Advantages: A great album and great value to boot Disadvantages: Why have "the rest" when "the rare" and "the raw" are so good?
...put out a collection of rare material. It’s not a greatest hits, as there aren’t often any hits on there. Although some of the material may have already appeared in other countries, or hidden away on the B-Sides of singles, the album-focussed UK public will probably not own them.
Both Anthrax (“Attack of the Killer B’s”) and Def Leppard (“Retroactive”) used this idea in 1994. Giving new insights into the bands concerned and, in Def Leppard’s case, ...
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23.01.2004
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Advantages: Nice and Varied Disadvantages: Danger of Overkill
...with at CD full of rare and previously unreleased tracks. Well, 6 out of the 16 are unreleased, and most of the others are only available as obscure B-sides or the like. Is this overkill, a rip-off, or a treat for the die-hard fans? Let's consider the facts…
The first two tracks are actually old Terraplane (the band which metamorphosed into Thunder) demos, and to my mind are probably just about the two best. "Girl's Going Out of Her Head" and "Another ...
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