The Beatles "2" (Blank Frank Edition)

From 2012: One of these years, I think the surviving Beatles will get around to putting out their own version. Until that time comes here is my version of the "2" album. My criteria was that it had to fit on one CD and it must include the "B" sides of the "1" album and other singles that never made onto "1", using only UK and USA chart info, just like "1" did. Also, there can be no duplication from the "1" LP.

I did not include the Capitol Green Swirl 45s, such as "Boys" or "Kansas City" and to make it fit onto one CD, I had to leave out some of the US 45s from A Hard Days Night - I think those were released only because United Artists had the rights to the soundtrack album in the USA. These are @320 and tagged with original artwork.

So here goes, it uses only 2009 remastered versions. Notes on why I have included some songs are noted below. Thanks to A-1 for providing the inspiration for this post!

1 P.S. I Love You
2 Please Please Me (Ha! I think the only track that actually was #2!)
3 Ask Me Why
4 Thank You Girl
5 I'll Get You
6 This Boy
7 I Saw Her Standing There (USA "B" side)
8 You Can't Do That
9 Things We Said Today
10 I Should Have Known Better (USA "B" side)
11 She's A Woman
12 I Don't Want To Spoil The Party (USA "B" side)
13 Yes It Is
14 I'm Down
15 Act Naturally  (USA "A" side)
16 Nowhere Man (USA "A" side)
17 What Goes On (USA "B" side)
19 Rain
19 Strawberry Fields Forever
20 Baby, You're A Rich Man
21 I Am The Walrus
22 The Inner Light
23 Revolution
24 Don't Let Me Down
25 Old Brown Shoe
26 You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
27 For You Blue  (USA "B" side)

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Melanie - God's Only Daughter: The Complete US Singles 1967-77

Unhappy with her existing compilations, I started this quickie project last night and just completed it.  After that, her career appeared to be running into trouble. This is about all of the stuff that matters in her career, from eccentric folk singer to pop song stylist to hippy Earth Mama. All @320 and tagged with its original sleeves/labels. Much of this set is pretty hard to find. Someone really should put together an authoritative authorized compilation so her career can be properly remembered. "LP Version" means that I was unable to locate the actual single version!

1 Sad Song (United Artists Single) [1967] 2:25
2 Love In My Mind (United Artists Single) [1967] 2:40
3 My Beautiful People (Columbia Single) [10-67] 3:14
4 God's Only Daughter (Columbia Single) [10-67] 2:34
5 Garden In The City (Columbia Single) [7-68] 2:44
6 Why Didn't My Mother Tell Me (Columbia Single) [7-68] 3:00
7 I'm Back In Town [5-69] 2:19
8 Bo Bo's Party [5-69] 3:54
9 Any Guy [8-69] 2:13
10 Baby Guitar [8-69] 3:29
11 Beautiful People [11-69] 3:37
12 Take Me Home [2-70] 2:27
13 Again [2-70] 3:23
14 (Lay Down) Candles In The Rain (Single Edit) [3-70] 3:47
15 Candles In The Rain [3-70] 1:48
16 Peace Will Come (According To Plan) [7-70] 4:50
17 Close To It All [7-70] 3:19
18 Stop! I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore (Alternate B-Side) [7-70] 2:08
19 Ruby Tuesday [11-70] 4:39
20 Merry Christmas [11-70] 2:54
21 Good Book (US Single Edit) [3-71] 2:33
22 We Don't Know Where We're Going [3-71] 2:33
23 Brand New Key [9-71] 2:27
24 Some Say (I Got Devil) [9-71] 3:09
25 Nickel Song [5-71] 3:48
26 What Have They Done To My Song Ma [8-70] 4:09
27 Ring The Living Bell-(US SIngle Edit) [1-72] 2:50
28 Railroad [1-72] 2:52
29 I'm Back In Town [4-72] 2:19
30 Johnny Boy [4-72] 2:42
31 Some Day I'll Be a Farmer [4-72] 2:52
32 Steppin' [4-72] 3:29
33 Together Alone [9-72] 4:46
34 Center of the Circle [9-72] 4:43
35 Do You Believe (LP Version) [12-72] 5:22
36 Stoneground Words [12-72] 4:06
37 Bitter Bad [1-73] 2:33
38 Seeds [6-73] 4:03
39 Will You Love Me Tomorrow [11-73] 2:58
40 Here I Am [11-73] 4:16
41 Love To Lose Again (LP Version) [4-74] 4:35
42 Pine And Feather [4-74] 2:14
43 Lover's Cross (LP Version) [6-74] 4:25
44 Holding Out [6-74] 4:42
45 You're Not A Bad Ghost, Just An Old Song [1-75] 2:17
46 Eyes Of Man [1-75] 3:23
47 Sweet Misery (LP Version) [3-75] 3:08
48 Record Machine [3-75] 2:50
49 Cyclone (LP Version) [2-77] 4:12
50 If I Needed You [2-77] 3:53

