Retrospective 1963-1974

by The Righteous Brothers

Overview

Before this, there had not been a new Righteous Brothers compilation since 1990, when Verve issued the single disc, 12-track The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody in the wake of Rhino's excellent, exhaustive 1989 double-disc, 32-track set Anthology 1962-1974. The 2005 compilation Retrospective falls between those two extremes. While not digging as deep as Anthology, it contains all 12 songs on The Very Best Of and adds another eight cuts, including Bill Medley's 1968 solo single "Brown Eyed Woman." Although the disc might have been better served by a strict chronological sequencing -- after opening with "Unchained Melody," it jumps all over the place -- this nevertheless contains all of the big hits, all in great sound, and has enough of their lesser-known material to illustrate that the Righteous Brothers were more than just the pair who sang such oldies staples as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" and "Little Latin Lupe Lu." Anthology remains the definitive word on the duo, but for listeners who don't want an exhaustive collection (or shell out the money for that out-of-print collection) yet want a little bit more than the hits, this is the perfect choice. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2005
Label:	Abkco Records
UPC:	0018771923527
Rank:	47451

Tracks

1. Unchained Melody
2. My Babe
3. Justine
4. See That Girl
5. Just Once in My Life
6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
7. Hung on You
8. On This Side of Goodbye
9. Little Latin Lupe Lu
10. Georgia on My Mind
11. He
12. The White Cliffs of Dover
13. Ebb Tide
14. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
15. Go Ahead and Cry
16. (You're My) Soul and Inspiration
17. Hang Ups
18. Brown Eyed Woman
19. Melancholy Music Man
20. Rock and Roll Heaven

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Righteous Brothers   Primary Artist
Bill Medley   Primary Artist
Bobby Hatfield   Primary Artist
Don Ralke   Conductor
Michael Patterson   Conductor
Bill Baker [5]   Conductor
Nick DeCaro   Conductor

Technical Credits

Teri Landi   Audio Production,Analog Transfer,Reissue Producer,Session Research
Jody H. Klein   Audio Production,Reissue Producer
Phil Spector   Audio Production,Composer,Producer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Garry Bonner   Composer
Dewey Terry   Composer
Joseph Wissert   Producer
John Richards   Composer
Perry Botkin, Jr.   Arranger
Nat Burton   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
William Best   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Steve Rosenthal   Restoration,Archives Coordinator
Jack Richards   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer,Producer
Don "Sugarcane" Harris   Composer
Don Ralke   Arranger
Gene Page   Arranger
Dennis Lambert   Producer
Hy Zaret   Composer
Michael Omartian   Arranger
Alan Gordon   Composer
Don F. Harris   Composer
Deek Watson   Composer
Maria Papazahariou   Session Research,Production Director
Janessa Gursky   Assistant Art Director
Richard Mullan   Composer
Stacin Gregson   Assistant Engineer
John Stevenson   Composer
Iris Keitel   Art Direction
Ralph Valentin   Engineer
Lenne Allik   Concept
Seth Adkins   Research
Tom Psipsikas   Assistant Engineer
Bill Baker [5]   Arranger
Jon Paul LoMonaco   Design
Theodorus W G De Best   Composer
Jim Bessman   Essay,Liner Notes
Nick DeCaro   Arranger
Jim Lockert   Engineer
Stuart Gorrell   Composer
Alan O'Day   Composer
Brian Fitzpatrick   Design
Bruce Botnick   Engineer
Alex North   Composer
Brian Potter   Producer
Robert Maxwell   Composer
Stan Ross   Engineer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Bill Medley   Composer,Producer
Bobby Hatfield   Composer,Producer
Jack Nitzsche   Arranger
Larry Levine   Engineer