| All Artists: Shangri-Las Title: Best of Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Polygram UK Release Date: 2/14/1997 Album Type: Import Genres: Pop, Rock, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Oldies, Vocal Pop, Oldies & Retro Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 731455276428, 632427349822, 731455276428 |
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CD ReviewsGood, But All Mono Marc Wielage | Northridge, CA USA | 02/21/2007 (3 out of 5 stars) "This 1996 collection of 25 of the Shangri-Las' hits, B-sides, and album tracks was originally released on the Mercury Chronicles label [Mercury 314-528 171-2], but for some unknown reason, all that's available now is this similarly-priced import. Note that this CD is 100% mono. Collectors might prefer the Varese compiliaton "The Girl Group Sound: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits from Red Bird Records," which has more stereo (and somewhat better sound quality), as well as the UK compilation "The Red Bird Story" from Charly Records." THIS SURPRISED ME Martin L. King | 01/30/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "i heard this at barnes and noble, and i was surprised by how good the music and production was. the one that stood out for me was I CAN NEVER GO BACK HOME because i can sort of relate to that song due to my past experiences. i also loved that it was different from what other girl groups were doing in the 60s. i loved the haunting vibes, man. it will just hold you captive. this is one, in my opinion, that should be listened to with headphones. there is something "3D" about this music." A Two-Year Blaze Of Glory Bradley Jacobson | 09/29/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "I have to go along with the reviewer who gve this 5 stars and akso assign the top rating allowable. OK, so it doesn't include stereo versions, but this is the way most of us remember the original Red Bird 45s, and as an added bonus, without the hiss and pop. It also provides all eleven hit singles they had between 1964's Remember (Walkin' In The Sand), # 5 Billboard Pop Hot 100 that summer, and mid-1966's Past, Present And Future, # 59 Hot 100, along with six B-sides.
The liner notes contain a complete discography of the contents along with four pages of background information written in 1996 by Don Charles, and some wonderful photographs of the group, including one showing Liz Weiss, the sister of lead singer Mary Weiss, who did not always appear with the group, either on record or in person. These two students at Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, New York were joined by twins Mary Ann and Marge Ganser, and were singing semi-professionally when discovered by disc-jockey Babalu [Bob Lewis] who brought them to the attention of producer George "Shadow" Morton. And, for two glorious years, they combined to put out records which can only be described as theatrical in their intensity, easily rivaling Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. When the Red Bird label folded its tent in 1966, the group also disbanded. Sadly, the Ganser twins are no longer with us, Mary Ann having died of encephalitis in 1971 and Marge from breast cancer in 1996 at age 48. A marvelously complete collection by one of the so-called "Girl Groups" which you will enjoy from beginning to end. " |
