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In Case You Missed It: A Full Spectrum of U.K. Compilations in May

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The Spectrum family of labels in the U.K., which includes the catalogues of what Americans count toward Universal Music Group, have a few affordable compilations on the market in the coming month from a diverse crop of artists.

On May 23, the label will release compilations from Styx as well as both Fleetwood Mac and Rod Stewart. (The latter two artists, whose catalogues reside with Warner Music Group in the U.S., will focus on each act’s “early years.”) It’s also worth noting that Spectrum has released a few other similar compilations in recent months, including sets for Big Country, Stevie Wonder, Thin Lizzy and Shalamar (the last of which came with a bonus disc of 12″ remixes).

For completeness’ sake, we’ve provided track lists and order pages for all six of these sets, in case anyone wants to grab some copies. Read on after the jump!

Stevie Wonder, I Was Made to Love Her: The Collection (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)

  1. I Was Made to Love Her
  2. My Cherie Amour
  3. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
  4. For Once in My Life
  5. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
  6. If You Really Love Me
  7. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday
  8. Heaven Help Us All
  9. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
  10. Fingertips (Part 2)
  11. Blowin’ in the Wind
  12. A Place in the Sun
Track 1 from I Was Made to Love Her (Tamla, 1967)
Tracks 2 and 7 from My Cherie Amour (Tamla, 1969)
Tracks 3 and 8 from Signed, Sealed & Delivered (Tamla, 1970)
Tracks 4-5 from For Once in My Life (Tamla, 1968)
Track 6 from Where I’m Coming From (Tamla, 1971)
Tracks 9 and 11 from Up-Tight (Tamla, 1966)
Original version of Track 10 from Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius (Tamla, 1963)
Track 12 from Down to Earth (Tamla, 1966)

Shalamar, The Ultimate Best Of (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)

Disc 1

  1. A Night to Remember (7″ Edit)
  2. I Can Make You Feel Good (7″ Edit)
  3. Take That to the Bank (7″ Edit)
  4. Uptown Festival (Part 1)
  5. Ooh Baby Baby
  6. Right in the Socket (7″ Edit)
  7. The Second Time Around (7″ Edit)
  8. Full of Fire (7″ Edit)
  9. Make That Move (7″ Edit)
  10. This is for the Lover in You
  11. Sweeter As the Days Go By
  12. I Owe You One (7″ Edit)
  13. There It Is
  14. Friends (7″ Edit)
  15. Over and Over (7″ Edit)
  16. My Girl Loves Me (7″ Edit)
  17. Dead Giveaway (7″ Edit)
  18. Disappearing Act (7″ Edit)
  19. Games (7″ Edit)
Original versions of Tracks 1-2 and 14 and Track 13 from Friends (SOLAR, 1982)
Original version of Track 3 from Disco Gardens (SOLAR, 1978)
Original version of Track 4 and Track 5 from Uptown Festival (Soul Train, 1977)
Tracks 6 and original versions of Tracks 7 and 12 from Big Fun (SOLAR, 1979)
Original versions of Tracks 8-9 and Track 10 from Three for Love (SOLAR, 1980)
Track 11 from Go for It (SOLAR, 1981)
Original versions of Tracks 15 and 17-18 from The Look (SOLAR, 1983)
Original version of Track 16 from Heartbreak (SOLAR, 1984)
Original version of Track 19 from Circumstantial Evidence (SOLAR, 1987)

