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Media Type: CD
Artist: SHIRELLES
Title: 25 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS
Street Release Date: 07/27/1999
Domestic
Genre: OLDIES

Track Listing

1. I Met Him on a Sunday
2. Dedicated to the One I Love
3. Look-A-Here Baby
4. Tonight's the Night
5. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
6. Boys
7. Mama Said
8. What a Sweet Thing That Was
9. Thing of the Past
10. Big John
11. Baby It's You
12. Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words)
13. Soldier Boy
14. Welcome Home Baby
15. Stop the Music
16. It's Love That Really Counts
17. Everybody Loves a Lover
18. Foolish Little Girl
19. Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye
20. What Does a Girl Do?
21. Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love With Me
22. Sha La La
23. His Lips Get in the Way
24. Thank You Baby
25. Maybe Tonight
26. Baby It's You [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4862 in Music
• Brand: SHIRELLES
• Released on: 1999-07-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Excellent Compilation -- All Fans Will Appreciate It!
This is at heart a singles collection, one that contains all the hits (From "Dedicated To The One I Love", "I Met Him On A Sunday" and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" to "Soldier Boy" and "Baby, It's You") plus lesser-known gems such as the sublime "A Thing Of The Past" (my favourite Shirelles song...and lead singer Shirley Owens's as well) and the swaying "Maybe Tonight".

The great majority of these cuts were issued as singles, that's how strong the material is. All are presented in their original versions and are digitally remastered, with the majority of the tracks appearing in stereo ("Baby, It's You" is presented both in mono and in stereo; as I'm a fan of wide stereo, it was nice to hear the difference). The sound is impeccable, the selection is nice (but where's "Blue Holiday"? Licensing issues?), and the price is just right. Highly recommended.

Great, but....
First point to make is that this is probably the best available Shirelles compilation. As others reviews say, the sound is excellent, it has all the right songs, and to get both versions of Baby It's You is a welcome bonus. But there are 'original' tracks here that may not be exactly what you're used to. The version of 'Welcome Home Baby' is not the same as that on the first compilation of Shirelles' Hits (called, reasonably enough, 'The Shirelles Hits'), which appeared in 1963. This version is more 'mellow'. Similarly, the version of I Met Him on a Sunday is not the same as the one that appeared on a mid-60s compilation (it's slower). There are certainly Shirelles compilations elsewhere (e.g. 'The Fabulous Shirelles' CD) that are definitely not the original singles, and perhaps the only conclusion is that after 40+ years it is hard to pin down the right masters. But this is the one to buy, anyway!

EXCELLENT
Great sound. Very good selection of songs. But the best thing about this CD is that it contains the original version of "I Met Him On A Sunday", the Shirelles' first release which was not on Scepter records, but first released on Tiara, then Decca. Most Shirelles collections have a remake of this song.