Early CD-Era Compilations De-Shelved

At some point, I made the determination that these are the kinds of things that don't make sense to keep hanging around on CD in the streaming era. They are essentially singles artists (and one various artists compilation) and/or these are just early CD-era comps or first-generation transfers that no longer hold their allure for some reason.

Jerry Lee Lewis - 18 Original Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Little Richard - 18 Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - The Best of Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (Rhino)

The Coasters - 50 Coastin’ Classics (Rhino)

Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City (Chameleon)

Bobby Bland - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Duke Recordings (MCA)

Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave (Atlantic)

Various - Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Vol. 3: 1955-1958) (Atlantic)

Various - The Best of Doo Wop Uptempo (Rhino) and The Best of Doo Wop Ballads (Rhino)

Various - Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar -- Electric Blues, Vol. 1 (Rhino)

Merle Travis - The Best of Merle Travis (Rhino)

Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits (Rhino)

Gene Vincent - The Screaming End: The Best of Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps (Razor & Tie)

Johnny Cash - The Sun Years (Rhino)

The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Columbia/Legacy)

Willie Dixon - The Chess Box (Chess)

Joe Tex - I Believe I'm Gonna Make It: The Best of Joe Tex (Rhino)

Maybe one day (before I do my next sell-off), I will reconsider, especially for the first three. With the Sam & Dave, I considered upgrading to The Very Best of Sam & Dave [Rhino, 1995], but it is still a pretty early CD-era comp and is surprisingly OOP, while the original Atlantic is not and is therefore still the one to get, if one wants to get one. I also note that the Atlantic has 5 more songs overall, and only two of the Rhino set are not on the Atlantic ("I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" and "Everybody Got to Believe in Somebody"). I would stream the Rhino just to check out how it flows/sounds, but it's not streaming.