Compilations
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Topic: Compilations
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Subject: Compilations
Date Posted: March 15 2004 at 14:53
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Some like 'em, some don't. Mainly, I make my own, but, if an artist releases a compilation and includes new tunes or covers, I will fork out the cash. What about you? |
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Posted By: Marcelo
Date Posted: March 15 2004 at 15:05
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I like compilations if they permit me to know some unknown bands. In fact, some years ago, I bought a compilation with very strange names to me (Sinkadus, Finisterre, etc). After hear it, I was very interested about these bands, and I began to investigate about them. Since that moment, and thanks to the compilation, I started to enjoy their music. |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: March 15 2004 at 15:06
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I make my own Compilations (for the car
 ) because the most compilations just contain the "popular" songs and these are, mostly, not the good ones...BUT I have to admit that they can be very practical to discover new bands... ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 03:22
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Compilations are sometimes the best way to discover a group, even better than the internet: you can download the wrong song or the wrong album (Imagine you want to discover Camel and you download 'Manic' or the whole 'Single Factor' That said, not all compilations are good. Most of the time, double CD compilations are more reliable. I'm thinking about Strawbs' 'Halcyon Days', Camel's 'Echoes' or Renaissance 'Da Capo'. One CD compilations usally tend to go for the poppier side of prog: See that old Yes 1CD or a Camel one I saw some time ago.
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)Posted By: Tauhd Zaļa
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 04:52
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I like to hear "home made" compilations but not with only prog music..... I love mixtures, mood changes, and as we use to hear compilations in our car I have to give pleasure to all my family and don't to be egoist ------------- The State Of Grace Is Achieved |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 04:52
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I make my own too (I have about 40 of 'em |
), but I hardly ever listen to them (except for the two compilation albums I made from the mp3's I downloaded from the progarchives pages! Posted By: Hammar
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 06:43
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I like collections in that way that they are a nice tool to get a band introduction. If I like it, I will by more of them. However, I will never EVER buy one of Universal's "an introduction to ....." again. I have never been as disappointed as when I bought their introduction to Rare Bird. Such a great band, such a rookie record!! Stay away, unless you like their period of folk and pop. In my head it's just boring versions of Crosby, Stills & Nash, and I think THEY are boring. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 10:43
I bought a Cyclops records compilation which gave me Mostly Autumn, Guy Manning, Transience and a few others. It does open some musical doors. 
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Posted By: Aztech
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 11:38
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I listen to some pop and classic rock bands that I enjoy, but not enough to buy the whole CD collection, so I get their best of (compilation)and I can enjoy their most popular tunes or I try to make my own complilation by borrowing it from freinds if they have most of the collection which is not often. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 16 2004 at 14:23
| During th70's and 80's when I was collecting LP's I would buy compilations for a number of reasons but mainly for that "bonus song", an example being the yellow Focus compilation from Polydor which had the track Early Birth which was not available until Hamburger Concerto came out on CD. Sometimes for the artwork and sometimes because I wasn't really into the band that much but wanted to have some of their stuff for one reason or another. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: March 17 2004 at 18:18
I entirely agree with you Joren ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Joren wrote:Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 13:16
The two compilation albums I made from the mp3's I downloaded from the progarchives pages really help me to discover the world of prog! Thanks to everyone who's making that possible! |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 15:21
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I dont generally like compilations but they do have their uses. I got into Mostly Autumn through one of them. If any of you like Mostly Autumn, i have a great photo of me with Heather Findlay if I can work out how to get it on here.
Own up, who's jealous. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 15:23
Moi!!! 
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 15:26
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Between these two sites you can make yer own Echolyn CD. I did.
http://www.echolyn.com/audio.php - http://www.echolyn.com/audio.php & http://www.echolynfan.com/audiosamples.html - http://www.echolynfan.com/audiosamples.html You'll need Winzip: http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm - http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm Only use the evaluation package - IT's FREE |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 15:28
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Nope. I cannot work out how to do it. I hate computers. -------------
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 19 2004 at 15:39
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Do you know any teenagers? They can help. Joren? |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 22 2004 at 05:21
Alright! To StarshipTrooper: You can download WinZip on the URL danbo mentioned. When you've downloaded and installed WinZip (I suppose you know how that works), you can download the songs from Echolyn on the other URL (by right-clicking on a song and clicking on "save target as"). Then you 'unzip' the files, using WinZip. The music files are compressed by that program ('zipped') and you can 'unzip' them by following the instructions in WinZip. Then you can put the music on a CD by using a burning program (e.g. Nero Burning Rom). You'll need a CD-recorder in your pc and a burning program, but most of the pc's are equipped with that, nowadays. (I don't know if I used all of the correct English terms Good luck! |
)Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: March 24 2004 at 01:46
i like to do my own compilations because i can choose the songs i like , and of course i know which adventure to follow and what style or so... make your own discs and share it with your friends and spread the word progressive around the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a way of life, like jazz.
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Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 02:29
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Genarally I like them. but I prefer to make my own ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 07:56
| Compilations are un-necessary crap. I only have one compilation in my CD-collection, Santana's "Ultimate Collection", and one day I will replace that as well with the original albums. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 07:58
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I usually don't bother with compilations I have the original albums... Only if the compilation contains remixed or remastered etc. pieces,then I might consider... ------------- 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 08:56
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I usually make my own with overdone piety.
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 03:53
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I Am A Collectionist and Buy It All. Although I don't really buy the albums like "Best Air Guitar" or "Best Heavy Metal"... I will buy ANY CD I find of a band I like... IE: I own three "Greatest Hits" albums of Extreme, all more or less have the same songs, but I collect 'em coz I'm a huge fan of Extreme (And damn proud of it). |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 15:33
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I think some compilations are great!! But there also some REALLY bad ones too, unfortunately! I voted "Yes, I like 'em", though! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 16:01
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Overall, I don't like 'em, as so many of them are just the greedy
record companies trying to exploit an artist's back catalog to make
more money, and usually the "bonus tracks" are things that weren't
released for a _reason_.
------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:38
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Compilations suck I'm not that huge of a completionist to buy compilations even of my favorite band. What's the point if I have it all on the albums? Every album is a whole piece, and compilations don't have the 'album feel'. Plus, the biggest hits are never the best songs. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
I like them not