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The intention of the Universal Music Group compilation series called The Definitive Collection is to occupy the price point in between its more expensive two-CD Gold series and its budget-priced 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. It is, thus, aimed at the fan who wants a reasonably complete single-disc anthology of a particular artist's hits. In that sense, the Righteous Brothers' edition of the series is a good example. The duo reached Billboard magazine's Hot 100 21 times between 1963 and 1974, and 17 of those chart entries are contained on this album. (The most notable exceptions are the two follow-ups to the novelty comeback hit "Rock and Roll Heaven," "Give It to the People" and "Dream On," which UMG didn't choose to license from EMI.) Also included are a couple of LP tracks and a solo track each by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. All have been digitally remastered and are in excellent sound. The chronological sequencing tells the Righteous Brothers' story musically, starting with the heavily R&B-influenced early tracks from Moonglow Records, including a version of "Georgia on My Mind" on which Medley sounds just like Ray Charles, and the frantic "Justine," which might as well be by the Isley Brothers. When producer Phil Spector takes the singers to his Philles label, he embeds them in his Wall of Sound for the melodramatic ballad productions that gave them their biggest hits, starting with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." On their own on MGM's Verve Records subsidiary and on the parent label, they effectively re-create that sound together and separately. Coming six years after the end of their heyday, "Rock and Roll Heaven" makes for a cartoonish coda to the hit-making years of 1963-1968, but it was a big hit and merits inclusion for that reason (and no other).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bob Hatfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Gorrell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Don Christy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - William Cook, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Don F. Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hatfield, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer - Alex North, ComposerLyricist - HY ZARET, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hatfield, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - PHIL SPECTOR, Producer - Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Robert Maxwell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Michael Patterson, Conductor - Bill Baker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Richards, ComposerLyricist - Richard Mullan, ComposerLyricist - Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Michael Patterson, Conductor - Bill Baker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Calvin Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Michael Patterson, Conductor - Bill Baker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Bill Baker, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Gary Bonner, ComposerLyricist - Alan Gordon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Don Ralke, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hatfield, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Medley, Producer, MainArtist - Barry Mann, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Omartian, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lambert, Producer - Brian Potter, Producer - The Righteous Brothers, MainArtist - Alan O'Day, ComposerLyricist - John Andrew Stevenson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Capitol Records Inc.
Album review
The intention of the Universal Music Group compilation series called The Definitive Collection is to occupy the price point in between its more expensive two-CD Gold series and its budget-priced 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. It is, thus, aimed at the fan who wants a reasonably complete single-disc anthology of a particular artist's hits. In that sense, the Righteous Brothers' edition of the series is a good example. The duo reached Billboard magazine's Hot 100 21 times between 1963 and 1974, and 17 of those chart entries are contained on this album. (The most notable exceptions are the two follow-ups to the novelty comeback hit "Rock and Roll Heaven," "Give It to the People" and "Dream On," which UMG didn't choose to license from EMI.) Also included are a couple of LP tracks and a solo track each by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. All have been digitally remastered and are in excellent sound. The chronological sequencing tells the Righteous Brothers' story musically, starting with the heavily R&B-influenced early tracks from Moonglow Records, including a version of "Georgia on My Mind" on which Medley sounds just like Ray Charles, and the frantic "Justine," which might as well be by the Isley Brothers. When producer Phil Spector takes the singers to his Philles label, he embeds them in his Wall of Sound for the melodramatic ballad productions that gave them their biggest hits, starting with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." On their own on MGM's Verve Records subsidiary and on the parent label, they effectively re-create that sound together and separately. Coming six years after the end of their heyday, "Rock and Roll Heaven" makes for a cartoonish coda to the hit-making years of 1963-1968, but it was a big hit and merits inclusion for that reason (and no other).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:54
- Main artists: The Righteous Brothers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2009 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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