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Compilations dating from 1997 back to 1993 |
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THE ENCORE COLLECTION LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) /
BRAND NEW KEY / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / LEFTOVER WINE /
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / RUBY TUESDAY / CAROLINA IN MY MIND / MR TAMBOURINE MAN /
I'M BACK IN TOWN / I REALLY LOVED HAROLD Canadian Compilation issued in 1997
by BMG Direct Marketing, 44504-2C Nice (if
somewhat short) compilation from the Buddah Years. |
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ACOUSTIC BLUE: THE VERY BEST OF
MELANIE BRAND NEW KEY / LONG LONG TIME /
PURPLE HAZE / CANDLES IN THE RAIN / RUBY TUESDAY / PEACE WILL COME / LOOK
WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / RAINBOW RACE / BABE RAINBOW CD Released in the US in 1997 by
LASERLIGHT DIGITAL 12 822 A selection
of tracks from the Silver Anniversary album. |
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UNPLUGGED RUBY TUESDAY / LOOK WHAT THEY'VE
DONE TO MY SONG / BRAND NEW KEY / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / FREEDOM KNOWS MY NAME /
LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / BALLERINA / PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO
PLAN) / SUN AND MOON / PURPLE HAZE / LONG, LONG TIME / CLOSE TO IT ALL /
ARROW / RING AROUND THE MOON / BABE RAINBOW / LIFE WILL NOT GO AWAY CD Released in the Europe in 1997 by
DISKY Communications Europe, DC 879982 A selection
of tracks from the Silver Anniversary album. |
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MELANIE 2CD SET CD1 BO BO’S PARTY
/ BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / LAY DOWN (CANDLES
IN THE RAIN) / PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) / STOP! I DON’T WANT HEAR
IT ANYMORE / CLOSE TO IT ALL / I REALLY LOVED HAROLD / DREAM SELLER /
LEFTOVER WINE CD2 BRAND NEW
KEY / NICKEL SONG / PSYCHOTHERAPY / BABE RAINBOW / MR. TAMBOURINE MAN / RUBY
TUESDAY / TUNING MY GUITAR / CAROLINA ON MY MIND / CHORDS OF FAME / I’M BACK
IN TOWN 2CD Set released in 1997 by PLATINUM
disc corporation, BMG Special Products, DRC11855/6 A double CD
compilation from BMG. Sound quality is good, but with the first CD running at
only 37 minutes and the second CD at 41 minutes, this actually could have
been done as a single CD, or could have included a lot more material. The
packaging is fairly poor. |
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GOLDEN HITS COLLECTION BRAND NEW KEY BRAND NEW KEY / LONG, LONG TIME /
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / PEACE WILL COME
(ACCORDING TO PLAN) / LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG / RUBY TUESDAY / BABE
RAINBOW / CLOSE TO ALL / RING AROUND THE MOON CD Released in the US in 1995 as Golden
Hits Collection on MASTERS Records, MASTERS 1140 CD Released in the UK/Europe in 1996
as Brand New Key by ELAP Music Ltd, SUCCESS 16285CD A selection
of tracks from the Silver Anniversary album. |
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RUBY TUESDAY (#4) RUBY
TUESDAY / IN THE HOUR / RING THE LIVING BELL / NICKEL SONG / JOHNNY BOY /
PEACE WILL COME (According To PLAN) / TUNING MY GUITAR / CHRISTOPHER ROBIN / ANIMAL
CRACKERS / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / I’M BACK IN TOWN / SOMEBODY
LOVE’S ME / LAY LADY LAY German CD released in 1994,
PMM-0571-2 Compilation
spotted on EBAY. No further details available. |
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AMERICAN SUPERSTARS: THE BEST OF
MELANIE MR TAMBOURINE MAN / NICKEL SONG /
BRAND NEW KEY / RUBY TUESDAY / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / LAY LADY
LAY / TUNING MY GUITAR / LEFTOVER WINE / GOOD BOOK / ANIMAL CRACKERS /
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / SOMEBODY LOVES ME / PEACE WILL COME
(ACCORDING TO PLAN) German Compilation issued in 1994 by
Edel, EDL 2783-2 Includes the
live versions of Leftover Wine and Animal Crackers. |
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RUBY TUESDAY (#3) and OLDIE GIANTS MR TAMBOURINE MAN / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
/ CAROLINA IN MY MIND / LAY LADY LAY / KANSAS / MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN
/ SOMEDAY I'LL BE A FARMER / NICKEL SONG / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / RUBY TUESDAY /
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / SOMEBODY LOVES ME / TELL ME WHY /
CANDLES IN THE RAIN / LEFTOVER WINE / BRAND NEW KEY / STOP! I DON'T WANT TO
HEAR IT ANYMORE ‘ PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) Ruby Tuesday issued in 1994 by
SPECTRUM Oldie Giants issued in 1994 by
SPECTRUM 554 112-2 Same CD
issued under different titles. An odd track listing which includes Happy
Birthday from Leftover Wine, and My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean,
an instrumental track which has nothing to do with Melanie other than being
included in the film All The Right Noises |
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A PORTRAIT OF MELANIE NICKEL SONG / BRAND NEW KEY / RUBY
