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The Righteous Brothers - Gold Audio CD

A fair review of the The Righteous Brothers "Gold" 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.

Band: The Righteous Brothers
Title: Gold
Rating:

Release Date: 2006-01-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Little Latin Lupe Lu 2: Hot Tamales - Bobby Hatfield 3: Gotta Tel You How I Feel - Bill Medley 4: My Babe 5: Koko Joe 6: Let the Good Times Roll 7: Try to Find Another Man 8: I Just Want to Make Love to You 9: Somethings Got a Hold on Me 10: This Little Girl of Mine 11: Bring Your Love to Me 12: Fannie Mae 13: You Can Have Her 14: Justine 15: Georgia on My Mind 16: You've Lost That Lovin Feelin' 17: Angels Listened In 18: Just Once in My Life 19: See That Girl 20: Unchained Melody 21: Hung on You 22: Ebb Tide 23: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 24: White Cliffs of Dover 25: (You're My) Soul & Inspiration [Long Version] 26: Stand By 27: He 28: Go Ahead and Cry 29: Something You Got 30: On This Side of Goodbye 31: Man Without a Dream 32: Melancholy Music Man 33: Stranded in the Middle of No Place 34: That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) - Bill Medley 35: Hang-Ups - Bobby Hatfield 36: Brothers - Bobby Hatfield 37: I Can't Make It Alone - Bill Medley 38: Brown Eyed Woman - Bill Medley 39: Peace Brother Peace - Bill Medley 40: This Is a Love Song - Bill Medley 41: Only You (And You Alone) - Bobby Hatfield 42: My Prayer - Bobby Hatfield 43: Answer Me My Love - Bobby Hatfield 44: Woman, Man Needs Ya 45: Someone Is Standing Outside - Bill Medley 46: Rock and Roll Heaven 47: Give It to the People 48: Dream On

The Righteous Brothers
Bobby Hatfield was a one of a kind as is Bill. We grew up with the Righteous Brothers A very unique sound and Bill Medley is still great what a voice. Grew up in Long Beach Calif. and have seen them at their resturant The Hop in Lakewood.

Righteous Brothers
The sound is great and it really has their hits on the CD's. This is a great CD set.

Outstanding compilation
This compilation offers a comprehensive study of their career from 1963 to 1974 including their classic recordings with Phil Spector as producer. They weren't related at all, but Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield made a great combination with their contrasting voices. While their career may seem quite long, the songs they are remembered for all came from a very short part of that period.

The Righteous Brothers made their earliest recordings for Moonglow. The best of those early efforts occupy the first fifteen tracks of the first CD here. They are particularly interesting in that they showcase the duo's ability to sing both up-tempo songs and ballads. Nevertheless, the soulful ballads seemed to suit them best. Another characteristic is that most of their recordings are almost like solo recordings for one singer or the other. It is rare to find individual tracks on which the singing is shared equally between the two of them. Although the Moonglow recordings didn't yield any huge hits, the Righteous Brothers (whether through their recordings or their live performances) aroused the interest of Phil Spector. As a consequence, they signed to his Philles label. These recordings occupy tracks 16 to 24 of the first CD.

You've lost that loving feeling (with Bill Medley as the main singer) went to number one in both Britain and America. The achievement was particularly creditable in Britain, where Cilla Black's cover version was first to chart and had climbed to number two before the original version overtook it. It is clearly very popular as it made the UK top ten when re-issued in 1969 - and that wasn't the end of its UK chart success.

Unchained melody (with Bobby Hatfield as the main singer) was a cover of a movie theme that had been a hit for several artists in the fifties. It was somewhat less successful for the Righteous Brothers in the sixties. Even without a rival cover, it stalled at 14 in the UK charts - however, its use in Ghost (a 1990 movie) prompted its re-issue as a UK single and this time it made number one. As a follow-up, You've lost that loving feeling was re-issued for the second time, this time making the top three,

Of the other Phil Spector tracks, Just once in my life missed the UK charts but made the American top ten, while Ebb tide was a sizeable American hit but only a minor UK hit.

The professional relationship between the Righteous Brothers and Phil Spector was difficult so they didn't stay with Phil Spector very long. As things turned out, they provided Phil with his last major success in America, although he had one more big hit in Britain when River deep mountain high in 1966, performed by Ike and Tina Turner, made the UK top three. After the split, the Righteous Brothers switched to Verve; these recordings occupy the first twenty tracks of the second CD. Note that the following track is listed as being on the MGM label, but MGM owned Verve at the time.

With Verve, the Righteous Brothers started well, scoring an American number one hit (it also made the UK top twenty) with You're my soul and inspiration, but soon ran out of hits. During their time with Verve, the Righteous Brothers disbanded but continued to both record solo tracks and these are also included. Since many of the songs they officially recorded together were dominated by one or other singer, the solo recordings sit comfortably among the duo recordings.

The duo re-united in 1974, signed for the Haven label and scored an American top three hit with Rock and roll heaven. That hit and two other Haven tracks, both of which became American top forty hits, complete this compilation.

Some people are disappointed by the omission of various tracks, especially Bill Medley's music from the eighties including his big hit with Jennifer Warnes (I've had the time of my life) although that hit is available easily elsewhere and there would in any case be licensing issues. One track that I'd like to have been included is Subsitute. It was released on an album on the Haven label in 1975 (Sons of Mrs Righteous) but, as far as I know, wasn't a hit and probably wasn't released as a single. However, Gloria Gaynor later covered the song and it started to climb the American charts before the single was flipped over to reveal I will survive. Subsequently, the South African all-female group Clout covered the hit and had a huge hit with it in Britain and some other European countries, but it was only a minor hit for them in America. So the version by the Righhteous Brothers is not essential but it would have been nice to see it included.

Overall, this is a brilliant, as well as comprehensive, collection of Righteous Brothers music from 1963 to 1974. There are other collections that only contain the big hits if that's all you want, but if you're interested in more than just the obvious tracks, this remains the best available Righteous Brothers compilation.

Excellent
I purchased the two disk Gold cd. The Righteous Brothers were one of my favorite groups when I was growing up. The first cd is awesome has all of my favorites on it. The second one is good but I really did not recognize alot of the songs. All in all it was well worth the purchase. Fast delivery service with good quality and sound.

Gold - Righteous Brothers
The discs contain a wide variety of songs including their big hits, but I found my self skipping many of them.

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