Annual Who Needs A Comp Update
Each year that passes, and I can scratch more artists off my list of acts with no greatest hits CD's in their collection. In 2006, you can mark off Dave Matthews, Oasis, Mary J. Blige, Old 97's, Chris Isaak and on a single disc for the first time, Little Feat. I do believe that every musical act in history will one day have a compilation to their credit. Record companies love 'em and newbie fans scoop them up.
So who are the holdouts? No doubt the biggest are AC/DC. Their stuff isn't on Itunes, so the only way to make your own comp is from your own collection or download their stuff for free on a file sharing site. I advocate the latter. Artists that don't want to make their catalog available for buying should have it cribbed for free. Among other acts that don't have a hits collection yet: Metallica and Jay Z are missing.
And their are a host of people who need to update their previous comps: Madonna, Pretenders, and Steve Winwood are just some in need of repairs.
But there's always 2007.
So who are the holdouts? No doubt the biggest are AC/DC. Their stuff isn't on Itunes, so the only way to make your own comp is from your own collection or download their stuff for free on a file sharing site. I advocate the latter. Artists that don't want to make their catalog available for buying should have it cribbed for free. Among other acts that don't have a hits collection yet: Metallica and Jay Z are missing.
And their are a host of people who need to update their previous comps: Madonna, Pretenders, and Steve Winwood are just some in need of repairs.
But there's always 2007.
posted by Tom Lane at 6:56 PM
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