Title leads you to believe these are all original
Glad I listened to the first AND ONLY download of this album..If I had wanted to get music that was of this caliber I would go to Walmart. At least there I KNOW I am getting ripped off!
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I suggest previewing the audio clip by clicking on the green arrow next to the song title before deciding about downloading...That way you'll know if it's the original or not...
Re-Recordings
This is not the type of material that EMusic should be presenting and packaging. Re-recordings are inferior as they do not reflect the technology and the sound of the day. This is not why I come here.
What a rip off
Neatly packaging a few minor original artist hits with re-recorded versions produced by bands that may only contain one original member under the guise of being the original groups & original hit version of the song that got all the radio play is a deceptive marketing practice & should be stopped & dropping in a few original versions to enhance the deception & using other artists versions of hit songs to trick those that can't remember who originally recorded the song but recognize the title is deceptive as well. This kind of trickery is disgusting. Anything to make a buck right? Shame on you guys for packaging and marketing what you know all to well is an album of so called oldies that is littered with out takes, substandard versions of songs & re-recorded versions of tracks nobody would buy if they could hear the entire track instead of a small window clip designed to make people think they are getting the original hit versions. You guys STINK!
How do you spell........
puke?
I feel robbed
These are covers by other people. So misleading. I want my money back.
Some Authentic, Some not 8-(
Some of these appear to be the original recordings, a lot are re-recordings or other groups. Buyer BEWARE!!
disappointing
You can go to Walmart and get compliations with the original recordings easier than you can find them here. What's the deal??
memories
Oh this album brings back the carefree days of my youth
But that album cover!!
I would give this 5 stars for the album cover alone. These are how the stewardess's (no flight attendants yet) from the now defunct PSA airlines looked. Yes, that was really their uniform! As for the music, that's another subject.
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