No Greatest Hits??

AFAIK, AC/DC have not produced a greatest hits/ best of / restrospective album. Strikes me as unusual for a band of their stature not to have done so. Obviously there's the Bon Scott/ Johnson divide but even so.....

Can't really think of many , if indeed any, bands that have failed to do so.

 

Ok, just thought of some , Led Zep, Beatles

 

Retrospective greatest hits type sets from both, the Beatles one was a record company inspired thing? And I think Page compiled the Zeppelin ones. AC/DC's nearest thing to a compilation of their greatest hits would surely be the box set?

Beatles - 1's
Led Zeppelin - Early Days/Latter Days

At least they haven't gone over the top, in the last 18 months or so I think Aerosmith released two different greatest hits albums, not to mention there was already Big Ones, Greatest Hits Live and a couple of others. They must hold the record for most Best of's?

 

The Beatles/ Zep ones were once the bands were defunct though.

Maybe its time for an Aerosmith "best of the best of"

 

True enough, didn't see any mention in your original post that the band had still to be going. Don't suppose Zeppelin felt that the live stuff from The Song Remains The Same would count? It's the nearest thing anyway.

 

Granted guess I was kind of thinking of releases whilst the bands were still going but brain not in working mode at the time. Sorry

 

I think that crown should be contested by country bumpkin Dolly Parton. Here is the best randomly generated ultimate run down of her all time greatest hits:

Ultimate Dolly Parton - BMG
The Ultimate Collection - RCA
The Best of Dolly Parton - Camden
Super Hits - Sony
Legendary - BMG
The Essential Dolly Parton Vol.1 - RCA
The Essential Dolly Parton Vol.2 - RCA
Super Hits - Imports
Super Hits - RCA
Greatest Hits - RCA
The Collection - RCA
Gold - Commercial
Legends - Camden
The Best of Dolly Parton - Paradiso
Greatest Hits - Camden
Ultimate Collection - Imports
Greatest Hits - Telstar

This little sparrow, I believe, is hungry again for the honkey tonk angel in my Tennessee mountain home. I am told the grass is blue there.....

 

hehe, that is total overkill... Cynic that I am, I'd wage money (if I had any) that there's probably only about 10 tracks that don't feature on each and every one of them.

 

What about Led Zep remasters 1990 2 cd/lp boxed set which I think is what early days/latter years is

 

An interesting question (to me) on a banned band with not only no greatest hits but no hits whatsoever - the Dave Clark Five. They were very big when I was a teenager 'way back in the long ago, but I know of no band that has disappeared so completely. Not, I hasten to add, that I want any of their stuff, which was generally rather ordinary, but when I see CD sales, I see many '60s bands - but never DC5.

Clark may not have been much of a drummer, but he was apparently a tremendous entrepreneur, and he insisted on complete control over everything - writing, producing, recording, managing. As a result, the DC5 became fabulously wealthy, and they blazed a trail for the others (Beatles, Stones, etc. ) to follow. I'd heard that the music industry has never forgiven this destruction of the old structure, and as a result, the music sank without trace. Anyone know whether there's any truth to it?

 

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I would suggest James Brown may have the most best ofs.

