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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gaaaak! That’s an asshole move, for sure!
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.
So, did you miss 2006’s “Endless Wire”?
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.
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 ( due out in 3 weeks), has one cut from EW: It’s Not Enough.
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).
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.
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.
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.
The Queen - Greatest Hits version that my wife bought doesn’t have Bohemian Rhapsody on it.
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. . .
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.