Poppahayden is right, it's poor of eMusic to present these as the 'Greatest Hits' of Little Richard. They're re-recordings. And while they're not terrible (it's Little Richard after all), these tracks don't have anything like the excitement and drive of the originals. Avoid.
Even One Star is too high a rating for any a CD that does not clearly state up front that what they are trying to sell you are not the original recordings!
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