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The ultimate compilation is the Who's Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. It collects hits, singles and B sides not available on albums making it ideal for hardcore fans and beginners alike.
I remember the above compilation from the used bins - a double from Polydor that served as a tour souveneir and was a stopgap between By Numbers and Who Are You. Not bad, but the complete albums are essential whereas MBBaB is an absolutely essential compilation.....and Odds and Sods does the same, especially the expanded version.
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Posted: November 07 2014 at 16:05
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The ultimate compilation is the Who's Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy. It collects hits, singles and B sides not available on albums making it ideal for hardcore fans and beginners alike.
I remember the above compilation from the used bins - a double from Polydor that served as a tour souveneir and was a stopgap between By Numbers and Who Are You. Not bad, but the complete albums are essential whereas MBBaB is an absolutely essential compilation.....and Odds and Sods does the same, especially the expanded version.
Some songsonMBBaBhad tobe recorded againdue to contractualproblems, for example My Generation and Magic Bus (also on The Story of The Who there is Magic Bus version that was recorded for MBaBB), sothey soundbetter than original 60s versions. The Story of The Whopossibly could be betterthatthereareselected songs from Quadropheniainstead ofTommy songs.
I remember Weird Scene - it was ubiquitous in used shops.....there used to be very few Doors albums available in the bins but Weird Scenes was always there. Excellent double from the Elektra label with a really cool and colorful cover. First time I heard Texas Radio and the Big Beat - the penultimate Doors track.
The Story of the Who was a more complete overview, but Quad and Next are absolutely essential. Meaty took those hard to get singles and made them available.
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Posted: November 11 2014 at 02:19
These albums were my entry to the world of the Beatles and Deep Purple and I still find them enjoyable enough to dust off the old vinyl and play them occasionally.
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Maybe I misunderstand the meaning of the word "compilation" when it comes to lps/cds.
Svetlano seems to be taking it as meaning "best of" a SINGLE BAND.
I (first) thought of a compilation of Various Artists doing the same genre of music. Not NEW bands mimicing some band of the past , but the actual bands of yor lumped together on a single lp cos of similar sound. In this case proto-prog. In the instance of proto-prog bands on a single disc, I can't think of a single example.
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 22:20
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Maybe I misunderstand the meaning of the word "compilation" when it comes to lps/cds.
Svetlano seems to be taking it as meaning "best of" a SINGLE BAND.
I (first) thought of a compilation of Various Artists doing the same genre of music. Not NEW bands mimicing some band of the past , but the actual bands of yor lumped together on a single lp cos of similar sound. In this case proto-prog. In the instance of proto-prog bands on a single disc, I can't think of a single example.
I also thought he meant a compilation of various proto prog bands which is why I listed those two psych comps which have plenty of proto things on them imo.
There were also quite a few album label samplers that came out back in the early 70's that had lots of proto and early prog stuff on them.
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Posted: November 25 2014 at 07:58
As far as I recall, "Meaty,Beaty,Prick and Bouncy" is all pre-Tommy material. Hence, no way this can be counted as a proto-prog compilation.
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With the exception of Moody Blues, on that first-pictured psych compilation AGAIN none of those bands are proto-prog. Popsike came before prog surely and some of those bands did turn to prog within months, but compositionally you see no trace of prog. Even though prog started bigtime in UK,true psychedelic jams (America) come closer to moving towards prog than simple ,short popsike jingle-ditties ever did. Likewise very little in the '67/'68 UK popsike scene (with exceptions like Floyd or Art) are proto . And yes, The Beatles never were proto. (A concept lp alone does not make proto.)
I am a progmasterman and I'm not going to further argue the point.
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