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I am overjoyed to have found this CD with all of Ricky Nelson's Hits at Amazon.com.Pure 60's: The #1 Hits

Real good collection but it could use a few more songs that are missing like "Today's Teardrops" but a good collection nevertheless.

I have owned three Ricky Nelson anthologies over the years: the EMI America LEGENDARY MASTERS edition by in the days of the LP, this greatest hits edition, and most recently the Bear box set, AMERICAN DREAM. I really love my new Bear set (actually used, since the set is now out of print), but I'm frankly not sure that the extreme cost of the box set (even at the reasonably affordable price I got it for) makes it a better option than the Capital GREATEST HITS album. The LEGENDARY MASTERS album is still available in download-only format, but this disc supercedes that one by not only containing all the major hits found on that one, but by including several additional singles. Ricky Nelson is the one performer from the period framed roughly by the death of Buddy Holly and the British Invasion who is most unjustly neglected. He didn't rock as hard as Elvis or Carl Perkins, but neither was he as bland as Pat Boone. He had a genuine respect for the music, obtained some great material from some very good song writers, had a decent if not a great voice, and had the great sense to hire the greatest rockabilly guitarist that there was, the legendary James Burton (so superb that Elvis himself made him the cornerstone of his band). Without Burton, Nelson's music would have been pleasant and worth hearing, but Burton's scintillating solos make a knowledge of at least the best of Burton's music essential for any student of rock. Fifty years after these songs were recorded, Burton's guitar playing sounds as extraordinary as ever. Honestly, without Burton I'm not sure how much of a fan of these songs I would be, but luckily that is not an issue. These are great songs and ought to be listened to by anyone who loves music. On a side note, I was actually listening to Ricky Nelson at the moment of his death. I was in 1985 while attending grad school working as a graveyard shift desk clerk at the faculty club at the University of Chicago (twenty years earlier blues-rock legend Paul Butterfield had the same position -- I always liked to think that Butterfield's buddy and fellow band member Michael Bloomfield might have stopped by to say hello and keep him company). None of the other clerks wanted to work on New Year's Eve so I agreed to work four straight shifts. Because the building was empty I brought along my portable tape player. For a couple of hours -- from around 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm -- I listened to a recording I made on tape from my LP of Nelson's LEGENDARY MASTERS. The next morning when the papers were delivered I opened them to read with some alarm that Nelson had died the previous evening at around (I think I'm remembering the time correctly) 5:45 pm. I realized I had been listening to him at the time.

It's little know but the second biggest seller in rock and roll in the 1950's after Elvis was Ricky Nelson (something 20 or 30 million copies). As rcck a billy goes, Eddie Cochran may be more revered but this guy was damned good. It's nice to see a really thorough collection of his hits. Sure there was "Hello, Mary Lou" (written by Gene Pitney) and "Travelin' Man" but he did so much more.

This is the best CD I have ever purchased in regard to Ricky Nelson's Music Hits. The first CD I bought at a store had the remake of his hits in which I was not happy with. I ended up trading the CD at another store. This is before I found Amazon. Amazon has been really great for me to search out the music I really enjoy. The songs that are on Ricky Nelson's Greatest Hits CD are fantastic. I can remember the songs like yesterday when I was growning up. I would highly recommend this CD to anyone who really likes his music. Thanks Again, Robert W. Anderson

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That this album is great. I have a copy of this Disney album, I kinda got this album for a Christmas present before. I love this album. One of my favorite songs in this album are the Wonderful Things About Tiggers, because I love Tigger, he's a cat with good sense of humor. I also like Pink Elephants On Parade, that the pink elephants are hilarious and they're from Dumbo, after all I love the disney film Dumbo. This album is great, I kinda like all the songs in this album except for Part of Your World and Best of Friends.

My students love singing to the music during the last couple of weeks of school. They didn't realize they knew some many of the disney songs.

What can you say about Disney? We listen to all 3 volumes (I know there are tons of Disney compilations out there, but these are the orignals) in the car and my daughter changes her favorite every week. The ones from the rides are especially fun, and some of them are quite old, but still great!

