Just for use as a reference,this is an 'unofficial list' . I do keep a record of purchases made online,although things I buy at local stores do not get as much attention.I plan to one day expand this page to review the CDs and update some.
1 The Babys / Anthology 198? full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon June 29,2005. $3.49+$2.49 . NOT RECEIVED
These guys were good.
2 Van Halen / Best Of Volume 1 1996 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock June 26,2004. $7.99+tax . RECEIVED
I was not looking for this, but it was a welcome addition to my collection.
3 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts / Greatest Hits 2001 full length CD from USA -
bought at Walmart June 26,2005. $9.72+tax . RECEIVED
This is an icon for early 80s music,I Love Rock N Roll !
4 Rainbow / The Very Best Of REMASTERED 1997 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon June 24,2005. $6.99+$2.49 . RECEIVED
This is a collection I look forward to owning. Never bothered to own all their albums, so this will be something 'new' .
5 Pete Townshend / The Best Of 1996 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon June 18,2005. $4.65+$2.49 . RECEIVED
I heard Let My Love Open The Door on the radio,and it started me thinking about the early 80s pop/rock .Pete and the Who were still releasing albums in the early 80s.And it was good stuff.
6 John Mellencamp /Greatest Hits 2004 2CD set from USA -
bought at vintagestock June 18,2005. $10.99+tax . RECEIVED
Another must have for my 80s collections.
7 The Go-Go's / Beauty And The Beat 1981 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock June 18, 2005. $6.99+tax. RECEIVED
A must have for early 80s music .
8 Jefferson Starship / Freedom At Point Zero 1979 full length CD from USA-
bought at vintagestock June 4,2005. $6.99+tax .RECEIVED
We finally found it, filed under F for freedom. Tried to buy this a few weeks ago at the same store.I remember hearing this alot when it was new,around 1980.The back tracks are wonderful.
9 The Hot Stuff Volume III 1994 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock June 4,2005. $2.99+tax. RECEIVED
I had heard a Katthy Mattea song from this CD.A christmas song,titled
Mary Did You Know? And I have not listened but there is some early Shania stuff.
10 Stevie Wonder / The Definitive Collection full length CD from USA -
bought at local Sam Goody store SamGoody June 4,2005.$9.99+tax. RECEIVED
I sold some of my cassette tapes, and now my Musiquarium tape is gone.This has some earlier, and later material.
Superstition has to be one of the greatest songs from the 70s.
11 Crosby,Stills,and Nash /Daylight Again 1982 full length CD from USA -
bought at local 71-Pawn for $2.00 .June 4,2005. RECEIVED
Quite a "rare" find;although the case is beat up,the disc is okay.
12 70s Pop Hits 2001 3CD set from USA -
bought at amazon June 4,2005. $10.15+$2.49 . RECEIVED
I had also sold a 70s hit music tape,and there went Magnet and Steel, as well as We Just Disagree.For a few $$ more, I could have bought locally. But now, I have to wait for it to arrive.
13 R & B Party 1998 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 29,2005 . $2.99+tax . RECEIVED This has several 1-hit wonders=to help free up space in my music collection.
And the single version of Celebration and Oh Sheila,from the 1980s.
14 Billboard Top Hits 1975 1991 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 22, 2005. $5.99+tax. RECEIVED
A couple of Elton John songs,and Bad Blood by Sedaka. it's a 70s' thing.
15 Santana /Essential Santana 2002 2 CD set from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 22,2005. $12.99+tax. RECEIVED
16 The Who / It's Hard 1982 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon May 14,2005. $6.99+$2.49 . RECEIVED
Iminence Front has to sound better than my old cassette tape
17 Gerry Rafferty / City To City 1978 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon May 14 . $5.78+$2.49 . RECEIVED
Baker Street. Another late 70s pop song .
18 Starship / Greatest Hits 1979-1991 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 14,2005. $7.99+tax . RECEIVED
I had selected Freedom at Point Zero, but they could not find that CD. So I opted to buy this instead .It's a toss-up,really.
