Re-Make/Re-Model: The repackaging overkill thread.*

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oh god and soft machine.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link

bowie's a strange 'un. they did two remastered bests of, 69-74 and 74-79, in about 1997, but afaik it stopped there. only recently have i seen a 79-8? disc, and the three in a set. but in the meantime i'm sure he's done another overall best-of.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Thing about Lee Perry is he produced a million singles that are all impossible to find, so most of the excess compilationage is well warranted.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link

but in the meantime i'm sure he's done another overall best-of.

Yep, there was a Best Of Bowie released in 2002, in about six or seven different configurations depending on what part of the world you live in, and then there was a budget-priced comp called The Collection which basically picked a non-single track from each of his RCA albums.

― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, Talk Talk were really into birds.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link

And there are two more remix albums on top of that lot...

― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link

i'd never even seen that Introducing...talk talk cover, very nice. they have exquisite cover art, to my mind.

i do think there are entirely too many who comps.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/el/discography.htm

The "Various Artists" releases in particular

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link

EMI put out a Platinum Collection 3CD best of before xmas too

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah i think that's the three cds in one box or summat.

pre-'oddity' bowie is very extensively covered.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Doesn't Can have 3 or 4 CD versions of everything?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Lee Perry and King Tubby are good examples not so much for the endless re-comping but for the substantial slice of CDs issued under one name or the other (or both) which have nothing whatsoever to do with either. I linked to a page on this, once, somewhere.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:41 (eighteen years ago) link

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