VWestlife | Phony Oldies 💿 Re-Recordings & How to Avoid Them @vwestlife | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 9 minutes ago
Inferior re-recordings have been an anathema to fans of '50s-'70s Rock, Pop, and R&B music ever since CDs became popular in the 1980s -- and these phony Oldies persist today on YouTube and other streaming and download sites. This video provides examples of these re-recordings, comparisons to the original recordings, and tips on how to avoid re-recordings when collecting compilation CDs.

Slate article about re-recordings: slate.com/culture/2013/05/re-recordings-runaway-and-other-classic-songs-redone-in-the-studio-can-we-stop-this-trend.html

Music featured (in order of appearance):

The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' in the Sand) [intro]
The Buckinghams - Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Jan & Dean - Surf City
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
Mary Wells - My Guy
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game of Love
Dobie Gray - Drift Away
Petula Clark - Downtown
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
The Crests - 16 Candles
Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop
Lesley Gore - It's My Party
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Redbone - Come And Get Your Love
Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
Elvis Presley - I Got a Woman
Orleans - Still the One
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Miracles - Shop Around
The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions
Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring

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