Until WestSide's
Bunky's Picks was released, Collectables'
Golden Classics was the best CD collection of the trailblazing recordings of
the Sheppards. Even with that 25-track collection on the market, this is still a very good set, containing 18 of the group's best -- all of their essentials, really -- in a domestically available set. The packaging and sound aren't quite as good as those on the WestSide release, but the music remains tremendous and exciting, finding
the Sheppards pushing past doo wop and into soul with their passionate, beautiful R&B.