Great Mix Of Old And New!
592407
I first purchased this soundtrack for the first track.  After listening to the whole album I was excited by the classic hits accompanying the new.  A definite must-have!
4247827
Great CD.  A mix of the old and new stuff.  Never really appreciated Colin in his Men at Work days, but find his more mature work really good.  I have a copy and have bought another as a gift.
2635092
some rock & roll that were new to me plus old favorites
4012344
For an overview of Mark Knopfler's career, this is great to have, or people who haven't listened to him since the days of Dire Straits that he's continued to put out music. A bulk of the collection is Dire Straits with a new song with Emmylou Harris at the end that's nice.

I like this one better than the "Sultans of Swing" collection because I like "Sailing to Philadelphia" a lot.

I'd advise anyone to pick up all of Dire Straits' studio CDs including "Alchemy" (which would make for a great CD/DVD combo), the BBC sessions, and "On the Night" which cover the various phases of their career.
1898136
I was not really all that familiar with Pink Martini and had my "Enigma" station running on Pandora one day and some of their work came up and I liked it.  I did a little searching and found that their music is quite a variety and really nice.  I am listening to it again here in my office and it is really pleasant.  Some great old tunes that I have not heard in a ages and fun memories.  But what a wide variety of music.  Really fun!
1299895
As usual, a supercool mix of tunes everyone can enjoy...this time slightly more on the punk side! You have the awesome cover of "What a Wonderful World" by the late, great Joey Ramone. It also includes songs by Joan Jett and also by the Lunachicks. (All you riot grrls out there might want to check out albums by these artists if you haven't already!) There's a song by the Stone Roses that sounds a bit like the Byrds. Throw in a few more alternative-sounding songs, and you have a great album for your next road trip or party! I bought this for myself almost as much as my daughters. It's also a great primer for those interested in some good gritty rock n' roll roots rather than the current shallow teen fare. Very refreshing!
2590059
These songs are from a multitude of locations that someone had spent a ton of time, effort and money to compile.

Many are pulled from his movies and would be next to impossible for you or I to get our hands on. Duets with The Andrews Sisters on Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy is great to hear. Jerry Lewis is funny as always. Dean made over 50 movies ...so there is much material to choice from. Some of his 'live' night club act stuff is here too.

Wonderful music here and it's hard see how anyone that loves or even just likes Martin could give this less than 5 stars!

The sound quality is actually very good and remember some of these tracts are over 60 years old now and pulled from movie tapes. I loved this stuff!

Buy it...
1803664
I have to tell you that I own this video and had to buy the CD for my car.  The songs are so.... great - all of them! He sings "Hello" like I've never heard it sung and his "Moment In Time" is an up-beat version which gets you toe tapping! I love this "old" collection because it renews the songs forgotten. If you purchase this CD - you will enjoy it to the utmost!
2575738
It's a great book, I didn't know all the songs, but it has a good collection of older pieces. Not the easy type of folk songs you find in other places, but more rounded out with some meet to them songs. Includes the spirituals too, which is wonderful!
3955177
Old out of print CDs can be virtually impossible to find so imagine my surprise and thrill when I was able to purchase this wonderful collection of popular tunes again!
4550470
Such a great blend of nostalgia and epic producers. This is not only a great album, but also a great list of artists you should keep an eye on!
4001211
This if a great gathering of songs. All the hits and most of the highlights from their career
are here. If you were (are) a fan and your old vinyl records are long overused or your record player just doesn't work, you will love this double cd! All the songs are digitally remastered so the band never sounded so good! They were some under rated musicians that's for sure.
3491932
It was great to add this to the collection and find that it had so many extra songs on it!  Nice to hear it remastered without the scratchy sound of the old library LP I used to check out back in the day!
3440816
This is a great new take on a favorite of mine.  Lots of new pieces I haven't heard as well as new versions of songs I have.
477150
Every once in a while, there's a compilation album that I'm interested in, this was one of those compilations. I can honestly say that I love most of the songs on the album, this is an excellent collection of offerings from an excellent collection of artists, nicely done!
4583271
I have so totally enjoyed reading the collection. I had read some before but not all.
How much fun there was in the good old days! With lots of work thrown in!
1858171
I just picked up this cd second hand and was quite surprised how nice of a collection this is. You will recognize some of the songs as they were released as singles. These songs were grossly overplayed upon their release and became bland. On this cd, the real pleasant surprise are the new songs. Hypnotic and relaxing are all. Even the older hits sound good again as they are mixed in sequence perfectly. I highly recommend this cd! Again , a pleasant surprise from a most versatile performer.