1964 Unbeatable James Brown King
1967 Presenting the James Brown Show Smash
1972 Soul Classics Polydor
1973 Soul Classics, Vol. 2 Polydor
1975 Soul Classics, Vol. 3 Polydor
1977 Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits Polydor
1978 Fabulous James Brown HRB
197 This Is Philips
197 Pop History Polydor
1980 Live and Lowdown at the Apollo, Vol. 1 Solid Smoke
1981 Can Your Heart Stand It! Solid Smoke
1981 The Best of James Brown [Polydor] Polydor
1982 James Brown [Polydor
1981 The Best of James Brown [Polydor] Polydor
1982 James Brown [Polydor] Polydor
1984 The Federal Years, Pt. 1 Solid Smoke
1984 The Federal Years, Pt. 2 Solid Smoke
1984 Ain't That a Groove 1966-1969 (James Brown... Polydor
1984 Roots of a Revolution Polydor
1984 Doing It to Death 1970-1973 Polydor
1985 The CD of JB Polydor
1985 Live at the Apollo, Vol. II, Pt. 1 Rhino
1985 Live at the Apollo, Vol. II, Pt. 2 Rhino
1985 Dead on the Heavy Funk (74-76) Polydor
1985 Greatest Hits [Rhino] Rhino
1986 In the Jungle Groove Polydor
1986 James Brown's Funky People Polydor
1987 The CD of JB II Polydor
1988 James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 2 Polydor
1988 Motherlode Polydor
1988 Santa's Got a Brand New Bag Rhino
1989 Tribute Scotti Bros.
1989 Soul Session Live Scotti Bros.
1990 Messing with the Blues Polydor
1990 Soul Jubilee Magnum
1991 Star Time Polydor x
1991 Greatest Hits Live Huub
1991 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Polydor
1991 Soul's Alive Koch
1991 Original Showman Live Onyx Classix
1992 The Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade Scotti Bros.
1992 The Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade Scotti Bros.
1992 Love Power Peace [live] Polydor
1992 Spank PolyGram
1992 Is Back Hollywood
1993 Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69) Polydor
1994 At Studio 54 Charly
1994 Turn It Loose Drive Archive
1995 Tell Me What You're Gonna Do Charly
1995 70's Funk Classics [Polygram] PolyGram
1995 70's Funk Classics [Excelsior] Excelsior
1995 70's Funk Classics [PGD Special] PSM
1995 Christmas PSM
1995 The Best of James Brown [Prime Cuts] Prime Cuts
1995 Live [Summit] Summit
1995 Best of Live [#1] Excelsior
1995 Soul Machine Back Biter
1995 Live in Concert Tring
1995 Best of Live [#2] Excelsior
1995 Living in America Scotti Bros.
1995 James Brown's Funky Christmas Polydor
1996 Golden Hits [Intercontinental] Intercontinent
1996 Foundations of Funk: A Brand New... Polydor
1996 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang Polydor
1996 Make It Funky -- The Big Payback: 1971-1975 Polydor
1996 Hooked on Brown Scotti Bros.
1996 JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection Polydor
1997 James Brown's Golden Classics Intercontinent
1997 Golden Hits [Galaxy] Galaxy
1997 James Brown Live: Roots of Rock n' Roll... Columbia River
1997 The Masters [EDM] [live] EDM
1998 Funky Goodtime Prism
1998 Greatest Hits [Polygram] PSM
1998 Dead on the Heavy Funk, 1975-1983 Polydor
1998 The Very Best of James Brown Polygram
1998 Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas 1968 Polygram
1998 Gold Collection [Fine Tune] Fine Tune
1998 Godfather of Soul Live Mastertone
1998 Brand New Album Import
1998 Godfather of Soul [1998] Spectrum
1998 Sex Machine [Masters] Intercontinent
1999 Masters [Cleopatra] [live] Cleopatra
1999 Prisoner of Love [Madacy] Madacy
1999 Soul Live: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Delta
1999 The Godfather Live in New York City Dressed to
1999 On Stage [live] Charly
1999 20th Century Masters - The Millennium... Polygram
1999 Cold Sweat [Hallmark] Hallmark
2000 James Brown [Magic Collection] Magic
2000 Great James Brown [live] Platinum Disc
2000 James Brown/Ray Charles Platinum Disc
2000 Forever Gold St. Clair
2000 Funky Men Disky
2000 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag [Castle] [live] Castle
2000 JB (Best of the Best) Pony Canyon
2000 Great Live Goldies
2000 James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 3 Polygram
2000 Center Stage: Live Direct Source
2000 Golden Legends Direct Source
2000 High Profile Direct Source
2000 Ballads Polydor
2001 Remixed Dance Hits Cleopatra
2001 Get up Offa That Thing [2001] Bianco
2001 Gold Collection Retro Music
2001 The Best of James Brown [Direct Source] Direct Source
2001 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag [Goldies] Goldies
2001 Live at the Apollo, Vol. II [Deluxe Edition] Polydor
2001 James Brown Live [Delta] Delta
2001 The Legends Collection: The James Brown... Legends
2001 The James Brown Collection, Vol. 1 Dressed to
2001 The James Brown Collection, Vol. 2 Dressed to
2002 Best of James Brown [Japan] Universal
2002 20th Century Masters - The Millennium... Polydor
2002 Out of Sight: The Very Best of James Brown Universal
2002 It's a Man's Man's World [Universe] Universe
2002 James Brown & Friends Legend
2002 Original Funk Soul Brother Recall
2002 The Next Step Red Ink
2002 Remembering Roots of Soul, Vol. 3: Soul... RPM
2003 Great James Brown [Box] [live] Rajon
2003 Godfather of Soul [2003] Spectrum Music
2003 Motherlode [Bonus Tracks] Polydor
2003 Hall of Fame [live] Laser Light
James Brown [Audio Fidelity] Audio Fidelity
Live at Chastain Park Charly
Greatest Hits (Curcio La Grande Storia del...
Please Please Please/James Brown Live Blues Journey
Live [Import] Phantom
Grandmaster of Funk FMCG/Triangle

And there are loads more.

A lot contain the same song but the versions can & do vary. So contain rare songs or different mixes. He has been recording since 1956


SCIDB

 

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I'll give you half a point for that one as it was late but about as close as Led Zep come

 

When did The Story of The Clash come out? Was that while they were still together or after they split? Likewise, Clash on Broadway box-set, if they'd split by the time those were released then surely they'd fit nicely into the "no greatest hits" category?

 

Dean,
Nice list. Time to go bin diving

Cheers

Joel