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Post by H2IZCOOL on May 23, 2008 11:03:58 GMT -5
Laura, All great volumes!  I was just listening to a few tracks from Volume 6 a couple of nights ago. The thing I hate about #14 is that so many of the songs are shortened versions. I usually only listen to a few songs on that one. Laura or Ken, were those Have A Nice Day albums put out in the 90s 80s or earlier? I remember back in the '60s and '70s KTel and Rhino used to put out several of those types of collections but most of those contained songs that were even edited down from the 45 version. Their "gimmick" was to load as many songs as possible onto a record. You'd sometimes get 12 tracks on a side! -- But they weren't worth listening to. |
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Post by Ken on May 23, 2008 13:43:30 GMT -5
The thing I hate about #14 is that so many of the songs are shortened versions. I usually only listen to a few songs on that one. Laura or Ken, were those Have A Nice Day albums put out in the 90s 80s or earlier? I remember back in the '60s and '70s KTel and Rhino used to put out several of those types of collections but most of those contained songs that were even edited down from the 45 version. Their "gimmick" was to load as many songs as possible onto a record. You'd sometimes get 12 tracks on a side! -- But they weren't worth listening to. Hi Ed Rhino started the series in 1990 with 15 CDs, then released additional volumes in 1993 and 1996 with a total of 25 all together. On many tracks such as "I'm Not in Love", "Dream Weaver" and "Hold Your Head Up" just to name a few, they used the 45 edits. I have quite a few of those Ktel comps and a few Ronco as well. I liked them because they were affordable, and you got to hear alot of music. I agree with you though, there was some heavy editing, and the sound quality was never that great, because they jammed so many tunes on both sides. I forgot to add, that in Rhino's CD liner notes they list both Ktel and Ronco as "inspiration." |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on May 23, 2008 14:05:16 GMT -5
Laura or Ken, were those Have A Nice Day albums put out in the 90s 80s or earlier? I remember back in the '60s and '70s KTel and Rhino used to put out several of those types of collections but most of those contained songs that were even edited down from the 45 version. Their "gimmick" was to load as many songs as possible onto a record. You'd sometimes get 12 tracks on a side! -- But they weren't worth listening to. Hi Ed Rhino started the series in 1990 with 15 CDs, then released additional volumes in 1993 and 1996 with a total of 25 all together. On many tracks such as "I'm Not in Love", "Dream Weaver" and "Hold Your Head Up" just to name a few, they used the 45 edits. I have quite a few of those Ktel comps and a few Ronco as well. I liked them because they were affordable, and you got to hear alot of music. I agree with you though, there was some heavy editing, and the sound quality was never that great, because they jammed so many tunes on both sides. I forgot to add, that in Rhino's CD liner notes they list both Ktel and Ronco as "inspiration." Yes - I said Rhino. but it was Ronco in the '60s and '70s in addition to K-tel. I could handle the 45 edits because I was a 45 nut anyway, and if I got a 45 edit on an album, that was fine with me. I collected a bunch of the Roullette oldies series and some Post records from radio stations because they contained the music I was used to hearing. But when I naively bought a K-tel or Ronco mix, I was disappointed and stayed away from them afterwards. |
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Post by Dawn on May 23, 2008 18:06:08 GMT -5
Laura or Ken, were those Have A Nice Day albums put out in the 90s 80s or earlier? I remember back in the '60s and '70s KTel and Rhino used to put out several of those types of collections but most of those contained songs that were even edited down from the 45 version. Their "gimmick" was to load as many songs as possible onto a record. You'd sometimes get 12 tracks on a side! -- But they weren't worth listening to. Hi Ed Rhino started the series in 1990 with 15 CDs, then released additional volumes in 1993 and 1996 with a total of 25 all together. On many tracks such as "I'm Not in Love", "Dream Weaver" and "Hold Your Head Up" just to name a few, they used the 45 edits. I have quite a few of those Ktel comps and a few Ronco as well. I liked them because they were affordable, and you got to hear alot of music. I agree with you though, there was some heavy editing, and the sound quality was never that great, because they jammed so many tunes on both sides. I forgot to add, that in Rhino's CD liner notes they list both Ktel and Ronco as "inspiration." I've always wondered why they used the edited versions on that Rhino series, as they had plenty of room on the disc for the full-length versions. I love the series, but having 18 or 20 songs per disc instead of just 12 would have been even better yet! You are so right about those K-Tel songs being heavily edited. In some of the early '70s compilations, when they were trying to get 11 or 12 songs per side, some of the songs were chopped down under two minutes! Speaking of K-Tels, I recently discovered a blog that has many K-Tel albums ripped from vinyl and available for download (all have been out of print for ages, so I don't think there should be any copyright issues). Most of them are Canadian releases, I believe, as I'm not familiar with a lot of the titles. If you're interested, I can PM you the link to it. |
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Post by Ken on May 23, 2008 21:50:24 GMT -5
Hi Ed Rhino started the series in 1990 with 15 CDs, then released additional volumes in 1993 and 1996 with a total of 25 all together. On many tracks such as "I'm Not in Love", "Dream Weaver" and "Hold Your Head Up" just to name a few, they used the 45 edits. I have quite a few of those Ktel comps and a few Ronco as well. I liked them because they were affordable, and you got to hear alot of music. I agree with you though, there was some heavy editing, and the sound quality was never that great, because they jammed so many tunes on both sides. I forgot to add, that in Rhino's CD liner notes they list both Ktel and Ronco as "inspiration." I've always wondered why they used the edited versions on that Rhino series, as they had plenty of room on the disc for the full-length versions. I love the series, but having 18 or 20 songs per disc instead of just 12 would have been even better yet! You are so right about those K-Tel songs being heavily edited. In some of the early '70s compilations, when they were trying to get 11 or 12 songs per side, some of the songs were chopped down under two minutes! Speaking of K-Tels, I recently discovered a blog that has many K-Tel albums ripped from vinyl and available for download (all have been out of print for ages, so I don't think there should be any copyright issues). Most of them are Canadian releases, I believe, as I'm not familiar with a lot of the titles. If you're interested, I can PM you the link to it. Dawn, That would be great! Thank you! I agree Dawn, I wish they would have put more than twelve songs on the discs. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the reason they decided to use the 45 edits was because they thought that the majority of the public would want the versions they remembered hearing on AM radio. |
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Post by Railyn on May 23, 2008 22:55:14 GMT -5
I've bought way too many used discs to list them all.
