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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Love Song
2	Banks Of The Ohio
3	Me And Bobby McGee
4	If Not For You
5	Help Me Make It Through The Night
6	If You Could Read My Mind
7	In A Station
8	Where Are You Going To My Love
9	Lullaby
10	No Regrets
11	If I Gotta Leave
12	Would You Follow Me
13	If
14	It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
15	Winterwood
16	What Is Life
17	Changes
18	Everything I Own
19	I'm A Small And Lonely Light
20	Just A Little Too Much
21	Living In Harmony
22	Why Don't You Write Me
23	Angel Of The Morning
24	Mary Skeffington
25	If We Only Have Love

Disc: 2

1	My Old Man's Got A Gun
2	Maybe Then I'll Think Of You
3	Amoureuse
4	Take Me Home Country Roads
5	I Love You, I Honestly Love You
6	Music Makes My Day
7	Heartbreaker
8	Leaving
9	You Ain't Got The Right
10	Feeling Best
11	Rosewater
12	Being On The Losing End
13	If We Try
14	Let Me Be There
15	Country Girl
16	Loving You Ain't Easy
17	Have Love Will Travel
18	Hands Across The Sea
19	Please Mr Please
20	The Air That I Breathe
21	Loving Arms
22	If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
23	Have You Never Been Mellow

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Double digitally remastered collection of 48 tracks from the affable British born, Aussie raised songstress. Covers her career from the years 1971 to 1975 & features a mix of originals, reinterpretations & songs written expressly for her: Kris Kristofferson's 'Me & Bobby McGee', Gordon Lightfoot's 'If You Could Read My Mind', 'What is Life' (George Harrison), 'If Not for You' (Bob Dylan), 'Changes', 'Have You Never Been Mellow', & much more. Includes a biographical essay by Nigel Hunter.

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 5.57 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ EMI Import
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ EMI Import
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000005RQN
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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- #3,932 in Soft Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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John A. Kuczma

A treasure trove of early material

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2000

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This collection covers the period 1971 to 1975, when Olivia Newton-John was a hot property in the United Kingdom and beginning to establish herself as a force to be reckonned with in the cross-over country/rock field in the United States. The most recognizable material covers 1971's "If Not For You," 1973's breakout smash "Let Me Be There," 1974's "I Honestly Love You" and ""If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" through 1975's "Please Mr Please" and "Have You Never Been Mellow?"
As with any collection of this size, there are some hits, some misses and a number of blanks. Unless you followed Ms Newton-John's early career closely, many of these songs will be unfamiliar. She does a truly wonderful job of covering David Gates' classic ballads "If" and "Everything I Own", as well as John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" and the BeeGees "The Air That I Breathe." However, her covers of Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" are weak, and her producers did her a gross misservice by allowing Olivia to cover Janis Joplin's "Me & Bobby McGee."
The are a number of lesser known cuts that are absolutely beautiful, such as "Where Are You Going To My Love?" She does well with the mid-grade sound of "You Ain't Got the Right" and "Feeling Best", and the lively "Country Girl" is excellent. There are also a couple of attempts at hard-hitting, uptempo country-rock, a style for which her pure, airy voice is not particularly well suited.
For the serious ONJ fan or collector, this set is a must have. However, for the casual fan or occasional listener, the price is a bit steep for what the compilation delivers. If you're completely undecided, jump off the fence on the side of buying. You'll likely be pleasantly surprised by what you find.

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Soula

The Best of Early Olivia

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019

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I had wanted to find Olivia's first release in America "Let Me Be There" for all her wonderful covers, especially "If You Can Read My Mind" and "Take Me Home Country Roads", and came across this jewel. Many songs included here are songs that I have never heard before, or only released in the UK. I was expecting more of a fuller sound from a remastered CD, but Olivia's voice is what I really paid to hear. As a bonus, a little booklet is included inside denoting the early beginnings of Olivia's career in the business.

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the Jungle Cat

Classic Olivia

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2021

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Great collection of classic Olivia songs

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Billy Bud

Closest thing to "Early Olivia Complete" you can find

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2014

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Closest thing to "Early Olivia Complete" you can find! Still missing some of the mid-70's work and some songs were left off for no apparent reason other than CD space. I love it!