My family loves listening to this CD. We have numerous Disney music CD's and we listen to them constantly in the car. I would defintely recommend this to any Disney fan.

The songs on this cd are a bit more "adult" than on the others. I really enjoy, but the kids don't really ask for this one.

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The Cd is Immaculate, it has every song I could want on one disc. The DVD was only 20 minutes long. I was expecting a full length dvd with interviews of people who knew him OR that it would be the same dvd as "Ricky Nelson Sings" which is a 90 minute dvd with the same artwork as this/ same time of release. Originally I was going to buy the CD and the Ricky Nelson Sings DVD but I opted for this combo thinking I'd save some cash. If I had it to do over I'd buy the regular CD and Ricky Nelson Sings DVD separately. But watching the DVD you see a very young Ricky Nelson who didn't perform with the intensity of most rock n' roll performers, instead he has a laid back, subtle, eerie, enchanted approach to his style of performance. With piercing eyes even in black and white. As far as being a teen idol which I'd equate with the type of idol that would appear in the teen beat magazines, Ricky has a great understanding of real true rock n' roll. For some reason i can't really put into words but his younger performances were more entertaining or memorizing. as he matures he seems a bit bored with the idea of tv performance/lip syncing. but understandably he kept doing the performances because it made sense with all the exposure each single got. The Young performances are true gems to me.

Next to Elvis,Ricky Nelson was also the King of Rock and Roll.This DVD is wonderfull,with alot of Rickys hits from his TV show .Its almost like watching what MTV would have been like in the 50's.The ending is great,with all of Rickys son's singing his last hit,"Garden Party.

What a treat! Brings a tear to your eyes. Awesome tribute to Ricky via his grown children!

As I thought this was more of a survey of what I thought of the DVD. All I can say is that it was better then what I expected. I knew it was going to be good but it was the best. Besides the hits of Ricky's it was good to hear of his life growing up. I loved the DVD and know if Ricky was still with us he would still be the best

By the time the Beatles burst forth in '64, I was embarrassed to admit that Ricky Nelson had been my childhood hero, but the truth of it all came rushing back as I watched those old B&W performances on this excellent DVD. Everything around him in those Ozzie & Harriet episodes looks impossibly corny now, but his stillness and sincerity impress, and that sweet/sad voice remains achingly pure. The DVD makes it clear that Ricky is still a hero to his four children, and that's the best and worst thing about this tribute. Their testimonials are sincere if overly reverential, the best of them coming from Sam, a ringer for his dad, and Kris Kristofferson. That said, by the time sons Gunnar, Matt and Sam sang "Garden Party," I was a goner, cryin' as though his plane had gone down yesterday afternoon.

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A mythic film that does not really deserve it. It is the simple situation of the good-for-nothing brother of an important rancher in Texas. This brother kills someone out of spite and drunkenness and he is put in goal. His rich rancher of a brother sends his troops to get him out. That's the story of the siege of the prison, and the city, and how they are all going to be killed, on the bad guys' side. The touch of romance is nothing but a minuscule touch in a sea of brush strokes. John Wayne and his fellow crooners Dean Martin and company are doing what they can on a rather bad simple story with no plot or nearly no plot. John Wayne walks extremely badly for a sheriff as if he had a double and inverted rotation of the vertebrae. A society has the heroes it deserves. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID

Its fun. Plain and simple its fun. After all movies are supposed to be fun and entertaining, isn't that the whole purpose. I think it is. Some moves now are for the special effects or the "wow" factor. Some try to woo you with the sex and skin factor and then there are those that are just plain entertaining and fun. This is one of those movies. I guess the main attraction is being in my early fifties I grew up with these stars in this movie, its almost like watching a home movie with family. NO deep thought is required, no shame in letting the entire family sit and watch with you and no dead acting. Its just fun.

Don't expect any deep messages in this one, just pure entertainment. Same plot as El Dorado with Dean Martin (rather than Robert Mitchum) as the drunken sheriff who must be saved and Ricky Nelson (rather than James Caan) as the young partner. A classic Duke western with some singing by Dean and Ricky.