Disc 2: Remixes

  1. Uptown Festival
  2. Take That to the Bank
  3. The Second Time Around (12″ Version)
  4. Right in the Socket
  5. I Owe You One
  6. Make That Move
  7. I Can Make You Feel Good
  8. A Night to Remember (12″ Version)
  9. There It Is (12″ Version)
  10. Friends
  11. Dead Giveaway
  12. Disappearing Act
  13. Over and Over
Track 1 from Uptown Festival (Soul Train, 1977)
Track 2 from Disco Garden (SOLAR, 1978)
Track 3 from SOLAR 12″ single YD-11733 (U.S.)/FC-1709 (U.K.), 1979
Tracks 4-5 from Big Fun (SOLAR, 1979)
Track 6 from Three for Love (SOLAR, 1980)
Tracks 7 and 10 from Friends (SOLAR, 1982)
Track 8 from SOLAR 12″ single K 13162 T, 1982
Track 9 from SOLAR 12″ single K 13194 T, 1981
Tracks 11-13 from The Look (SOLAR, 1983)
Thin Lizzy, Waiting for an Alibi: The Collection (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)
  1. The Boys Are Back in Town
  2. The Rocker (Single Version)
  3. Waiting for an Alibi
  4. Whiskey in the Jar
  5. Emerald
  6. Don’t Believe a Word
  7. King’s Vengeance
  8. Wild One
  9. Philomena
  10. Still in Love with You
  11. Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
  12. Soldier of Fortune
  13. Opium Trail
  14. Massacre
  15. Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
  16. Killer on the Loose
  17. Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
  18. Bad Reputation
  19. Jailbreak
  20. Thunder and Lightning
Tracks 1, 5 and 19 from Jailbreak (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1974) 
Original version of Track 2 from Vagabonds of the Western World (Decca (U.K.)/London (U.S.), 1973)
Track 3 from Black Rose: A Rock Legend (Vertigo (U.K.)/Warner Bros. (U.S.), 1979)
Track 4 from Decca single F 13355 (U.K.), 1972
Tracks 6 and 14-15 from Johnny the Fox (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1976)
Tracks 7-8 from Fighting (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1975)
Tracks 9-10 from Nightlife (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1974)
Tracks 11-13 and 18 from Bad Reputation (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1977)
Track 16 from Chinatown (Vertigo (U.K.)/Warner Bros. (U.S.), 1980)
Track 17 from Renegade (Vertigo (U.K.)/Warner Bros. (U.S.), 1981)
Big Country, Fields of Fire: The Ultimate Collection (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)
Disc 1
  1. Fields of Fire
  2. Wonderland
  3. In a Big Country (7″ Edit)
  4. Peace in Our Time
  5. Harvest Home
  6. You Dreamer
  7. Tall Ships Go
  8. Beautiful People
  9. Save Me
  10. King of Emotion
  11. Driving to Damascus
  12. Chance (Single Version)
  13. Come Back to Me
  14. Eiledon
  15. Restless Natives
  16. Ships
  17. Angle Park
  18. Fragile Thing
Disc 2
  1. East of Eden
  2. Steeltown
  3. Look Away
  4. Republican Party Reptile
  5. I’m Not Ashamed
  6. One Great Thing
  7. Where the Rose is Sown (7″ Edit)
  8. Heart of the World
  9. 1000 Stars
  10. The Seer
  11. The Teacher
  12. God’s Great Mistake
  13. Never Take Your Place
  14. Mary
  15. Porrohman
  16. Dive In to Me
  17. Fields of Fire (Live @ Hammersmith Odeon)

Disc 1, Tracks 1 and 5, original versions of Disc 1, Tracks 3 and 12 and Disc 2, Tracks 9 and 15 from The Crossing (Mercury, 1983)
Disc 1, Tracks 2 and 17 from Wonderland (Mercury (U.S.), 1983)
Disc 1, Tracks 4 and 10 from Peace in Our Time (Mercury (U.K.)/Reprise (U.S.), 1988)
Disc 1, Track 6 and Disc 2, Tracks 5 and 12 from Why the Long Face? (Transatlantic (U.K.)/Pure (U.S.), 1995)
Disc 1, Tracks 7 and 13 and Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 and original version of Track 7 from Steeltown (Mercury, 1984)
Disc 1, Tracks 8 and 16 and Disc 2, Tracks 4 and 8 from No Place Like Home (Vertigo (U.K.), 1991)
Disc 1, Track 9 from Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits (Mercury (U.K.), 1990)
Disc 1, Tracks 11 and 18  and Disc 2, Track 16 from Driving to Damascus (Track Record (U.K.), 1999)
Disc 1, Track 14 and Disc 2, Tracks 3, 6 and 10-11 from The Seer (Mercury, 1986)
Disc 1, Track 15 from “Look Away” single – Mercury BIGC 1 (U.K.)/844 645-7 (U.S.), 1986
Disc 2, Track 13 from “Alone” single – Compulsion CDPULS 4, 1993
Disc 2, Track 14 from Rarities III (Track Record, 2002)
Disc 2, Track 17 from BBC Live in Concert (Windsong, 1995)

Styx, Babe: The Collection (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)