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Kaycee

Moderately nice collection of album tracks and a few legitimate hit ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2018

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Moderately nice collection of album tracks and a few legitimate hit singles but why can’t I find my favorite ONJ lps on disc? She sold millions of records over two decades - I should think that a market exists

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JOE SKRAPITS

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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Great product, price, and service.

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Next best thing to the original albums

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021

This is a wonderful compilation of Olivia’s early albums and contains many songs that are hard to find today. It contains in particular several songs from the “Let Me Be There” album and the “If You Love Me, Let Me Know” album. It would be even better if the studio, or whoever owns the current rights, would release this and all the original albums for digital download. Until then, I will keep my CD player and keep playing this set of CDs.

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A 19 year old preppy,Abercrombie & Fitch boy who enjoys Olivia's classics

An EXCELLENT portrait of Olivia's abounds of songs...

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2004

This album portrays the talent that the sexy, gorgeous country/pop superstar had in her early years--the early 1970's. There are many songs out there that Olivia had hits with before her pre-Grease and Xanadu days (Although, I feel "Xanadu" is an overlooked gem, despite the fact that movie was FLOP and the soundtrack shot up the charts)!
As I am only 19 years old, I am a fan of Olivia Newton-John. I feel proud to say I am. Many of my friends wonder why I listen to this kind of music (IT is good!) and much to their chagrin, I am not going to change. I grew up listening to her old records--which i had acquired from my mom and other relatives--especially her 1975 realease "Have You Never Been Mellow," "Greatest Hits" "Grease" and "Greatest Hits, VOL. 2"
I first got 48 Original Tracks as a Birthday gift back in 1999. This, at the time, before I had acess to the internet was my only source for finding her early songs such as the following: "Let Me Be There," "Loving Arms," "The Air That I Breathe" and many others as I only had them on vinyl! Although there are many songs on this album that I didnt know, after listening to them, one can not help but to grow fond of them or not like them at all--if you are a die hard Olivia fan like I am, one will enjoy the plethora of music contained on the two discs of this collection.
To hear Olivia sing Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" is awesome because, I believe and feel, that it adds Olivia to that long list of singers who have coverd Kristofferson's songs which is a plus for her. Despite the fact that Roger Miller, Lynn Anderson, Sammi Smith, and many others, Olivia ranks on the top of my list with her versions of "Help Me..." and "Me And...".
From 1974's "If You Love Me" LP, another old favorite of mine is here "You Ain't Got The Right." Although Dr. Hook--yes, Dr. Hook--wrote and performed the song, Olivia breaks another barrier by covering songs from another great 70's/80's band that had a totally different image than what she had.
Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind," Bread's "If" and "Everything I Own," George Harrison's "What Is Life," Juice Newton's (The origianl artist's name escapes me at the moment, I know it is Mary_____) "Angel Of the Morning," John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Dr. Hooks "You Aint Got The Right," The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe," "Loving Arms," and Gerry Rafferty's "Mary Skeffington" have added to my collections of home made Greatest Hits of Olivia. These songs add Olivia's own interpretations and her country, yet soft pop sound to these songs. IT is a pleasure to put these tracks from the cd into my cd player and just listen for hours! Recently, I was asked by a aunt to put together a Olivia Newton-John greatest hits collection, so many of the songs that I have listed above, in addition to all those that appeared on her US release, "Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits" all appear on what I call my "pre-Grease Olivia!"
If you are still reading this, thank you! Excuse my grammar/convention errors as I am just spilling how I feel about one of the greatest female singers to have hit the charts!

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特になし

Reviewed in Japan on August 29, 2023

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M. J. Button

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2021

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Ah... Olivia, my first love from back in my early teenage years! Still in love 50+ years later, but no longer have her posters on my wall (wife objected!).

The tracks come from her first few albums, which I originally bought on vinyl, and good to listen to the old songs again.

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Gene Skala

A bounty of hard to find music

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2013

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I am from the USA and I had to order this from Europe because, like many early recordings by Olivia Newton-John, are hard to find here and/or were never released here to begin with. This CD pretty much fills the gap as far as what is hard to find here in the USA. It's a real trove of great music! It's a shame her earlier work is not considered as much as her Grease/Xanadu period. She made terrific music throughout her career.

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Mr. T. R. Short

Good value

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2019

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Arived in very good condtion . and both cds play very well indeed.
This is very good value as well.

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Reinhard Lange

40 Original Tracks

Reviewed in Germany on September 5, 2020