I have seen this movie too many times to count. No clue why. Key players gave great performances. Dean Martin was superb, John Wayne pure John Wayne, and Walter Brennan was wonderful. Pretty obvious that Walter Brennan made Dean Martin crack up in their scenes. Rickey Nelson was a kid when this was made and is showed but he was serviceable. Angie Dickenson looks great and gave a decent performance given her age at the time. Supporting cast well chosen and gave excellent performances. Classic good vs evil with some chuckles tossed in. Blu Ray quality on this was good. Sharp video. Audio was also good to a great score. Overall I am very satisfied. I had the DVD, but this is my all time favorite so I had to get the Blu Ray.

I don't yet own a lot of Blu-ray movies, but of the dozen or so I've watched, this is easily the worst. The transfer seems very grainy and there was literally nothing in the image that seemed to me to be in any way an improvement on the DVD version. So, if you already have the DVD version, I would see little point in buying this one. With respect to the movie itself, like most other reviewers, I find this to be one of John Wayne's best films. I would not, however, put it up there with the truly classic westerns because of the presence of Ricky Nelson. In the latter part of Wayne's career, he apparently liked to include a young star in the film, presumably to appeal to younger filmgoers who might not be attracted to an aging Duke. I assume that this was a good box office strategy, and sometimes, as with Glenn Campbell's more than serviceable performance in "True Grit," it didn't significantly damage the movie. But not here. Ricky Nelson is unbelievably bad. Literally, the worst actor to ever appear in a major movie. (He also managed to nearly capsize the otherwise excellent Jack Lemon film "The Wackiest Ship in the Army.") It's not difficult to see why his film career came to an early end. The problem with having a truly awful actor in a movie is that it makes it difficult to suspend disbelief. You always end up being distracted by thoughts like, "Did Howard Hawks really believe he could coach a decent performance out of this stiff?" There is a sharp contrast between Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin, who came to fame, of course, as a singer and straight man for Jerry Lewis. In this movie, Martin shows that he was an excellent actor. If I'm allowed one more carp: I think it would have been better to have cast a somewhat older actress in the Angie Dickinson part. The age gap between Angie and the Duke makes their romance less plausible than it would have been with a more mature actress in the part. The strength of the performances by Wayne, Martin, and Walter Brennan, and the brilliance of the script are enough to overcome these problems, though, and make this an enjoyable film. One that is, of course, indispensable for John Wayne fans.

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"Here Come the Nelsons" stars Ozzie, Harriet, Ricky and David as well as Rock Hudson, legendary screen heavy and TV producer Sheldon Leonard, Jim Backus ("Mister Magoo") and Gale Gordon ("Here's Lucy").This movie is co-scripted by the great and tragic comedy writer William Davenport. Here Come the Nelsons gets off slowly but soon has enough plot twists to maintain interest until the hilarious finale.On the way there's a rodeo with Ozzie riding a wild bronc, a visit to a carnival astrologer, an impromptu dance contest in Ozzie's living room and a holdup.This is classic 50s family fare but not insipid. There's a fair amount of romantic tension and many clever plot twists, including the kidnapping of Ricky. The film is well-lit, directed and acted and highlights the unique savoir faire of Ozzie Nelson who would soon begin his television sitcom reign.There are a couple of hokey sequences that don't work well (especially Ozzie's ad-man office angst) but these are amply countered by the many scenes that provoke laugh-out-loud hilarity.A great film for the kids and Nelson fans and a reasonably enjoyable outing for everyone else.Mike Hoffman

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For all people who really appreciate a GREAT movie, this is the one. The nostalgia of sailing combined with GREAT acting, great cast and tropical scenery makes this movie one to look at and look for. It is a nice comedy combined with action, WWII piece of history and sailing lessons. Makes a great addition to any movie enthusiast. Highly recommended.

Looking for a cheep picture that will be delivered fast. Best of all its funny and you know you won't be disappointed. Saw it the other night and it made me want to watch Mr. Robberts. Another great buy.

FONNY FUNNY FUNNY. ONLY A COUPLE OF BAD WORDS AND NO NUDITY. GREAT FOR CHILDREN AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED.

This is a great movie! It would be great to have more like this available on DVD.

This is a very funny movie! Service to get it to me was very efficient.