Saturday, May 11, 2024

George Clinton solo compilations - notation

There seem to be three choices here (Greatest Funkin' Hits is a remix album, and Hardcore Jollies is on a label unknown to me and stole a title already in use by the Clinton family which is sus). In the end, the first seems to be the best choice. The others don't have too many more tracks (even though they were released during the height of the CD era). Well, I guess the 2000 Capitol release does, but it looks like these are mostly just a couple long tracks tacked onto the end. I will review the first separately. Here are the covers:

[Capitol, 1986]
8 tracks at 43:22

[EMI-Capitol Special Markets, 2000]
10 tracks at 55:03

[Capitol, 2000]
12 tracks at 1:12:27

Breakdown: Best of 1986 and Greatest Hits have "Quickie," while Best of 2000 does not.

Best of 2000 has these unique tracks:

    "Get Dressed" (from Computer Games)
    "Bullet Proof" (from Some of My Best Jokes)
    "Atomic Dog (Dogs of the World Unite Remix)"

Greatest Hits has these unique tracks:

    "Loopzilla (Broadcast Version)" (half song from Computer Games)
    "Cool Joe" (from R&B Skeletons)
    "Dog Talk" (1983 single by K-9 Corp)
    "Let's Take It to the Stage/Do That Stuff (Medley) (Edit)" (not sure where this is from)

Ignoring the "Atomic Dog" remix on Best of 2000, the Best of 1986 gets you nothing if you have the first four solo albums, and Best of 2000 gets you 2 extra songs from that same run. Greatest Hits gets you 4 extra songs, two from the original run, and two extras. The live medley is forgettable, and "Dog Talk" is just yet another "Atomic Dog" riff. I listened to the 4 extra songs alone, and the whole Greatest Hits. The original Best of has not been improved upon, unless you want to get the CD-era Best of with two extra songs from the original run. In fact, with the first four, I don't want either of these options, although I'm tempted by a vinyl copy of the 1986 Best of. Or even one of the original CDs for some reason.

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