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The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Audio CD

A fair review of the The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Righteous Brothers reviews here, or go back to the The Righteous Brothers tabs.

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Title: Unchained Melody
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Release Date: 1990-09-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Unchained Melody 2: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 3: (You're My) Soul and Inspiration 4: Ebb Tide 5: Just Once in My Life 6: Little Latin Lupe Lu 7: My Babe 8: Try to Find Another Woman 9: American Rock & Roll 10: Georgia on My Mind

WARNING: Mostly Rerecordings
Not only would my fellow reviewers have saved me the eight bucks I spent on this, I have an excellent source that would have warned me as well. This was an impulse purchase, and like other reviewers I've been regretting my haste. I have a copy of Pat Downey's THE GOLDEN AGE OF TOP 40 MUSIC ON COMPACT DISC. It's already failry dated (it was published in 1992), but here's what it has to say about UNCHAINED MELODY (Curb 77381):

"Unchained Melody": This is a rerecoding.

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'": This is the original. [At least the book SAYS it is, but it obviously is not!]

"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration": It does not say it is a rerecording, but it notes that it is 15 seconds longer than either the original 45 or LP version. [However, it should be noted that it says this longer version also appears on the Verve VERY BEST OF and Rhino ANTHOLOGY collections as well. ]

"Ebb Tide": This is a rerecording.

"Just Once in My Life": This is a rerecording.

Bottom line? These are certainly competent renditions of some of The Righteous Brothers biggest hits. However, if you're looking for the originals, save your money and look elsewhere.


Best of Righteous Brothers
For the price, it's not bad! :)

Joe. Definately not the originals for the hits, ('lovin' feeling', 'unchained melody') however I think the versions of "Soul and Inspiration" and "Georgia" are great.


It was ok...
As one of the previous reviewers wrote, "Don't purchase, unless you have to have all of the recordings. I love the "Unchained Melody" song, so I decided to buy this CD- and then I kind of regretted it, because it was not the same recording as on the movie GHOST. ".


Save Your Money For The Originals
Don't buy this unless you must have every recording the group ever made. This CD features the original duo, but these are re-recordings of their songs, NOT the original sixties recordings.


They were better the first time
As I listened, I realized that the songs had been re-recorded with slightly different arrangements. I received this CD as gift and was very eager to hear the original hits as I remember them. Major disappointment! The only redeeming feature is that it still is Bill Medley and Bobbie Hatfield. If only they let these classics remain as they were.


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