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Bill Anderson (Country) - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Bill Anderson in Music: Country
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Notes: Liner Note Author: Scott Schinder. Recording information: 1960 - 1975. Although younger country music fans likely know Bill Anderson primarily for his work as a game-show host on CMT in the 1980s and '90s, the veteran singer-songwriter was a consistent hitmaker for nearly two decades. Though he never crossed over to the pop charts--1963's "Still," included here, was his sole Top 40 pop hit--the 12 songs on this disc--from 1960's "The Tips of My Fingers" to the 1976 duet with Mary Lou Turner...
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Anderson
Description For anyone wondering why MCA Nashville/Decca, which issued a Bill Anderson compilation called The Definitive Collection in June 2006, would issue another Anderson compilation, this one a best-of in parent company Universal Music's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series, only one month later, the answer is simple, at least in record company terms. The Definitive Collection has 20 tracks and a list price of 13.98; this album has 12 tracks and a list price of 9.95. (What...
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Born in Highland Park, MI, in 1925, Haley was blind in one eye from birth, and, as a consequence, suffered from terrible shyness as a boy. The family moved to Boothwyn, PA, during the mid-'30s, where Haley developed a strong love for country music and began playing guitar and singing; by 14, he had left school in the hope of pursuing a career in music. He bounced through a few country bands based in the Middle Atlantic states and also tried to establish himself as a singing and yodeling cowboy. His...
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Notes: Personnel includes: Delbert McClinton (vocals, harmonica). Producers: Chip Young, Johnny Sandlin. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1975 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. This is part of "20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection" series. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Delbert McClinton features a decent overview of 12 country/blues crossover tunes recorded for MCA in the '70s and '80s, including "Victim of Life's Circumstances...
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Don Williams's mellow, amiable baritone and easygoing approach made him one of the biggest country stars of the 1970s. With simple arrangements, straightforward songs, and an emotionally honest but endearingly laconic delivery, Williams had an instantly appealing signature sound. He rarely strayed far from that template, but there was little reason to, especially with the outpouring of hits he scored throughout the '70s. The artist's laidback sound was surprisingly influential in the rock world-...
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From the 1960s into the 21st century, Bill Cosby's family-friendly comic routines and accessible "everyman" persona have made him one of the most recognized and admired performers in the United States (and perhaps the biggest television star of the 1980s). His comic themes are universal, ordinary experiences delivered in Cosby's trademark rhythmic, relaxed style, with a healthy dose of self-mockery. Cosby scored an unlikely top 10 hit with a parody of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight."
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Notes: Producers include: Barry Beckett, Harold Shedd, Ed Seay, Tony Brown, Buddy Cannon-Norro Wilson. Compilation producers: Mike Ragogna, Jeff Stoltz. Includes liner notes by Scott Schinder.
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Notes: Personnel includes: Mark Wills (vocals). Producers: Carson Chamberlain, Keith Stegall. Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna. Includes liner notes by Robyn Flans. This is part of "20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection" series.
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Notes: Producers include: Nanci Griffith, Tony Brown, Glyn Johns, Peter Van-Hooke, Rod Argent. Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna. Includes liner notes by Robyn Flans. Digitally remastered by Jim Phillips (Universal Mastering Studios, West North Hollywood, California). Liner Note Author: Robyn Flans. Photographers: Senor McGuire; Caroline Greyshock. This is a beautifully compiled anthology whittled down from the five albums Griffith made for MCA in the late '80s and early '90s. Interestingly, it...
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Terri Clark - The Best Of Terri Clark 20th Century Masters Of The Millennium Collection [Digip in Music: Country
Notes: Composer: Terri Clark. Recording information: 1995 - 2005. A Canadian country singer far closer to Shania Twain's pop rock than k.d. lang's mixture of tradition and experimentation, Terri Clark has maintained a relatively low profile south of the 49th parallel despite her handful of hits. This 12-track collection reveals her as a talented interpreter (her wry version of Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" smokes Linda Ronstadt's humorless take) and a solid Nashville-sound songwriter with...
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Notes: Personnel includes: Johnny Cash (vocals, guitar); Waylon Jennings (vocals). Producer: Jack Clement. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of MCA's "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" series. Composer: Johnny Cash. Recording information: 1986 - 1992. Though the '80s are regarded by some as a valley in the long career of Johnny Cash, the country legend's tenure at Mercury Records during that...
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Notes: Everly Brothers. The Everly Brothers: Don Everly, Phil Everly (vocals, guitar). Producers: Archie Bleyer, Dave Edmunds. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1957 & 1984. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. This is part of "20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection" series. Composer: The Everly Brothers. The Everly Brothers were an amazing singles band. One look at the track listing of their 20th Century Masters collection bears this out. Eleven of the 12 songs are simply...
