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| "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211100] |
Tue, 01 March 2005 22:51 |
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It appears we have yet another compilation set. I received this info from
VH-1 today.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211102 ] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 00:31 |
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I wonder if they hold the record for most amount of compilations? Icant
think of many bands who have had more....Perhaps in the absence of decent
new material it keeps them in the public eye but it does get a bit weary
doesnt it....And whats worse is that most of these compilations are so
cheap and tacky looking. I dont mind the good ones (This is the MB's, Time
traveller) which clearly seem part of the MB's legitamate canon and history,
but there just seems to be so many different naff, shoddy albums like this
that they all blur into one...
To me, it simply cheapens the brand. Very rarely would you find huge, huge
bands or artists such as the Beatles, The Stones, U2, Metallica, Madonna,
Elton John or whoever, allowing albums like this to be released constantly
with such low standards of production and such samey repetition of songs...
Oh well
Mick
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211107 ] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 01:16 |
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"Mick Smith" <railroader [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>I wonder if they hold the record for most amount of compilations? Icant
>think of many bands who have had more....Perhaps in the absence of decent
>new material it keeps them in the public eye but it does get a bit weary
>doesnt it....And whats worse is that most of these compilations are so
>cheap and tacky looking. I dont mind the good ones (This is the MB's, Time
>traveller) which clearly seem part of the MB's legitamate canon and
>history, but there just seems to be so many different naff, shoddy albums
>like this that they all blur into one...
>
> To me, it simply cheapens the brand. Very rarely would you find huge, huge
> bands or artists such as the Beatles, The Stones, U2, Metallica, Madonna,
> Elton John or whoever, allowing albums like this to be released constantly
> with such low standards of production and such samey repetition of
> songs...
>
> Oh well
>
> Mick
I don't know about that, but another "new" release of previously released
material is nothing to get excited about, IMO. I caught a short bit over a
year ago on VH1 Classics when they announced the release of "December". The
host/VJ (whatever) made a rather funny comment to the effect...."NO, this
isn't another "Best of" or Greatest Hits"! I found that sort of interesting!
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> "azure spirit" <gknagy [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> It appears we have yet another compilation set. I received this info from
>> VH-1 today.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211111 ] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 17:38 |
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Mick, The Beatles have 7 "greatest hits" compilation albums/CDs.
Considering the Beatles' recording career only spanned 8 years, and the
Moody Blues' compilations cover the years 1964-88, I'd say The Beatles'
record companies have exploited the best of/greatest hits market even
more than the Moody Blues' record companies have.
The reason being: They keep selling.
The Moody Blues have had nothing to do with the release of any
compilation other than Time Traveller and the band has no control over
this. Justin has said the band's main competition is their own back
catalog -- meaning that this is the only promotion Universal will give
them, which is pretty much true.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211112 ] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 18:39 |
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<cathyw [at] myself.com> wrote in message
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> Mick, The Beatles have 7 "greatest hits" compilation albums/CDs.
> Considering the Beatles' recording career only spanned 8 years, and the
> Moody Blues' compilations cover the years 1964-88, I'd say The Beatles'
> record companies have exploited the best of/greatest hits market even
> more than the Moody Blues' record companies have.
Cathy,
Excellent point, I believe. I was mulling over some of the compilations for
The Beatles myself and drew pretty much the same conclusions that you have.
For The Beatles to have only been together recording for about eight years
we have had a significant number of offerings from them. While some may
argue they are historical in scope... to me they are just another in a
series of compilations.
I haven't bought into every MB compilation... some people do. But I believe
they are going after a market that thought the MBs were not a band any
longer and people that long for the nostalgic blast they get from those
compilations. Good marketing though one would have to admit... they must
sell or they wouldn't keep spitting them out they way they do.
Skyvoice
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211113 ] |
Thu, 03 March 2005 01:33 |
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nah, sorry, I dont buy that.
The Beatles compilations have never cheapened the brand and have always
seemed part of the canon. 1962-1966, 1967-1970, ones, etc have always seemed
like quality products regardless of wether they conatin the same songs. The
point I was making about the MB's compilations is that they just seem to be
the same old stuff in a lame, knocked out sorta way. Are you seriously
suggesting that any compilation by the Beatles would be knocked out in the
same way offhand way as MB's stuff is? Also, the Beatles did split up 35
years ago, and therefore to sell their products there is only releases or
compilations to consider. The MB's are supposed to be a current band are
they not?
There is of course the justification aspect to consider. The Beatles happen
to be the biggest selling band of all time, and some would argue also the
most important and the best. When "Ones" was released, it sold Millions and
millions. When this new MB's one gets released, it wont sell millions, there
wont be international clamour for it and it wont even get in the charts. You
know, and I know it.
Also was "This is the MB's..." not on the Threshold label? Surely the MB';s
would have some sorta say in that?
Also I honestly cant think of that many Beatles releases; !962-67, 1967, 70,
Ones... Love songs, maybe?...errr...offhand I cant think of many more that
have the same song on them. What are all the others you talk of? Even "Love
songs" had different songs on it to the normal hits, so to my reckoning
thats 2 standard greatest hits releases in 35 years (both with different
songs on them). The main difference with the MB's stuff is that its the same
songs again and again and again. Perhaps the US has more releases than the
UK, but over here, for years, if you wanted a "Beatles best of" you went
with the Red or Blue album and that was pretty much your lot.
Mick
<cathyw [at] myself.com> wrote in message
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> Mick, The Beatles have 7 "greatest hits" compilation albums/CDs.
> Considering the Beatles' recording career only spanned 8 years, and the
> Moody Blues' compilations cover the years 1964-88, I'd say The Beatles'
> record companies have exploited the best of/greatest hits market even
> more than the Moody Blues' record companies have.
>
> The reason being: They keep selling.
>
> The Moody Blues have had nothing to do with the release of any
> compilation other than Time Traveller and the band has no control over
> this. Justin has said the band's main competition is their own back
> catalog -- meaning that this is the only promotion Universal will give
> them, which is pretty much true.
>
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211115 ] |
Thu, 03 March 2005 04:20 |
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Best part of this one is the Cover Art! Yay! I Miss Ray!
It's Nice to see his face again! :)
JMO
"azure spirit" <gknagy [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It appears we have yet another compilation set. I received this info from
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211148 ] |
Fri, 04 March 2005 03:35 |
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:16:29 -0500, "azure spirit" <gknagy [at] hotmail.com>
wrote:
>I don't know about that, but another "new" release of previously released
>material is nothing to get excited about, IMO. I caught a short bit over a
>year ago on VH1 Classics when they announced the release of "December". The
>host/VJ (whatever) made a rather funny comment to the effect...."NO, this
>isn't another "Best of" or Greatest Hits"! I found that sort of interesting!
>
What I would really like to see is a "best of" that only covers say
from about "Long Distance Voyager " onward. It could pick up where
"This is" left off. I really don't need another album with "Tuesday
Afternoon", but I would like one that included "English Sunset" or "I
Know You're Out There" without having to skip over "Nights in White
Satin" for the millionith time.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #211152 ] |
Fri, 04 March 2005 14:21 |
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Your point here is an excellent one. My main beef with these releases is the
repetition of all the songs. "This is the Moody Blues..." is, I would
suggest, the almost definitive collection of the core 7 material (minus a
couple of songs I guess, but you cant have 'em all) and so to release a sort
of "This is...2" would be a good marketing strategy - perhaps appeaing to
both new buyers AND seasoned hacks like myself - and indeed therefore a
worthwhile addition to a collection in the way that "This is..." is.
Good work
Mick
"Another nobody" <j [at] b.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:16:29 -0500, "azure spirit" <gknagy [at] hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>>I don't know about that, but another "new" release of previously released
>>material is nothing to get excited about, IMO. I caught a short bit over
>>a
>>year ago on VH1 Classics when they announced the release of "December".
>>The
>>host/VJ (whatever) made a rather funny comment to the effect...."NO, this
>>isn't another "Best of" or Greatest Hits"! I found that sort of
>>interesting!
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> What I would really like to see is a "best of" that only covers say
> from about "Long Distance Voyager " onward. It could pick up where
> "This is" left off. I really don't need another album with "Tuesday
> Afternoon", but I would like one that included "English Sunset" or "I
> Know You're Out There" without having to skip over "Nights in White
> Satin" for the millionith time.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #214567 ] |
Thu, 10 March 2005 02:12 |
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Maybe the band did have some say on This is the MB. After this LP was
released, none of the compilations have been on Threshold. Threshold
was also distributed by Decca at the time (later sold to
Polygram/Polydor), so I would think there might have been some pressure
from Decca for this release. The MB have no control since This Is The
MB, except Time Traveller over these compilations.
I meant that the Beatles re-releases sell millions of records; I agree
that compared to the MB's compilations the sales figures would be in
far and away in favor of the Beatles. Of course Universal would not
spend the money that the Beatles' record company would to make the
releases of a higher quality becuase they can't recoup their
expenditures. These compilations are just an attempt to capitalize on
the band's well known songs. I'm not supporting them, just stating the
fact that it's not how the Moody blues would like it to be.
There is no comparison between sales of Beatles compilations and MB --
but then again the MB have never received the kind of exposure the
Beatles have and continue to receive even after half their members are
dead. I wasn't addressing the quality of MB compilations compared to
the Beatles. There is no contest here. I love The Beatles.
Here's a link and info with all the Beatles releases. I don't see that
it matters where they were released. All releases count. Under the UK
list, if you count every CD separately (when there are two or more
discs per release), there are 28 CDs in a compilation form. If you
counted Anthology, there would be 6 more. I don't have the time to
compare which songs are repeated, but the Beatles' hits would most
likely be repeated on a lot of releases. I don't own any of them
except One.
Hey, don't buy the MB compilations if you don't like 'em, but it's not
fair to knock the band over something they can't control. I have all
the regular CDs and haven't got much use for compilations of the MB.
http://www.aboutthebeatles.com/discography_lp.html
This discography lists US and UK regular-issue Beatles albums
(LPs/records/CDs) as well as releases outside of the UK and US (many of
which had little or no input from the Beatles, as was even the case
with many of the US LPs).
Each page features a photo of the album cover as well as a track
listing, release dates, catalog numbers, and special notes. Alternate
covers (many from other countries) are also shown. From the album
pages, click on the song titles for detailed track information.
For accuracy, albums that were released in the UK are considered to be
the 'Regular Issue' albums, and the albums released in countires other
than the UK which are either different from the UK versions or not
released in the UK at all are listed by country.
Regular Issue (UK) Albums
Please Please Me 1963
With The Beatles 1963
A Hard Day's Night 1964
Beatles For Sale 1964
Help! 1965
Rubber Soul 1965
Revolver 1966
A Collection of Beatles Oldies 1966
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
Magical Mystery Tour 1967
The Beatles (The White Album) 1968 (2 disc)
Yellow Submarine 1969
Abbey Road 1969
Let It Be 1970
The Beatles 1962-1966 1973 (2 disc)
The Beatles 1967-1970 1973 (2 disc)
Rock N' Roll Music 1976 (2 disc)
The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl 1977
Love Songs 1977 (2 disc)
The Beatles "Rarities" 1979
Rock N' Roll Music Volume One 1980
Rock N' Roll Music Volume Two 1980
The Beatles Box 1980 (8 disc)
The Beatles Ballads - 20 Original Tracks 1980
Reel Music 1982
20 Greatest Hits 1982
Past Masters Volume One 1988
Past Masters Volume Two 1988
Past Masters 1988 (2 disc)
Live at the BBC 1994 (2 disc)
Anthology 1 1995 (2 disc)
Anthology 2 1996 (2 disc)
Anthology 3 1996 (2 disc)
Yellow Submarine Songtrack 1999
Beatles 1 2000
Let It Be...Naked 2003
US-only Regular Issue Albums
Introducing The Beatles 1963
Meet The Beatles 1964
The Beatles' Second Album 1964
A Hard Day's Night Original Soundtrack 1964
Something New 1964
Beatles '65 1964
The Early Beatles 1965
Beatles VI 1965
Help! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1965
Rubber Soul 1965
Yesterday And Today 1966
Revolver 1966
Hey Jude 1970
Rarities 1980
Australia-only Regular Issue Albums
Greatest Hits Volume 1 1966
Greatest Hits Volume 2 1967
The Essential Beatles 1972
The Number Ones 1983
Brazil-only Regular Issue Albums
Beatlemania 1964
The Beatles Again 1964
The Beatles 1965
Help! 1965
Canada-only Regular Issue Albums
Beatlemania! With The Beatles 1963
Twist And Shout 1964
The Beatles' Long Tall Sally 1964
Very Together 1969
Denmark-only Regular Issue Albums
Golden Greatest Hits
Germany-only Regular Issue Albums
The Beatles' Greatest
Sweden-only Regular Issue Albums
Golden Greatest Hits
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215483 ] |
Fri, 11 March 2005 21:49 |
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So Mick,
That's a lotta Beatles compilations, right?
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215486 ] |
Fri, 11 March 2005 22:41 |
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Speaking for myself...
That is a lotta compilations... maybe even more than The Moody Blues have
circulating out and about... at least "almost as many".
At least The Moody Blues are still around and making music while still
performing around the world.
Cool!
:-)
Skyvoice
<cathyw [at] myself.com> wrote in message
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> So Mick,
>
> That's a lotta Beatles compilations, right?
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215487 ] |
Sat, 12 March 2005 00:30 |
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Ok, in answer to" its quite a lot of compilations right?"....
It just goes to show that numbers can be made to say anything...
