The Best Greatest Hits and Comp Albums??

Will through this in the mix also.

Incomparable.

Not sure I read the title correctly but this is my favourite Greatest Hats album

The best compilations I can think of at the moment are  

1. The Harvest Years by Shirley and Dolly Collins

2. 1 (One) by the Beatles (or the Red & Blue albums)

3. The Kinks Files by the Kinks

4. More Greatest Hits by Bob Dylan 

5. Return of the Manticore by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 

6. The Young Person's Guide To King Crimson

7. 100 Hits by Chas & Dave

8. Peter Hammill's Greatest Hits Volume 5 (sorry made that one up).

When you said you'd through Billy Idol in to the mix, did you mean skip? 

No 7 is a blatant lie, by 99.

 One of the best

Gertcha ... sometimes I think there Ain't No Pleasing You, it's enough to drive a C&D fan Snooker Loopy. I know I Rabbit on a bit sometimes, but I've got my beer on the Sideboard dear, well at least in Ossie's Dream. Still I guess that in Sickness or in Health I'll always be a fan of the Stars Over 45. 

Guy,

I did have to double check it was hits and not HATs 

Stu

Very Highly Recommended in my not so humble opinion! : )

Debs

One of my personal favourite compilations is this fantastic double album of singles from Dave.

Can be purchased for a bargain on Amazon!

Debs

I can't argue with Decade - superb!  I reckon The Doors' Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine should get a mention too.

And then there's this one.  Sadly only available as a cassette.  The LP and CD did without the B sides, which was a great shame, although you could eventually get it on disc 1 of the Join The Dots CD set.

Mine is now in tiny pieces beside a road somewhere between Fort William and Mallaig.  Don't ask...

And last, but definitely not least, probably the best compiled album of '70s soul.  Was available as a double vinyl album but not sure about CD. 

This is pretty good and sounds great.




and the Fall 458489.

and this one cuts the mustard too.

SJB

Now, how could I have forgotten this gem. Only released in Japan AFAIK in a lovely gatefold double album.  Great sound quality too, so well worth tracking down if you're a fan of early Genesis and still spin vinyl.

2 from me, both from bands who arguably made better singles than albums;

The second side of this contains B sides; Mesh and Hurt are particular highlights.

Richard,

I found a import cd thanks.

The CURE album is a good call.

Stu

Richard,

I am a massive Genesis fan and have i thought? everything they have put out on vinyl cd and boots

This vinyl album must have gone under my radar.

Now looking for a copy.

Cheers .

Stu

This has to be one of the greatest collections ever especially when coupled with volumes 11-20. It was originally released as 20 vinyl elpees by Bam Caruso and gathers together so much great music. 

Stu, re. The Story of Genesis, I found this from eil.com:

GENESIS The Story Of Genesis (Rare 1978 Japanese promotional-only white label vinyl double LP featuring a unique compilation of Gabriel & post-Gabriel era tracks & including fold out Japanese/lyric insert, 8-page full size photo booklet, superb unique gatefold picture sleeve with Japanese biography information inside SFX-10061~2)

I found mine some years back in the bargain bin of LSD records in Wilton.  Sadly no Obi and a bit of sleeve wear but everything else was present and good.  Good luck, hope you manage to track down a copy.

Well done finding a CD copy of Kind of Soul.  I might look for one on CD too so I can put it on the 'Pod for the car.  The vinyl is well worth getting too, with great SQ, even though one of the tracks accidentally had the fade-out cut into the run-out groove!!

Richard,

Thanks for the G info.

I found the CD on amazon uk.

The seller had 5.

Stu.

one of my favs is...

PT - Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking

The Bangles, obviously!

And, if you're reading this, Susannah Hoffs, please will you marry me? 

A fantastic compilation album, i have this on CD, and a 2xLP set, both A+

This may be one of the best of the best comp albums! : )