19 Mindi Abair / It Just Happens That Way 2003 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 14,2005. $6.99+tax . RECEIVED
This disk was there last time I visited.Today, it was below Ace Of Base. It was either AOB Greatest Hits, or this . As I understand it,Mindi played some saxophone for Duran Duran on a recent tour . Good jazz.
20 Elton John / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973 CD from USA -
bought at Walmart May 8,2005 $12.88+tax . RECEIVED
Awesome music.I used to hear Funeral For a Friend alot on latenight radio, when i was younger. Of course, the title track and Benny and the Jets are classic favorites.
21 Gary Wright / Dreamweaver 1975 full length CD from USA -
bought at vintagestock May 1,2005. $6.99+tax. RECEIVED
I went shopping at Pier One after buying this CD,and a new remix of Dreamweaver was playing on their instore music, :) . I love the original. Love is Alive also. I am planning to obtain several of my favorite late 1970s pop artists on CD. To replace my vinyl LPs. I have most of them.
22 Ace Of Base / The Bridge 1995 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon May 1,2005 . .29+$2.49 mail. RECEIVED
who could resist at this price? My CD was scratchy.
23 Van Halen / 1984 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon May 1,2005. $3.40+$2.49 mail. RECEIVED
Every time I think about it, I want to buy this CD.Then, when I see the tracklist, I change my mind.This is contains the only #1 hit VH had and has the classic lineup. I'm sorry, but VH without David Lee Roth was not Van Halen.
24 Boz Scaggs / Silk Degrees 1976 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon April 24,2005. $6.76+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
The Lido Shuffle.But more importantly, the Lowdown. Although Jimmy Sommers has an excellent remake of Lowdown.
25 Queen / Greatest Hits 1992 full length CD from USA -
bought at Walmart April 23, 2005 . $9.76 . RECEIVED
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike.....
26 Led Zeppelin / Houses Of The Holy 1973 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon April 10,2005 . $5.35+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
Now this is music. I really 'dig' No Quarter for some reason. The whole CD is 'real' music. Amazing.
27 Scissor Sisters / debut 2004 full length CD from UK -
bought at amazon April 3,2005 . $7.56+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
I had to 'own' the CD, even after downloading the songs.
28 technoir / Groundlevel 2001 full length CD from Germany -
bought at amazon April 3,2005 . 14.92 euros + mail . NOT RECEIVED
This is on back order, and I hope one day I will receive it
29 Despina Vandi / Come Along Now 2005 full length CD from USA -
bought at amazon March 22,2005 . $12.53+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
This is a solid performer, and maybe Profities is her best,but in the english speaking world, this is right up there with it.
30 Selena Ones 2002 full length CD/DVD from USA -
bought at amazon March 7 . $16.28+$2.49 mail. RECEIVED
31 Jennifer Lopez / The Reel Me 2003 full length CD/DVD from USA -
bought at local Sam Goody store SamGoody March 6 . $14.99 . RECEIVED
32 Hooters / We Came To Play 1995 full length CD from USA -
another $1.00 used CD 'GH' without Karla W/ a K only say that b/c
I know a Karla(w/ a K) Feb 20 . RECEIVED
33 Eddie Money / Greatest Hits 1990 full length CD from USA-
bought at local used store for 1.00 RECEIVED
Baby,Hold On ...some cool music I was not looking for,but found.
34 Ace Of Base / The Sign REMASTERED 1994 full length CD from Japan -
bought at amazon February 6,2005. $25.03+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
35 Blestyaschie /Za Chetyre Morya 2001 full length CD from Russia-
bought at RBCmp3 January 23,2005 . $6.99+free mail . RECEIVED
36 E-Type /Explorer 1996 full length CD from Sweden-
bought at cdeurope January 23,2005 . $17.10+$6.25 mail . RECEIVED
37 Girls Aloud / What Will the Neighbors Say 2004 full length CD from UK-
bought atcduniverse January 3,2005. $22.60+$2.99 mail . RECEIVED
I'm not in love with them,but their music is the best thing of 2005.
