My two cents on the GH Album

White Canvas Shoes ([email protected])
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 02:49:38 -0500

Back in the early 70's I bought every album put out by the Beatles and the
Who. By the early/mid 90's I had every U2 recording on cassette. When I
finally invested in a CD player (a 200 disc holder Sony, mind you) I
duplicated my U2 cassette collection with a CD collection. Since the
Beatles and the Who aren't at the very top of my music list in the
nineties, I only duplicated a select few of their albums in my CD
collection. The wisest decision in this instance, and the first thing I
bought, was a Greatest Hits/Best Of compilation from both bands.

There are hundreds of other artists whose music I enjoy, but find that
there may be only one or two songs per record that I really like to listen
to often. For this reason, the first thing I look for is a Greatest Hits
from these groups. If you look at your major chain music stores, you will
find a Greatest Hits/Best Of collection from virtually every artist who has
been around long enough to have a collection of "greatest hits".

I have GH's from The Beatles, The Who, Tom Petty, The Eagles, Bob Dylan,
Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Doobie Brothers, Bob Marley, Bad Company,
Stevie Ray Vaughn, REM, and more. There is not a single song that I ever
feel compelled to fast forward through or skip over, because thay are all
"the greatest".

It just makes economic sense. Why spend money and clutter up your
collection on a group who may have one song that you really love on a
record? I think this is what GH releases are all about. Its not about
selling out, compromising integrity, reaching the end of the road, or any
of the other blather thats been bantered about for the past month.

In about six weeks I will have a U2 Greatest Hits to add to my already
complete collection of U2 on CD, cassette and some vinyl, and I will be
proud to have it. In my opinion, when you've reached the point to where you
can release a GREATEST HITS, you've made it baby! Most bands will never
have enough hits to fill a GH collection.

Cheers!
Stacy

 "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: Music and
Cats."
                                             - Albert Schweitzer

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