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The Complete US Elvis Presley Singles Collection

With the appearance of the Mono Masters box, only now has it been possible to put together this set. So here it is: every single ever released by The King, both "A"s and "B"s all in the original vinyl mixes. I did exclude a few that I thought didn't fit in, such as when RCA put out every track from the first LP, or some gospel singles that were recorded and released many years apart.

As I like to do, every track is tagged with either it's label or picture sleeve, and if the flip side had different art, it was also tagged separately. All at 320, seven volumes 184 tracks with artwork and a tracklist included in vol 7. These are all mono (bar Charro) until the end of 1971. Honestly, I don't hear much difference between the mono and stereo mixes, but at least these are authentic.

I like these single collections because (IMO) they strike the balance between the familiar, the rare and has a way of telling the whole story with enough detail to stay interesting. Every time I put one of these together, I always wonder why it hasn't ever been done earlier. After all, who has had more posthumous releases than Elvis?

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Bowie - Fifty-Two Years: The Complete Singles [2019 Update]

You might remember this one that was put together after Bowie's passing. But now, four years later, I think it needs an update.  If you've never seen this set, it is both sides of every Bowie single, including collaborations, or other singles that he was audibly involved in.  Things got more complicated when he stopped making 45s and moved to CD singles, with all the bonus tracks and remixes.  I didn't want this to be bogged down with all of that.

  I remembered the comments from Willard's and have taken those into account. I got the most flack (pardon the pun) for not having the original UK version of "Rebel Rebel".  That's now fixed as I found there was a three-month difference between the UK & US (so no need to have the same song played twice in a row).  I also found a B-Side that had previously never found its way to CD/digital (Lady Grinning Soul US Single Edit). Diamond Dogs (Australian Single Edit) was added along with Breaking Glass (Australian Single Version), Art Decade (Studio Version), Yassassin (Netherlands Single Version), and the Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP. On top of that, I replaced most single versions, previously found on many different sources with sometimes questionable quality with the Re:Call CDs from the yearly Bowie boxes.

The other big complaint was not including tracks from Bowie's unreleased Toy album.  Some appeared as CD bonus tracks.  I still don't know what to do about that yet but here it is and I'd like your feedback!

Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 01]
1 Davie Jones with The King Bees Liza Jane [6-64]
2 Davie Jones with The King Bees Louie, Go Home [6-64]
3 The Manish Boys I Pity the Fool [3-65]
4 The Manish Boys Take My Tip [3-65]
5 Davy Jones You've Got a Habit of Leaving [8-65]
6 Davy Jones Baby Loves That Way [8-65]
7 David Bowie with The Lower Third Can't Help Thinking About Me [1-66]
8 David Bowie with The Lower Third And I Say to Myself [1-66]
9 David Bowie Do Anything You Say [4-66]
10 David Bowie Good Morning Girl [4-66]
11 David Bowie I Dig Everything [8-66]
12 David Bowie I'm Not Losing Sleep [8-66]
13 David Bowie Rubber Band [12-66]
14 David Bowie The London Boy's [12-66]
15 David Bowie The Laughing Gnome [4-67]
16 David Bowie The Gospel According To Tony Day [4-67]
17 David Bowie Love You Till Tuesday [7-67]
18 David Bowie Did You Ever Have A Dream [7-67]
19 David Bowie Space Oddity (UK Mono Single Edit) [7-69]
20 David Bowie Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (UK Mono Single Version) [7-69]
21 David Bowie The Prettiest Star (Mono Single Version) [3-70]
22 David Bowie Conversation Piece (Mono Single Version) [3-70]
23 David Bowie Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1) (Mono Single Version) [6-70]
24 David Bowie Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2) (Mono Single Version) [6-70]
25 David Bowie All The Madmen (US Mono Single) [1-71]
26 David Bowie Janine (US Mono Single) [1-71]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 02]
1 David Bowie Holy Holy (UK Mono Single Version) [1-71]
2 David Bowie Black Country Rock [1-71]
3 David Bowie Moonage Daydream (The Arnold Corns Single Version) [5-71]
4 David Bowie Hang On To Yourself (The Arnold Corns Single Version) [5-71]
5 David Bowie Changes (Mono Single Version) [1-72]
6 David Bowie Andy Warhol (Mono Single Version) [1-72]
7 David Bowie Starman (Original Single Mix) [4-72]
8 David Bowie Suffragette City [4-72]
9 David Bowie John, I'm Only Dancing (Original Single Version) [9-72]
10 David Bowie Hang On To Yourself [9-72]
11 David Bowie The Jean Genie (Original Single Mix) [11-72]
12 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust [11-72]
13 David Bowie Drive-In Saturday (German Single Edit) [4-73]
14 David Bowie Round and Round [4-73]
15 David Bowie Time (US Single Edit) [4-73]
16 David Bowie The Prettiest Star [4-73]
17 David Bowie John, I'm Only Dancing (Sax Version) [4-73]
18 David Bowie Let's Spend the Night Together [7-73]
19 David Bowie Lady Grinning Soul [7-73]
20 David Bowie Life On Mars? [6-73]
21 David Bowie The Man Who Sold The World [6-73]
22 David Bowie Sorrow [9-73]
23 David Bowie Amsterdam [9-73]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 03]
1 Bowie Rebel Rebel (UK Single Mix) [2-74]
2 Bowie Queen Bitch [2-74]
3 Lulu The Man Who Sold The World (1-74)
4 Lulu Watch That Man (1-74)
5 Bowie Rock & Roll Suicide [4-74]
6 Bowie Quicksand [4-74]
7 Bowie Rebel Rebel (US Single Version) [5-74]
8 Bowie Lady Grinning Soul (US Single Edit) [5-74]
9 Bowie Diamond Dogs (Australian Single Edit) [6-74]
10 Bowie Holy Holy (Spiders Version) [6-74]
11 Bowie 1984 [7-74]
12 Bowie Knock On Wood (Live) [9-74]
13 Bowie Panic In Detroit (Live) [9-74]
14 Bowie Rock 'N' Roll With Me (Live) [11-74]
15 David Bowie Young Americans (Original Sngle Edit) [7-75]
16 David Bowie Suffragette City (From 'David Live') [2-75]
17 David Bowie Fame (Original Single Edit) [7-75]
18 David Bowie Right [7-75]
19 David Bowie Space Oddity (Long Stereo Version) [1975]
20 David Bowie Velvet Goldmine [1975]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 04]
1 David Bowie Golden Years (Single Version) [11-75]
2 David Bowie Can You Hear Me [11-75]
3 David Bowie Station to Station (Original Single Edit) [1-76]
4 David Bowie TVC 15 (German Single Edit) [4-76]
5 David Bowie We Are the Dead [4-76]
6 David Bowie Stay (Original Single Edit) [7-76]
7 David Bowie Word on a Wing (Original Single Edit) [7-76]
8 David Bowie Sound & Vision [2-77]
