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Great selection of hits

02/23/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I only wish I had a 10 disk changer in my car. I have been rotating these disks exclusively for 2 months now. It's like having my own oldies station but the quality of the sound is better than broadcast radio. Maybe 5 out of the 148 titles were unfamiliar, the rest were the original hit versions and the digital quality was superb."

Great Oldies Mix

Kim K. | 12/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This collection is a terrific introduction of golden oldies to kids who don't know what it's like to have Top 40 Radio that baby boomers grew up with back in the 1960s and 1970s. The discs contain mostly major hits from the 50s and 60s with a few 70s tunes tossed in for good measure. There are a small handful of obscure oldies, too but they do not in any way detract from the quality of this collection. Highly recommended. PS-Much cheaper if you buy it at Oldies.com-for $30 instead of $100 plus.

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Excellent oldies collection

Timothy P. Molthan | 02/04/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First, let me say I got this (albeit with different, smaller packaging) at a wholesale club for 30 bucks. This is a great set, with mostly superior sound quality, and lots of stereo versions. There's a cross-section of doo-wop, garage band, soul and even bubble gum represented. Some tracks sound brighter than I've ever heard them ("Long Lonely Nights" and "Girl Watcher" to name two), while others can be had with better quality ("He's So Fine" is presented in tired mono and "Popsicles and Icicles" isn't as clean as I've heard elsewhere). Then there's some seldom found stereo versions (Dion's "The Wanderer" is not only wide stereo here, but it is considerably longer than the common version); indeed well over half the tracks are stereo. Among the more uncommon ones are "Diamonds and Pearls", "You'll Lose a Good Thing", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" and "Tell It Like It Is". And you get most of the hits from several artists on this set: Sue Thompson's three biggest hits (all in stereo); 4 by The Box Tops (3 of them are stereo); 3 by The Lovin' Spoonful (all stereo) and the 4 biggest hits of The Turtles (all of them in superb stereo). You also get the only two hits of Vanity Fare (stereo), all 3 big hits of The Chiffons ("He's So Fine" in thin mono, "One Fine Day" in punchy clean mono, and "Sweet Talkin' Guy" in stereo). Both of Lloyd Price's big hits are here in stereo. Dee Clark and Jerry Butler's great Vee-Jay era tracks are represented in breathtaking stereo (including Jerry's duet with Betty Everett, and Betty's big solo hit). That's a lot of "greatest hits" discs you could potentially scratch off your must-buy list. I own the first two "Ultimate Rock N Roll Time Capsule" box sets that Collectables put out several years ago, and a lot of the songs are duplicated here. But a lot of them have been remastered for this collection, as the sound on here is punchier, cleaner, clearer and brighter by far. Of course, some tracks have never sounded good and probably never will (the weak, dull and muddy "Denise" and "In The Still of the Night" come to mind). But overall, if you want a well-rounded oldies collection with great sound quality, this is a good one."