Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.5: In Living Color [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (November 5, 1996)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 1996
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B000000GOY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #677,993 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: Be sure you get the volume with 65 songs,, May 2, 2005

By	Wesley Horton (Plano Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.5: In Living Color (Audio CD)

Although most of the songs on this CD are worth the purchase price, and great memories, the version I received only has 59 songs, not the 65 listed on Amazon.com
For the record the missing "Tunes" (Bar code 6 10535-68032 7) are, Stingray, Thunderbirds,Chico and the Man, Tom Jones Show, (Its not unusual) and Happening 68. Not enough to return it, but certainly somthing you should know.

I had purchased the CD for such themes as Emergency, High Chaparral, Night Gallery and Felony squad. I cannot tell after the all the years if these are originals or copies, but they are good enough to bring back memories.

If you are purchasing the CD for liner notes which tell you about the music, forget it. It does list artist for some, Author for some, but the scant notes are a one paragraph note about the show. A bit dissapointing.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, but not the greatest collection, February 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.5: In Living Color (Audio CD)

I bought this at a local store a few weeks ago, after spotting one of my favorite TV themes from my childhood - The Land of The Lost. Imagine my horror when I find that the producers of this CD cut out about a few seconds from the middle of that theme (the chase scene) At that point, I'd have given this a 0 star rating, but I've had time to listen to it as a whole and my opinion has improved somewhat. The sound quality of the album is overall excellent, it's mostly the track selection that is a problem for me.

I found it odd that they used the original theme from The 6 Million Dollar Man, including the voice-over and narration, but the Bionic Woman is an instrumental with none of the sound effects I remember so well.

Many of the themes on here are ones that I have no memory of, and hearing them here makes me consider why. Many of these are "weaker" selections surrounded by some "stellar" themes like The Banana Split Song and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. Also, I hadn't heard Hong Kong Fooey since the 70's but parts of the theme were still in my brain, it was good to hear it again complete.

So, not a bad collection, but a collection of some really good themes surrounded by more mediocore ones.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fan-rific!, November 23, 2004

By	Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Television's Greatest Hits, Vol.5: In Living Color (Audio CD)

This CD features 65 more theme songs from old TV shows. Most of the best known shows were already featured on previous volumes, so there are many shows here that aren't that well known. So, since there are several themes here for shows I have never seen, it doesn't have as much nostalgia value for me as the older volumes have. However, unlike the earlier albums, which featured rerecordings of most of the themes, almost all of the themes here are the original versions. (The only rerecordings here are "Family Affair", "Let's Make a Deal", "Gentle Ben", "The High Chaparral", "The Big Valley" and "Masterpiece Theatre".) Fans of old TV shows should enjoy this CD.