9 David Bowie A New Career In A New Town [2-77]
10 David Bowie Be My Wife [6-77]
11 David Bowie Speed Of Life [6-77]
12 David Bowie "Heroes" (Single Version) [9-77] **UPDATED**
13 David Bowie V-2 Schneider [9-77]
14 David Bowie Beauty and the Beast [1-78]
15 David Bowie Sense of Doubt [1-78]
16 David Bowie Breaking Glass (Live) [11-78]
17 David Bowie Art Decade (Live) [11-78]
18 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust (Live) [11-78]
19 David Bowie Breaking Glass (Australian Single Version) [2-79]
20 David Bowie Art Decade (Studio Version) [2-79]
21 David Bowie Boys Keep Swinging [4-79]
22 David Bowie Fantastic Voyage [4-79]
23 David Bowie D.J. (Single Version) [6-79]
24 David Bowie Repetition [6-79]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 05]
1 David Bowie Yassassin (Netherlands Single Version) [7-79]
2 David Bowie Look Back In Anger [8-79]
3 David Bowie John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (Single Edit) [12-79]
4 David Bowie Alabama Song [2-80]
5 David Bowie Space Oddity (1979 Version) [2-80]
6 David Bowie Ashes To Ashes (Single Version) [10-80]
7 David Bowie Move On [8-80]
8 David Bowie Fashion (Single Version) [10-80]
9 David Bowie Scream Like a Baby [10-80]
10 David Bowie Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (Single Version) [1-81]
11 David Bowie Because You're Young [1-81]
12 David Bowie Up The Hill Backwards [3-81]
13 David Bowie Crystal Japan [3-81]
14 David Bowie & Queen Under Pressure (Single Version) [10-81]
15 David Bowie Wild Is The Wind [11-81]
16 David Bowie Baal's Hymn (Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP) [2-82]
17 David Bowie Remembering Marie A. (Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP) [2-82]
18 David Bowie Ballad Of The Adventurers (Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP) [2-82]
19 David Bowie The Drowned Girl (Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP) [2-82]
20 David Bowie The Dirty Song (Bertolt Brecht's Baal EP) [2-82]
21 David Bowie Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (Single Version) [3-82]
22 David Bowie With Bing Crosby Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Mono Single Edit) [11-82]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 06]
1 David Bowie Let's Dance (Single Edit) [3-83]
2 David Bowie Cat People (Let's Dance Version) [3-83]
3 David Bowie China Girl (Single Edit) [5-83]
4 David Bowie Shake It [5-83]
5 David Bowie Modern Love (Single Version) [9-83]
6 David Bowie Modern Love (Live) [9-83]
7 David Bowie Without You [11-83]
8 David Bowie Criminal World [11-83]
9 David Bowie White Light/White Heat (Live Single Edit) [11-83]
10 David Bowie Cracked Actor (Live Single Edit) [11-83]
11 David Bowie Blue Jean [9-84]
12 David Bowie Dancing With the Big Boys [9-84]
13 David Bowie Tonight [11-84]
14 David Bowie Tumble and Twirl [11-84]
15 David Bowie With Pat Metheny This Is Not America [2-85]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 07]
1 David Bowie Loving The Alien (Single Remix) [5-85]
2 David Bowie Don't Look Down (US Single Remix) [5-85]
3 David Bowie With Mick Jagger Dancing In The Street [8-85]
4 David Bowie Absolute Beginners (Single Mix) [3-86]
5 David Bowie Absolute Beginners (Dub Mix) [3-86]
6 David Bowie Underground [Single Version] [6-86]
7 David Bowie When The Wind Blows (Single Edit) [6-86]
8 David Bowie When The Wind Blows (instrumental) [6-86]
9 David Bowie Magic Dance (A Dance Mix) [1986]
10 David Bowie Magic Dance (Dub) [1986]
11 David Bowie Within You [1986]
12 David Bowie Day-In Day-Out (Single Edit) [3-87]
13 David Bowie Julie [3-87]
14 David Bowie Time Will Crawl (Single Edit) [6-87]
15 David Bowie Girls (7'' Version) [6-87]
16 David Bowie Never Let Me Down (7" Remix Edit) [8-87]
17 David Bowie '87 and Cry (Single Version) [8-87]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 08]
1 Tin Machine Under The God [6-89]
2 Tin Machine Sacrifice Yourself [6-89]
3 Tin Machine Heaven's In Here (single Edit) [1989)
