes * 12 Once Upon A Time - Rochell & The Candles With Johnny Wyatt * 13 Moonlight Cocktails - The Rivieras * 14 Deep Purple - Billy Ward And His Dominoes * 15 At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors * 16 Little Darlin' - The Diamonds * 17 Lonely Way - The Skyliners * 18 Sea Of Love Phil Phillips With - The Twilights * 19 Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) - Little Caesar & The Romans * 20 I Believe - The Earls * Disc Three: 1 A Wonderful Dream - The Majors * 2 Village Of Love - Nathaniel Mayer And The Fabulous Twilights * 18 more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding set, and outstanding value, September 29, 2009

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Walter Five (13th Floor Elevator, Enron Hubbard Bldg. Houston Texxas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats Boxed 3-cd Set! (Audio CD)

This is a marvelous collection of Doo-Wop Vocals, featuring most of the great quartettes of the era, the Penguins, the Platters, the Tokens, Dion and Belmonts, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, and many, many more. There is a good balance here of big names and relative unknowns, all of whom share great talent for the genre. You will be pleasantly suprised at some of the gems here you may have never heard before.

The sound quality of these almost 50-year-old recordings is phenomenal. They didn't sound this good on the 25-watt speakers the old Rock-Ola jukeboxes of the period were equipped with, I'm sure!

Apparently this set has been "remaindered", that is, its manufacturer no longer has it in its catalog, and existing copies are being sold off at a substantially discounted price-- for under $10.00! You cannot go wrong at this sort of value. If you are a fan of 50's R&B and Rock & Roll, you will love and appreciate the efforts that went into the assembly of this set.

My box set came with an additional Bonus 4th Disc that is not listed in this description. I do not know if this is a standard feature on all sets.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars true essential, October 7, 2008

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Peter W. Curry "The doctor" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats Boxed 3-cd Set! (Audio CD)

Even if you already have many of these songs, as I do, this set is simply fantastic.It passes on the obvious/typical choices, and has only one questionable selection(hint; I don't dig novelty tunes). The mix, the spectrum, the sound quality are all top rate.Throw in a low price and this is a super bang for the buck.Nuff said.