 | Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy used from: $1.49 Doesn't everyone have this one?
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 | Endless Summer by The Beach Boys
Buy used from: $3.38 Brian Wilson is a genius.
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 | 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) by The Beatles
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $13.64 Your really need to get the actual studio albums, but if you don't, this hits the highlights. Most have been overplayed on radio by now.
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 | 1962-1966 (The Red Album) by The Beatles
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $9.81 Early Beatles, many have been overplayed on the radio which jades you to the genius.
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 | Hot Rocks 1964-1971(DSD Remastered) by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $20.49 / Used from: $14.85 Best of the early Rolling Stones.
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 | Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track by Kool & The Gang
Buy used from: $2.30 Has to be part of your collection. One album represents an entire genre. Like Travolta, it keeps coming back as cool.
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 | Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $3.69 Sinatra at his best. Skip all the "duets."
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 | The Best of the Gap Band by The Gap Band
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $5.20 These guys are the king of pre-rap, funky kick as-, get on your feet, shake it like you just don't care, turn up the base, dance till you drop (did I say funky) grooves. Who needs lyrics?
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 | Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 by Eagles
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $0.98 Some bands, I would recommend that you need to get the studio albums. With the Eagles, the compilations are good enough.
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 | Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits by Fleetwood Mac
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.00 You still need to get Rumors, but this includes some songs that aren't played on the radio as much.
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 | Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 by Eagles
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $0.58 I think that this is the number one selling album of all time.
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 | Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits by Bruce Springsteen
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.14 Bruce is the best. Unless you live in New Jersey, you only get to hear "Born to Run" and various cuts from "Born in the USA." He has so much more. Badlands is the best song ever.
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 | Singles by The Smiths
Buy used from: $3.05 The Smith's rule. Still need to get Queen is Dead, Louder than Bombs, Strangeways here we come. Good if your car stereo only hold one CD.
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 | Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements by The Replacements
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $0.48 By only including "the best," they miss a lot of what makes the 'mats so much fun. Premier early '80s punk.
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 | Skeletons From The Closet: The Best Of The Grateful Dead by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $0.06 Dead for beginners.
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 | Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection by Jimmy Buffett
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.10 Better than "songs you know by heart." Includes new releases of "everybody's talking" and "son of a sailor"
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 | A Brief History of the Twentieth Century by Gang of Four
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $1.94 I saw them at the Limelight in NYC and have been a fan ever since.
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 | Come Dancing With the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 by The Kinks
Buy used from: $3.10 Live versions of "lola," "really got me" and "celluloid heroes."
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 | Greatest Hits by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $7.99 These guys have been around for a long time. Skewed towards their new stuff. Need "what hits" for older stuff. Both miss good tracks from freakey styley ("black-eyed blond" etc.)
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 | Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) by Willie Nelson
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $6.51 Willie has put out a lot of "greatest hits" but this is my favorite. Has all the favorites (except "crazy" for some reason) and some others (Buffett's "Railroad Lady").
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 | Billy Joel Greatest Hits: Vol. 1-2 (2CD) by Billy Joel
Buy new: $19.97 / Used from: $6.00 Lives on the Hamptons, summers at Martha's Vineyard, once married to Christie Brinkley. Not a bad life.
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 | Elv1s 30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.52 Gets all the highlights without having to buy all the movie soundtracks.
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 | The CD of JB by James Brown
Buy used from: $0.01 Best of the many James Brown greatest hits.
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 | Dazed And Confused (1993 Film) by Various Artists
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $1.00 Good movie. Great soundtrack. Classic late seventies.
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 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Buy used from: $1.35 If you have ever listened to a classic rock station, then you've heard all these ad nauseum. Still, can be good to have them all in one place.
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