Capitol Records 1942-2002 [Deluxe Box Set] (2002)

About this title: Capitol Records 1942-2002 [Special Box Set] features six discs that dutifully cover six decades of music from the label that brought the world key recordings from the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Duran Duran, Les Paul and Poison. It's an eclectic mix, but by presenting the cuts snug within the pop culture confines of the decade in which they were birthed, the pacing never suffers. It's a club sandwich with Freddie Slack & His Orchestra's "Cow-Cow Boogie [From Ride 'Em Cowboy]," the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" and the Vines "Get Free" for bread, and it's a fascinating look at the ebb ... read more

Tracks:

1. Cow-Cow Boogie [From Ride 'Em Cowboy] [Raye/DePaul/Carter]
2. Trav'lin' Light [Mercer/Mundy/Young]
3. Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl] [Gershwin/Kern]
4. Straighten up and Fly Right [Cole/Mills]
5. Artistry in Rhythm [Kenton]
6. Moonlight in Vermont [Suessdorf/Blackburn]
7. I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) [Goetschius/Osser]
8. I'll Walk Alone [From Follow the Boys] [Cahn/Styne]
9. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive /That's a Fine [From Here Come the Waves] [Arlen/Mercer]
10. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief [From the Stork Club] [Carmichael/Webster]
11. Dream [Mercer]
12. Fine Brown Frame [Cartiero/Williams]
13. It's a Good Day [Lee/Barbour]
14. Buttons and Bows [From the Paleface] [Livingston/Evans]
15. Careless Hands [Hilliard/Sigman]
16. Nature Boy [Ahbez]
17. Young at Heart [Richards/Leigh]
18. Memories Are Made of This [Gilkyson/Dehr/Mille]
19. Satin Doll [Ellington/Mercer/St]
20. Unforgettable [Gordon]
21. Santa Catalina [Larson/Belland]
22. Wheel of Fortune [Benjamin/Weiss]
23. How High the Moon [From Two for the Show] [Lewis/Hamilton]
24. Alone With You [Drusky/Vanadore/You]
25. Be-Bop-A-Lula [Davis/Vincent]
26. Tom Dooley [Lomax/Warner]
27. Sixteen Tons [Travis]
28. Fever [Davenport/Cooley]
29. Peter Gunn [From Peter Gunn] [Mancini]
30. That Old Black Magic [Arlen/Mercer]
31. Budo [Powell/Davis]
32. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Arlen/Mercer]
33. A Hard Day's Night [From a Hard Day's Night] [Lennon/McCartney]
34. Wouldn't It Be Nice [Asher/Wilson]
35. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing [Linden/Raleigh]
36. Good Vibrations [Love/Wilson]
37. Nobody But Me [Isley/Isley/Isley]
38. Time Won't Let Me [Kelley/King]
39. Different Drum [Nesmith]
40. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am [Harrison/Williams]
41. Okie from Muskogee [Burris/Haggard]
42. Fresh Air [Farrow]
43. Ode to Billie Joe [Gentry]
44. Wichita Lineman [Webb]
45. Carolina in My Mind [Taylor]
46. The Weight [From Easy Rider] [Robertson]
47. Hey Jude [Lennon/McCartney]
48. Machine Gun [Live] [Hendrix]
49. Imagine [Lennon]
50. My Sweet Lord [Harrison]
51. It Don't Come Easy [Starr]
52. Day After Day [Ham]
53. Band on the Run [McCartney/McCartney]
54. Time [Mason/Waters/Wright]
55. Money [Waters]
56. We're an American Band [Brewer]
57. The Joker [Curtis/Ertegun/Mill]
58. Night Moves [Seger]
59. You're No Good [Ballard]
60. My Sharona [Fieger/Averre]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.