TUESDAY / I'M BACK IN TOWN / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / LAY DOWN
(CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / SOMEBODY LOVES ME / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / GOOD BOOK /
CAROLINA IN MY MIND / LAY LADY LAY / ANIMAL CRACKERS / LEFTOVER WINE /
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN / PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) / BABE RAINBOW
(Reprise) / JOHNNY BOY / TUNING MY GUITAR Compilation issued in 1993 by Castle
Communications CHC 7080 CR Compilation
with average sound quality, most tracks suffering from tape hiss. |
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BEAUTIFUL SONGS FOR BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / MR. TAMBOURINE
MAN / LAY DOWN / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / NICKEL SONG / MOMMA,
MOMMA / I'M BACK IN TOWN / RUBY TUESDAY / LOVE IN MY MIND / ANY GUY / GOD'S
ONLY DAUGHTER / SOMEBODY LOVES ME / BABY GUITAR / PLEASE LOVE ME / GOOD BOOK
/ ANIMAL CRACKERS / PEASE WILL COME / CAROLINA IN MY MIND / I DON'T EAT
ANIMALS Dutch Compilation issued in 1993 by
MIDGET 91059-2 No further
details known about this CD |
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NICKEL SONG WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA /
GOOD BOOK / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / MOMMA, MOMMA / NICKEL SONG / LEFTOVER WINE /
SOMEBODY LOVES ME / I DON'T EAT ANIMALS / I'M BACK IN TOWN / WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE WE'RE GOING / CAROLINA ON MY MIND / I REALLY LOVED HAROLD / THE GOOD
GUYS Swiss compilation issued in 1993 by
MUSIC MIRROR, 1021.2017-2 CD with
reasonable sound quality. |
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THE GOLD COLLECTION BRAND NEW
KEY / RUBY TUESDAY / NICKEL SONG / I’M BACK IN TOWN / SOMEBODY LOVES ME /
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / GOOD BOOK / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / LEFTOVER
WINE / johnny boy / lay lady lay / carolina on my mind / tuning my guitar /
animal crackers / peace will come (according to plan) / lay down (candles in
the rain) German CD from Buddah Records, 1993
Castle Communication Deutschland GmbH,CHC 4029-2 Standard
compilation of Buddah recordings. The CD is a gold disc as opposed to the
usual silver disc. |
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GOLD GREATEST HITS LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / PEACE
WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) / RUBY TUESDAY / NICKEL SONG / WHAT HAVE THEY
DONE TO MY SONG, MA / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN
/ DEEP DOWN LOW / STOP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE / I REALLY LOVE
HAROLD / ANY GUY / I'M BACK IN TOWN / ANIMAL CRACKERS / GOOD BOOK / RING THE
LIVING BELL / LAY LADY LAY / PEBBLES IN THE SAND* / THE GOOD GUYS / BRAND NEW
KEY *Track 18 is We Don't Know Were
We're Going, even though the cover and CD both list it as Pebbles In
The Sand. European Compilation issued in 1993
by DISKY Communications, GOLD 203 Fairly
average compilation |
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ALL THE HITS …AND MORE WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA /
LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / BRAND NEW KEY / RUBY TUESDAY / PEACE WILL
COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / RING THE
LIVING BELL / NICKEL SONG / ANIMAL CRACKERS / LEFTOVER WINE / CAROLINA IN MY
MIND / SOMEBODY LOVES ME / ANY GUY / JOHNNY BOY / I'M BACK IN TOWN / LAY LADY
LAY / SOMEDAY I'LL BE A FARMER / TOGETHER ALONE / WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW Dutch Compilation issued in 1993 by
ELECTROLA CD 7243 8 27236 2 2 Though
mainly Buddah recording this CD also includes “Together Alone” and a rare
occurrence on CD of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”. |
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THE GALLERY NICKEL SONG / BRAND NEW KEY / RUBY
TUESDAY / I'M BACK IN TOWN / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA? / LAY DOWN
(CANDLES IN THE RAIN) / PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN) / SOMEBODY LOVES
ME / BABE RAINBOW (Reprise) / MR. TAMBOURINE MAN / CAROLINA ON MY MIND / GOOD
BOOK / LAY LADY LAY / CHRISTOPHER ROBIN / ANIMAL CRACKERS / LEFTOVER WINE Limited CD - Telefonkarten Edition
Volume 1 Marketed and distributed by Castle
Communications, Deutschland, CSC 7101 CF Limited
edition, individually numbered CD that contains a Melanie Phonecard inserted
into the front cover. |
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RUBY TUESDAY(#2) RUBY
TUESDAY / MOMMA MOMMA / I’M BACK IN TOWN / LEFTOVER WINE / LOVE IN MY MIND /
ANY GUY / GODS ONLY DAUGHTER / PEBBLES IN THE SAND / BABY GUITAR / PLEASE
LOVE ME / LAY DOWN / GOOD BOOK / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY
SONG / NICKEL SONG / MR TAMBOURINE MAN European compilation issued 1993,
LEGEND WZ 90037 This could
possibly be the worst compilation I have ever had the displeasure of hearing.
It is not just the general sound quality, which is very poor, but the biggest
problem is the treatment given to each of the tracks. All are the original
Buddah recordings but they have been overlaid with additional instrumentation
in a vain attempt to try an update them. Additional acoustic guitars, drums,
bases lines and even a Hammond organ have all been added in various
proportions to the recordings. The worst thing is it has all been done so
badly. It does not have the feeling
of being professional and the sound quality is just so bad, with Melanie’s
vocals popping in and out on some tracks, like your hi-fi has developed an
intermittent connection problem to one of the speakers. Ruby Tuesday
has lost all its bite and sparkle with the addition of acoustic and slide
guitars and then part way through its sounds like they gave up and it just
fades out. Songs like I’m Back In Town and Any Guy, no longer sound
like homage to Brecht and Weill and instead sound like rejects from
the Eurovision Song Contest. All in all it is just a horrible experience and
one that is best avoided. |
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THE BEST OF MELANIE RUBY TUESDAY
/ NICKEL SONG / IN THE HOUR / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA? / BRAND NEW
KEY / LAY LADY LAY / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN) /
CLOSE TO IT ALL / UPTOWN AND DOWN / MAMA MAMA / SADDEST THING / BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE / ANIMAL CRACKERS / I DON’T EAT ANIMALS / TUNING MY GUITAR /
PSYCHOTHERAPY / LEFTOVER WINE European Compilation issued in 1993
by CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS, MAT CD 276 In The Hour is the
version from the soundtrack album All The Right Noises. Tracks 9
through to 18 are all taken from Leftover Wine, so you get virtually
the whole of that album. The sound quality is good throughout. |
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FANTASTIC COLLECTION (TWO on ONE) MY First
AlBum (Born To Be) IN THE HOUR
/ I’M BACK IN TOWN / BOBO’S PARTY / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / MOMMA MOMMA / I
REALLY LOVED HAROLD / ANIMAL CRACKERS / CHRISTOPHER ROBIN / CLOSE TO IT ALL /
MERRY CHRISTMAS LEFTOVER
WINE UPTOWN AND
DOWN / MAMA MAMA / THE SADDEST THING / BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE / ANIMAL CRACKERS / I
DON’T EAT ANIMALS / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / PSYCHOTHERAPY / LEFTOVER WINE / PEACE
WILL COME German CD released by Buddah
Records, 1993 Castle Communication Deutschland GmbH, CHC 7070 Two albums
on one CD? Well not quite as Leftover Wine has been edited in order to
meet the time restrictions of CD. Born To Be (here under it’s
re-release title, My First Album) is included in its entirety. Leftover
Wine drops Close To It All and Tuning My Guitar. The sound
quality of My First Album is very good (actually better than the C5 CD
release of Born To Be) but the live tracks do suffer from occasional
distortion. It is also
interesting to compare the studio version of Momma, Momma on this CD
with the one on the C5 release, as this one is a full version while the one
on Born To Be seems to have been edited. |
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GREATEST HITS LAY DOWN / NICKEL SONG / CAROLINA ON
MY MIND / THE GOOD GUYS / I REALLY LOVED HAROLD / LEFTOVER WINE / WHAT HAVE
THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / GOOD BOOK / I DON'T EAT ANIMALS / MR TAMBOURINE MAN
/ I'M BACK IN TOWN German Compilation issued in 1993 by
Galaxis CD9007 A cheap
compilation with poor sound quality. |
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RUBY TUESDAY AND HER GREATEST HITS RUBY
TUESDAY / LAY DOWN / BRAND NEW KEY / LEFTOVER WINE / PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING
TO PLAN) / GARDEN IN THE CITY / WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA / RING THE
LIVING BELL / MR TAMBOURINE MAN / PLEASE LOVE ME / NICKEL SONG / STOP! I
DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT German CD released by WARNER
849768-2 Compilation
spotted on EBAY. No further details available. |
