Fantastic
i love this cd and strongly recommend this to anyone looking for something different to listen to. it has a really unique sound!

Good quality collection
As in the title, a good quality dubbing from tape to CD. Just collecting old memories!

Great singer
I'd forgotten how good Melanie is, particularly the "Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers" track. I looked up a couple of other settings of that poem. They were more true to the original poem, but very stilted - or even grotesque. Melanie nailed the whole concept, in her melody, her pacing and certainly in her capture of a child's breathless delivery.
[This review is by my dad, for whom the disk was a gift. But I listened to Melanie growing up, and she's really good.]

The Very Best of Melanie
This is an exceptional album for Melanie fans, and victims of the 60's. All 21 tracks are good listening, I particularly enjoyed the "I don't eat meat" track, makes me smile each time I hear it. Even though I do!!
If you are a Melanie fan, this is a great album to have. Enjoy!!

Excellent compilation of original recordings, with great cover art.
These performances are Melanie's classic recordings, recorded 1968 - 1971. Priceless performances, at a great price.

Tracks 1, 4, 17, 20 from the Buddah album "Candles In the Rain" (1970). (Track 4, "Lay Down (Candles In the Rain)," is in its extended version on this CD, not the shortened single version on the original album. The extended version was originally released on the 1972 Buddah compilation "The Four Sides of Melanie.")

Track 2 from the Neighborhood album "Gather Me" (released on Buddah Records outside of the United States; 1971).

Tracks 3 & 16 from the Buddah album "The Good Book" (1970 or '71, can't remember!!).

Tracks 5 & 6 from the Buddah album "Melanie" (this album was just titled "Melanie" in the United States, but it was titled "Affectionately Melanie" in England and other countries; 1969).

Tracks 7, 8, 9, & 15 from the Buddah album "Born To Be" (1968).

Tracks 10, 19, & 20 from the Buddah album "Leftover Wine" (1970).

Tracks 11, 14, & 18 from the Buddah album "Garden In the City" (1971).

Tracks 12 & 13 from the original soundtrack recording "All the Right Noises," released on Buddah Records outside of the United States in 1970. These tracks were eventually released in the United States on the Buddah compilation album "Please Love Me" (1973).