The Shirelles

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 20:13

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04.22.11
The Shirelles, The Shirelles
1999 | Label: RKO Records / The Orchard

If the Ronettes were the hotties of girl-groupdom and the Shangri-Las were the black-leather rebels, the Shirelles were the genre's all-American sweethearts. Led by the cashmere-voiced Shirley Allston, the group's perfect encapsulations of teenage longing still ring true today — songs you'll find here, like "Soldier Boy" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," remain all too pertinent.

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Best girl group of all time

RockinDaddio

Not packaged and sold like the Supremes, they have a soul sound you can't buy.

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Baby, It's You

My_Junk_Mail

Sound quality is great; this was a top girl band in it's day & rightly so.

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the originals def

WVMMRH

i don't know where the one reviewer got the idea that these were on warwick records..try scepter records.that's more accurate. baby it's you and will you love me tomorrow were released on scepter but at different times and the lables weren't identical in appearance. while many of the oldies artists released mono albums,often times a stereo album was also released,the mono recording being a few dollars less/.sonny & cher's 'look at us" lp(1964,atco records)is one example of this

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Yup these are good

hownow

Sound like the originals to me and I have a really good ear (former DJ)

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Give the Drummer Some

carreth583

That's my dad on the drums of This is dedicated to the one I love, (Kenny Carr). Loved the Shirelles always

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Momma said, but Daddy recommended

OldDog

The Shirelles were my father's favorite group. After years of resistance I finally took this album for a spin. Of course I'd heard most of the tracks before, but listening to them all at once, makes you appreciate them as a group all the more.

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Not

Nelsoncrossover

Actually they're not the originals. The originals were mono, on the warwick label.

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True2Form

Qm4

Correct! These are the Actual Recordings, clean, clear a~n~d wonderfull. MaMa Said, there'd be days like this...

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The Shirelles

BigKen

Being an Oldie I like this kind of music. It has good fidelity.

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