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Post by skuncle on Dec 19, 2011 13:39:13 GMT -5
The Rhino set is great. Back in the '90's I got the entire Have A Nice Day set as well as Time Life's entire "Sounds Of The Seventies", "Sounds Of The Eighties" and "AM Gold" sets. LOTS of great stuff on these CDs.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 21, 2011 5:08:56 GMT -5
As For the 70'a what about Didn't It Blow Your Mind the 70's Soul version of Have a Nice Day. I have all twenty some lost gems on there as well!!! Best series they ever did! And it came in quite handy during the fifteen years (1994-2009) that I hosted a Classic Soul show on college radio.
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Post by tpanther775 on Jan 6, 2012 19:03:26 GMT -5
^ From what I understand, they did plan on releasing more volumes (even were to the point of choosing which songs to license), but sales of the first five were well below expectations and the series was cancelled. I agree it's a shame as there are still plenty of lower charting pop hits and one-hit wonders from the early '80s that either haven't been released or are incredibly hard or expensive to track down. I have this series also and was dissapointed when no other volumes were released. With what you were saying with sales being poor. It doesnt surprise me they were. Radio abandoned those songs probably after 1982 and nobody in later years could experience those great songs. When most people that listen to general radio think of 80's music mostly as new wave, Madonna, Prince, etc. Well in my opinion the greatest 80's music was made from 1979 through 1984. I include '79 because thats when music changed to the sound that generalized the early 80's.
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 6, 2012 20:09:00 GMT -5
I somewhat agree with you in that 79 starts the 80s but I think that period went through 82 and stopped. At that point is when new wave really took hold so 82 starts a new era IMO. 79-82 is basically the in-between period...in between disco and new wave. And it's a unique period as a result.
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Post by tpanther775 on Jan 6, 2012 20:29:43 GMT -5
Oh I agree with you on the 1979-1982 is the in between period. I was just stating my personal favorite era of music. I think its one of the most forgotten periods of music. It somehow got swept under the rug in the grand scheme of American music.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 8, 2012 15:33:36 GMT -5
My all time favorite collections are:
Time Life AM Gold Complete Motown Singles Collection (I have 59 thru 71) The Disco Years Rock Instrumental Classics Have A Nice Day 70's
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Post by jlthorpe on Jan 9, 2012 9:18:33 GMT -5
I prefer the collections that attempt a chronological rundown of pop music (much like what XM satellite radio used to do with their yearly "IT" special), so I enjoy the Have a Nice Day series, as well as the Just Can't Get Enough series for new wave hits. I also ended up buying the Now CDs for that same reason.
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