If the contents of this two-CD set looks familiar, it's because it was originally issued in Collectables' History of Rock series as The Doo Wop Era, Part 1 and Part 2. This time around it comes packaged in a deluxe wooden box, each disc holding 25 classics from the '50s and early '60s -- prime years for the genre. Inside the fancy box, there's no booklet, no liner notes of any kind, just the two discs and the what-is-this-doing-in-here inclusion of a cheap set of in-ear headphones in place of solid information. As to the actual contents of the discs, oddly it's the second volume in the set that contains the majority of garden variety hits like "In the Still of the Night," "Book of Love," "Long Lonely Nights," "Get a Job," and "Denise" with rarities like "I'm So Young" by the Students and "Ankle Bracelet" by the Pyramids largely dotting the landscape of disc one. With the availability of Rhino's excellent Doo-Wop Box series, there's no reason to look at this set as the 'ultimate collection' by any stretch. If you're really on a budget, you can buy these two discs separately minus the box and the headphones. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide