Hard To Find 45 versions- And Where To Get Them!

[Captainfirst]

Since my original post, I've picked up four killer compilations for four groups that tend to get overlooked a bit these days.

They are, "Paul Revere And The Raiders:The Complete Columbia Singles", "Jan And Dean:The Complete Liberty Singles", "Gary Lewis And The Playboys:Liberty Singles Collection" and "Jay And The Americans:Complete United Artists Singles". All purchased from Amazon and picked up for under 100 bucks, total.

These have every A and B side, great liner notes, killer sound, original single mixes (mono and stereo, whichever the original 45 release was). It's so amazing to hear songs like "Dead Man's Curve", "Kicks", "Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)" and "This Diamond Ring" the way they were meant to sound. And if you can't afford it on CD, the Paul Revere set has been added to Rhapsody for streaming, download, and purchase. The Jan and Dean set is, of course, missing their early cuts like "Baby Talk" as they were cut for a different label than Liberty.

Also, it's been nice to see other folks sharing their input on this. Let's keep it going if we can!

[Captainfirst]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

[melan8tr]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

Rhino also released the companion to "Have A Nice Day" called "Soul Hits of The 70's" over 30 volumes .......real nice.

[TheFonz]

Since my original post, I've picked up four killer compilations for four groups that tend to get overlooked a bit these days.

They are, "Paul Revere And The Raiders:The Complete Columbia Singles", "Jan And Dean:The Complete Liberty Singles", "Gary Lewis And The Playboys:Liberty Singles Collection" and "Jay And The Americans:Complete United Artists Singles". All purchased from Amazon and picked up for under 100 bucks, total.

These have every A and B side, great liner notes, killer sound, original single mixes (mono and stereo, whichever the original 45 release was). It's so amazing to hear songs like "Dead Man's Curve", "Kicks", "Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)" and "This Diamond Ring" the way they were meant to sound. And if you can't afford it on CD, the Paul Revere set has been added to Rhapsody for streaming, download, and purchase. The Jan and Dean set is, of course, missing their early cuts like "Baby Talk" as they were cut for a different label than Liberty.

Also, it's been nice to see other folks sharing their input on this. Let's keep it going if we can!

Jan & Dean's early sides are also available on CD:

http://www.amazon.com/Teen-Suite-Best-1958-1962-Dean/dp/B0000014W9/ref=sr_1_28?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298962697&sr=1-28

[melan8tr]

Since my original post, I've picked up four killer compilations for four groups that tend to get overlooked a bit these days.

They are, "Paul Revere And The Raiders:The Complete Columbia Singles", "Jan And Dean:The Complete Liberty Singles", "Gary Lewis And The Playboys:Liberty Singles Collection" and "Jay And The Americans:Complete United Artists Singles". All purchased from Amazon and picked up for under 100 bucks, total.

These have every A and B side, great liner notes, killer sound, original single mixes (mono and stereo, whichever the original 45 release was). It's so amazing to hear songs like "Dead Man's Curve", "Kicks", "Let's Lock The Door (And Throw Away The Key)" and "This Diamond Ring" the way they were meant to sound. And if you can't afford it on CD, the Paul Revere set has been added to Rhapsody for streaming, download, and purchase. The Jan and Dean set is, of course, missing their early cuts like "Baby Talk" as they were cut for a different label than Liberty.

Also, it's been nice to see other folks sharing their input on this. Let's keep it going if we can!

Jan & Dean's early sides are also available on CD:

http://www.amazon.com/Teen-Suite-Best-1958-1962-Dean/dp/B0000014W9/ref=sr_1_28?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1298962697&sr=1-28

This Is an especially nice Jan and Dean collection, it's a pretty complete discography, prior to Liberty. All the Arwin and Dore singles plus the rare "Heart and Soul" on Challenge. The Dore singles were produced by Herb Alpert, If I'm not mistaken.

[firepoint525]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

This answers one of the questions that I have had about the Have a Nice Day series for quite some time now.  When I pick one up in a used record store and turn it over and read the titles on the back, I have often wondered if those were long versions or short versions on there.  This seems to answer my question.  I have often posted on here that I wish that CD compilations include the full versions of the songs, since CDs can hold up to about 80 minutes of music.  However, if they can get close to 80 minutes' worth of songs onto one CD, even if it is all short versions, I would still say that it is a good deal.

