Don't get overly excited...there's no such animal!
However, replying to Jill's message brought back that idea I had to compile something like a 3- or 4-CD box set of classic ochre-era A&M recordings.
And here I am, warily asking for input on what tracks you think would be important enough to include in a box set of this nature. If it's done in the Rhino fashion, it will have a good cross-section of ALL A&M artists of the era. It would need a couple of obscurities (a track each from the early George McCurn and Dave Lewis LPs), a few big hits (the "Tijuana Taxi" and "Close To You" singles), and other curiosities. I would not go for ultra-rare tracks either--these could be charting singles, or good album tracks that are, more than anything, best representative of what the artist recorded for A&M. I'm also sure there may be one or two rare singles recorded by well-known artists that would be included.
The 19000-series samplers would be a good starting point, as would a numerical list of A&M's albums, which I know a few regulars may be able to peruse for us and see what we've overlooked.
I'd model this along the lines of the Bacharach Box that Rhino put out a few years ago. Unless an artist had a large number of hits, I would not really want more than two or three songs from each artist. I would stick to an average of about 25 songs per CD, but we do have the flexibility of three or four CDs in our imaginary set.
So, let's hear from everyone about some tracks you'd like to see on such a box set! We can dream, can't we?
However, replying to Jill's message brought back that idea I had to compile something like a 3- or 4-CD box set of classic ochre-era A&M recordings.
And here I am, warily asking for input on what tracks you think would be important enough to include in a box set of this nature. If it's done in the Rhino fashion, it will have a good cross-section of ALL A&M artists of the era. It would need a couple of obscurities (a track each from the early George McCurn and Dave Lewis LPs), a few big hits (the "Tijuana Taxi" and "Close To You" singles), and other curiosities. I would not go for ultra-rare tracks either--these could be charting singles, or good album tracks that are, more than anything, best representative of what the artist recorded for A&M. I'm also sure there may be one or two rare singles recorded by well-known artists that would be included.
The 19000-series samplers would be a good starting point, as would a numerical list of A&M's albums, which I know a few regulars may be able to peruse for us and see what we've overlooked.
I'd model this along the lines of the Bacharach Box that Rhino put out a few years ago. Unless an artist had a large number of hits, I would not really want more than two or three songs from each artist. I would stick to an average of about 25 songs per CD, but we do have the flexibility of three or four CDs in our imaginary set.
So, let's hear from everyone about some tracks you'd like to see on such a box set! We can dream, can't we?
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