Comments on: A Dozen Artists Well-Served By Best-Of Compilations

By: love jadvani

love jadvani — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:17:18 +0000

nice paintings as well as nice collecton.

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:53:38 +0000

Yep. What he said…

By: World B. Furr

World B. Furr — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:46 +0000

Los Lobos- Just another band from East LA

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:59:04 +0000

Totally forgot Toots & The Maytals, who have an excellent greatest hits album…

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A Dozen Artists Poorly-Served By Best-Of Compilations « dk presents… — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:28:13 +0000

[...] By Best-Of Compilations A few weeks back I took a look at some musicians who are well-served by Greatest Hits compilations. Here now are a dozen artists who fit the flip-side of that [...]

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:09:41 +0000

Agreed – Wings would have been a great choice here.

Although I must say that ‘Band On The Run’ (the album) has grown on me over the last couple of years. I’m so not sure anymore that Wings’ catalogue is the vast wasteland I once thought it was…

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Here are three more collections I’ve been kicking myself for not including:

The Who * Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy
Joe Walsh * Look What I Did! The JW Anthology
J.J. Cale * Anyway The Wind Blows: The Anthology

By: Rasta Foo

Rasta Foo — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:42:21 +0000

clearly I lack your sophistication.

If there was ever a wonderful GH album made by a mediocre band, I would say Wings is a great choice. It was a staple of my childhood and great, but Wings’ total catalog made it clear that John carried the Beatles (don’t tell my mom I said this!).

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:44:05 +0000

Both great compilations, no doubt. But with either of those artists, I’d be as inclined to recommend a regular studio album (Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd, Slowhand, Disraeli Gears, or Derek & The Dominos) (Marley – Exodus, Rastaman Vibration, or Catch A Fire) as the Greatest Hits sets. So that dropped them out of consideration here. For the artists listed above, if you didn’t go to the Greatest Hits, you’d be scratching your head trying to figure out where to dig in. Or at least I would…

By: Rasta Foo

Rasta Foo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:30:54 +0000

Crossroads?

And for fuck sake man – Marley?

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:26:09 +0000

Nick – Thanks for the suggestion, but since I don’t own Nilsson’s greatest hits, I’d be hard pressed to build the case for him. Nilsson Schmilsson seems to nip my craving every time…

Iggy – Don’t get me wrong, I love the Lou Reed anthology. I will definitely listen to that ‘Heroin’ – not sure I knew it was an alternate version. Also be sure to check out ‘The Original Wrapper’. Hearing Sweet Lou bust a rap is like a musical out-of-body experience.

Kicknz – You make a great point here. I sure wish there was a worthy compilation of The Beach Boys’ 70’s material. My buddy Cordell put one together called ‘No Fun Fun Fun: The Best Of The Brother Records Years’, but since you don’t know Cordell, that nugget doesn’t do you much good.

Sandy – I’ve never really worshipped at the alter of Zappa. I think some of his songs are brilliant, but all the attenuating baggage (weird concepts, in-jokes, odd instrumentation, smarter-than-thou attitude) gives me pause. My friend Fred summed up my feeling on this point when I asked him about Zappa a few years back: “Listening to him makes me feel funny” he said, making a face and sounding like someone who’d been touched inappropriately by his scout master.

Thanks to all who commented! Look for part two of this post coming soon…