To start with, only a couple of those albums you listed consist of the 'same
old songs'. Many of the releases focus on specific areas of the Beatles
career, ie, Rock n roll music, love songs, live albums, early years, B-sides
etc
I thinks it also a key point, that very few of the beatles singles were on
albums, so the ONLY way to have these songs would be to have them on a
compliation album of some sort or else they would be lost forever. By my
reckoning, I only count ONE album - 1962-1966, 1967-70 (which I will count
as one release) as a compilation that encompasses the Beatles work AS A
WHOLE (ie, singles AND album cuts) - the rest are compilations of singles or
"themed" album tracks.
I would also suggest that over a 35 year period, bearing in mind there are
realistically only a couple of non-themed albums, that this is in fact
relatively few releases. Between 1973 and 1988 (15 Years) , there was only
ONE release which had 'the singles' on it, ("20 Greatest hits") and between
1988 and 2000, there were NO releases that had the singles OR album cuts on
them - (12 years!!) Incredibly, since 1973, there have been NO RELEASES AT
ALL, that have had the standard album cuts AND the singles on them - in 32
years!!!
My critisism of the MB's releases, is that its the same old songs every
single time, the same tracks culled from the same old albums. At least the
Beatles had themes, or justification in releasing compilations due to the
amount of singles involved.
The fact that the Beatles released so many of these type of compilations is
a good thing - I give you, "rarities" "anthologies" "live at the Hollywood
bowl","live at the BBC" etc...all stuff that is different to their regular
output and some would argue of historical importance. What do we get thats
unusual or new from the the MB's? We get "A simple Game" from "this is" in
1974..and thats pretty much it. At least the Beatles output offered
something new or unavailable.
So, to sum up.. Each Beatles release offers us something different, or a
theme, or an approach (or in the case of singles, offers them at all). The
MB's ones offer us more of the same.
It would be imprudent to assume that I am a MB's basher - I am not - so
don't anyone dare give me that old nonsense. Sometimes however, its just
wise to accept that although we love the MB's, they are fallible and they do
churn out crap compilations, too often - and that was my initial point.
Mick
<cathyw [at] myself.com> wrote in message
news:1110417166.562759.133450 [at] z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Maybe the band did have some say on This is the MB. After this LP was
> released, none of the compilations have been on Threshold. Threshold
> was also distributed by Decca at the time (later sold to
> Polygram/Polydor), so I would think there might have been some pressure
> from Decca for this release. The MB have no control since This Is The
> MB, except Time Traveller over these compilations.
>
> I meant that the Beatles re-releases sell millions of records; I agree
> that compared to the MB's compilations the sales figures would be in
> far and away in favor of the Beatles. Of course Universal would not
> spend the money that the Beatles' record company would to make the
> releases of a higher quality becuase they can't recoup their
> expenditures. These compilations are just an attempt to capitalize on
> the band's well known songs. I'm not supporting them, just stating the
> fact that it's not how the Moody blues would like it to be.
>
> There is no comparison between sales of Beatles compilations and MB --
> but then again the MB have never received the kind of exposure the
> Beatles have and continue to receive even after half their members are
> dead. I wasn't addressing the quality of MB compilations compared to
> the Beatles. There is no contest here. I love The Beatles.
>
> Here's a link and info with all the Beatles releases. I don't see that
> it matters where they were released. All releases count. Under the UK
> list, if you count every CD separately (when there are two or more
> discs per release), there are 28 CDs in a compilation form. If you
> counted Anthology, there would be 6 more. I don't have the time to
> compare which songs are repeated, but the Beatles' hits would most
> likely be repeated on a lot of releases. I don't own any of them
> except One.
>
> Hey, don't buy the MB compilations if you don't like 'em, but it's not
> fair to knock the band over something they can't control. I have all
> the regular CDs and haven't got much use for compilations of the MB.
>
> http://www.aboutthebeatles.com/discography_lp.html
>
> This discography lists US and UK regular-issue Beatles albums
> (LPs/records/CDs) as well as releases outside of the UK and US (many of
> which had little or no input from the Beatles, as was even the case
> with many of the US LPs).
>
> Each page features a photo of the album cover as well as a track
> listing, release dates, catalog numbers, and special notes. Alternate
> covers (many from other countries) are also shown. From the album
> pages, click on the song titles for detailed track information.
>
> For accuracy, albums that were released in the UK are considered to be
> the 'Regular Issue' albums, and the albums released in countires other
> than the UK which are either different from the UK versions or not
> released in the UK at all are listed by country.
