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Re: Honolulu Radio Arbitrons
Frankie, again I agree with your opinion on the Time-Life marketing of their compilation CD collections. I've got most of the Classic Rock and the Sounds of the Seventies series. My favorite collection is Rhino's 25 disc set of Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day. That collection has a lot of oddball and even good stuff by many one hit wonder artists which also don't get much airplay today.
I am an oldies compilation collector and I have many of them, though not too many of the multiple sets like Classic Rock. From the pre-1964 era my favorite collection is from the Cameo-Parkway label that feature the original recordings of Chubby Checker ("The Twist" "Limbo Rock" "Pony Time" etc.), The Orlons ("Wah Wah Tusi", "Not Me") and Bobby Ridell ("Wild One", "Cha cha Cha") among many others. The set also includes rarities and oddities by Clint Eastwood, Peter Best, JoAnn Campbell, Charlie Gracie, Senator Bobby Kennedy, Terry Knight, and ? & the Mysterions. Many of these tracks are hardly played on "oldies radio".
I have plenty of other collections from Billboard (Rhino), NOW (various), and Motown.
What "oldies radio" should do is expand their playlists deeper to at least cover these tracks once in a while if not all the time. This applies to all formats whether it be "golden oldies 1950s-early 60s, Classic Rock, Super Hits of the 70s, or whatever. Radio can do a better job of digging deeper into the music vaults. The music is out there. Play it.
Frankie, again I agree with your opinion on the Time-Life marketing of their compilation CD collections. I've got most of the Classic Rock and the Sounds of the Seventies series. My favorite collection is Rhino's 25 disc set of Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day. That collection has a lot of oddball and even good stuff by many one hit wonder artists which also don't get much airplay today.
I am an oldies compilation collector and I have many of them, though not too many of the multiple sets like Classic Rock. From the pre-1964 era my favorite collection is from the Cameo-Parkway label that feature the original recordings of Chubby Checker ("The Twist" "Limbo Rock" "Pony Time" etc.), The Orlons ("Wah Wah Tusi", "Not Me") and Bobby Ridell ("Wild One", "Cha cha Cha") among many others. The set also includes rarities and oddities by Clint Eastwood, Peter Best, JoAnn Campbell, Charlie Gracie, Senator Bobby Kennedy, Terry Knight, and ? & the Mysterions. Many of these tracks are hardly played on "oldies radio".
I have plenty of other collections from Billboard (Rhino), NOW (various), and Motown.
What "oldies radio" should do is expand their playlists deeper to at least cover these tracks once in a while if not all the time. This applies to all formats whether it be "golden oldies 1950s-early 60s, Classic Rock, Super Hits of the 70s, or whatever. Radio can do a better job of digging deeper into the music vaults. The music is out there. Play it.
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