20 Original Greatest Hits

These 20 tracks by , (mostly) come from his catalog, which has been largely unavailable. recorded with the label in the late '50s through the early '60s with producer , and recorded a number of big hits for the imprint. Namely, and the duet with . But there is much more here to discover, including his near signature version of ' and just to name a few. This set is great as far as it goes, though it does lack any of his great duet performances with from the same period, but consider it a teaser: if you like what's here, either in addition to, or opposed to the material, Germany's imprint began issuing complete catalog in 2009 in multiple volume box sets. For the money, though, this is a very attractive CD musically, even if its packaging runs to the generic. ~ Thom Jurek