  1. The Best of Times
  2. Too Much Time on My Hands
  3. Babe
  4. Boat on the River
  5. Come Sail Away
  6. Mr. Roboto
  7. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
  8. Lady ’95
  9. Crystal Ball
  10. Renegade
  11. Lorelei
  12. Mademoiselle
  13. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
  14. Heavy Metal Poisoning
  15. Shooz
  16. Snowblind
  17. Show Me the Way
  18. A.D. 1928
  19. Rockin’ the Paradise
Tracks 1-2, 16 and 18-19 from Paradise Theatre (A&M, 1981)
Tracks 3-4 from Cornerstone (A&M, 1979)
Tracks 5 and 7 from The Grand Illusion (A&M, 1977)
Tracks 6 and 14 from Kilroy Was Here (A&M, 1983)
Track 8 from Styx Greatest Hits (A&M, 1995)
Tracks 9, 12 and 15 from Crystal Ball (A&M, 1976)
Tracks 10 and 13 from Pieces of Eight (A&M, 1978)
Track 11 from Equinox (A&M, 1975)
Track 17 from Edge of the Century (A&M, 1990)
Fleetwood Mac, Black Magic: The Best of the Early Years (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)
  1. The Green Manalishi (with the Two Pronged Crown)
  2. Black Magic Woman
  3. Man of the World
  4. Oh Well
  5. Blues in B Flat Minor
  6. Do You Give a Damn for Me
  7. Buzz Me Baby
  8. Like It This Way
  9. Leaving Town Blues
  10. World in Harmony
  11. Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
  12. Everyday I Have the Blues
  13. Tell Me from the Start
  14. Stranger Blues
  15. Jumping at Shadows
  16. The Madge Sessions No. 2
  17. My Baby’s Sweeter
  18. Coming Your Way
  19. I Have to Laugh
  20. Farewell
Tracks 1 and 10 from Reprise single RS-27007 (U.K.), 1970
Track 2 from English Rose (Epic (U.S.), 1969) / The Pious Bird of Good Omen (Blue Horizon (U.K.), 1969)
Tracks 3 and 11 from Immediate single IM 080 (U.K.), 1969
Tracks 4 and 18 from Then Play On (Reprise, 1969)
Tracks 5, 12-14, 16-17 and 20 from The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac 1968-1970 (Receiver (U.K.), 1998)
Tracks 6-7 and 19 from Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968-1970 (Receiver (U.K.), 1998)
Track 8 from Man of the World (CBS (U.K.), 1978)
Track 9 from The Original Fleetwood Mac (Epic (U.S.)/CBS (U.K.), 1971)
Track 15 from 2000 reissue of The Original Fleetwood Mac (Epic (U.S.)/CBS (U.K.), 1971 – reissued Snapper, 2000)
Rod Stewart, You Wear It Well: The Collection (Spectrum Music (U.K.), 2011)
  1. Maggie May
  2. You Wear It Well
  3. Farewell
  4. Oh! No Not My Baby
  5. Reason to Believe
  6. Handbags & Gladrags
  7. Dirty Old Town
  8. Man of Constant Sorrow
  9. Gasoline Alley
  10. Only a Hobo
  11. Country Comfort
  12. Mandolin Wind
  13. I’d Rather Go Blind
  14. Mama You Been on My Mind
  15. What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
  16. Girl from the North Country
  17. You Put Something Better Inside Me
  18. Every Time We Say Goodbye
Tracks 1, 5 and 12 from Every Picture Tells a Story (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1971)
Tracks 2 and 13-14 from Never a Dull Moment (Mercury (U.K.)/(U.S.), 1972)
Tracks 3 and 16 from Smiler (Mercury (U.K.)/(U.S.), 1974)
Track 4 from Mercury single 6052.371 (U.K.), 1973 – later released on The Best of Rod Stewart (Mercury (U.K.)/(U.S.), 1976)
Tracks 6-8 from The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury (U.S.), 1969) / An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down (Vertigo (U.K.), 1970)
Tracks 9-11 from Gasoline Alley (Vertigo (U.K.)/Mercury (U.S.), 1970)
Track 15 from Mercury single 6052.198 (U.S.), 1972 – later released on The Best of Rod Stewart (Mercury (U.K.)/(U.S.), 1976)
Tracks 17-18 from Handbags & Gladrags (Mercury (U.K.), 1995)
Mike Duquette

Mike Duquette

Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his intended profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small, from vintage soul to stirring film scores. His passion for reissues turned into a profession in 2014 with co-producing credits on two best-selling vinyl singles for Sony's Legacy Recordings: a 30th anniversary "ecto-green" pressing of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" and a celebratory pressing of Wham!'s "Last Christmas" on red and green vinyl. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of box sets and vinyl.

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