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Neil Diamond magically projects his amazing voice and energy into these recordings, most of which seemed to be live, or at different studio settings from his original works. As a slightly hearing-impaired individual, I greatly count on the music I hear matching my memory of the originals experienced, so that I can create the full bouquet of sound which captivated my admiration, decades ago. In this CD, I had to work to make sure I was enjoying a memory-match, as there are many instrumental differences from the original vinyl works. Will need to hunt for sources of the original studio tracks we so embraced from our radios.
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Played both discs today and upon opening the case it all but fell apart and one of the discs has a scratch across it. But, when playing them both the sound was OK and the scratch didn't seem to do any damage. Just bear in mind, you get what you pay for.
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I am amazed that Neil would allow this fraud on the market. While the CD contains many of his "Greatest Hits", 14 of them are VERY poorly recorded and produced live concert recordings, far different than the hits that you might remember. The recording on these live cuts is very poorly done. The exact same audience sounds fade into many of the songs even if, per the liner notes, the songs were recorded in different locations. If they were interested in producing a product for their audience, Neil Diamond fans, they should have simply taken the original versions of the later hits that are included here and made a collection of that. Combining such a collection along with a couple of other REAL greatest hits collections ("The Neil Diamond Collection", MCA2119 and "Classics, The Early Years") that are on the market would have made a great and complete Neil Diamond collection with few repeats.Read full review
This 2 CD set covers 25 years of this classic singer / songwriter. They just don't make them like him anymore. And that's too bad. Own this great set. Tracks include these favorites: DISC 1: 1. Solitary Man 2. Cherry, Cherry 3. I Got The Feelin' (Oh No, No) 4. Thank The Lord For The Night Time 5. Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon 6. Kentucky Woman 7. Shilo 8. You Got To Me 9. Brooklyn Roads (live) 10. Red, Red Wine (live) 11. I'm A Believer (live) 12. Sweet Caroline (live) 13. Soolaimon (live) 14. Cracklin' Rosie (live) 15. Song Sung Blue (live) 16. Play Me (live) 17. Holly Holy (live) 18. Morningside (live) 19. Crunchy Granola Suite (live) DISC 2: 1. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (live) 2. I Am...I Said (live) 3. Be 4. Longfellow Serenade 5. Beautiful Noise 6. If You Know What I Mean 7. Desiree 8. September Morn 9. You Don't Bring Me Flowers (duet with Barbra Streisand) 10. Forever In Blue Jeans 11. Hello Again 12. America 13. Love On The Rocks 14. Yesterday's Songs 15. Heartlight 16. Headed For The Future 17. Heartbreak Hotel (duet with Kim Carnes) 18. All I Really Need Is You (live)Read full review
The best of the Christmas , and favorites CD's. A couple will replace the vinyl record version of years ago. Just glad to find them.
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