# "Missing" songs from albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442 "2009-12-08T13:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/21 "2009-12-08T20:14:32Z")
I think “Greatest Hit” collections were the bread and butter of all of those record/CD clubs. They always had the “11 Albums for a Penny!!” teasers, but it seemed like 90% of them were compilations. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/22 "2009-12-08T20:52:15Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I don’t have them with me, but I had a hell of a time getting a good Stevie Wonder compilation. I went to an independent CD store and asked, and the guy read off the contents of a couple different discs. They had totally different songs! One would have _Signed, Sealed, Delivered_ and wouldn’t have _Uptight_; another would have _Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day_ and wouldn’t have _I Was Made to Love Her_. > > Biffy, _Chronicle II_ is worth buying. Lots of gems on it. Just FYI : I recall finding a Stevie Wonder double album called “Looking Back” on Motown, that had all those old hits you were looking for in one place. I don’t know if it ever made it to CD, this was back in the days of vynyl. If it’s out of print maybe you could find it on ebay or something. Also, “Original Musiquarium” is a great collection of alot of his later stuff. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/23 "2009-12-08T21:33:52Z")
I grew up with and still like a lot of Outlaw Era country music. One of my favorite albums my mom had was “Waylon & Willie,” the first duet album between Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. It came out in 1976 or thereabouts. A couple of years ago I was in a music store, saw the CD and in a moment of nostalgia picked it up, only to find that my favorite from back then, “Welcome to 2003, Minus 25,” was not included. Sure, it was a song about news and trends from when it was originally released, and therefore not particularly relevant, but it annoyed me to no end that it was just dropped. I know this isn’t really what the OP was asking for, but this track was actually MISSING rather than just should have been ideally included. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/24 "2009-12-08T21:45:43Z")
Another case of truly missing songs was the original CD release of the soundtrack to _Superman: The Movie_. They dropped (IIRC) two tracks from the original double album to make it fit on a single CD. Rat bastards. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/25 "2009-12-08T21:48:32Z")
> [@FallenAngel](#): > > I grew up with and still like a lot of Outlaw Era country music. One of my favorite albums my mom had was “Waylon & Willie,” the first duet album between Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. It came out in 1976 or thereabouts. > > A couple of years ago I was in a music store, saw the CD and in a moment of nostalgia picked it up, only to find that my favorite from back then, “Welcome to 2003, Minus 25,” was not included. Sure, it was a song about news and trends from when it was originally released, and therefore not particularly relevant, but it annoyed me to no end that it was just dropped. > > I know this isn’t really what the OP was asking for, but this track was actually MISSING rather than just should have been ideally included. that’s why I keep my old albums around. It’s disappointing how much they change the cd release. Sometimes they drop songs like you mentioned or they change up the order. :rolleyes: That drives me nuts because I’m expecting one song and something else plays. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/26 "2009-12-08T23:09:41Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Another case of truly missing songs was the original CD release of the soundtrack to _Superman: The Movie_. They dropped (IIRC) two tracks from the original double album to make it fit on a single CD. Rat bastards. Gaaaak! That’s an asshole move, for sure! ---
**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/27 "2009-12-09T00:22:46Z")
The soundtrack from “Eddie and the Crusiers” doesn’t include the title cut from the movies album, “Tender Years.” This is arguablely the best song in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/28 "2009-12-09T02:51:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Or [Hooligans](http://www.amazon.com/Hooligans-Who/dp/B000008MA4) or [Who’s Greatest Hits](http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Greatest-Hits-Who/dp/B002AL9P7Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260286667&sr=1-3)or [BBC Sessions](http://www.amazon.com/BBC-Sessions-Who/dp/B00004D3DH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260286707&sr=1-1)(I know, not strictly a “greatest hits” collection…). > > See, that’s the beauty :dubious: of The Who…so many different collections, compilations, re-issues to choose from. The endless re-packaging of their back catalog is one of the