CBS: The First 50 Years [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - Television

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 19, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B000007O69
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #231,996 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. See It Now With Edward R. Murrow

2. I Love You

3. Jackie Gleason Show

4. Toast of the Town [The Ed Sullivan Show]

5. Holiday for Strings [The Red Skelton Show]

6. Puffin' Billy [Captain Kangaroo]

7. Old Trail [Gunsmoke]

8. Rawhide

9. Wild Wild West

10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Jackie Gleason

11. Perry Mason

12. Route 66 - Chuck Norris

13. Twilight Zone

14. Toy Parade [Leave It to Beaver]

15. Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

16. Andy Griffith Show

17. Dick Van Dyke Show Theme

18. News Broadcast [First Half-Hour]

19. Ballad of Jed Clampett [Beverly Hillbillies]

20. Gilligan's Island

See all 58 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

People

The remarkable thing about this retrospective is that, while it celebrates television, the snippets of audio are potently evocative, from the sonorous voice of Walter Cronkite to the unmistakable theme music for such shows as Mission: Impossible, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Twilight Zone, and Gunsmoke.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A re-hash, October 14, 1998

By A Customer

If you are a fan of TV theme songs, then you probably already have the "TV Tunes" series, so forget this one. Not only is it a re-hash of tracks from their other cd's, they STILL include (and here's what makes my blood boil) their own crummy remakes of certain theme songs, such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "WKRP in Cincinatti" and "Gilligan's Island". Avoid this. Make your own by taping the songs off the TV and it would be far, far better.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TV FANS DREAM!, October 17, 1999

By A Customer

Any fan of tv needs this cd. I saw a previous listener lambasted this cd, what he/she said was untrue. While some of the songs may have been redone (VERY few), they are either to a) make them longer, or b) bring the sounds up to par with the others. Some of the original recordings would just not have held up. This cd even includes a rare rendition of the infamous All In The Family theme sung by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton with additional lyrics. The only notable songs left out from the CBS collection are Newhart (82-90) and Maude. The Golden Palace would have also been nice, but it is still a wonderful cd.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Rehash of Lousy Copies, February 4, 2002

By	Amazon.com Customer "premature" (Huntsville, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

I agree with the music fan from Dearborn, Mi. It is a re-hash of a lot of crummy remakes and poorly recorded originals. I recorded Rawhide and Gilligan's Island off my TV set with better sound, as well as the original and superior versions of the Twilight Zone and Wild Wild West (with a cool guitar riff, not this Mantovani styled remake). If you really don't care about these type of things, then this is the disc for you. Avoid this if you are a true television theme aficionado.