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Vintage Osmonds

roger presutti | springfield, virginia | 05/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This Collection is only for vintage diehard 70's listeners, all the goodies are here & the sound is beyond belief, please go out and buy this one, you will not be sorry."

More Osmonds please!

Catherine A. Libera | Hanover, PA USA | 09/01/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm an Osmond fan and always have been; they are great performers, each and every one of them. I have had CD's with the more popularized songs from the "old days" already so I didn't necessarily "need" them but they were on this pricey CD along with a new version of Love Me For a Reason and Crazy Horses and most importantly; "video" from the 70's of the two songs above and Let Me In. That's what I'd really like to see/find - a concert video from the 70's! And of course, I know the Osmonds continue recording but unfortunately their new recordings are not widely available so I'll continue to eagerly await their release on sites such as Amazon and [...] Thank you Osmonds for continuing to stick to what you do so well and not following the "dumbing down" of the music that is happening in the U.S. today!"

Good but could be much better

barry | Boston, MA United States | 09/21/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This 2 cd set is called THE OSMONDS ULTIMATE COLLECTION and includes hits by the Osmond Brothers, Donny and Marie, Donny, Marie and Jimmy. The problem with this collection is that it is not fully representative of all the Osmonds and therefore not an ultimate collection for a true diehard Osmond fan.



The first cd is an excellent set of all the hits by The Osmond Brothers. There are 21 tracks and their true versatility is shown from their ballads like LET ME IN, uptempo pop DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER, rock with ONE WAY TICKET TO ANYWHERE and their very early work like ONE BAD APPLE. Excellent collection of songs.



Disc two is the problem. There are 16 tracks with 9 designated to solo Donny, 4 to Donny and Marie, 2 to Jimmy and only 1 to solo Marie. I am a true Marie fan and I mean no disrespect but they giver more tracks to Jimmy than Marie here. The Donny tracks follow his early hits when he was with the Brothers still and his hits as an adult. Where is Marie's THIS IS THE WAY THAT I FEEL and she also had a very succesful country solo career after Donny and Marie. Why was she not represented the same as Donny. Also, Donny and marie were hugely succesful. The second Osmond success in popularity after the Brothers. Only 4 tracks.



The first cd has 65 minutes of music dedicated to just the Osmond brothers. Disc 2 is only 47 minutes with the songs split as shown above. Granted there is video footage that takes up more of disc two but this should have been on an extra bonus third disc and disc 2 should have used the remaining 31 minutes to do justice to Marie and Donny and Marie.



I do really enjoy the collection but it is certainly not ULTIMATE. I am very glad they have issued all the Donny and Marie albums on cd. I am waiting for a true collection of Marie's full career though. Her fan base is certainly there."