Yes I'm Ready

Barbara Mason | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000024VWW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the Orginal HITS, April 19, 2000

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Vince Taylor (Michigan,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yes I'm Ready (Audio CD)

When I purchased this CD, I thought it would contain the hits found on the 45 copies I had. Not ture. The sounds are not the same as the orginal hits. Thus, I was really disappointed. The Good news is, if you like Barbara Mason and good songs.. then you might like this CD. Since the songs are indeed good songs. But don't buy it, if you truly want the hits has played on the radio back in the day.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing!, January 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Yes I'm Ready (Audio CD)

This album is an Australian import of her best hits and obviously these were the demos before the hits. It includes everything from flat singing and tacky arrangements to various background noises. I'm sorry I wasted the money!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Here today.... Gone tomorrow!, January 10, 2006

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William Blackshear "Record Vault" (West Orange, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yes I'm Ready (Audio CD)

It would seem impossible that an old school music lover is not most familiar with Barbara Mason's signature recordings, "Yes, I'm Ready", "Sad, Sad, Girl", and "Oh, How It Hurts". Classics during the day, and upon release, tickets to her legacy as a bonafide soul songstress of the late 60s. Mason, the protege of the legendary 60s Philadelphia radio DJ, Jimmy Bishop, who started his own record label, Artic records, led by Barbara, along with the Ambassadors, who also sang backup for her on numerous Artic recordings, managed to have 2 albums ("Yes, I'm Ready" & "Oh, How It Hurts"), and numerous 45s released on the Artic label. One of the world's greatest reissue music labels, The Bear Family (Germany) cut the deal to reissue the Artic recordings.... and as usual, what a job they did! They released 2 cds, one titled "Yes, I'm Ready" and the other "Oh, How It Hurts", encompassing both lps in their entirety, and the released 45s and unreleased songs from the Artic tapes, a masterful job! The cds have over 25 songs on each, loaded with gems, many never heard before even by 60s fans of hers. But, alas, another "chink" in the armor. Apparently, the cds, when released, did not have the U.S. on it's distribution depth chart (Europe, Japan, yes). The copies that somehow reached U.S. shores, were being pulled of U.S. retailer's shelves as soon as the mistake became knowledge to the current owner of the Artic catalogue. There are still some copies "floating" around, and as the numbers show, a hefty price tag is the bounty to acquire these gems! These are the only true Artic label anthologies ever released. Great cds!