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Post by craydarr on May 23, 2020 3:01:22 GMT
If you could only choose one compilation which one would it be ? As it was the first one I ever bought when I was starting out with my love of the band it’s. FTMO youtu.be/eQdF0SykHzA |
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Post by frozenhero on May 23, 2020 12:44:56 GMT
I'm rather partial to the late 90s comp "Whatever You Want: The Very Best of", later reissued in the "Gold" series. It's got good mastering and some single edits that didn't appear on the deluxe editions of the albums. I think it was also the first Quo compilation I bought...
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Post by mortified on May 23, 2020 12:55:36 GMT
I'm not sure. I've never actually listened to a Quo compilation. Even going as far back as 12 Gold Bars in 1979. I guess it would be that one as my first choice as well.
Pictures.... is probably the most extensive and one or two, like XS All Areas and Accept No Substitute have some odd (but welcome) inclusions but 12 Gold Bars pretty much nails it, certainly up to that point in time.
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Post by sqcollector on May 23, 2020 13:57:24 GMT
I think Whatever You Want: The Essential offers a nice and wide selection of Quo tracks. Not the most important compilation (that would be Rocking All Over The Years, which was 2x Platinum), but surely an eclectic one, from the Vertigo era until 1994. Rockers Rollin' is also a nice compilation, that offered rarer material (now available through remasters and Deluxes). I'm rather partial to the late 90s comp "Whatever You Want: The Very Best of", later reissued in the "Gold" series. It's got good mastering and some single edits that didn't appear on the deluxe editions of the albums. I think it was also the first Quo compilation I bought... It's a good compilation, but the huge amount of bass boost most songs have really ruins it for me. It's all a matter of opinion, of course. 12 Gold Bars, on the other hand, I find it a bit thin. And Break The Rules (in both versions, since it's the same master) has some weird phasing issues. |
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Post by cammythemortonfan on May 24, 2020 17:25:59 GMT
The thing with the complications is that over time they sell loads.
Whatever You Want from 97 went gold in 2013, 26 years after it’s release.
Likewise, XS all areas from 2004, going gold in 2013.
The Essential series have sold really well too, going gold eventually.
Remember Now and Then released through Tesco in 2005 and actually charted despite not being an official release ? Certified silver, again in 2013.
So, despite the fact we perhaps think the market has been saturated.
Quo compilations sell very very well.
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Post by craydarr on May 25, 2020 7:59:11 GMT
It would be interesting to know it its the same in other countries as well ?
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Post by mortified on May 25, 2020 10:26:13 GMT
The thing with the complications is that over time they sell loads. Whatever You Want from 97 went gold in 2013, 26 years after it’s release. Likewise, XS all areas from 2004, going gold in 2013. The Essential series have sold really well too, going gold eventually. Remember Now and Then released through Tesco in 2005 and actually charted despite not being an official release ? Certified silver, again in 2013. So, despite the fact we perhaps think the market has been saturated. Quo compilations sell very very well. It does make you wonder who on earth is buying these things so long after their initial release. But the music buying public is a strange animal, keeping songs at no.1 for weeks on end and gobbling up dead people. If you get my meaning  |
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Post by frozenhero on May 25, 2020 16:59:34 GMT
They tend to stay on the shelves, whereas I've not seen the reissues of the original albums in smaller shops much...
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sorry I mean 64 