biggest pet peeves of Who geeks. Give us some NEW stuff, Pete! So, did you miss 2006’s [“Endless Wire”](http://www.amazon.com/Endless-Wire-Who/dp/B000IONLN6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260326200&sr=8-1)? One of my pet peeves is when they put the edited version heard on the radio on a collection instead of the full album version. I cannot find the full version of “Who Are You?” on any Who compilation. You can only get it from the album. Same thing with “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits. The full version is only on the “Brothers In Arms” album. And speaking of Billy Joel, his “Greatest Hits, Vol. I and II” had SIX songs edited in length: “The Stranger,” “Just The Way You Are,” “My Life,” “Big Shot,” “She’s Got A Way,” and “Pressure.” They have only been restored to full length on the newly remastered album. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/29 "2009-12-09T03:03:27Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > So, did you miss 2006’s [“Endless Wire”](http://www.amazon.com/Endless-Wire-Who/dp/B000IONLN6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260326200&sr=8-1) Nope–bought the “exclusive” Best Buy CD/DVD release the day it came out (and listened to it online before that). Their latest [re-packaged hits CD](http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-Who/dp/B002VJVCQ4/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_2) ( due out in 3 weeks), has one cut from EW: _It’s Not Enough_. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/30 "2009-12-09T03:21:28Z")
The soundtrack for _Blues Brothers_ does not have “Soul Man” on it, nor does it have “Can’t Turn You Loose” (the instrumental that plays when they’re driving through the mall). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/31 "2009-12-09T10:01:56Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Nope–bought the “exclusive” Best Buy CD/DVD release the day it came out (and listened to it online before that). > > Their latest [re-packaged hits CD](http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-Who/dp/B002VJVCQ4/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_2) ( due out in 3 weeks), has one cut from EW: _It’s Not Enough_. And again, to illustrate my complaint, they have put on the 5 minute version of “Who Are You?” with the last verse cut out instead of the album’s 6 minute and 22 second version. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/32 "2009-12-10T19:16:10Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The soundtrack for _Blues Brothers_ does not have “Soul Man” on it, nor does it have “Can’t Turn You Loose” (the instrumental that plays when they’re driving through the mall). I could be wrong, but I don’t recall “Soul Man” as being in the movie. If that’s the case, its exclusion from the soundtrack makes sense. “Soul Man” was on the _Briefcase full of Blues_ album, though. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/33 "2009-12-10T19:53:02Z")
The Dire Straits collection _Money for Nothing_ contains the radio-friendly version of the title song (that’s missing the controversial gay slur in its lyric) as opposed to the version that originally appeared on the _Brothers in Arms_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/34 "2009-12-10T20:04:02Z")
The [Queen - Greatest Hits](http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000000OBP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260475183&sr=1-1) version that my wife bought doesn’t have Bohemian Rhapsody on it. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/35 "2009-12-10T23:34:40Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > The Dire Straits collection _Money for Nothing_ contains the radio-friendly version of the title song (that’s missing the controversial gay slur in its lyric) as opposed to the version that originally appeared on the _Brothers in Arms_ album. That would make me stabby. Knopfler so _obviously_ meant it ironically, not in the context of a slur (by _him_) against homosexuals that I find it _more_ offensive to _not_ include it. **Nars** , see, that’s just the kind of thing I’m talking about. That’s just _wrong_. Of course, if you buy Queen’s _A Night at the Opera_ just so you can have _Bohemian Rhapsody_, as a bonus, you get _The Prophet’s Song_, so, it’s not an _entirely_ bad deal. . . ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442/36 "2009-12-11T00:43:02Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > That would make me stabby. Knopfler so _obviously_ meant it ironically, not in the context of a slur (by _him_) against homosexuals that I find it _more_ offensive to _not_ include it. I am a gay male and I agree with you. Of course I never found it that offensive at all. I saw it as a sarcastic remark more than a slam against gays. But with the political correctness of today, I guess it’s to be expected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-songs-from-albums/520442.md?page=1)