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The tables on the following pages list all the songs contained in the following doo wop CD compilations:
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The Encyclopedia of Doo Wop, Vol. 1 - Collectables (C1)
Note: This 4-CD 100-song set is available either packaged in a wooden box with The Complete Book Of Doo Wop, or as "The Doo Wop Survival Kit" packaged with a portable CD player, mini-FM radio, flashlight, T-shirt, and wrist watch in a plastic "First Aid Kit" type container. Has a little booklet that describes each track. All of the Collectables products listed here seem to concentrate on East Coast labels.
(List Price - $80.00 with book, $130.00 as "Survival Kit")
The Encyclopedia of Doo Wop, Vol. 2 - Collectables (C2)
Note: This 4-CD 100-song set is packaged in a wooden box with They All Sang On The Corner by Phil Groia. Also has a little booklet that describes each track. No duplication among Vols. 1, 2, & 3.
(List Price - $80.00)
The Encyclopedia of Doo Wop, Vol. 3 - Collectables (C3)
Note: This 4-CD 100-song set is packaged in a wooden box with The Da Capo Book Of American Singing Groups by Jay Warner. No track description booklet with this volume - IMHO, a BIG omission. No duplication among Vols. 1, 2, & 3.
(List Price - $80.00)
Memories Of Times Square Record Shop - Collectables (C4)
Note: This 11-CD 154-song set is packaged in 2 wooden boxes. It is a repackaging of the 11 "Times Square Record Shop" CDs which Collectables had issued individually several years ago. There is some duplication with the above 3 sets, and with "Rarities", below.
(List Price - $80.00)
For Collectors Only - The Rarities - Collectables (C5)
Note: This 2-CD 40-song package emphasizes so-called "rare" sides, single records that used to sell for several dollars each on the "Rarity Wall" at Times Square Records back in the early 1960s.
(List Price - $26.00)
As Good As It Gets - Doo Wop - Disky (D1)
Note: This 2-CD 60-song package is a good blend of popular and
obscure doo wop. We note at least one "alternate take" (not noted as
such). Some duplication with other sets discussed here, but "sole source" for some of the more obscure tracks. Import from the Netherlands.
(Retail Price - Approx. $20.00)
The Doo Wop Box #1 - Rhino (R1)
Note: This 101-song box set comes with an excellent descriptive
booklet. Some duplication with the sets mentioned above. The Rhino products appear to have a better geographic balance than those from Collectables. Rhino is part of the Warner-Elektra-Atlantic consortium.
(List Price = $70.00)
The Doo Wop Box #2 - Rhino (R2)
Note: This 101-song box set also comes with an excellent descriptive
booklet. Some duplication with the sets mentioned above, but not with
Doo Wop Box #1.
(List Price = $70.00)
The Doo Wop Box #3 - Rhino (R3)
Note: This 101-song box set also comes with an excellent descriptive
booklet. Some duplication with the sets mentioned above, and 3 songs duplicate cuts on Doo Wop Box #1 and Doo Wop Box #2.
(List Price = $70.00)
NOTE: I am NOT a music dealer. Order these from your favorite dealer.
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