The Best of Hullabaloo: Collection 1

For fans of the 1965-1966 Hullabaloo show, MPI is bringing more great performances to dvd in a Best Of Hullabaloo series consisting of 4 separate dvd's available September 10th, 2013. In 2000 to 2002, MPI produced Hullabaloo Vols. 1-4, Hullabaloo Vols. 5-8 and Hullabaloo Vols. 9-12. In these older Volume sets, MPI included some of the Hullabaloo shows on dvd, all in their entirety. The film quality was not the greatest, but seeing the entire shows were fabulous! These Volume Sets from 2000-2002 are now priced out of most people's price range, so being able to purchase these new Best Of Hullabaloo 4 different sets may be a nice alternative.I truly wish MPI would have made more of the Volume Sets, which include the Hullabaloo Shows in their entirety, instead of these 4 Best Of sets, but I'm happy with any of the old Hullabaloo performances, so I'll take what I can get. I heard the film quality is just like the older Volume Sets- not the greatest, but MPI is including 16-17 performances on each dvd and some fabulous bonus material. MPI always includes great bonus material when they can get it for their dvd's, and they did get some great interviews for these 4 Best Of dvd's. I did try and compare the performances on these Hullabaloo Best Of dvd's with my 2000-2002 Hullabaloo Volume dvd's, and I can only say I found maybe a couple duplicate performances. So, even if you own the Hullabaloo Vols. 1-4, Hullabaloo Vols. 5-8 and Hullabaloo Vols. 9-12, you will enjoy these Best Of performances, of which most are not included in the Volume Sets.I will list the performances MPI is including in this Best Of Hullabaloo: 1, along with the Bonus Interview, so you can decide if you want it or if you want to compare it to the Volume Sets- if you own them. For the money, this is a great buy, but it is not what I wished for, which would have been a continuation of the Hullabaloo Volumes of the complete shows- only digitally remastered! I love seeing these old Hullabaloo performances again, but seeing the entire old shows with remastered film would have rated 5 Stars, instead of the 4 Stars I'm giving this dvd. The performances alone, the fabulous interview material and great price still rate 4 stars with me, as I know I'll still enjoy going back to 1965-1966 viewing these great stars again in their prime. Here is what you will find on this Best Of Hullabaloo: 1:01.) Bobby Vinton- There Ain't Gonna Be An Opening Number02.) Barbara McNair- Don't Rain On My Parade03.) Johnny Rivers- Midnight Special04.) Chad & Jeremy- If I Loved You05.) The Four Tops- Just Ask The Lonely06.) Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas- It's Gotta Last Forever07.) The Hullabaloos- I'm Gonna Love You Too08.) Bobby Vinton- You Are My Sunshine09.) Trini Lopez- If I Had A Hammer10.) Lesley Gore- Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows11.) Lesley Gore- All My Life12.) The Chad Mitchell Trio- You Were On My Mind13.) Dionne Warwick- Who Can I Turn To?14.) The Astronauts- Twist & Shout15.) Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara- Comedy Routine16.) Trini Lopez ,Dionne Warwick & Lesley Gore- Puff, The Magic Dragon17.) Trini, Dionne, Lesley & Cast- Lemon TreeBONUS: Interview with Lesley Gore!

I bought all four, and they are rather disappointing in my opinion. Sure it brought back some memories, but the cuts they used for this series are not the best ones. It's like they used the "B" side of an album instead of the "A" side. The few top performers of the day that they show are not even performing their best songs. They also have some comedy acts as fillers that are pretty lame.And the bonus features are not all that great either. I had originally ordered a used set of the original full series, but Amazon lost them in the mail, so I thought these would be a good second best. I was wrong!

Loved it.

If you remember a better, easier time, when performers could actually sing, and had talent, then you will love this series collection...Worth checking out for sure.

Excellent dvd presentation of one my favortie television shows from the sixties. No problems with skipping or any other issues. The color comes out very well in this presentation.

interesting watching the way things were, musically...

Awesome!

Husband loved it.

sorry this is rip off bad image bad sound you should not sell this I own more then 500 dvd of music and this carbage