The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits | The Lovin' Spoonful

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	The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits The Lovin' Spoonful Buddha, 2000 average customer review:based on 50 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great collection magic to my ears--remastered sound is great

This great collection supercedes the fine collection put out by Rhino a decade ago. The sound quality is a vast improvement on the original release by Rhino. While both albums are equal in terms of the amount of tracks (and the great liner notes), Greatest Hits has the edge simply because the original master tapes weren't available to engineer Bill Inglot when he put together the original collection. That's not to slight Inglot; he's a terrific engineer who has worked wonders in the past. He just didn't have the advantage of the original mastertapes to work with.

Differing slightly in terms of the track line up (an early rarity is featured on the Rhino disc along with the b side of the band's last single which isn't available anywhere else), Greatest Hits substitutes two album tracks for two rarities included on the Rhino disc. The original Rhino release sounded muddy and indistinct compared to this collection. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice and Daydream both benefit substanially by the improved sound.

Always an under rated band, The Spoonful finally got their overdue recognition when they were inducted into The Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. The Spoonful managed to create an impressive body of work within a short span of time (they were together with Sebastian as a member for less than four years). Recognition has eluded the band for far too long. Greatest Hits (along with the re-release of Daydream and Do You Believe In Magic) has gone a long way towards redressing that imbalance.

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Best of the "Good-Time" music

As supreme purveyors of good-time music, the Lovin' Spoonful has had their music collected and reissued on CD many times. While the Rhino Anthology from the early days of CD reissues still stands up well, this collection from the resurrected and reformed Buddha label goes one step further with the Spoonful's singles. These tracks have been remastered from first-generation master tapes, supposedly unavailable until this project. The sonic improvement may not be spectacular but it is there and if you can dismiss the omission of their last charting single, "Me About You", this piece has the edge over the Rhino CD. The liner notes here are also excellent with photos and backround notes on the group interspersed with commentary from the group members themselves. For any fan of 60s music who, for some reason, hasn't yet added the Lovin' Spoonful to their CD library, this is the place to start.

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Proof you know you want to buy this cd

You are for sure going to want buy this cd !! The song that is really GROOVY is Do You Belive In Magic. And if you like the show State of Grace, then you have another reason to buy this cd !! Sadly, since I listen to oldies all the time I'm still stuck in 1960. So I know what songs are really good. And this is definetly one of them!!!!!

A Spoonful Fans Dream Come True

Yes, they are the same songs we heard before. Yes, the 45s have worn out. No, we are not buying another turntable.

The sound quality is better than your memory of the original sound. I have the "not cleaned up and remastered" CD of their greatest hits and this was worth the money for the better sound.

Be honest, we all felt a little guilty listening to the Spoonful and enjoying their music. We felt we should be more serious and ponder great thoughts like "Draft Beer, Not Students." That was the 60s, this is now. They are still just flat-out fun to listen to!

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GREAT SOUND,ORDINARY ESSAY

the sound quality of this disc is superb,tracks like"rain on the roof" and "she's still a mystery" and "darling be home soon"have improved dramatically,as late as early '97 the masters had been m.i.a according to a john sebastian interview i read so this newly mastered from the original tapes cd is most welcome from one of my fave 60's groups with out all that psychedelia and navel gazing that became so trendy and that's why i still enjoy listening to the spoonful their stuff has held up well because they were popular but never trendy.pure pop with lashings of good 'ol jugband ,blues and country music,the spoonful were a veritable education in american roots music in a hummable package.the essay is only perfunctory,they obviously don't want to open old hassles so it's just an exercise in back slapping,it's the only reason i didn't give this cd 5 stars,but people don't buy cd's for the writing,you buy them for the listening and mid 60's american rock does get better than this cd.

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