Peter & Gordon - Greatest Hits [CEMA Special Markets]

Peter & Gordon

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B000002TGE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,950 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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In many respects, this relatively condensed package contains everything you need by the duo that's been called "the Everly Brothers of the British Invasion," including all the American hits--from the four that Paul McCartney wrote for them (you see, Peter Asher's actress sister, Jane, was Macca's steady gal for years) to the Buddy Holly cover, their take on Del Shannon's timeless "I Go to Pieces," and their foray into music-hall schtick via "Lady Godiva" and "Knight in Rusty Armor." Rhino's "best of" has 10 additional tracks--including the duo's self-penned nonhits--but that may be for completists only. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars life's too short, June 27, 2000

By	"[e-mail]" (Oakley, KS USA) - See all my reviews

Hey, life is too short to put up with 'duophonic' in the year 2000. I bought a similar Bobby Goldsboro package to get the cool song "Little Things" and, sure enough, it's 'duophonic' (i.e., electronically "enhancing" a mono recording to make it "sound like" stereo. To whose ears? It sounds horrible). There might have been an excuse for such idiotic practices in the 60s when we had cheap stereos and no one really knew better, but those tapes should have been destroyed long ago.

Spend the money and get a decent Peter and Gordon package. Unfortunately, Rhino deleted theirs, so your best choice is the See For Miles EP package.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Mid-Sixties Pop, January 30, 2000

By	Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Peter Asher and Gordon Waller hit the jackpot with their first single, "A World Without Love." The song was written by Peter's sister's then-boyfriend Paul McCartney and the song was a No. 1 in both the U.K. and the U.S.

Over the next three years, they would place a total of ten songs on the charts, including Del Shannon's "I Go to Pieces" and three other McCartney songs ("Nobody I Know," "I Don't Want To See You Again" and "Woman"--on the last song McCartney uses the pseudonym Bernard Webb).

By late-1966 the duo was releasing novelty songs as singles and "Lady Godiva" reaches No. 6 and becomes their fourth million-seller.

All of the songs are memorable, and if your not content to have only a couple of these songs which could be found on numerous compilations, this is the album to get. My only complaint is how skimpy the album is and how little thought was given the sequencing. This is a track-by-track chronology of all ten Top 40 songs Peter and Gordon recorded. And at [the price] it's hard to complain, but I would have paid double the price to include some key album tracks. [See For Miles' E.P. Collection excludes a couple of the hits, and Collectables' two-fer series is too much Peter & Gordon and it gets expensive.] RECOMMENDED

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It is all right, but could be better, June 20, 1999

By A Customer

This disc has P&G's 10 big hits from 1964 to 1967. It does, sadly, have several tracks rechanneled that are readily available in true stereo. The collectables discs or the imports EP collection and Original Hits are much better albums and feature much more for those who want to hear a more complete and varied selection of P&G. A good album for those seeking just a greatest hits package.