Friday, April 26, 2024

VA - Up In Lights, Great DEBUT Singles( A Butterboy Compilation) (8 x CD's)

GREAT DEBUT SINGLES 

VA - Up In Lights, Great DEBUT Singles( A Butterboy Compilation) (8 x CD's)

First impressions are so important, back in the old days, bands used to release things called "albums", which were often introduced by items known as "singles". As a buyer, the idea was you listened to the radio and heard a song you liked, then physically went to the record store and bought the single. If you really enjoyed the single – and could afford it – you then went and bought the whole album. I guess people do still buy albums, but that single? You hear it on a Spotify playlist and, if you could be bothered, you look up the artist. Old man warning: Things were better in the old days. (weekendnotes.com)

The medium may change from analog to digital, but there’s always something magical about a great single, a record that can change your life in four minutes or less, and there’s a special knack to coming up with a classic your first time out of the gate. Even the most brilliant artists haven’t always managed that and there are a few world-class bands who had an underwhelming single or two before their big breakthrough. Still, there are quite a few artists who claimed their territory with the first notes of their first single, and below are the greatest debut 45 records. A few were great one-offs, but most were the start of a long career. (udiscovermusic.com)

A great debut single is the opening line in a conversation you never want to end, and hearing a band or artist get it right on their first try is one of the greatest thrills in music. (Rolling stone)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Fats Domino The Fat Man 2:47

