Customer Reviews
A Satisfied Customer - By: Mr. M. J. Reynolds, 04 Jun 2008 
I bought this at the request of a friend of my mum's. She lives in a nursing home & has taken an interest in revisiting music of her youth. I've bought several CDs on her behalf but as she & my mum listened to this one she said "It's the best yet". It brought back memories of dancing with her husband when they were both young. She said to mum, "after you go I listen to it again & have a good cry." Her husband had died several years ago.
You'll Never Know (Unless You Listen) - By: Norman E. Jopling, 09 Jan 2008 
Hmmm...yes, original Platters, great. But if you're buying this for their hit "You'll Never Never Know" - don't. Ignorance and/or carelessness prevail. What you get is their version of the Warren/Gordon standard "You'll Never Know" ("...you'll never know just how much I love you, you'll never know just how much I care," etc). In fairness, it does say "You'll Never Know" on the tracklist. But it's credited to the writers of "You'll Never Never Know" (who cop the royalties), so the compiler evidently intended to include the hit "You'll Never Never Know", not the obscure "You'll Never Know"...though not so obscure now, as the error might get propagated throughout digital infinity.
The original hit version of "You'll Never Never Know" is available on the "Anthology" - but that's expensive. One never knows, do one...
Best of the best of... - By: Ronald Van Scherpenzeel, 22 Apr 2007 This wonderful "cheap" Spectrum compilation of the authentic 50's
Platters is a real treasure. The absolutely best DooWop group of alll
times (with the best black voice ever of Tony Williams) can be found
on this CD with unbeatable quality. More than half of the Platters'
Greatest are in full stereo although we're still in the fifties!!
All the charting hits are there. This is a "must" for alll record
collectors!!
The Original Recordings - By: the HOOK, 01 Apr 2007 These are the original recordings with the great Tony Williams on lead vocals, the cd bears a Spectrum logo which is owned by Universal Music which in turn owns the Platters "Mercury" recordings fron 1955-1961 which is ther classic period, a great cheep cd with alll the major recordings, agreat listen from start to end clocking in at 47 mins.
First black vocal group to become major stars - By: Peter Durward Harris, 01 Mar 2005 In the fifties, it was hard for black singers to sell music to white record buyers, but the Platters managed to do just that, thus helping to blaze the trail for the many others that followed. Some of their songs were covers of songs from the thirties & forties, suitably updated for the fifties. Some people mistakenly think of songs such as Smoke gets in your eyes & Harbor lights (both dating from the thirties) as being Platters originals - I was among them for many years.
The Platters were much more successful in America than in Britain, but the few UK hits that they had have left a lasting impression. The great pretender (a 1987 top five UK hit for Freddie Mercury), Smoke gets in your eyes (a 1974 top twenty UK hit for Bryan Ferry) & Only you (a minor hit for several artists down the years) have alll charted for other artists since the Platters charted with them in the fifties.
Although this is the first of two volumes, it contains alll of their most famous recordings, whether they are originals or covers. Apart from those already mentioned, their other British hits include Twilight time, My praer, You'll never never know, I'm sorry & Remember when. The only one not here is It isn't right - it was the flip side of You'll never never know & you can find it on volume 2.
If you just want a single CD containing their important tracks, this will do. If you enjoy it enough, you can always buy volume 2 later.
