VA - MOJO Magazine Presents, The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (Experts Poll - August 1997) [2023] (6 x CDs)

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VA - MOJO Magazine Presents, The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (Experts Poll - August 1997) [2023] (6 x CDs) 

Mojo (stylised in all caps) is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title that would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music. The magazine was designed to appeal to the 30 to 45-plus age group, or the baby boomer generation. Mojo was first published on 15 October 1993. In keeping with its classic rock aesthetic, the first issue had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars. Noted for its in-depth coverage of both popular and cult acts, it acted as the inspiration for Blender and Uncut. Many noted music critics have written for it, including Charles Shaar Murray, Greil Marcus, Nick Kent, David Fricke, Jon Savage and Mick Wall. The launch editor of Mojo was Paul Du Noyer and his successors have included Mat Snow, Paul Trynka, Pat Gilbert and Phil Alexander. The current editor is John Mulvey.

While some criticise it for its frequent coverage of classic rock acts such as the Beatles, David Bowie and Bob Dylan, it has nevertheless featured many newer and "left-field" acts. It was the first mainstream magazine in the UK to focus on the White Stripes, and it continues to cover emerging acts. Modern cover stars of recent years have included Lana Del Rey and Arctic Monkeys. Every issue of Mojo published since its inception (apart from Mojo #88 and Mojo #125) has featured an article on Colin Blunstone.

Mojo regularly includes a covermount CD that ties in with a current magazine article or theme. It introduced the Mojo Honours List, an awards ceremony that is a mixture of readers' and critics' awards, in 2004.

More recently, the magazine has taken to publishing many "Top 100" lists, including the subjects of drug songs (Mojo #109), rock epics (Mojo #125), protest songs (Mojo #126) and even the most miserable songs of all time (Mojo #127).

In 1997 two polls were taken to determine the 100 greatest singles of all time. An experts poll in August 1997, followed by a readers poll in December 1997.

MOJO Magazine Presents: The 100 Greatest Singles of All Time (Experts Poll - August 1997) (6CD) (2023)

Compiled by MOJO magazine from top 10 lists supplied by over 100 artists, producers and music industry personalities worldwide.

The 100 greatest singles were voted for by the experts listed on the inside cover of the August 1997 - issue 45. Songs not available on 45s in the UK were disqualified.

In addition to the Top 100, 32 additional singles were listed as 'bubbling under', so I decided to add these as bonus tracks:

Bubbling Under:

• 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

• A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles

• Ace of Spades - Motörhead

• Alison - Elvis Costello

• Ambition - Subway Sect

• Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops

• Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

• Born Slippy - Underworld

• Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

• Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

• Get It On - T. Rex

• Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard

• Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles feat. Margie Hendrix and the Raelettes

• Hotel California - Eagles

• I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin

• I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

• Light My Fire - The Doors

• Livin' for the City - Stevie Wonder

• My Generation - The Who

• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations

• Protection - Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn

• Pyjamarama - Roxy Music

• Rag Doll - The Four Seasons

• Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters

• Setting Sun - The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher

• Soul Man - Sam & Dave

• The Letter - The Box Tops

• Voodoo Chile - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

• Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

• Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles

• Without You - Nilsson

• Your Song - Elton John

I put in hundreds of hours of research and collecting all the songs together to compile this collection and paid particular close attention into how the original singles were released, using many hard to find correct 7" single versions, edits and mono mixes. No later remixes, re-recordings, 'stereo enhanced' or live versions here!  Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.  Almost 8 hours of many of the greatest singles ever recorded!

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Track lists

CD1

01 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 3:37

02 The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (Original 1967 UK Double A-side 7" Mono Single) 7:09

03 Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 6:01

04 The Ronettes - Be My Baby (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:39

05 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Original 1968 7" Mono Single Version) 3:13

06 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:44

07 The Beatles - Hey Jude / Revolution (Original 1968 UK Double A-side 7" Mono Single) 10:42

08 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High 3:37

09 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 5:01

10 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Original 1971 7" Mono Single Version) 3:54

11 The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:48

12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe 3:29

13 The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 3:43

14 The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:27

15 Aretha Franklin - Respect (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:21

16 Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 2:10

17 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (Original 1968 7" Mono Single Version) 2:41

18 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 4:31

19 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:18

20 Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen 3:19

CD2

21 Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair 3:05

22 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 4:08

23 Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:40

24 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 2:00

25 The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (May 27, 1957 Brunswick 7" Single Version) 2:17

26 Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry (7" Single Edit) 3:48

27 The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash 3:43

28 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:51

29 The Beatles - Paperback Writer / Rain (Original 1966 UK Double A-side 7" Mono Single) 5:31

30 The Kinks - You Really Got Me (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:13

31 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come 3:13

32 The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 3:00

33 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain 2:30

34 David Bowie - "Heroes" (7" Single Version) 3:35

35 James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1) (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:07

