The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 [BOX SET]

Various Artists - Rock - Vintage Rock & Roll

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033UQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #15,342 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. My Reverie - The Larks, The Larks

2. Fool, Fool, Fool - The Clovers

3. (Where Are You) Now That I Need You - The Mello-Moods

4. Is It a Dream? - The Vocaleers

5. I Love You So - The Crows

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Disc: 2

1. You Baby You - The Cleftones, Jimmy Wright

2. Eddie, My Love - The Teen Queens

3. Ruby Baby - The Drifters

4. Zoom - The Cadillacs, Jesse Powell Orchestra

5. Woo Woo Train - The Valentines, The Valentines, Jimmy Wright

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Disc: 3

1. Could This Be Magic - The Dubs

2. Zoom Zoom Zoom - Collegians

3. We Belong Together - Robert & Johnny

4. Things I Love - The Fidelitys, Teacho Wiltshire

5. Oh Gee, Oh Gosh - The Kodaks, Pearl McKinnon

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Disc: 4

1. Once in a While - The Chimes

2. Valarie - Jackie & the Starlites

3. To Be Loved (Forever) - The Pentagons

4. In My Heart - The Timetones

5. Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You) - Little Caesar & the Romans

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The second set of Rhino Records' The Doo Wop Box includes such gems as Robert & Johnny's "We Belong Together," Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" and the Robins' original version of Leiber & Stoller's "Smokey Joe's Café." The box set contains 39 Top 30 R&B hits plus such pop smashes as the Platters' "My Prayer," the Clovers' "Love Potion No. 9," Dion & the Belmonts' "Where or When," the Crests' "Step by Step," the Marcels' "Heartaches" and Don & Juan's "What's Your Name." Putting more emphasis on uptempo tunes than its predecessor, the new box includes both the Cadillacs' "Zoom" and the Collegians' "Zoom Zoom Zoom" as well as Frankie Lymon's giddy, boy soprano on the galloping "ABC's of Love." The first Doo Wop Box is still the better collection, for it had first crack at the widely acknowledged classics of the genre, but The Doo Wop Box II is full of historical milestones and dizzying music. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description

brand new never been opened. Great gift for any music lover.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The memories keep rolling on!, May 27, 2000

By A Customer

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I bought both Doo Wop sets - 202 Vocal Group Gems, and I'm not in the least bit disappointed. These groups and their songs brought back so many good memories of my growing-up years in Staten Island, New York City, in the '50s. I'm 62 years old and still can remember my childhood pal telling me all about the "Moon Dog Show," carried by a New Jersey (Newark, I think) radio station. It was a black oriented music station playing something called Rhythm & Blues. We listened to our radios late into the nights - without our parents knowing about it - and began to "connect" with the new sounds in no time at all. Entering high school in 1952, we were at the right place and time for the Rock 'n Roll explosion soon to come. Allan Freed had yet to "hit" the town, but the groups surely had. We were rocking and bopping throughout our four years, and of course, were members of a doo wop group of our own - The Seniortones of Port Richmond High School.

Rhino has done an outstanding job of compiling these songs and putting together two great 79-page books to go along with the collections. Listening to the originals always means so much more in that what those sounds bring back in terms of good feelings and vibes is just a bit difficult to describe. Anticipating a sound here or there from the originals is also a treat, something definitely missed with so many other collections purported to be "the best," etc. These collections ARE the best. Whether listening to the "A" or "B" sides, you just cannot escape being brought back to another place and time when life was defined quite differently for all of us. For so many of us back then, it was the music that helped us cope and propelled us into what was to come. Looking at the pictures of the groups and catching up on the assorted memorabilia and recording details adds yet another dimension to these collections - great idea!

As these years have passed on by, I still find myself drifting back to my favorite sounds - before (and in spite of) the "pretenders" - before Elvis - before Frankie Avalon (ugh) - before the "pop culture" ran the real Rhythm & Blues based Rock 'n Roll aground. Thank you, Rhino, for putting these groups and their songs all together for us in what will be a cherished keepsake of so many years gone by.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite good, but not quite up to the level of the first set, December 1, 1999

By A Customer

Still well worth having for dedicated Doo Wop nuts, but not quite as good a value overall as the first box set, especially in the pre-1958 selections. The quality level of these tracks is just a tad lower overall, though Rhino does pick up a few of the well-known and a few of the obscure later gems they probably tried unsuccessfully to get the first time around. Still a first-rate booklet and first-rate sound. If money's no object, you'll enjoy both box sets.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great follow up, March 10, 2005

By	Dr R. J. Lofaro (AL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I loved the first Doo Wop Box (I); for those of us who remember the really early, great groups and singers, it was a thrill to play each cassette. To think that they were able to find enough of the old records to make an entire new box; II. As with Box I, it comes with a thick booklet, crammed with pictures and info on each group/singer. And, the remastering makes the tracks sound new and probably better than the old 45's they came from. Almost beyond belief..!