2024 the best of frankie valli and the four seasons review
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FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS - THE CLASSIC ALBUMS BOX contains 18 CDs of the albums that Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons recorded between 1962-1992. Presented in a clamshell box, each album comes in a mini-jacket that replicates the original album’s artwork. All of the group’s biggest hits are here, including five #1’s – “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Rag Doll” and “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night).” The set touches on different eras of the group’s career from its early days to later works like The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969), the million-selling Who Loves You (1975), and the group’s final album Hope + Glory (1992).
1. Sherry & 11 Others
2. Big Girls Don't Cry And Twelve Others
3. The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That A Shame And 11 Others
4. Folk-Nanny
5. On Stage With The Four Seasons
6. Dawn (Go Away) And 11 Other Great Songs
7. Born To Wander
8. Rag Doll
9. The 4 Seasons Entertain You
10. The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits By Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan 11. Working My Way Back To You
12. New Gold Hits
13. The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
14. Half & Half
15. Who Loves You
16. Helicon
17. Streetfighter
18. Hope + Glory
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 5.16 x 5.35 x 2.13 inches; 1.08 Pounds
Manufacturer : Rhino Records
Original Release Date : 2014
Date First Available : May 23, 2014
Label : Rhino Records
ASIN : B00JDZK0QC
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 18
Reviewer: David Montgomery
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic but not quite complete.
Review: As a huge 4 Seasons (& Frankie Valli) fan from the beginning, I already had everything they ever released on both vinyl and CD (including both the ACE and Curb CD versions). Nevertheless, it's great to have 18 of their 20 studio albums all packaged together in a handy boxed set. Apparently, there are different versions of this set. My copy does not have any of the substitutions as in the Curb editions. On Broadway Tonight, Don't Think Twice, and all the other tracks others had noted as missing are on my copy. I agree with others that it would have been nice to have the bonus tracks added on the ACE editions, especially Sunday Kind of Love which was on the original release of the Entertain You LP. The CDs have the exact same tracks as the original vinyl, and everything sounds great. Since the Folknanny album only has 3 songs not on other albums, I would have preferred a compilation CD with Connie O, Silver Wings & Star Maker along with the many songs never released on a regular studio album: I've Cried Before, Girl Come Running, Let's Hang On, Opus 17, I've Got You Under My Skin, On the Good Ship Lollipop & You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You by the Wonder Who, Watch the Flowers Grow, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Raven, The Singles Game, & Electric Stories. Of course it would have been nice to have the missing two CDs: The Christmas Album (The 4 Seasons Greetings), and Chameleon (or better yet, the Motown album which includes bonus tracks). I appreciate the original art in miniature, except on Bigs Hits by David/Bacharach/Dylan which should have Old English lettering and medieval styled borders as on the original vinyl. Also it would have been nice to have had a paper booklet of all the other pages of the Gazette album's newspaper.
Reviewer: J. Galvin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Classic Sounds, Good Set, Not Perfect by any means.
Review: Nothing here you haven't heard before, Some of the discs are really short (12 songs) representative of the original vinyl LP's without any of the bonus singles that were thrown in on the now out of print Ace titles. The Overall sound is really good, I hear more low end on a few of these albums that weren't on the Ace titles as well as more volume. Not a bad collection, but not complete at all....too many songs are missing a true fan will know "Raven, Watch The Flowers Grow, Electric Stories, Opus 17" just to name a few and "Cry For Me & Fallen Angel" are missing from the Frankie Valli Box. Biggest Disappointment is that "On Broadway Tonight' is listed on the Rag Doll CD but it's not there, "I've Got You Under My Skin" is in it's place. $85 for 16 CD's would normally be a great price for a box set but all these discs running 8-12 tracks each isn't worth the money. I gave it 5 stars on content & packaging, but i'm not happy with it overall. Replicating each LP was nice but you could have easily fit all 16 CD's on 7 or 8 leaving out all the duplicate tracks. I should be able to return this set just on the notion that a listed track is missing but I don't think Amazon will allow that. If you don't have any of these tracks by all means buy this set, if you're a completist then it's right up your alley.
