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• Released on: 2006-09-01
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Tommy Sands can still sing
Last night I had the pleasure of meeting Tommy Sands in-person and watched (and listened) to him perform a couple of tunes backed by Glen Glenn's rockabilly band at the Elvis & Priscilla Presley Honeymoon Home in Palm Springs. Tommy still sounds great and is a very personable guy. This CD has most of his hits, but is missing my favorite "The Worrying Kind." At last night's celebration Alan Clark sang "The Worrying Kind" as Tommy Sands approved from the sidelines.

Lost in the shadow of Elvis
Capitol was hoping Tommy Sands would be their Elvis but it was not to be. His first hit was to be his only major one although he did manage to get ten more tunes into the top 100 during the late 50s. In spite of his signature "Teen-Age Crush" and other charted singles, he is strangely ignored in the reissue market and even on the oldies stations is seldom heard. Collectables brings to the domestic market this first CD containing most of his charted sides. Some of his recordings are blatant Elvis sound-alikes but when he quits trying to be Elvis and lets his voice go au naturel, his singing is reasonably listenable. With less and less suitable material going his way, the hits dried up fairly quickly and although he had some moderate film success, by the end of the 50s he was off the commercially viable music radar. It's welcome to see at least some of his material back on the shelves offering an alternative to the omnipresent CDs of the artists who overshadowed him. Sound quality on this piece is fairly good with all tracks in mono except 18. The liner notes booklet includes two pages of backround on his recording history. This refreshing addition to the CD reissue market would be of interest to not only Sands' fans, but also to those who enjoy the music of the better-known pre-Beatles American heart-throb artists. Bear Family has a bigger single-disc collection of Sands' recordings that despite much overlap, would be of interest to Sands' fans. While pricier, the Bear piece has more tracks and more liner notes material. This Collectables piece however does offer a more reasonably priced overview of Sands' music for the casual listener.

Down Memory Lane
Just received this CD and loved every song. It brings back such wonderful memories of earlier years. Tommy Sands was my all time favorite back in the 50's and 60's and often wonder where he disappeared to. To me his music is just as good today as it was years ago. I'm glad to have found this album and highly recommend it. I wonder, does anyone out there know what happened to him?