[melan8tr]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

This answers one of the questions that I have had about the Have a Nice Day series for quite some time now.  When I pick one up in a used record store and turn it over and read the titles on the back, I have often wondered if those were long versions or short versions on there.  This seems to answer my question.  I have often posted on here that I wish that CD compilations include the full versions of the songs, since CDs can hold up to about 80 minutes of music.  However, if they can get close to 80 minutes' worth of songs onto one CD, even if it is all short versions, I would still say that it is a good deal.

wouldn't that be nice, to get 28 cuts (shorter versions) 78-80 minutes , instead of 15....Rhino would rather sell us two cd's with with 15 cuts each, than one with almost 30. Another problem is the closer you get to the full 80 minutes the cd's act up. 
Having said that..the "have a good day"  and "Soul hits of the 70's" series are usually reasonably priced by Rhino...

[melan8tr]

Grumpy's Golden Oldies at  http://www.goldhunt.fsnet.co.uk/Grumpy/  will take requests and usually post the songs within a week.  The songs are in mp3 format, of course.  Some really rare songs might be dubbed from vinyl.  But if you really need the song, it's worth a try.  And it's free!

An added note:  Grumpy's is based in the U.K.  American '50s/'60s music is much more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S.  Therefore, a song considered hard to find in the U.S. might be easily available in the U.K.

This is very true the Brits take no prisoners when it comes to American Rock N' Roll, ACE UK, (not to be mistaken with the American ACE records/Jackson Miss) has one of the best series called "American history of Rock N Roll" something like that..it is the best i have ever seen, sometimes up to 30 cuts (must be 90 minute cd's) a little pricey, but you get more than your moneys worth , plus the packaging is first class, plenty of liner notes , pictures and chart date US/UK. I have a few volumes , i believe there may be over 30 volumes.

[firepoint525]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

This answers one of the questions that I have had about the Have a Nice Day series for quite some time now.  When I pick one up in a used record store and turn it over and read the titles on the back, I have often wondered if those were long versions or short versions on there.  This seems to answer my question.  I have often posted on here that I wish that CD compilations include the full versions of the songs, since CDs can hold up to about 80 minutes of music.  However, if they can get close to 80 minutes' worth of songs onto one CD, even if it is all short versions, I would still say that it is a good deal.

wouldn't that be nice, to get 28 cuts (shorter versions) 78-80 minutes , instead of 15....Rhino would rather sell us two cd's with with 15 cuts each, than one with almost 30. Another problem is the closer you get to the full 80 minutes the cd's act up. 
Having said that..the "have a good day"  and "Soul hits of the 70's" series are usually reasonably priced by Rhino...

Some more good news and bad news there.  I find most of my stuff used, so pricing should not be a problem.  At least it's a good deal (apparently).

[melan8tr]

Good God, how could we all have overlooked Rhino's "Have A Nice Day" series? Single edits and mixes all the way through. Bonus tracks on CD versus cassette. Just last year I saw several brand-new copies, still unopened, at Amoeba Records (their San Francisco location near Golden Gate Park). Reasonably priced, too. I picked up about a half dozen different volumes.

This answers one of the questions that I have had about the Have a Nice Day series for quite some time now.  When I pick one up in a used record store and turn it over and read the titles on the back, I have often wondered if those were long versions or short versions on there.  This seems to answer my question.  I have often posted on here that I wish that CD compilations include the full versions of the songs, since CDs can hold up to about 80 minutes of music.  However, if they can get close to 80 minutes' worth of songs onto one CD, even if it is all short versions, I would still say that it is a good deal.

wouldn't that be nice, to get 28 cuts (shorter versions) 78-80 minutes , instead of 15....Rhino would rather sell us two cd's with with 15 cuts each, than one with almost 30. Another problem is the closer you get to the full 80 minutes the cd's act up. 
Having said that..the "have a good day"  and "Soul hits of the 70's" series are usually reasonably priced by Rhino...

Some more good news and bad news there.  I find most of my stuff used, so pricing should not be a problem.  At least it's a good deal (apparently).

I'll bet you 80% of my stuff is used ...i used to moonlight at a record store.......