Articles Index
The Beach Boys -- The Warmth Of The Sun -- CD review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a Capitol compilation of the Beach Boys' best summer songs, including hot rod and surf classics, selected by the band themselves!
Paul Revere and the Raiders: Hungry For Kicks (Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69) CD
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: Rev-Ola's latest in their series of artist retrospectives, featuring Paul Revere and the Raiders' greatest hits and obscure cuts from their greatest period!
Elvis Presley: From Elvis In Memphis (Legacy Edition) CD Review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: Sony Legacy's remastered reissue of Elvis Presley's legendary 1969 comeback album From Elvis In Memphis, now featuring all the songs the King cut at these legendary sessions!
Sly and the Family Stone: The Woodstock Experience
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the latest in Sony/BMG's 40th anniversary series of Woodstock concert albums, featuring for the first time Sly and the Family Stone's set in its entirety!
Gary Lewis and the Playboys: The Complete Liberty Singles
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the latest in Liberty's series of "complete singles" CDs, this time featuring sunshine-pop pioneers Gary Lewis and the Playboys!
Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell: The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the second volume in Chess' complete chronicle of Chuck Berry's legendary early work, this time featuring early-Sixties hits, rarities, alternate versions, and live cuts.
Bee Gees: Odessa 40th Anniversary Re-release
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the 40th anniversary re-release of the Bee Gees' most ambitious work, <i>Odessa</i>, complete with demos, alternate versions, and lavish packaging!
Various Artists: Cadillac Records Original Movie Soundtrack
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the official soundtrack for the Beyonce and Mos Def movie "Cadillac Records," featuring several of today's stars taking on the classic hits of Chess Records!
Various Artists: Soul Men Original Movie Soundtrack
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the official soundtrack for the Samuel L. Jackson / Bernie Mac movie Soul Men, a comedic look at a very Sam-and-Dave-like duo, replete with soul music classics old and new!
Break-A-Way: The Songs of Jackie DeShannon
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: The latest in Ace UK's collection of singer-songwriters and their lesser-known songs sung by other artists, this time featuring the groundbreaking Jackie DeShannon!
Love Train: The Sound Of Philadelphia
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new four-disc box set of the legendary Philly soul sound created by Gamble and Huff and their slew of hitmaking artists, including several rarities and non-Philadelphia International recordings.
Roy Orbison: The Soul Of Rock And Roll
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the four-disc retrospective of Roy Orbison, one of rock and roll's true iconoclasts, the first such multi-disc, multi-label collection available in the US!
Otis Redding: Live in London and Paris
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the remastered rerelease of Otis Redding's legendary 1967 London concert that served as an introduction to European audiences, now with an unreleased concert from Paris that same year!
Jan and Dean: The Complete Liberty Singles
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a box of sixteen individual discs featuring the first three years of Beach Boys US singles, complete with b-sides, alternate mixes, rare tracks, and more.
I Got The Feelin: James Brown In The 60s DVD
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the 2008 three-DVD set "I Got The Feelin: James Brown in the 60s," which chronicles the late soul legend's historic 1968 Boston concert after the murder of Martin Luther King, as well as archives of the Godfather of Soul's greatest Sixties performances!
Bobby Darin: The Bobby Darin Story
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the CD release of 1961's first Bobby Darin greatest hits compilation -- unusual in that the singer himself tells his story in between the tracks!
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: The Motown Years
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a box of sixteen individual discs featuring the first three years of Beach Boys US singles, complete with b-sides, alternate mixes, rare tracks, and more.
The Beach Boys: U.S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years (1962-1965) review
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a box of sixteen individual discs featuring the first three years of Beach Boys US singles, complete with b-sides, alternate mixes, rare tracks, and more.
Gene Vincent: A Million Shades of Blue
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: a Rev-Ola release combing the last two albums from rockabilly legend Gene Vincent, 1970's "If Only You Could See Me Today" and 1971's "The Day The World Turned Blue."
Frank Sinatra: Nothing But The Best
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the upcoming single-disc collection of Frank Sinatra's greatest Reprise hits, assembling twenty-two of his biggest Sixties hits in one place!
James Brown: The Singles Volume 5: 1967-1969
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the fifth installment in Hip-O Select's mail-order-only series James Brown: The Singles, which captures every a- and b-side The Hardest Working Man In Show Business put out from 1967 to 1969. Two discs that capture him as he was just starting to funk!
Various Artists: Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the Philadelphia International rarities set "Conquer The World," which spotlights the Philly Soul classics from the legendary label which never broke nationally. Now available on CD with six bonus tracks!
Various Artists: The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll: The Follow-Up Hits
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the latest entry in Ace UK's excellent "Golden Age of American Rock and Roll" series, this time featuring 30 Hot 100 charting classics from artists who just missed the dreaded "one-hit wonder" curse!
Various Artists: It All Started With Doo Wop
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new nine-disc box set of vocal group oldies and goldies from Time-Life, complete with a carrying case and a bonus live DVD from the living greats themselves!
Ricky Nelson: Greatest Love Songs
A review from your Oldies Guide at About.com: the new compilation of Ricky Nelson's love songs (released January 15, 2008), a 22-track assemblage of Ricky (and Rick's) greatest ballads, stretching from his late-Fifties arrival on the scene all the way to 1979!