>
> Regular Issue (UK) Albums
>
> Please Please Me 1963
> With The Beatles 1963
> A Hard Day's Night 1964
> Beatles For Sale 1964
> Help! 1965
> Rubber Soul 1965
> Revolver 1966
> A Collection of Beatles Oldies 1966
> Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
> Magical Mystery Tour 1967
> The Beatles (The White Album) 1968 (2 disc)
> Yellow Submarine 1969
> Abbey Road 1969
> Let It Be 1970
> The Beatles 1962-1966 1973 (2 disc)
> The Beatles 1967-1970 1973 (2 disc)
> Rock N' Roll Music 1976 (2 disc)
> The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl 1977
> Love Songs 1977 (2 disc)
> The Beatles "Rarities" 1979
> Rock N' Roll Music Volume One 1980
> Rock N' Roll Music Volume Two 1980
> The Beatles Box 1980 (8 disc)
> The Beatles Ballads - 20 Original Tracks 1980
> Reel Music 1982
> 20 Greatest Hits 1982
> Past Masters Volume One 1988
> Past Masters Volume Two 1988
> Past Masters 1988 (2 disc)
> Live at the BBC 1994 (2 disc)
> Anthology 1 1995 (2 disc)
> Anthology 2 1996 (2 disc)
> Anthology 3 1996 (2 disc)
> Yellow Submarine Songtrack 1999
> Beatles 1 2000
> Let It Be...Naked 2003
>
> US-only Regular Issue Albums
> Introducing The Beatles 1963
> Meet The Beatles 1964
> The Beatles' Second Album 1964
> A Hard Day's Night Original Soundtrack 1964
> Something New 1964
> Beatles '65 1964
> The Early Beatles 1965
> Beatles VI 1965
> Help! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1965
> Rubber Soul 1965
> Yesterday And Today 1966
> Revolver 1966
> Hey Jude 1970
> Rarities 1980
>
>
> Australia-only Regular Issue Albums
> Greatest Hits Volume 1 1966
> Greatest Hits Volume 2 1967
> The Essential Beatles 1972
> The Number Ones 1983
>
>
> Brazil-only Regular Issue Albums
> Beatlemania 1964
> The Beatles Again 1964
> The Beatles 1965
> Help! 1965
>
>
> Canada-only Regular Issue Albums
> Beatlemania! With The Beatles 1963
> Twist And Shout 1964
> The Beatles' Long Tall Sally 1964
> Very Together 1969
>
> Denmark-only Regular Issue Albums
> Golden Greatest Hits
>
>
> Germany-only Regular Issue Albums
> The Beatles' Greatest
>
> Sweden-only Regular Issue Albums
> Golden Greatest Hits
>
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215489 ] |
Sat, 12 March 2005 03:09 |
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Point well taken.
Skyvoice
"Mick Smith" <railroader [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:d0t9n8$odv$1 [at] hercules.btinternet.com...
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> It would be imprudent to assume that I am a MB's basher - I am not - so
> don't anyone dare give me that old nonsense. Sometimes however, its just
> wise to accept that although we love the MB's, they are fallible and they
> do churn out crap compilations, too often - and that was my initial point.
>
> Mick
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215491 ] |
Sat, 12 March 2005 09:48 |
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I am a beginning and long time MB fan and I
agree with Mick.
The constant release of "best of" or compilation CDs by the MBs is
downright embarrasing and an insult to the fans and collectors.
It really pisses me off.
I refuse to buy any of these new cheap compilations that have come out
over the last couple of years.
"Once is enough" as an MB song said.
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| Re: "NEW" Moody Blues release [message #215498 ] |
Sun, 13 March 2005 09:31 |
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"Mick Smith" <railroader [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<d02u14$a3e$1 [at] hercules.btinternet.com>...
> I wonder if they hold the record for most amount of compilations? Icant
> think of many bands who have had more....Perhaps in the absence of decent
> new material it keeps them in the public eye but it does get a bit weary
> doesnt it....And whats worse is that most of these compilations are so
> cheap and tacky looking. I dont mind the good ones (This is the MB's, Time
> traveller) which clearly seem part of the MB's legitamate canon and history,
> but there just seems to be so many different naff, shoddy albums like this
> that they all blur into one...
>
> To me, it simply cheapens the brand. Very rarely would you find huge, huge
> bands or artists such as the Beatles, The Stones, U2, Metallica, Madonna,
> Elton John or whoever, allowing albums like this to be released constantly
> with such low standards of production and such samey repetition of songs...
>
> Oh well
>
> Mick
>
Yeah, just when you think they're thru, out comes December.. Good to
listen to any time of year, and probably the closest thing to
something new from them that you're going to get for a spell.
But we never really can tell about talented songwriters like Justin
and John, now CAN we...?
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