36 John Lennon - Imagine 3:07

37 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 4:09

38 Del Shannon - Runaway (Original 1961 7" Mono Single Version) 2:21

39 David Bowie - Space Oddity (Original 1969 Philips UK 7" Mono Single Edit) 4:42

40 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 5:56

41 Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions (Original 1962 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

42 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 2:18

43 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze 2:51

44 The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (Original 1960 7" Single Version) 2:25

CD3

45 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 3:16

46 Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air (Original 1969 7" Single Version) 3:55

47 Lorraine Ellison - Stay with Me (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 3:31

48 The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Original 1969 7" Mono Single Version) 3:00

49 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 3:05

50 Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Part 1) (Original 1956 7" Mono Single Version) 3:12

51 The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:45

52 Ray Charles feat. Margie Hendrix and the Raelettes - What'd I Say (Part 1) (Original 1959 7" Mono Single Version) 3:10

53 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:37

54 Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem 2:53

55 Oasis - Live Forever 4:36

56 The Beatles - Help! (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:20

57 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Original 1980 Factory Records 7" Single Version) 3:24

58 The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (Original 1964 Columbia UK 7" Full Length Mono Single Version) 4:29

59 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 3:58

60 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 3:09

61 The Specials - Ghost Town (7" Single Version) 3:42

62 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper (Original 1965 UK Double A-side 7" Mono Single) 5:09

63 T. Rex - Telegram Sam 3:45

64 Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Be-Bop-a-Lula (Original 1956 Capitol Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:35

65 David Bowie - Starman (Original 1972 UK 7" Single Version) 4:14

66 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 5:13

CD4

67 Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (7" Single Edit) 3:55

68 Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. 3:32

69 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 3:05

70 Coolio feat. L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise 4:02

71 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me by Now 3:24

72 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 3:01

73 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman 2:55

74 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 4:50

75 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:40

76 Elvis Presley - Mystery Train 2:27

77 Garbage - Stupid Girl 4:18

78 ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You 4:02

79 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1) 2:50

80 Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (7" Single Edit) 3:50

81 Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart 2:44

82 Oasis - Wonderwall 4:18

83 Kraftwerk - Autobahn (7" Single Edit) 3:16

84 Duane Eddy - Rebel-'Rouser (Original 1958 Jamie Records 7" Mono Single Version) 2:22

85 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On 2:52

86 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (Original 1983 7" Mix) 3:53

87 The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:01

88 New Order - Blue Monday (Original 1983 12" Single Version) 7:28

CD5

89 Roy Orbison - Crying (Original 1961 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

90 The Zombies - She's Not There (Original 1964 Decca 7" Mono Single Version) 2:23

91 The Police - Every Breath You Take 4:16

92 Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way (7" Radio Edit) 3:36

93 Dionne Warwick - Walk on By (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

94 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 2:58

95 Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (Original 1956 Specialty 7" Mono Single Version) 2:10

96 Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:16

97 The Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:16

98 Don Henley - The Boys of Summer 4:46

99 The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

100 Frank Sinatra with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - I've Got You Under My Skin (Original 1956 Capital 7" Mono Single Version) 3:42

101 Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover 3:37

102 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:32

103 Motörhead - Ace of Spades 2:47

104 Elvis Costello - Alison 3:24

105 Subway Sect - Ambition 3:07

106 The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:44

107 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (Original 1956 7" Mono Single Version) 2:15

108 Underworld - Born Slippy .NUXX (Short) 4:18

109 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar 3:48

110 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel (Original 1956 Double A-side 7" Mono Single) 4:20

111 T. Rex - Get It On 4:25

CD6

112 Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly (Original 1958 Specialty 7" Mono Single Version) 2:09

113 Ray Charles feat. Margie Hendrix and the Raelettes - Hit the Road Jack (Original 1961 7" Mono Single Version) 1:57

114 Eagles - Hotel California 6:31

115 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:51

116 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 4:37

117 The Doors - Light My Fire (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:54

118 Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (7" Single Edit) 3:39

119 The Who - My Generation (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:20

120 The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Original 1972 7" Single Edit) 6:58

121 Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn - Protection (7" Single Edit) 4:54

122 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (Original 1973 Island 7" Single Version) 3:04

123 The Four Seasons - Rag Doll (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 3:01

124 The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me (Original 1960 7" Mono Single Version) 2:32

125 The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher - Setting Sun (Radio Edit) 4:00

126 Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 2:38

127 The Box Tops - The Letter (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) 1:58

128 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile (Original 1970 UK 7" Single Version) 5:13

129 The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (Original 1957 7" Mono Single Version) 2:00

130 The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Original 1960 7" Mono Single Version) 2:41

131 Nilsson - Without You 3:21

132 Elton John - Your Song 4:03

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