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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 9, 2011 16:38:03 GMT -5
The 'Day the Music Died' thread strayed a bit into an interesting discussion of ways to procure definitive sets of artist music; be it the best budget collections or the most exhaustive sets! It was a great diversion but I will apologize to uncleson for my part in it going off topic from Holly, Valens, and the Big Bopper! I thought I'd start a thread devoted to the topic of definitive artist collections. My first recommendation would be about Roy Orbison sets. The best comprehensive set of Orbison's career is 'The Soul of Rock N Roll' boxset! A 4CD set with 107 tracks that I don't have myself; yet! There are 2 versions of this set. The one with a 'grayish blue cover' can be found much cheaper online! If you can believe this, you can buy it for under $16 brand new from third party sellers on a popular online site! The one with the 'white' cover it appears is much more expensive ! Ok, if you get this boxset, you can supplement it with this or start a budget collection with this as a part! The 2CD set 'Sun Collection' has all 36 tracks Orbison cut for Sun Records and can be had for under $7! He only had a moderate hit there with Ooby Dooby but I was impressed with his Sun sides and I think I actually prefer his turn on 'Trying to Get to You' over Elvis'! A great budget starter kit would be 'The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison, Vol.1 and 2' which contains most of the 60s songs he's known for! It actually appears that one is out of print now, so you might have to go the 'used' route on that! I'm gonna stop myself here! I was going to add 'The Classic Roy Orbison' for his late 60s stuff and The Very Best of for his comeback stuff and remakes in the 80s; but those are out of print too! 50 All Time Greatest Hits has a few of his Sun sides and his 60s stuff; but I'm stopping myself! The most comprehensive and cheapest way to build a Roy Orbison collection is to pickup the grayish blue covered version of the 'Soul of Rock N Roll' boxset!
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Feb 9, 2011 16:49:23 GMT -5
What a great idea for a new thread John!
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 9, 2011 16:52:44 GMT -5
What a great idea for a new thread John! Thanks sleepwalker! It all started on the thread I mentioned which involved Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent recommendations by Martin; which I added a few thoughts on and added Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens! Then I went AWOL a bit with Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley recommendations! I thought it best to quit going AWOL on the purpose of that thread; so I started this one !
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Feb 9, 2011 16:55:30 GMT -5
Yes,I think its good you've decided to take this discussion into a thread all of its own! I'm looking foward to seeing what things people will contribute to this thread,should be intresting!
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 9, 2011 16:56:22 GMT -5
Yes, I do expect it to be quite interesting sleepwalker! But, it's kept me on the computer a little too long with research since last night so I may have to leave it for others to contribute to for a bit!
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Feb 9, 2011 16:59:42 GMT -5
I'm sure they'll be a few contributers John! Yes,I reade some of your posts,you must have done a fair bit of research! I actually just intended to check it for 10 mins just now.... but you know how it is! ;D
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Post by martin53 on Feb 9, 2011 17:01:34 GMT -5
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 9, 2011 17:04:01 GMT -5
Congratulations on your new thread, John! Muchas gracias Martin!
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Post by martin53 on Feb 10, 2011 1:45:31 GMT -5
De nada hombre!
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 11, 2011 16:03:41 GMT -5
Ok, I am going to make a recommendation on a band I'm not an expert on but who I did some research on about a year ago and figured out what would be a great introduction/career overview sort of one stop shop. I'm talking about the bubblegum turned hard glam rock turned proggish band The Sweet. About a year ago, I was hearing 'Fox On the Run' in a tv commercial and thinking that I liked it better than the very familiar 'Ballroom Blitz'. It had a more power pop feel and I was currently making my own 'power pop' collections. I had also gotten into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Girlschool and they covered 'Fox'. I started looking up the Sweet and realized I'd heard 'Little Willy' and didn't know it was The Sweet. I found out that was a highlight of their bubblegum period doing the songs of Chinn and Chapman (I believe he wrote for Suzi Quatro too). I learned more about their more familiar glam rock phase (Blockbuster et al) and then about their final proggish phase; I had heard 'Love Is Like Oxygen'.
I looked around and realized the standard cheapo 'Best Of Sweet' was just too skimpy!
I ran across Action: The Sweet Anthology, a 2CD set! I researched more and realized this set covered all phases of their music very well! I got me a copy brand new for a great price on ebay! It's got pristine sound, informative liner notes and detailed chart info! If you have any interest in The Sweet, I'd look this up!
And I'm sure Martin could make a more informative assessment of the set's comprehensiveness!?
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Post by martin53 on Feb 12, 2011 2:13:44 GMT -5
I'll do that with pleasure, John.
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 12, 2011 15:34:41 GMT -5
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 12, 2011 15:37:26 GMT -5
Oops, it appears that you removed your review Martin! It was fantastic so I hope it has a 'happy return'!
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Post by martin53 on Feb 12, 2011 15:38:10 GMT -5
Yes, here it is! The Sweet were a very successful British band of the seventies covering a variety of different musical styles such as pop, glam rock, rock and disco. At the very beginning of their career the band was the “product” of producing/songwriting team Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. They were responsibles for all their early hits. Besides writing songs for Sweet, Chinn/Chapman also penned great tunes for the British bands Mud and Smokie. In 1978 Mike Chapman produced Blondie’s third album “Parallel Lines” which became the group’s biggest success ever. Chinn/Chapman and The Sweet had an agreement that the band would release singles of which the A-side would always be written by Chinn/Chapman whereas the B-side would be penned by The Sweet. The band members were eager to get recognised as “serious” musicians and were in the process of finding their own new musical style and songwriting. This agreement comprised obviously a foreseeable conflict that would later become clear when The Sweet finally wrested themselves free of the procuding/songwriting team Chinn/Chapman in the summer of 1974. “Desolation Boulevard” (1974), “Sweet Fanny Adams” (1974), “Give Us A Wink” (1976), “Off The Record” (1977) and”Level Headed“ (1978) followed. The albums were good, containing more “mature” songs than before and heading towards to a rock- and sometimes to a discooriented audience. I can highly recommend the 2-CD-Compilation “Action: The Sweet Anthology” released in 2008 on the Shout!Factory label. Not only covers this representative collection all their famous hits since the very beginning, but includes as well their latest big and famous hit “Love Is Like Oxygen” from their 1978 album “Level Headed” (running time 6.52). The product is still available and is really worth the money. To my knowledge it’s the only compilation that contains the album version of the fantastic “Love Is Like Oxygen”.
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Post by bamajohn1 on Feb 12, 2011 15:38:10 GMT -5
Ha Ha! Glad to see it made like Arnold and 'it's back'!
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