The Very Best of the Everly Brothers

Everly Brothers

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KA5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,125 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bye Bye Love

2. ('Til) I Kissed You

3. Wake Up Little Susie

4. Crying in the Rain

5. Walk Right Back

6. Cathy's Clown

7. Bird Dog

8. All I Have to Do Is Dream

9. Devoted to You

10. Lucille

11. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)

12. Ebony Eyes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You Can Do Better...., December 15, 2002

By	Gerald J Reynolds (Stevenson Ranch, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unless you're actually looking for the 1964 Warner Bros. re-recordings of the 1950's Cadence tracks, you can pass on this one. As re-recordings go, these are excellent, but most folks would rather have the original hit versions. For the best domestic single-disc compilation, pick up Rhino's "All Time Original Hits" from 1999. "Original Hits" features the original versions of the Everly's biggest hits, including classics like "Let It Be Me" and "When Will I Be Loved" that are conspicuously absent from Warner's old "Very Best Of" album. My only knock on "All Time Original Hits" is that there was plenty of room for lesser gems like "Claudette", "Gone, Gone, Gone" and "Bowling Green" that seldom appear on Everly "Best Of" discs.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, but not the original hits, February 24, 2001

By	"pspa" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

What the cover doesn't tell you is that for the most part these are not the original Everlys hits, but a new recording session from the 60s. While some people may prefer these versions because they are stereo, I remain a devotee of the original versions, and was very disappointed when I first put this CD on. That said, having listened to it a couple of times since, the versions really are pretty good, with fine harmonizing and guitar playing. Still, for a one disc compilation, I recommend the 16 Original Hits.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars the early hits are remakes not the original Cadence hits, January 29, 2000

By	Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

I have this collection on vinyl and I'd like to tell you not to buy this collection all of the hits that they originally recorded on Cadence are remakes and not the original Cadence recordings. For the original versions, they are on CD's issued by Rhino, Ace, Bear Family and other labels (one of the notable CD's is Rhino's "Cadence Classics: 20 Greatest Hits"). The tracks that were not on Cadence are available on other collections that Warner Bros. has issued such as the "Walk Right Back" 2 CD set and the "Golden Hits of The Everly Brothers" so buy those collections instead of this collection.