My main interest is in 60's music; but recently I've started getting some Jazz, Blues and 70's light rock. I try and get collections because (a) I'm tight (b) I like to get a single CD/pair with as large a selection on as possible without repeats.
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Queen |
Greatest Hits |
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Queen |
Greatest Hits II |
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Tom Jones |
The Ultimate Hits Collection |
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Buddy Holly (and the crickets) |
The Very Best of |
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Electric Light Orchestra |
Light years: The very best of |
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the Mamas and the Papas |
the singles |
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Cliff Richard |
The whole story - His Greatest Hits |
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Vangelis |
Reprise 1990-1999 |
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Carole King |
Tapestry |
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Lalo Schifrin |
Black Widow |
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Lionel Richie |
Back To Front |
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Crosby, Stills & Nash |
Carry On |
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Bob Dylan |
Biograph |
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(Collection) |
HMV: Global Roots (Bluegrass) |
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Alison Krauss + Union Station |
Live A superb Album (I bought it after hearing/seeing their concert on BBC 4). In particular the Dobro playing is wonderful. |
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Small Faces |
The best of |
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ABBA |
Gold Greatest Hits |
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The Beatles |
1962-1966 Aka the Red Album |
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The Beatles |
1968-1970 Aka the Blue Album |
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The Beatles |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
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Elvis Presley |
Presley: The All Time Greatest Hits |
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Cat Stevens |
Remember Cat Stevens - the ultimate collection |
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(Collection) |
The Best Jazz...Ever! |
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(Collection) |
The Very Best Of Jazz Funk |
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(Collection) |
The Best ...and friends album in the world..ever! Generic easy listening |
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(Collection) |
HMV: Nice and Easy |
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(Collection) |
Summer in the city (60's) |
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(Collection) |
Mellow Yellow – 20 Pop classics from the 60s |
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(Collection) |
The Best Seventies Album in the world...ever ! |
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(Collection) |
The Best Seventies Album in the world...ever (2) ! |
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(Collection) |
The Best Sixties Album in the world...ever ! |
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(Collection) |
The Best Sixties Album in the world...ever (3)! This contains the David Bowie classic 'Space Oddity' which is the main reason I bought it |
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(Collection) |
The Best Sixties Album in the world...ever (4)! |
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(Collection) |
The best Rock 'n' Roll Album in the world..ever! |
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(Collection) |
The black box of Jazz |
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(Collection) |
Latin Jazz – the essential album |
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(Collection) |
The No.1 Motown Album |
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(Collection) |
Flashback to the 60's |
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(Collection) |
Ain't Nothin' But The Blues |
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(Collection) |
The Best Country Album in the wold....ever! A very nice mix of country stuff (even if it does include Achy Breaky Heart). In particular 'The devil went down to Georgia' by the Charlie Daniels Band and 'The Promised Land' by Johnnie Allan are superb tracks I hadn't heard before |
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(Collection) |
'Country' |
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(Collection) |
Capital Gold Legends |
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(Collection) |
Soul |
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John Lennon |
Lennon Legend |
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David Gates & Bread |
Essentials (Bought because it has 'The Guitar Man' ) |
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The Carpenters |
Singles 1974-1978 |
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Miles Davis |
kind of Blue |
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Aretha Franklin |
Greatest Hits |
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Dire Straits |
Sultans Of Swing - The very best of Dire Straits I bought this because it included the Sultans of Swing and the Walk of Life; but I think my favorite track is now 'Romeo and Juliet' |
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The Shadows |
HMV easy: The Shadows |
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Santana |
Black magic woman - the best of |
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Eric Clapton |
Unplugged This is a really wonderful album |
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Roy Orbison |
The Big O - The original Singles Collection |
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Eddie Cochran |
12 of his biggest hits/Never to be forgotten |
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Elton John |
The very best of.. |
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Rod Stewart |
The Best Of |
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The Bee Gees |
The Very best of |
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Donovan |
Sunshine Superman: The Very Best Of |
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The Eagles |
The Very best of Superb guitar sounds from the Eagles; 'Hotel California' is just superb |
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Don McLean |
The Best Of Mainly bought because it includes the full length version of American Pie which is difficult to come by |
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Gerry Rafferty |
Baker Street |
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Simon & Garfunkel |
The Definitive One of my favorite CDs; includes the bizarre 'At the Zoo' and a lot of the classics. |
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Paul Simon |
Anthology |
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(Collection) |
Reggae Greats |
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Bob Marley |
Legend - the best of Bob Marley and the Wailers |
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The Beach Boys |
Made in the U.S.A. |
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Simply Red |
Stars |
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Sting and the Police |
The very best of... |
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Dr. Hook |
Love Songs |
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The Rolling Stones |
Hot Rocks 1964-1971 |
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
The best of Unusual African band - very nice, very different |
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Hot Chocolate |
Their Greatest Hits |
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Grover Washington |
The Best of Grover Washington Jr. |
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Tom Waits |
Valentine Possibly one of the most depressing blues albums of all time (in a good way!) :-) |
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Johnnie Allan |
Promised Land I bought this because I'd heard the superb title track on another CD. The rest of the CD is OK, but much more standard country than the very nice cajun/blues stuff of the title track. |
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John Denver |
The very best of Annie's song and Rocky Mountain High are my favorites on here, the rest is pleasant but not brilliant |
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Paul McCartney |
Flaming Pie |
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(Collection) |
A Nite at the Cotton Club |
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Otis Redding |
The dock of the bay/The definitive collection |
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The commodores |
The Ultimate Collection |
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Crystal Gayle |
The Crystal Gayle Collection |
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Andy Williams |
Andy |
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(Collection) |
70s Soul Classics |
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T.Rex |
The Very Best of (Vol.1 and 2) I bought this originally I think for 'Metal Guru' and didn't know most of the rest of their work, but now recognise a lot of it that I had heard without knowing who it was by. I particularly like 'Zip Gun Boogie' and 'Spaceball Ricochet'. |
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(Collection) |
Glam Greats 2 |
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Ike & Tina Turner |
18 Classic tracks |
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Hank Williams Snr |
The Best of oops – I didn't realise this CD was 'snr' – oh well, its kind of nice – rather old recordings! |
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The Monkees |
20 Greatest Hits I'm not sure you can really call all of them hits - but there are perhaps 5 very nice classics and a few pleasent ones |
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The Animals |
The Best of |
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Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five |
The Best |
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Douglas Adams/BBC |
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Primary phase (1st radio series) |
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Douglas Adams/BBC |
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Secondary phase (2nd radio series) Just brilliant - actual recordings of the radio series rather than readings. A man must know where his towel is.... |