38 Wallflowers / Bring Down The Horse 1996 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs January 3 . $.99 + $2.50 mail . RECEIVED
39 VIA-Gra / Biologia 2003 full length CD from Russia -
bought at RBCmp3 January 3 ,2005. $11.99+free mail . RECEIVED
Well worth the price...if this is their last CD as Viagra,what a way to go
40 Despina Vandi / Profities 2000 full length CD from Greece -
bought at eBay CDs December 15 ,2004. $11.95+$1.95 mail . RECEIVED
Wow Christmas comes early! This is an incredible deal,maybe now it is time to learn some greek .Incredible music.This is a party waiting to happen.
41 Stoa / Urthona 1994 full length CD from Germany -
bought at eBay CDs December 6 . $10.40+$2.00 mail . RECEIVED
This is a 'remastered digipack' .
42 Despina Vandi / Opa Opa 2004 10 track CD single w/ video -
bought at eBay CDs December 1,2004 . $12.99+$2.99 mail . RECEIVED
I was noticing that Despinas' song Come Along Now was rising on charts in europe and Russia. So naturally I am curious about this. This CD has a Coca-Cola logo, Athens 2004 Olympic logo, and a reference to being a number 1 hit song in Greece
Note:Not as advertised. This is a 7 track remix of OpaOpa.
43 TikTak / Frendit 1999 full length CD from Finland -
bought at cdeurope December 2 . $9.10+$6.25 mail . RECEIVED
I cannot remember how I found this group. But I was fortunate to be able to ask a person from Finland about them.Not much praise for the band,Lopeta was mentioned as one of their better songs.So I found Lopeta, and was impressed with it.
44 Tanya Bulanova / Belaia Cheremukha 2004 full length CD from Russia -
bought at amazon November 24 . $9.90+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
I had heard the track,Angel, and it was very full of emotion to me.I had a few other songs by Tanya, but wanted a CD in my collection.Then, I had trouble figuring out what CD Angel came from, because different websites listed the song on different CDs.I finally solved the mystery at bulanova.comSo I had to purchase this CD.
45 Scissor Sisters / debut 2004 downloaded 192KBs mp3 from UK -
bought at mp3.sarbc November 21 . About 30 Rus. Rubles= $1.06 . RECEIVED
Some kid was requesting a few songs by this group... and so I posted them. He wrote back that the songs I posted were not the originals-so I looked up the group at Rhapsody...and he was right. So I had to download the CD.Little did I notice that only 10 tracks were available,and the UK version has 11 songs, and other versions have 13 songs.
46 E-Type / Made In Sweden 1994 full length CD from Sweden -
bought at amazon November 5 . $14.13+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
I decided early this year to collect as many E-Type CDs as I could.The music IS that good.
47 Bad Company / Rough Diamonds 1982 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs November 3 . $4.00+$3.00 mail . RECEIVED
I had owned this cassette tape in the mid-1980s. I had to have the CD :) I remember buying the tape at Target-they had this $1.00 tape bin.I tell you what, that dollar bin got me interested in more than mainstream music.Thank you,Target !!!
48 Foreigner / debut 1976 original CD no extra tracks full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs November 1 ,2004. $3.57+$2.23 mail BIN option . RECEIVED
I had listened to this online and decided that it was worth buying the CD.Great deal on eBay .
I could mention that Foreigners Double Vision was my first ever 8 track tape.
49 Total / 1+ 2001 full length CD from Russia -
bought at RBCmp3 October 30 . $9.99+free ship(media mail) . RECEIVED
Wow. I had already downloaded the songs from mp3.sarbc yet I still had to have the CD . It was worth it...this CD is pretty good.
50 Ace Of Base / Happy Nation 1993 full length CD from France -
bought at half.com October 25 . $4.99+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
This CD is called the 'discoball' version to differentiate it from the US version.This is the original material.As you will see,I had already bought this CD, but it took 2 months(6 weeks!) for it to arrive.So naturally I believed it was a lost cause.That CD showed up on October 27th.Crazy.Exceptional price,many times these go for $20 on eBay.