02 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Rocket 88 2:50

03 5 Royals You Know I Know 2:38

04 Lavern Baker Soul on Fire 3:05

05 Elvis Presley That's All Right 1:58

06 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Work With Me Annie 2:47

07 Chuck Berry and His Combo Maybellene 2:22

08 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley 2:47

09 Rainbows Mary Lee 2:32

10 Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two Cry, Cry, Cry 2:33

11 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:36

12 James Brown Please Please Please 2:46

13 Slim Harpo I'm a King Bee 3:01

14 Buddy Holly & the Crickets That'll Be the Day 2:17

15 Jerry Butler & the Impressions For Your Precious Love 2:46

16 Cliff Richard Move It 2:24

17 Irma Thomas Don't Mess With My Man 2:24

18 Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby 2:54

19 Marcels Blue Moon 2:22

20 Gary U S Bonds New Orleans 2:51

21 Beach Boys Surfin' Usa 2:28

22 Booker T. & the M.G.'s Green Onions 2:56


CD2

23 Otis Redding These Arms of Mine 2:35

24 Beatles Love Me Do 2:21

25 Rolling Stones Come On 1:49

26 Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters Cry Baby 3:26

27 Dusty Springfield I Only Want to Be With You 2:37

28 Del Shannon Runaway 2:21

29 Randy & the Rainbows Denise 1:58

30 Beau Brummels Laugh 3:22

31 Nashville Teens Tobacco Road 2:27

32 Peter and Gordon World Without Love 2:40

33 Zombies She's Not There 2:25

34 Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 2:34

35 Who I Can't Explain 2:06

36 Young Rascals I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore 2:46

37 McCoys Hang on Sloopy 3:53

38 Sam & Dave Hold on I'm Comin' 2:34

39 Velvet Underground All Tomorrows Parties 2:49

40 ? & the Mysterians 96 Tears 2:58

41 Los Bravos Black is Black 2:58

42 Count Five Psychotic Reaction 3:08

43 Monkees Last Train to Clarksville 2:45

44 Janis Ian Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) 3:13


CD3

45 Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman 2:56

46 Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl 3:06

47 Vanilla Fudge You Keep Me Hangin' On 2:56

48 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale 4:03

49 Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints 2:49

50 Box Tops The Letter 1:56

51 Pink Floyd Arnold Layne 2:52

52 Doors Break on Through (To the Other Side) 2:28

53 Leonard Cohen Suzanne 3:48

54 Grateful Dead The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 2:11

55 Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe 3:28

56 Creedence Clearwater Revival Suzie Q. (Pt. 1) 4:38

57 Band The Weight 4:37

58 Deep Purple Hush 4:24

59 Plastic Ono Band Give Peace a Chance 5:00

60 Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times 2:47

61 Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog 3:10

62 Janis Joplin Kozmic Blue 4:24

63 Jackson 5 I Want You Back 3:00

64 Grand Funk Railroad Time Machine 3:43

65 James Taylor Carolina in My Mind 3:38

66 Thunderclap Newman Something in the Air 3:54


CD4

67 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 4:37

68 Mungo Jerry In the Summertime 3:31

69 Uriah Heep Gypsy 6:37

70 America A Horse With No Name 4:09

71 Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine 2:05

72 Big Star In the Street 2:54

73 Jackson Browne Doctor My Eyes 3:13

74 Eagles Take it Easy 3:32

75 Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture 5:23

76 Bruce Springsteen Blinded By the Light 5:03

77 Roxy Music Virginia Plain 2:56

78 New York Dolls Personality Crisis 3:45

79 Aerosmith Dream On 4:27

80 Bad Company Can't Get Enough 4:16

81 Skyhooks Living in the 70's 3:42

82 Patti Smith Hey Joe (Single Version) 5:08

9 Television Little Johnny Jewel Parts 1&2 7:09

84 Pere Ubu 30 Seconds Over Tokyo 6:21

85 Sex Pistols Anarchy in the U.K. 3:32

86 Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop [Single Version] 2:12

87 Angels Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again 3:22

88 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 3:16

CD5

89 Blondie X Offender 3:12

90 Damned New Rose 2:42

91 Boston More Than a Feeling 4:45

92 Chic Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 3:45

93 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Breakdown 2:42

94 Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill 4:25

95 Elvis Costello Less Than Zero 3:18

96 Clash White Riot 1:59

97 Jam In the City 2:20

98 Cure Killing an Arab 2:22

99 X-Ray Spex Oh Bondage Up Yours! 2:48

100 Prince Soft and Wet 3:02

101 Toto Hold the Line 3:57

102 Mark Knopfler Sultans of Swing 5:48

103 Kate Bush Wuthering Heights 4:29

104 Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him 3:35

105 Cars Just What I Needed 3:44

106 Cold Chisel Khe Sanh 4:11

107 Bauhaus Bela Lugosi is Dead 9:37

108 Pylon Cool 3:21

109 Gang of Four Damaged Goods 3:26

110 Undertones Teenage Kicks 2:26


CD6

111 Raincoats Fairytale in the Supermarket 2:59

112 Knack My Sharona 4:53

113 B-52's Rock Lobster 4:54

114 Joy Division Transmission 3:35

115 Church She Never Said 3:17

116 Go Go's We Got the Beat (Stiff Single Version) 2:11

117 New Order Ceremony 4:37

118 Duran Duran Planet Earth 3:54

119 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe 4:06

120 Replacements I'm in Trouble 2:11

121 Stevie Nicks Stop Draggin' My Heart Around 4:02

122 Phil Collins In the Air Tonight 5:35

123 Inxs Simple Simon 2:34

124 Yazoo Only You 3:14

125 Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone 3:05

126 Smiths Hand in Glove 3:25

127 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 3:56

128 Pet Shop Boys West End Girls 4:46

129 Sade Your Love is King 3:40

130 A-Ha Take on Me 3:49

131 Dinosaur Jr. Repulsion 3:06

132 Noiseworks No Lies 3:54


CD7

133 World Party Ship of Fools 4:29

134 Texas I Don't Want a Lover 5:01

135 Tracy Chapman Fast Car 4:56

136 Traveling Wilburys Handle With Care 3:19

137 Smashing Pumpkins I Am One 4:06

138 Charlatans (Uk) Indian Rope 4:33

139 Blur She's So High 4:46

140 Pearl Jam Alive 5:38

141 Suede The Drowners 3:44

142 Radiohead Creep 3:55

143 Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name 5:14

144 Counting Crows Mr. Jones 4:33

145 Elastica Stutter 2:22

146 Archers of Loaf Web in Front 2:06

147 Weezer Undone, the Sweater Song 5:05

148 Oasis Supersonic 4:43

149 Supergrass Caught By the Fuzz 2:16

150 Foo Fighters This is a Call 3:53

151 D'angelo Brown Sugar 4:22

152 Erykah Badu On & On 3:46

153 Fiona Apple Shadowboxer 5:24

154 Embrace All You Good Good People 4:38


CD8

155 Stereophonics Local Boy in the Photograph 3:22

156 Seahorses Love is the Law 3:44

157 Air Sexy Boy 4:59

158 Dido Here With Me 4:14

159 Interpol Pda 4:58

160 Alicia Keys Fallin' 3:30

161 Gorillaz Clint Eastwood 5:42

162 Libertines What a Waster 2:58

163 Lcd Soundsystem Losing My Edge 9:09

164 Franz Ferdinand Darts of Pleasure 2:59

165 Killers Mr. Brightside 3:42

166 Kaiser Chiefs Oh My God 3:37

167 Editors Bullets 3:11

168 Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor 2:54

169 Gnarls Barkley Crazy 3:00

170 Duffy Rockferry 4:13

171 Bon Iver Skinny Love 3:51

172 Xx Crystalised 3:22

173 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man 4:07

174 Frank Ocean Novacane 4:59

175 Weeknd Wicked Games 5:24

176 Alabama Shakes Hold On 3:48

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6 comments:

  1. Nice collection although you obviously can't include everything - my personal missing favourite is The Moves "Night of fear"

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    1. That is a good track, Dr Robert.
      Maybe more volumes needed.
      Cheers.

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  2. Hey, BB, this one looks like a home run! Thanks so much!

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  3. This took great effort. Thanks for sharing with us.

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