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Notes: Personnel includes: Quincy Jones; Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica); Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan, Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Al Jarreau, George Johnson, Patti Austin, Luther Vandross, James Ingram, Bernhard Ighner, Billy Preston, Bill Withers (vocals); Tom Morgan (harmonica); George Young, Phil Woods (alto saxophone); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Cat Anderson (trumpet); Greg Phillinganes (synthesizers); Tom Scott (lyricon). Producers include: Quincy Jones, Ray Brown. Personnel...
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Notes: Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Randy Bachman (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar); C.F. Turner (vocals, guitar, bass); Tim Bachman (vocals, guitar); Blair Thornton (guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Rob Bachman (drums, percussion, background vocals). Producers: Randy Bachman, BTO, Jim Vallance. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Universal Mastering Studios). Personnel: C.F. Turner (vocals, guitar); Jim Clench...
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The first and greatest major figure of Western Swing music, Bob Wills (and his band the Texas Playboys) melded country fiddling, big-band swing, Tex-Mex music, polka, and other regional folk traditions into a new and sophisticated genre during the 1930s and 1940s. The style proved highly influential to subsequent generations of country artists. Merle Haggard so loved Wills's music and band that he recorded a tribute album to him and, after Wills retired in the late 1960s, he recruited many of the...
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Donna Summer - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donna Summer [Digi in Music: Dance
Notes: Personnel includes: Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand (vocals); Giorgio Moroder (arranger, keyboards, synthesizer, programming). Producers include: Pete Belotte, Giorgio Moroder, Gary Klein, Quincy Jones, Michael Omartian. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. Recorded between 1975 & 1983. Includes liner notes by Brian Chin. This is part of Universal Records "20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection" series. This 20th CENTURY MASTERS installment collects the finest tracks from Donna Summer...
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Hank Williams - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Hank Williams [Digi in Music: Honkytonk
Notes: Includes liner notes by Colin Escott. Digitally remastered by Gary Mayo (Polygram Studios). Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. Those seeking a thorough overview of country legend Hank Williams's career can seek out one of the impressive box sets devoted to the singer. Other interested parties might examine 20 GREATEST HITS or its two-disc cousin 40 GREATEST HITS....
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Notes: Personnel includes: J.J. Cale (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass, drums); Tommy Tedesco, Mac Gayden, Harold Bradley (guitar); Shelly Kurland, Carl Gorodetezy, Roy Christensen (strings); Ed Colis (harmonica); Dennis Goode, Bill Humble, Bob Phillips, Norm Ray (horns); David Briggs, Jerry Whitehurst, Bob Wilson (piano); Barry Beckett, Beegie Cruzer (electric piano); Christine Lakeland (organ); Tommy Cogbill, Tim Drummond, Joel Green, David Hood (bass); Chck...
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John Hiatt - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of John Hiatt in Music: Pop
Over the decades, and in various quests to land his audience, the presentation of Hiatt's resilient songs changed to fit the times. Beginning in the mid-'70s, he went from singer-songwriter to Elvis Costello-ish rocker to progressive-country/adult alternative icon. However, they all bear the craft of a superlative writer who finds his voice with both tender ballads and hotwired rockers.
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Notes: Even though he racked up a lot of country hits during the mid- to late '70s, including a string of 14 consecutive Top Ten singles, Johnny Rodriguez was shortchanged by latter-day compilers. For instance, there were only a few paltry compilations in print as of May 2006 when Universal finally released a Rodriguez entry in its wide-ranging 20th Century Masters series. Rodriguez surely had enough hits in his day to warrant a more definitive collection than this budget-line entry, preferably one...
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Notes: Kiss: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley (vocals, guitar); Gene Simmons (vocals, bass); Peter Criss (vocals, drums). Recorded between 1974 & 1979. Includes liner notes by Jeff Kitts. The discount-priced 20th Century Masters compilation presents the highlights of the first half-decade of Kiss' existence, drawing from recordings originally released between 1974 and 1979. For that period, compilation producer Bill Levenson begins by picking four LP tracks from the band's initially unsuccessful first three...
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Notes: Producers: Smokey Robinson, Clarence Paul, Berry Gordy, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier. Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. Recorded between 1962 & 1964. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This sharply focused compilation presents the finest mid-1960s Motown recordings by the label's leading solo lady, Mary Wells. The no-frills track listing features Wells's major hits of the era, many of which were penned by Smokey Robinson, including the shimmering...
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Notes: Personnel includes: Roy Buchanan (vocals, guitar); Billy Price, Billy Sheffield (vocals); Neil Larson (arranger, keyboards); Teddy Irwin (guitar); Malcolm Lukens, Dick Heintz (keyboards); John Harrison (bass, background vocals); Kenny Tibbetts, Pete Van Allen, Don Payne (bass); Ned davis, Jerry Mercer, Robbie Magruder, Bill Stewart, Byrd Foster (drums). Producers: Peter Kieve Siegel, Jay Reich Jr., Ed Freeman. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. Principally recorded at The Record Plant, New...
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