Come On, Get Happy! The Very Best of The Partridge Family (2005)
Come On, Get Happy! The Very Best of The Partridge Family is a
greatest hits compilation album from
The Partridge Family released on May 3, 2005, in conjunction with the first season
DVD collection. It contained some previously unreleased songs. During the course of the
television series there were a number of recordings that were used on the program but never released on album or tape in stereo.[1] Some were alternate mixes of released songs. These are known to fans as the "Lost Songs", four of which appear on this collection (tracks 4, 9, 10 and 12). They are noted as "new release" in the track listing below. Two of the songs appeared in the
pilot episode of the show, tracks 9 and 12, listed below as having
Ron Hicklin doing the vocals. Originally, the only cast member who was supposed to sing was
Shirley Jones. After the producers heard
David Cassidy's demos of the songs, however, they decided to let him sing after the first couple of episodes.[2]
Tim Sendra of
AllMusic concludes his review with, "Whether the unreleased four songs belong on a" Very Best Of" collection is up for debate: On one hand it might have been better to add more songs that people remembered. but on the other it is nice to have the rarities unearthed. Either way, this is the best Partridge Family collection available."[1]
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