Record Store Day Booty

This past Saturday was Record Store Day across the nation.  Mom and Pop Record Stores are one of the few places I feel like I'm home anymore.  In other words, I understand most anything in it.

As such, I visited my favorite Mom and Pop Record Store, The Vinyl Frontier, in McHenry, Illinois.  There were quite a few others also paying respects and buying albums and CDs.

I bought ten CDs and three albums.

ALBUMS:

The Best of Herman's Hermits Volume 2

The Box Tops: The Letter / Neon Rainbow

Beau Brummels:  You Tell Me Why / Don't Talk to Strangers

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CDs: 

These next six all had 22 songs apiece.

AM Gold 1966

AM Gold 1967

AM Gold 1968

AM Gold 1969

AM Gold: The 60s Generation

AM Gold: The Mid-60s

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Retro 70s  (two discs with 15 tracks each)

The Vogues Greatest Hits

Swing Time--  Wayne Hancock

House of Blues Swings!

--Love Those Mom and Pops.  --RoadRecord

Ending March: Crystal Lake, MCCWRT, Half-Price Books, CDs

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

Drove to Crystal Lake, Illinois, for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group meeting with today's topic being Civil War Artillery.  We were occasionally on topic.  Then drove to Algonquin and bought eight CDs at Half-Price Books.  All were $2 except one:

STICKY FINGERS--  Rolling Stones

OKTOBERFEST IN CHICAGO--  Die Musikmeisters

BUBBLEGUM, GARAGE AND POP NUGGETS--  22 songs

ACTUAL MILES GREATEST HITS--  Don Henley

GREATEST HITS--  Little River Band

ONLY THE BEGINNING THE VERY BEST OF--  Chicago

COUNTRY LEGENDS--  36 Hits   3 CDs

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SEVENTIES 100 HITS  This one was $10 for four CD set.

And, I Still Play CDs and Record on Cassette Tape  --RoadCD

53rd Anniversary of "Rubber Soul" Release: My Memories

Bob Stroud is doing a Root Salute to this album on his Rock an Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV 97.1 FM as this album was released 53 years ago tomorrow.  This album and the one before it "Revolver," marked a major change  in Beatles music from their earlier work.

I remember back before Christmas 1965, I was about to buy my first album ever and was in the record store looking at albums and this was one I was looking at.  It ended up being a choice between this album or Herman's Hermits Greatest Hits.  I did a lot of thinking before going with Herman because this one had a whole lot of hits.  (I later bought "Rubber Soul.")

Albums back then cost $2.99 which was a huge amount for me to spend.  That was essentially six weeks of allowance or 150 pop bottles.  (Two cents a bottle going door-to-door.)  I had to get max bang for my buck.

Little did I know that those two albums would lead to a life-long obsession collecting albums, 45s, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes and CDs.

Earlier, Bob Stroud played "Rubber Soul's" "I'm Looking Through You."  A great song that whenever I write it down on paper, I always absolutely HAVE to put little dots for eyes in the "o'" in the word Look.

I'd sure like to do that right now.

Funny How Music Can Bring Back Memories.  --RoadDog

Charts in 2012-- Part 5: Greatest Hits Albums

21.  DEF LEPPARD Vault 1980-1995--  (5,020,000)  1995,  #153

22.  BON JOVI Cross Road--  (4,951,000)  1994, #158

23.  2 PAC--  (4,848,000),  #165

24.  ELVIS PRESLEY, Elvis: 30 #1 Hits--  (4,764,000)  2002, #176

25.  LENNY KRAVITZ--  (4,634,000)  2000,  #191

26.  MICHAEL JACKSON, Number Ones--  (4,615,000)  2003,  #194

27.  ERIC CLAPTON, Time Pieces--  (4,520,000) 1982, #200

Of interest, of these artists, 19 did not have another Top Ten Hit after the release of their greatest hits album.  So, it can be said that when you release your greatest hits album, that is pretty much the end of your hit-making career.

More interesting stuff:  These artists with other albums in the Top 200:  Madonna, 15; Aerosmith, 6; Eagles, 5; and Eric Clapton with 2.

I Have All of These Except #23.  --RoadDog


SAY WHAT?  "Like a Rube Goldberg."--  Making the simple complicated/fun.

Charts in 2012-- Part 4; Greatest Hits Albums

16.  STEVE MILLER BAND 1974-1978 --  (5,443,00) 1978, #124

17.  AEROSMITH-- (5,331,000)  1980, #130

18.  ABBA GOLD--  (5,293,000)   1993, #132

19.  THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON--  (5.092,000) 1990, #148

20.  GUNS 'N ROSES--  (5,048,000)  2004, #152

--RoadDog


SAY WAHT?  "Let's Get Cranking."  Or turn the igniition key o your car today.

Charts in 2012-- Part 3: Greatest Hits Albums

8.  JAMES TAYLOR--  (6,976,000)  1976, #66

9,  QUEEN--  (6,888,000) 1992, #68

10.  JIMMY BUFFETT  Songs You Know By Heart--  (6,494,000)  1985, #85

11.  TIM McGRAW--  (6,137,000)  2000, #86

12.  CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Chronicles Vol. 1--  (6,001,000)  1976, #97

13.  MADONNA The Immaculate Collection-  (5,817,000)  1990, #105

14.  ALAN JACKSON The Greatest Hits Collection--  (5,772,000)  #107

15.  EAGLES Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975--  ( 29,000,000)  #123  Actually, this is the second biggest selling album of all time, only surpassed by Thriller.  But these stats are from 1991 to 2012.

"Wastin'  Away Again in ________."  --RoadDog


SAY WHAT?  "Best Thing Since Sliced Bread."  It didn't always come sliced.

The Charts Back in 2012-- Part 2: Top 27 Greatest Hits Albums

A list of the Top 27 best-selling GREATEST HITS albums of all time since the Nielsen SoundScan began running in 1991.  Also included are units sold and date of release and overall album ranking.

1.  THE BEATLES,-- 1 (11,821,000) 2000, #6

2.  BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS--   (10,600,000) 1984, #12

3.  BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND--   (9,062,000) 1994, #27

4.  CELINE DION, ALL THE WAY...A DECADE OF SONG--   (1999 , #42

5.  JOURNEY-- (7,925,000) 1988, #43

6.  GARTH BROOKS, THE HITS-- (7,821,000) 1994, #44

7.  TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS--  (7,464,000)  1993, #55

And, I Have All Seven of These.  --RoadDog


SAY WHAT?  "Left his calling card."  Before people visited online.

The Charts Back in 2012-- Part 1

September 14, 2012, Chart Watch by Paul Green.

The Beatles greatest hits album, #1s, from 2000, charged back into the Top Five in sales because of its digital release.  As of 2012, it had sold a total of 11,821,000 copies in the United States

Nielsen Sound Scan's running list of all-time best-selling albums of all time has 27 greatest hits packages which is no surprise because of more bang for your buck.  I especially like them and the collection hits albums like the old K-Tel ones.

There are only two in the top 200 by solo female artists, Celine Dion and Madonna.

Jimmy Buffett had only one Pop Top Ten, 1977's "Margaritaville."  But his "greatest hits album "Songs You Know By Heart is in the Top Ten.

Three of the Top 200s were released in 1976:  Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicles, Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and James Taylor's Greatest Hits.

"Standing On the Corner in Winslow, Arizona"  --RoadDog


SAY WHAT?