the Lettermen : All Time Greatest Hits - This also was an older brothers gift, I remember as a very young onethe name of the Lettermen....we had a few of their albums at home.... But like many things we ve had over time, they disappear ! Thanks for the memories!
1960 s greatest - I purchased this CD along with 2 others from Amazon and all 3 arrived on time and in great condition. I love The Lettermen and this kind of music isn t recorded anymore. The Lettermen are still around and one of them is one of the Original 3! They still have that great harmony that the original 3 had in the 60s.Customer service is great from Amazon.com. It s so nice that they provide such a wide selection of hard to find CDs, DVDs, etc. Thanks Amazon!
good--but only as far as it goes (three and 1/2 stars) - Lettermen - All-Time Greatest Hits is a fair to middling CD that suffers because of a track list that is just too short. There s no way these songs can be called a greatest hits collection, and that disappoints me. However, what we do get is very good quality material, and the sound quality is excellent. The artwork is very nice, too. The CD starts with a live recording of The Lettermen in concert, they sing and play a medley of Goin Out Of My Head/Can t Take My Eyes Off You. This sounds so sweet when The Lettermen sing it, and I m really impressed. The track also demonstrates just how well The Lettermen could establish and hold a fantastic rapport with their adoring audiences. Great! When I Fall In Love really shines like gold as The Lettermen harmonize this to perfection, they sing, harmonize and play this so very well, they never miss a beat!Put Your Head On My Shoulder stands out as a major highlight of this album, they harmonize so well that it stuns me. The Lettermen make Put Your Head On My Shoulder a most romantic ballad--even more so than when most other artists sings it! Listen also for The Lettermen to perform a great medley of Traces/Memories. Traces/Memories has The Lettermen front and center and I love every minute of it! It s very pretty because of the very sensitive treatment that The Lettermen give to these two songs.The theme from A Summer Place never sounded so good--and The Lettermen are the only people who could deliver this so very well! The strings are beautiful and they even help to mark the beat--very creative! The theme from A Summer Place is one that you re bound to love even if you haven t heard this one before. What a great introduction to The Lettermen this track would be!The Way You Look Tonight also puts The Lettermen squarely in the spotlight--right where they belong! They harmonize to perfection and beyond! The Way You Look Tonight is a marvelous number. The CD also ends well with The Lettermen singing I Believe. The Lettermen were one of the best groups of the twentieth century, and that makes all the more a shame that this CD is just too short to be called a greatest hits album. I will take off one and ½ stars for that to make this a 3 and ½ star review. The Lettermen s fans may want to look elsewhere for a greatest hits album or a box set, this will appeal to the more casual fan.
Solid Gold Standards...they have got a powerful stability in music - I have been a listener, a friend and a devoted follower of The Lettermen since the early 1970 s. The Lettermen keep on bringing the best harmonies they have to each cd they record and they continue to bring their musical perfection to the concert stage today...in 2008! The group has never taken a break from performing and this is part of the magic that makes them a group that has staying power and a style that is all their own. Their Greatest Hits of All Time cd is one of the best collections of their music. I Believe that it will become a favorite in your music collection, too.
The Lettermen were the BEST - Harmony of sound - none better than the Lettermen. It s wonderful to set back and listen to the close harmonies of Bobby, Tony, and Jim. Their sound is timeless.