The Coasters - The Very Best of the Coasters
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Free Music Review: The very best of the Coasters
Hit: 5 Stars
My husband has played this CD everyday since he received it. Sometimes twice a day. It is excellent. We recommend it to anyone who enjoys the music of that era.Free Music Review: the coasters
Hit: 5 Stars
Excellent cd if you're looking for those "golden oldies" ! Great music for going to "classic car shows. Love it !!!!Free Music Review: Ah, the days when music was good!
Hit: 5 Stars
I got this Cd yesterday, and I have to say that it is the best Cd ever. I love every song on this Cd, including "Young Blood", "Smokey Joe's Cafe", "Along Came Jones", "Little Egypt", "Idol With The Golden Head", "Run Red Run", and "Charlie Brown". When I listen to this, I'm very glad to listen to music from the past, because I've been listening to this music since my childhood days when I used to listen to it on A.M. radio back in the 1980's. This Cd is not for those who prefer the music from MTV, or American Idol, because MTV and American Idol are not music in the least, and if you're buying this Cd expecting something like that, then you'll be disappointed, because this Cd is a reminder what music is all about, and what it used to be back in the fifties. However, if you are willing to expand your musical taste and try something from another time period, then this Cd is for you, and comes highly recommended.Free Music Review: Don't Judge Yesterday's Music By Today's Standards
Hit: 4 Stars
I have to think that the reviewer who gave this CD such a poor critique was no more than 30 to 35 years of age at the time, otherwise he wouldn't have attempted to rate music that permeated the air waves 45 years ago based on today's standards. It would be like taking someone back in time from 2007 to 1958 and have them play Grunge or Punk - he or she would be driven out of town on a rail.
The Coasters - like The Cadillacs - preferred the lighter side of things back then - and back then their songs played well. Today they would not be considered as "standards" in the same sense as, say, In The Still Of The Night by The Five Satins, but for those of us who like nostalgia, or who collect hits from that era, this is a nice little package from Rhino which digitally re-masters an original Atlantic (Atco) album, complete with four pages of liner notes written by Randy Poe offering snippets of information on each selection. The insert also contains a discography of the contents.
Among hard-to-find Coasters' hits in this compilation are I'm A Hog For You, the flipside of Poison Ivy in 1959 and a # 38 Billboard Pop Hot 100 on its own, and What About Us? - the flip of Run Red Run in 1960 and a # 17 R&B/#47 Hot 100 on its own. I only wish they had included one extra track and added Wait A Minute [# 37 Hot 100 in 1961] which remains elusive.
For those of you who know The Coasters and want just a few of their hit singles this is a good buy. If you don't go back that far and are merely curious as to the evolution of the lighter side of R&R, this is as good a place to start as any. "Fee fee fi fi, fo fo fum .. I smell smoke in the auditorium ... Charlie Brown ..." Enjoy.
Free Music Review: Spitfire Listens
Hit: 4 Stars
Some of the transcriptions from original source to product were a little scratchy, but the disc was OK as a whole and fun to listen to.