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The Nightfly
(1982)
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Donald Fagen
A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late '50s/early '60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most ...
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Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box]
(1991)
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Various Artists
This eight-CD set should be a part of any collection that presumes to take American music -- not just rock & roll or rhythm & blues -- seriously. Atlantic Records was one of dozens of independent labels started up after the war by neophyte executives and producers, but it was different from most of the others in that the guys who ran it were ...
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Pop Music: The Golden Era 1951-1975
(1999)
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Various Artists
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia ...
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Driftin' Blues: The Best of Charles Brown
(1945)
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Charles Brown
Originally put out by EMI in 1992, this roundup of Charles Brown's 1945-1956 Aladdin sides is essential listening for all R&B fans -- and that goes for jazz and pop lovers as well. Sticking mostly to an exquisite after-hours mode, Brown delivers one smooth blues gem after another until this 20-track disc comes to a close. Backed for the most part ...
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Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters/Rockin' & Driftin'
(1998)
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The Drifters
Collectables' Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters/Rockin' & Driftin' contains two original early albums from the Drifters on one disc. The first of these albums was recorded before Clyde McPhatter, their original lead vocalist, left the band. McPhatter is generally considered one of the greatest singers of his era, and listening to this album, it's ...
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Smokey Joe's Cafe: Songs of Leiber & Stoller
(1995)
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Original Cast
For a decade, from the mid-'50s to the mid-'60s, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were the most successful songwriting team in popular music, writing hits for R&B groups like the Coasters and the Drifters and giving Elvis Presley some of his best material. The songs included "Kansas City," "Love Me," "Poison Ivy," "On Broadway," "Yakety Yak," "Loving ...
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Something Beautiful [Bonus DVD]
(2005)
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Bobbie Eakes
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New Masters
(2003)
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Dion
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In the Beginning
(2000)
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The Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan
In the Beginning features the early Beatles -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best (Ringo was with Rory Storm & the Hurricanes) -- backup singer Tony Sheridan shows up on some rock remakes, and there's a rare Lennon/Harrison collaboration, "Cry for a Shadow," featuring Harrison's striking tonal guitar licks on a jazzy bop ...
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The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2
(1996)
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Various Artists
Rhino's first box set of doo wop classics was obviously successful enough to bring about a second, four-CD set. This time around, with all of the hits covered on the first box, the compilers have dug deep into the genre's history to put together a selection of some of the music's great sides, lesser-known hits, and rarities. Highlights on disc one ...
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Greatest Hits [Capitol]
(2003)
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Dion
A guy has got to make a living, right? It's impossible to blame Dion for the proliferation of greatest-hits packages that come out under his name. Capitol alone -- this time under their Liberty imprint -- has issued this material nearly countless times. The shame is that Dion's greatest-hits seldom seem to go deeper than his work with the Belmonts ...
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King of the New York Streets
(2000)
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Dion
Although Dion's career wasn't over when King of the New York Streets appeared, this three-CD package is likely to be the most thorough overview of his output to be heard in one place. "Most thorough" is not synonymous with "best music of his career," however, and while this box contains much of major significance, it really does slide downhill ...
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Greatest Hits [MVD]
(2007)
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The Drifters
The listener should be aware that this compilation of Drifters hits is recorded live and is not the original group. That said, the performance is stellar, as is the sound. Often times reunion performances -- especially when original members are missing -- signifies something lacking in the way music is delivered. Not so in this case: the signing, ...
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Atlantic R&B Box Set
(2006)
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Various Artists
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The Glen Glenn Story/Everybody's Movin' Again
(1992)
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Glen Glenn
Two of semi-obscure rockabilly artist Glen Glenn's Ace albums were combined onto a single compact disc. The Glen Glenn Story is a collection of his '50s singles and Everybody's Movin' Again is an early-'80s release from the big U.K. Rockabilly Revival. Sean Westergaard, All Music Guide
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Early Tapes
(2004)
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Beatles/Tony Sheridan
The Beatles were recorded in Hamburg in 1961 backing up British singer Tony Sheridan on a series of fairly generic tracks that would never have seen the light of day had the Beatles not exploded onto the world's pop stage a year and a half later. Then, of course, these recordings were issued in countless packages, a process that still continues ...
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Drip Drop: His Greatest Hits on Columbia Records
(2003)
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Dion
After Dion left the Belmonts and after a few solo records for Laurie Records, he signed with Columbia. He never reached the same commercial heights that he had earlier, but he did have hits and made some great music. Drip Drop: His Greatest Hits on Columbia Records, which is essentially a re-release of 1999's Drip Drop on Sony, collects ten of his ...
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Law of the Jungle
(2002)
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Link Wray
Almost all of the 28 songs on this compilation of Wray's circa 1963-1966 Swan material also appear on Norton's more comprehensive two-CD Mr. Guitar compilation. So why pick this disc up, whether or not you have Mr. Guitar already? Well, there are seven previously unreleased stereo mixes from the original Swan multi-tracks. That's not much, but it ...
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Drifters [Madacy]
(2004)
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The Drifters
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Super Hits
(2000)
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Dion
This is a nifty little Dion compilation of tunes recorded at the height of his career between 1962 and 1964 for Columbia Records and issued by their parent company Sony. What makes it interesting is that it has both the doo wop and early rock hits like "Ruby Baby," and "Donna the Prima Donna," as well as lesser-known titles from the period such as ...
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The Definitive Soul Collection
(2006)
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The Drifters
The Drifters have one of the most convoluted histories of any major R&B or soul group ever to top the charts -- you can sort of tell that by the fact that the 1960 Drifters' Greatest Hits album, released seven years into their 15-year history with Atlantic Records, contains songs that, with two possible exceptions (and one of those in a version by ...
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Fabric of Life
(1997)
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The Nylons
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Lonely Street
(2001)
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Gene Vincent
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Shape Fitness Music: Walk, Vol. 1: 60s Hits
(1997)
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Various Artists
Shape magazine organized the Fitness Music series with the intention of providing the perfect music for 60-minute workouts. Each tape is designed for nonstop workouts, so the music is non-stop -- each song is segued together -- and vaguely mirrors a workout, with warm-up and cool-down sections to the music. The liner notes also included a number ...
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Sun Records: The Definitive Hits, Vol. 2
(2001)
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Various Artists
Sun Records: The Definitive Hits, Vol. 2 is yet another reissue containing classic late-'50s material from Sun Records. These 25 tracks have been reissued consistently throughout the years, making them easily obtainable and, in the case of this Collectables disc, affordable. Assembled are tried and true original versions of "Blue Suede Shoes" ...
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