Reviewer: media chick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: These 18 albums run the gamut from terrific to great
Review: These 18 albums run the gamut from terrific to great, good, and just okay. As a big fan of the 4 Seasons I loved having these albums, even the ones I didn't care too much about. It's especially interesting to listen to the evolution of the group from the early 60's to the early 90's. If you're a fan of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and don't already have these albums this box set is for you but the set is not for the casual fan. I'm extremely partial to the original 4 Seasons (1962-1971) and loved almost all of their 14 albums in this set. Of the remaining albums, I found "Hope and Glory" a pleasant surprise. In addition the song "Streetfighter" is terrific, but the album of the same name (from the 80's) not so much.
Reviewer: Juan Alfaro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Complete Inventory of their Albums
Review: Nice to have all the band's albums. This box, together with The Motown Years and Jersey Beat, makes virtually all the songs of the band. When I receive Valli's box then I will have virtually all Valli's songs. I plan to listen to this box regularly when working or traveling.
Reviewer: piano man
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not Perfect but Very Nice
Review: This is a very nice box set despite the fact some of the albums have substituted song titles. My copy of both, the covers and CDs were made in the EU. The sound quality (on my copy) is identical to the Ace label releases which were issued in the UK and Germany between 1994 and 1996. Having the covers issued in mini LP form is great. I would have liked to have seen the CDs replicate the actual labels on the discs, rather than just have plain blue labels. Inner sleeves for the CDs would have been nice to have as well. Some of the albums have gatefold sleeves which are made very tightly, making it hard to pull the CD out from the sleeves. Although not made perfect, this is a nice CD box set to have.Having said all of this, the Ace label releases are more complete. (These CDs come in jeweled boxes rather than as mini LPs and in most cases 2 albums are included on each disc.) All the album tracks are correctly included and some of the Ace albums add bonus tracks to each CD. Interestingly enough, the bonus tracks that are on the Ace label CDs seem to be the tracks that were substituted for some of the regular tracks on the box set. Ace also issued the Christmas album (not included in the box set) as well as a fold out cover of the gazette on the "Genuine Imitation Life Gazette" album. (However, as far as I know, Ace never released the "Folk Nanny" album on CD.)The box set does have its imperfections, but it is a nice collection of most of the albums by the band. The mini LP cardboard sleeves are a plus too. Sound quality (in my opinion) seems identical to the Ace releases. (Some reviewers have indicated in their comments that the USA Curb label CDs have the same identical substitutions as in the box set.) All in all, it's a nice box set to have if you are a fan of the Four Seasons.
Reviewer: Dawnb
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic.
Review: Any season is a good time for the âFour Seasonsâ. (My mom met Frankie Valley when she was young, hence my name, âDawnâ. Lol
Reviewer: Senechal Marie-helene
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Bear
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I received this article in time for Christmas and was very surprised at the rapid delivery service supplied by Canada Post.This product was exactly as I had imagined it would be.Very pleased!!Keep up the great service Amazon.I'm a customer for life.
Reviewer: Michael A. Clark
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I've been a hard core fan of this band right from the beginning. I had a couple of their albums but lost them in a fire and they were irreplaceable. I went on amazon to look for their Born To Wander album, one I always wanted. So searching through amazon looking for this album, I came across this box set. I had to order it immediately. This collection has all 18 Four Seasons albums in it. Every album is a gem. It's great to hear them again in a clean, refreshed sound. You can always tell the Four Seasons by the distinct Frankie Valli sound. The only album that is not included in this package is the Four Seasons Christmas album but I have that one anyway. If you are a fan of the best American band of the sixties, then this collection is for you. I am absolutely thrilled to have found and purchased this collection. I'm through the first 9 albums and have 9 more to go. Can't wait to hear them. I highly recommend this collection. You won't be disappointed.
Reviewer: Gabriele1970
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Discografia completa dei Four Season gruppo attivo fin dagli anni 50.Vi sono dei classici senza tempo come Walk Like A Man , Sherry, Big Girl Don't Cry e molti altri.Soddisfatto
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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