Track Listing

1. Solitary Man
2. Cherry Cherry
3. I Got The Feelin'
4. Thank The Lord For The Night Time
5. Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon
6. Kentucky Woman
7. Shilo
8. You Got To Me
9. Brooklyn Roads
10. Red Red Wine
11. I'm A Believer
12. Sweet Caroline
13. Soolaimon
14. Cracklin' Rosie
15. Song Sung Blue
16. Play Me
17. Holly Holy
18. Morning Side
19. Crunchy Granola Suite
20. Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
21. I Am...I Said
22. Longfellow Serenade
23. Beautiful Noise
24. If You Know What I Mean
25. Desiree
26. September Morn
27. You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Diamond, Neil & Barbra Streisand
28. Forever In Blue Jeans
29. Hello Again
30. America
31. Love On The Rocks
32. Yesterday's Songs
33. Heartlight
34. Headed For The Future
35. Heartbreak Hotel - Diamond, Neil & Kim Carnes
36. All I Really Need Is You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1240 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-07
• Number of discs: 2

From Amazon.com
Though now known mainly for his middle-of-the-road balladry, Neil Diamond started his career in the '60s as a Tin Pan Alley pro who turned out a string of ballsy, folk-rock-styled classic Top 40 singles that may come as a surprise to anyone who's grown up with the image of Diamond as a sensitive crooner and Vegas showman. This 2 CD set contains all of his hits, but it isn't quite the definitive package that its title suggests. His early Bang singles ("Cherry, Cherry," "Kentucky Woman," "Solitary Man") and his later Columbia material ("You Don't Bring Me Flowers," "America," "Heartlight") appear in their original versions. But his mid-period MCA/UNI hits ("Sweet Caroline," "Song Sung Blue," "I Am ... I Said") are represented by live re-recordings from 1989 and 1992. --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews

Excellent
A Great album ,with a mix of live and studio tracks.
Personally I think the live tracks bring some great energy to the album and even though they are live they have good production.
Turn it up loud and enjoy!
Love it!!

Very disappointed :-(
I should have read the other reviews. Some people prefer live but I like crisp full belt studio versions. Shame the CD cover didn't indicate some tracks were live and some re-recorded. Maybe amazon will be nice and let me change it :-)

Talk To Trading Standards!
This is the third Sony/BMG release that I have which contains live and/or re-recordings when it makes no mention of them on the package. The others were Billy Joel and Roy Orbison.

It is clear to me that this company are flagrantly conning the general public out of their cash.

I can remember years ago it was a legal requirement that discs with re-recordings must state it on the cover. Indeed I still have one or two that do.

I returned my Roy Orbison disc to Sony customer services a couple of weeks ago by recorded delivery. Guess what - no reply yet!

Small claims court is next!