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The Very Best of Lindisfarne [CD]

Lindisfarne | Format: Audio CD
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (1 Sep 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI Gold
  • ASIN: B0000C0XQX
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,761 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Meet Me On The Corner 2:39£0.89
Listen  2. Lady Eleanor 4:12£0.89
Listen  3. All Fall Down 3:39£0.89
Listen  4. We Can Swing Together 5:44£0.89
Listen  5. Fog On The Tyne 3:23£0.89
Listen  6. Road To Kingdom Come 4:11£0.89
Listen  7. Scarecrow Song 3:20£0.89
Listen  8. Winter Song 5:09£0.89
Listen  9. Clear White Light 4:01£0.89
Listen10. January Song 4:11£0.89
Listen11. Down 3:07£0.89
Listen12. Wake Up Little Sister 2:49£0.89
Listen13. Together For Ever 2:32£0.89
Listen14. Alright On The Night 3:31£0.89
Listen15. Go Back 2:57£0.89
Listen16. Don't Ask Me 3:29£0.89
Listen17. No Time To Lose 3:13£0.89
Listen18. Dingly Dell 6:08£0.89
Listen19. Sleeping 3:35£0.89
Listen20. Love In A Cage 4:43£0.89

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157 of 161 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I absolutely LOVE Lindisfarne, and if you are new to their music then you're in for a major treat, assuming you have a folk-rock inclination. This is a wonderful selection of Lindisfarne tracks, and I should know, I grew up listening to these songs every day. This is fantastic music.

But let's discuss the actual merits of this release by EMI. My reviews focus on the sound quality of discs and they are regularly veto-ed by Amazon.co.uk for the simple reason that they are generally unfavourable. For some reason the guidelines on customer reviews dictate that you should not talk about the sound quality! How perverse and potentially fatal is that?

Compact discs have now been remastered three even four times already, and unless customers can keep tracks on which version they are about to buy, they will get rapidly disillusioned, as I have. Online vendors like Amazon MUST get this information absolutely correct; they must TELL US!

This review of mine will probably be veto-ed as well. Because the simple truth is that after releasing this exact collection in 1989 (adding just a couple of worthless "Bonus" tracks) it has been re-issued in "2003", without ANY attempt at remastering. I have been mislead. I'm writing this so that YOU won't be mislead.

This is not a fabulous "2003" remastering of a brilliant collection of Lindisfarne's best tracks.....this is the same lousy 1989 engineering standard that (surely!) we are all beginning to recognise as the greatest failure in product standards ever known in the music industry. Maybe any industry!

Amazon! - allow this review because you have customers with decent Hi-Fi's and decent EARS!

EMI Gold - Shame On You! You couldn't even spend the money on a remastering job FOURTEEN years on! That's disgraceful. YOU ARE KILLING YOUR OWN INDUSTRY - don't you realise that?

This product also displays an interesting piece of information: "This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection" (verbatim) - which is a new and secret way of saying "This disc has been encoded with Copy Protection code so that in less than 10 (maybe 5....) years it will prove to unplayable on any new Hi-Fi equipment".

Go on amazon.....get with your customer interests and start publishing reviews like this.

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Jimbo Starr TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Forget all of the sub-standard Lindisfarne compilations on the market which regularly contain live versions of their Charisma-era tracks. This is a collection of the Charisma material in it's original form including the hits 'Meet Me On The Corner', 'Lady Eleanor' & 'All Fall Down' along with the well-known 'Fog On The Tyne' + selected album tracks & B-sides. An added bonus is the inclusion of two previously unreleased Alan Hull-penned tracks. 'Sleeping' has a laidback vibe & is driven along by a melodic bassline. It's got a bit of a Lovin' Spoonful 'Daydream' feel to it, with quite a John Lennon-esque lead vocal from Hull & some great harmonies during the chorus. Even better is the slow & bluesy stomper 'Love In A Cage' which clocks in at 4:43 & contains some terrific harmonica & excellent vocal harmonies. The CD is smartly packaged & drummer Ray Laidlaw tells the history of the band in the sleevenotes.
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Glad i bought this so i can decide the tracks i like and buy the original albums, recording very thin and almost pirate like, come on EMI, either buck your ideas up, or scratch the EMI GOLD series,
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Value for money
For everyone who likes the music of Lindisfarne this is a good representation of their work. I can highly recommend the CD and the service was great.
Published 1 month ago by L. Baker
Great cd and great value for money.
Great bargain and a collector's item. One of Lindisfarne's best and difficult to find elsewhere. As usual great service and very prompt just in time for Chritstmas.
Published 5 months ago by satisfied buyer
Total Nostalgia
Great bargain-basement CD which has provided a huge nostalgia trip. My only negative comment is that 'Run For Home' is not one of the tracks - could be because the album came out... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Borisdog
Old but still great!!!
I was reminded how great this band was after hearing them featured on Radio 2. I lost my vinyl in a
down size move some years ago so delighted to now have this great music on... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Amazing Steve
gentle accoustic rock
includes a few golden oldies like Lady Elanor and Fog on Tyne, rest aint bad either... saw them at various concerts just wish one had been their xmas one in Newcastle..
Published 21 months ago by graham c
Struggling to stand the test of time.......
When Lindisfarne started I thought they were fantastic. When I went to their annual Christmas gig at Aycliffe recreation centre back in the early eighties I was blown away - an... Read more
Published on 16 April 2010 by Les Ireland
good
Certainly a good selection of their best and (mostly) well known tracks, plus two stated as (previously unreleased). Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by G. Hutchinson
No one came to criticise, no one to complain... BUT
There ARE people with decent hi fi and (in my case) half-decent ears, and having played this CD through my Copland/Audio Note set-up, as soon as my ears stopped bleeding I rushed... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Fred Basset
Continuing good service by Amazon
CD ordered and received within 3 days during the Xmas rush. This is the usual Amazon way.
Published on 29 Dec 2009 by ND Emery
Geordie boys dun good !
They brought a lot of fun to 70's/80's music

But there was some damn good songwriting and melodies. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2009 by B. M. Walker
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