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| | Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: From the 50's and 60's | | | Music Style : | | 1960-1969 | | Record Label : | | Tvt | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $21.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $21.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Captain Kangaroo (Puffin' Billy)
2. Little Rascals (Good Old Days)
3. Flintstones
4. Woody Woodpecker Show
5. Bugs Bunny Overture
6. Casper, the Friendly Ghost
7. Felix the Cat
8. Popeye
9. Yogi Bear
10. Magilla Gorilla - Flatt & Scruggs, Jerry Scroggins
11. Top Cat
12. Jetsons - Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor
13. Fireball XL-5 - Jay Livingston
14. Howdy Doody
15. Ballad of Jed Clampett - Earle H. Hagen
16. Petticoat Junction
17. Green Acres - Al Caiola
18. Mr. Ed
19. Munsters - Ray Anthony, Ray Anthony Orchestra
20. Addams Family - The Ventures
21. My Three Sons
22. Donna Reed Show (Theme Song)
23. Leave It to Beaver
24. Dennis the Menace
25. Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
26. Patty Duke Show
27. Dick Van Dyke Show
28. Gilligan's Island (The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle)
29. McHale's Navy
30. I Dream of Jeannie
31. I Love Lucy
32. Andy Griffith Show
33. Star Trek
34. Lost in Space
35. Twilight Zone
36. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
37. Superman
38. Batman
39. Flipper
40. Combat
41. Rifleman
42. Bonanza
43. Branded
44. F-Troop
45. Rin Tin Tin
46. Daniel Boone
47. Wild Wild West
48. Lone Ranger
49. Happy Trails
50. Mission: Impossible
51. Man from U.N.C.L.E.
52. Get Smart
53. Secret Agent Man
54. Dragnet (Theme and March)
55. Perry Mason
56. Adam-12
57. F.B.I.
58. Hawaii Five-O
59. 77 Sunset Strip
60. Surfside 6
61. Ironside
62. Mannix
63. Mod Squad
64. Tonight Show [Johnny's Theme]
65. Late, Late Show (Syncopated Clock)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Great For Reminiscing
Submitted on: 2009-11-20 |
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| I bought this CD with a specific purpose in mind: that being, having a friendly contest game with some friends to try to guess the name of the TV show from just hearing a little of the theme music. I did discover one drawback though: namely some of the theme music has lyrics that mention the name of the show so these I had to not use. Otherwise, it'll work quite well. |
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 Piece of junk
Submitted on: 2009-10-09 |
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| This LP was produced at a time when no one was putting out such records. If they had have done the leg work and spent some money, TVT could have gotten a lot more original recordings than they did, but they decided to go cheap (to be fair though, they probably couldn't afford a lot, this being their first release). Listening to this collection now re-released on CD shows how little they care. They really should have updated it. I don't think there is one cut on this CD that is from its original master recording. If the track sounds like crap, it's because it was probably taken off of the TV or a bad VHS copy (It's original but so are the themes I taped off of my TV with my portable cassette player). The rest are all recreations in all there tinny synthetic glory. Get Smart (the guitar player was obviously right out of high school band) and Batman being some of the worst. In the 80's there was nothing else like this set, but now you can probably get better quality recordings off the internet. For me, the only nostalgia this set conjures up is one of my many trips up a high-rise office building elevator. |
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 A GOOD COLLECTION, BUT DISAPPOINTING!
Submitted on: 2009-06-11 |
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This set would have been great if they could have used all original themes from the TV shows presented here. Unfortunately, there are a few that have been re-recorded for various reasons. It's hard to complain when your getting 65 themes in one collection, but the only reason anyone would want these themes is to have the original.
The themes sound quality range from great to pretty bad and in some cases I've actually recorded the same themes (only original or better quality) from my TiVo onto a CD and they sound infinitely better. Also, some of the themes don't have the ending credits themes included, which would have been nice. Another problem is that some shows had different themes throughout their run and not all are included.
Over all this set is not bad, but be prepared for some disappointments. I own all 7 CD's from this set and many others, but for some reason some very cool themes aren't included. I've had to do some serious treasure hunting to find them on DVD's or VHS to transfer them to CD.
If you can find this at a reasonable price then buy it. |
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 Greatest Hits still the greatest
Submitted on: 2009-03-05 |
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| This is a wonderful cd and brings back alot of memories. I had such fun listening and shared it with friends too. |
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 Inconsistent and disappointing
Submitted on: 2008-10-28 |
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There are three big problems I have with this whole series of CD's.
The first is that a good number of the themes featured on them are lousy renditions of the orginals, or lousy recordings of the originals. For instance, the "Twilight Zone" theme (a reconstruction) sounds as if the studio orchestra didn't work off a score, but just sort of noodled something together that sounded a little like it. There is also a lot of synthesizer used, which obviously was not part of any recording in the 50's or 60's.
The second problem is that a number of the original themes had voiceovers or singers integrated into the music. Most of the "reconstructions" use people who don't even come close to sounding like the originals, and the overall effect is irritating. They could have been omitted and probably nobody would have objected.
The third, and possibly the biggest, problem I have with these CD's is that the "themes" are often little more than snippets of the originals. For instance, the "McHale's Navy" theme is less than 35 seconds long!
Invest your money elsewhere. |
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