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The Beatles 1
(2000)
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The Beatles
Apparently, there was a gap in the Beatles' catalog, after all -- all the big hits weren't on one tidy, single-disc compilation. It's not the kind of gap you'd necessarily notice -- it's kind of like realizing you don't have a pair of navy blue dress socks -- but it was a gap all the same, so the group released The Beatles 1 late in 2000, ...
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1962-1966
(1973)
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The Beatles
Assembling a compilation of the Beatles is a difficult task, not only because they had an enormous number of hits, but also because singles didn't tell the full story; many of their album tracks were as important as the singles, if not more so. The double-album 1962-1966, commonly called The Red Album, does the job surprisingly well, hitting most ...
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Help! [UK]
(1965)
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The Beatles
Considering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film -- while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis -- it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale. Again, they pad the album with covers, but the Bakersfield bounce of "Act ...
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Anthology 2
(1996)
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The Beatles
As expected, the second installment of the Anthology series reflects the Beatles' increasing use of the studio-as-laboratory during their "middle years." Some live material from 1965 to 1966 appears on the first disc, and the second "reunion" single ("Real Love") leads off the set. But the emphasis is upon alternate takes from early 1965 to early ...
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Live at the BBC
(1994)
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The Beatles
From 1962 to 1965, the Beatles made 52 appearances on the BBC, recording live-in-the-studio performances of both their official releases and several dozen songs that they never issued on disc. This magnificent two-disc compilation features 56 of these tracks, including 29 covers of early rock, R&B, soul, and pop tunes that never appeared on their ...
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Singles 1969-1981
(2000)
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The Carpenters
Singles (1969-1981) expands the popular Singles (1969-1973) album with more of the group's later hits, such as "Please Mr. Postman," "Only Yesterday," "Touch Me When We're Dancing," and "I Won't Last a Day Without You." "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "We've Only Just Begun," "Superstar," and other '70s hits are still here, making this a ...
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Gold
(2005)
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The Carpenters
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Vanilla Fudge [1967]
(1967)
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Vanilla Fudge
In a debut consisting of covers, nobody could accuse Vanilla Fudge of bad taste in their repertoire; with stoned-out, slowed-down versions of such then-recent classics as "Ticket to Ride," "Eleanor Rigby," and "People Get Ready," they were setting the bar rather high for themselves. Even the one suspect choice -- Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang" -- turns ...
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The Ultimate Collection [2 CD]
(2006)
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The Carpenters
From 2000 to 2006 there were no less than fifteen greatest hits compilations issued for the Carpenters in various permutations. This "ultimate" collection, however, does a reasonable job living up to the idea that this is the ultimate greatest hits compilation available for the duo. Staple songs such as "Superstar," "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy ...
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The Singles 1969-1973
(1973)
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The Carpenters
There's a certain inherent sadness listening to this concise 12-song collection of the Carpenters' early hits, especially as it opens with "We've Only Just Begun," with its hopeful, dreamy lyrics -- for it was never supposed to be definitive, just the first of at least two such collections. But changes in the public's taste and a slackening ...
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Yesterday Once More [1998]
(1998)
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The Carpenters
This double-CD set was probably too much of the Carpenters for the average fan, but just the same, it touches bases that The Singles misses, and it is rewarding. The 1998 remastering (catalog number 31454 1000-2) is doubly attractive, as a mid-priced item with 24-bit remastered sound and new notes by Paul Grein. The 28 songs, totaling more than ...
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The 20 Greatest Hits
(1982)
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The Beatles
EMI had a problem. They had the rights to the biggest group in the world ever, the Beatles, and the only way to make any new money out of them was to either rely on steady but unspectacular sales of all their catalog albums or put together a new version of a greatest-hits. When, in 1966, there was a gap in the Christmas market between Revolver and ...
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The Essential Collection (1965-1997)
(2002)
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The Carpenters
The Carpenters' 2002 box set, The Essential Collection (1965-1997) is a revised version of their 1991 box set, From the Top. This time, Richard Carpenter has aimed more at a comprehensive treatment of the Carpenters' career, including all of their Top 40 hits (some with grudging remarks in the liner notes) in an expansion that adds 45 and a half ...
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Hits
(1997)
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Vanilla Fudge & Iron Butterfly
It's hard to get too excited about this brief ten-track sampler of sides from Vanilla Fudge and Iron Butterfly (five songs from each band), two acts that flirted with pretension in the late 1960s while occasionally catching hold of some real fire. Fudge in particular was onto something when they slowed the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On" down ...
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The Magic Garden
(1967)
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The 5th Dimension
This record did contain the small hits "Paper Cup" and "Carpet Man," but the group, or more likely arranger/conductor Jim Webb, was probably shooting for something a bit higher than the Top 40. Aside from a misfired cover of the Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," Webb wrote everything on this album, which -- with between-track segues, lyrics expounding ...
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Anniversary
(2007)
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Sly & Robbie and the Taxi Gang
Although it was released two years after Sly & Robbie celebrated their Taxi label's 25th anniversary with a worldwide tour, the 2007 release Anniversary must have originally been planned to cash in on the festivities, since it's hard to find another reason for this baffling collection. First of all, tracks come from the late '80s and onward, but ...
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Stormy Night in London
(1995)
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Mystic Moods Orchestra
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Psychedelic Sundae: The Best of Vanilla Fudge
(1993)
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Vanilla Fudge
A generous compilation, Psychedelic Sundae includes the best of this heavy, progressive, psychedelic band from the late '60s. All Music Guide, All Music Guide
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The Rock 'N Roll Show
(2006)
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Daniel O'Donnell
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The Magic Garden/Up, Up and Away
(2007)
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The 5th Dimension
This two-fer contains the 5th Dimension's debut Up, Up and Away (1967) and their follow-up, The Magic Garden (1968). Added as bonus tracks are a trio of rare sides -- including the A- and B-sides of "I'll Be Loving You Forever" b/w "Train Keep on Movin'" by the pre-5D combo, the Versatiles (sic). Plus, "Too Poor to Die," which was the flip of ...
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Ticket to Ride
(1969)
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The Carpenters
The Carpenters' first long-player, cut in 1969 (and originally released as Offering ) amid the breakdown of America's postwar social contract, the Vietnam War's soaring to a crescendo of bloodshed, the coming apart of the Beatles, and the final flowering (and wilting) of the youth rebellion of the prior four years. And in the middle of all of ...
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From the Top
(1991)
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The Carpenters
The Carpenters' box set retrospective From the Top is a 67-track, four-CD set running under 3 ½ hours (which means it could have fit on three CDs) that traces Richard and Karen Carpenter's musical efforts from the formation of the Richard Carpenter Trio in 1965 to Karen's final recording session in April 1982. This is Richard's compilation; he ...
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The Songs of the Beatles [BCI]
(2001)
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Karaoke
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The Music of the Beatles [Madacy]
(1997)
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Various Artists
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Local Color
(2005)
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Solid Air
Local Color runs pretty much the same stylistic course as all of Solid Air's previous albums. Allegra Broughton's throaty vocals are at the center of these laid-back tunes, as she sings her way sultrily across a variety of country-rock, folk, and mature pop settings. Broughton's a highly underrated singer, with tons of personality but few annoying ...
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