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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

1141.0. "How to get a compilation of hits from 1968 ?" by SBPEXE::DOUGLASS (Chewing on life's gristle .....) Mon Apr 19 1993 16:29

    Help,  I'm looking for ideas .....

    It's my brother's 25th wedding anniversary in June and I foolishly suggested
    that it would be a good idea to put together a cassette containing hit songs
    from that year ... 

    Now, I can get loads of info from my Guinness book ...  all the No.1s and 
    top ten singles etc etc  but how do I get copies of them ?   I don't really
    want to have to buy all the singles.

    I can write to the Beeb to see if they offer such a service. Also MM and 
    the NME might do it.  Oldies Unlimited are worth a try if they are still 
    in business but does anyone know of a 'custom made cassette' type of 
    service ?



			Paul
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1141.1ARRODS::WHITEHEADJSigned with a home tattooMon Apr 19 1993 17:162
    No, but there are videos available featuring "memorable" events of the 
    year one was born!
1141.2WOTVAX::FIDDLERMMy time in hell is spent with youMon Apr 19 1993 17:245
    There are also lots of compilation albums based around years.   Its
    worth taking your time and looking thru the Various Artists sections,
    esp in the larger record stores.
    
    Mikef
1141.3Rock'n'Roll Years?CURRNT::PAYNE_ABook early to avoid disappointmentMon Apr 19 1993 17:465
    Wasn't there a series of albums that came out a few years ago to
    accompany the Rock'n'Roll Years? Or are the side effects of the
    laboratory tests revealing themselves.....?
    
    Andy
1141.4SAC::LETCHER_PBasingstoke: The Weak EndingTue Apr 20 1993 07:226
    I was given a double cassette featuring music from the year of my
    birth, most of it dreadful (pre-1968, I'm afraid). It was bought for me
    at the Fleet Services on the M3, five years ago. Not very helpful,
    that, but it does prove that the compilations are available.
    
    Piers
1141.5Look for EMI seriesFORTY2::ROBERTSONLiving with Flamingos on the DELTATue Apr 20 1993 15:326
I saw in ASDA at lunchtime that EMI have a series of CD's (no doubt on tape too)
featuring the greatest hits from a certain year. I didn't see 1968 but did see
1963 & '67 so there must be one around.


Al
1141.6MENOW::PACENHere comes the twistWed Apr 28 1993 14:0710
    I meant to reply to this before, but forgot. I hope it's not too late.
    
    Boots in Basingstoke have a PC set up in their record department that
    allows you to search a database of Album and Video titles. I plugged in
    1968 and it came up with 200 titles, though not all of them relevant.
    The best bet would seem to be "Greatest Hits of 1968" - catalogue# 
    TCGH1968 at �5.49.  There is also "25 Years of Rock & Roll - 1968" (one
    of a set of about 25), which you can get off the shelf in Woollies.
    
    ~sam
1141.7Thanks !OLDTOM::DOUGLASSChewing on life's gristle .....Thu Apr 29 1993 10:137
    This looks easier than I thought !  

    Thanks for all the tips folks.


				Paul