The Most Recent: "I Don't Mean To Insult You But You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait" by Bobcat Goldthwait
Best Buy: TIE - "Life & Crimes Of Alice Cooper" boxed set - $35 (looks like new) and "Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story" boxed set - $39 (also looks like new)
Strangest Find: "Girl You Know It's True" by Milli Vanilli
Luckiest Find: "Then And Now: The Best Of The Monkees" original Arista CD Release (from back when cd's were scarce).
Most Expensive Find: "Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1" from way before any re-release, when they were all out of print - my mother-in-law bought it for me (out of a heavily alarmed case) for a whopping $65 (worth every penny)
Strangest Experience: I had gotten rid of a cd once without thinking it through really well. Years later, I still regretted it. I went into the same store I had traded it to (they had twice moved locations since), and darned if I didn't find it and buy it back. I know for sure it was mine because I had put the "WALL LIFETIME WARRANTY" (which FYE will not honor) sticker in a particular spot on all my cd's. So I got rid of "The Best Of The Waitresses" and bought it back about 5 years later.
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Post by dave910 on May 23, 2008 23:48:12 GMT -5
Two of the most impressive used finds: 1. "At the Close of the Century" Stevie Wonder 4 CD boxed set for $30 at a record show! 2. "35th Anniversary Collection" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. I found this for $25! from an indoor flea market in 1997!  Here are a few honorable mentions found in used bins, flea markets, record shows & church bazaars: "The Queen Is Dead" The Smiths "Aenima" Tool "Volume 3" Traveling Wilburys - after the CD was out-of-print for some years! "Armed Forces" Elvis Costello & the Attractions "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Happy hunting! |
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Post by Pete70s on May 24, 2008 10:24:29 GMT -5
I've bought so many used CD's over the years I wouldn't know where to start. Usually I'll try to get it used before I spend $15+ on a new CD.
One of my greatest finds was a used copy of "Coverdale/Page" I bought on Amazon used for a whopping $0.01. Also, Van Halen's "Balance" I got the same way for under a dollar.
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Post by Pete70s on May 24, 2008 10:47:40 GMT -5
I could handle the 45 edits because I was a 45 nut anyway, and if I got a 45 edit on an album, that was fine with me. I collected a bunch of the Roullette oldies series and some Post records from radio stations because they contained the music I was used to hearing. But when I naively bought a K-tel or Ronco mix, I was disappointed and stayed away from them afterwards. Those Post collections were the biggest part of the soundtrack to my childhood years. Great stuff! |
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Post by Dawn on May 27, 2008 9:01:56 GMT -5
I've always wondered why they used the edited versions on that Rhino series, as they had plenty of room on the disc for the full-length versions. I love the series, but having 18 or 20 songs per disc instead of just 12 would have been even better yet! You are so right about those K-Tel songs being heavily edited. In some of the early '70s compilations, when they were trying to get 11 or 12 songs per side, some of the songs were chopped down under two minutes! Speaking of K-Tels, I recently discovered a blog that has many K-Tel albums ripped from vinyl and available for download (all have been out of print for ages, so I don't think there should be any copyright issues). Most of them are Canadian releases, I believe, as I'm not familiar with a lot of the titles. If you're interested, I can PM you the link to it. Dawn, That would be great! Thank you! I agree Dawn, I wish they would have put more than twelve songs on the discs. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the reason they decided to use the 45 edits was because they thought that the majority of the public would want the versions they remembered hearing on AM radio. Check PMs. |
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Post by daniel on May 27, 2008 11:50:14 GMT -5
I think I have bought *maybe* 20 CD's new. When I was working in radio I got all sorts of stuff for free, but I loved going to charity shops to see what was there. One of my better finds was the Lennon 4-disc set for $5 at a charity shop. The box I ended up throwing out because it was in really bad shape, but the discs were perfectly fine. At that same store I found several DVDs for practically nothing -- I got the second season of The Brady Bunch, unopened, for $2, and the second season of McGuyver, also unopened, for $3. I picked up a few other TV sets there for the same amount, I don't know who would just get rid of those without even looking at them *once*!!
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Post by Ken on May 27, 2008 13:15:44 GMT -5
Dawn, That would be great! Thank you! I agree Dawn, I wish they would have put more than twelve songs on the discs. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the reason they decided to use the 45 edits was because they thought that the majority of the public would want the versions they remembered hearing on AM radio. Check PMs. Dawn, Excellent! Thanks again! |
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Post by daniel on May 28, 2008 10:42:03 GMT -5
Hey! No fair whispering in front of the rest of the class! ;D (just giving you two a hard time)
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