4 Tin Machine Heaven's In Here (LP Version) [1989)
5 Tin Machine Tin Machine [9-89)
6 Tin Machine Maggie's Farm (Live 1989) [9-89)
7 Tin Machine Prisoner Of Love (Single Edit) [10-89]
8 Tin Machine Baby Can Dance (Live 1989) [10-89]
9 David Bowie Fame '90 [Gass Mix] [3-90]
10 David Bowie Fame 90 - Queen Latifah's Rap Version (7" Single Edit) [3-90]
11 Adrian Belew With David Bowie Pretty Pink Rose [5-90]
12 Tin Machine You Belong In Rock n' Roll [8-91]
13 Tin Machine Amlapura (Indonesian version) [8-91]
14 Tin Machine Baby Universal (Single Version) [10-91]
15 Tin Machine You Belong In Rock & Roll (Extended Version) [10-91]
16 Tin Machine One Shot (US Promo Single Version) [1991]
17 David Bowie Real Cool World (Edit) [8-92]
18 David Bowie Real Cool World (Instrumental) [8-92]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 09]
1 David Bowie Jump They Say (Radio Edit) [3-93]
2 David Bowie Pallas Athena (Don't Stop Praying Remix) [3-93]
3 David Bowie Black Tie White Noise Featuring Al B. SURE! (Radio Edit) [6-93]
4 David Bowie You've Been Around (Dangers Remix) [6-93]
5 David Bowie Miracle Goodnight [10-93]
6 David Bowie Looking For Lester [10-93]
7 David Bowie Buddha Of Suburbia [11-93]
8 David Bowie Dead Against It [11-93]
9 David Bowie The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Edit) [9-95]
10 David Bowie I Am With Name [9-95]
11 David Bowie Strangers When We Meet (Single Version) [11-95]
12 David Bowie The Man Who Sold The World (Live Version) [11-95]
13 David Bowie With The Pet Shop Boys Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) [2-96]
14 David Bowie Under Pressure (Live) [2-96]
15 David Bowie Telling Lies (Feelgood Mix) [11-96]
16 David Bowie Telling Lies (Paradox Mix) [11-96]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 10]
1 David Bowie Little Wonder (Edit) [1-97]
2 David Bowie Telling Lies (Adam F Mix) [1-97]
3 David Bowie Dead Man Walking (Edit) [5-97]
4 David Bowie I'm Deranged (Jungle Mix) [5-97]
5 David Bowie I'm Afraid Of Americans (V1) (Radio Edit) [10-97]
6 David Bowie & Philip Glass Heroes Symphony (Aphex Twin Remix) [1997]
7 David Bowie Thursday's Child (Radio Edit) [9-99]
8 David Bowie We All Go Through [9-99]
9 David Bowie No-One Calls [9-99]
10 David Bowie The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Edit) [9-99]
11 David Bowie We Shall Go To Town [9-99]
12 David Bowie 1917 [9-99]
13 David Bowie Survive (Marius De Vries Mix) [1-00]
14 David Bowie Seven (Marius De Vries Mix) [7-00]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 11]
1 David Bowie Slow Burn (Radio Edit) [6-02]
2 David Bowie Wood Jackson [6-02]
3 David Bowie Shadow Man [6-02]
4 David Bowie Everyone Says [9-02]
5 David Bowie Safe [9-02]
6 David Bowie Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix) [9-02]
7 David Bowie I've Been Waiting For You [10-02]
8 David Bowie New Killer Star [Radio Edit] [9-03]
9 David Bowie Reality [9-03]
10 David Bowie Love Missle F1 Eleven [9-03]
11 David Bowie Never Get Old (Edit) [2003]
12 David Bowie Waterloo Sunset [2003]
13 David Bowie Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix) [2004]
14 David Bowie Days [2004]

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Fifty-Two Years - The Complete Singles [Disc 12]
1 David Bowie The Stars (Are Out Tonight) [2-13]
2 David Bowie Where Are We Now? [2-13]
3 David Bowie The Next Day [6-13]
4 David Bowie Valentine's Day [8-13]
5 David Bowie Plan [8-13]
6 David Bowie Love Is Lost (hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The Dfa) [12-13]
7 David Bowie I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix) [12-13]
8 David Bowie Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) [11-14]
9 David Bowie 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore [11-14]
10 David Bowie Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (Radio Edit) [11-14]
11 David Bowie Blackstar [11-15]
12 David Bowie Lazarus [12-15]

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