One Million Years of Doo-Wop (1998)

About this title: This compilation originally started out as a 14 track vinyl doo-wop collection of rarities from the Jamie-Guyden catalog issued in 1974. Originally mastered from vinyl sources, one of the tracks actually skipped on the vinyl incarnation of this set! Fortunately, digital remastering from the original tapes brings us all but one of those original 14, along with five new bonus tracks, again all from the original masters. This is, in the main, raw Philadelphia R&B and doo-wop that also includes great one-offs from Cleveland's Larks ("I Want Her to Love Me"), New Jersey's No Names ("Love"), ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dry Your Eyes [Jamie/Craft]
2. Maybe You'll Be There [Bloom/Gallop]
3. Lovable Girl
4. I'm in Love [McGinnis]
5. I Want Her to Love Me
6. Love
7. God Gave Me You
8. I Wonder [Pentagons]
9. Here Am I Broken Hearted [Brown/DeSylva/Hende]
10. One Million Years [Sheppard]
11. Fabulous Cars and Diamond Rings
12. Love Is Like Music
13. The Dance Is Over
14. Darling I Want to Get Married
15. No One But You
16. When I Grow Older
17. Chapel of Love
18. She's Mine
19. Summertime Angel [Finiz]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.