51 Cheap Trick / Dream Police 1980 full length CD from USA -
bought at half.com October 24 . $3.75+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
Another album I had owned previously. If I recall, my brother Scott had bought me the LP(that is correct,vinyl) for Christmas (1980?). It was not my favorite,although I recall listening.And the song Voices had a very special place in my heart, as a 'rediscovered' favorite.
52 Eurovision Song Contest: Istanbul 2004 2-Cd set from Europe -
bought at amazon October 24 . $16.07+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
I had been listening to 128kbs versions of the songs, and wanted better.This was not a bad deal.
53 Nu Virgos / Stop! Stop! Stop! 2004 full length 2-CD set from Maylaysia -
bought at amazon October 10 . $18.01+$2.49 mail . RECEIVED
Yes, I found where VIA-Gra had gone.It took a few days to find the CD.This was my very first purchase at Amazon.com .This set sells for over $40 at other places,so I picked this deal up in a hurry.It is worth every cent .
54 the Police / Synchronicity 1983 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs October 10 . $2.00+$2.00 mail . RECEIVED
Another one of those 'early eighties CDs' that was gaining sentimental value.The price was right.
55 Lot Of 3 CDs 80s dance stuff from 80 from USA-
bought at eBay CDs October 5 . $5.75+$3.50 mail .RECEIVED
World of Dance 80s , World Of Dance 90s , and Alternative Hits of the 80s
There are some interesting songs from Sheila E ,MaryJaneGirls,TinaMarie,etc
56 Howard Jones / Dream Into Action 1985 full length CD from USA-
bought at eBay CDs September 24 . $2.79+$2.25 mail . RECEIVED
Another sentimental CD. Howard really had something happening on this CD though.
This was a great deal because I had watched another DIA CD go over $10 .
57 Robert Plant / Shaken N Stirred 1986 full length CD from USA-
bought at eBay CDs September 23 . $.99+$3.85 mail . NEVER RECEIVED .
The guy closed his eBay account. I e-mailed him...no reply.
I did buy the songs online from mp3.sarbc
58 Ace Of Base / Happy Nation 1993 full length CD from France -
bought at eBay CDs September 5 . $12.50+$4.99 mail . RECEIVED
I had finally broke through and not got outbid on this CD . Little did I know that Airmail meant 'it takes 2 months to get here' .Still a great investment at this price...I have seen many of them go over $20 on eBay.
59 Queen / News Of The World 1977 full length CD from USA -
bought at Walmart in September . Good stuff, I had this before, and I was missing some of the tracks which were not hits.
60 the Police / Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs September 4 . $.99+$3.00 mail . RECEIVED
I had this cassette tape, and recorded the song onto my computer.But it had some
'fade-out' and so I had to get the CD just for
'When The World Is Running Down,You Make The Best of What's Still Around' track.
61 technoir / Groundlevel 2001 downloaded 192KBs mp3 from Germany -
bought at mp3.sarbc September 4 . About 30 Russ. Rubles= $1.04 . RECEIVED
This was so hard to find, that I had to download them just say I did,maybe. But if I never buy the CD, I at least have the songs.They are good.
62 Head East / Flat As A Pancake 1975 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs June 30 . $.80 + ??? mail . RECEIVED
Another 'classic' CD to add to my collection.
63 Sugar Ray 14:59 2001 full length CD from USA -
bought at eBay CDs June 29 . $.11+$2.95 mail . RECEIVED
For some reason, I had remembered how 'cool' these guys are, had to have it.What a steal on eBay.
64 Paola And Chiara / Television 2002 full length CD from Italy -
bought at eBay CDs June 4 . $9.99+$4.00 BIN option . RECEIVED
I had listened to this song alot on my computer,so it was time to buy the CD .Although it was labeled as an 'import' it was a 'rare' CD made for USA.And in english.
65 VIA-Gra / De Luxe Collection 2004 full length CD from Russia -
bought at Russianbuy May 17,2004 . $6.99+$4.00 mail . RECEIVED
Finally caught on to this group.Great pop/rock sound,all around great time music.
66 Blestyashie / Apelsinovie Ray 2004 full length CD from Russia -
bought at eBay CDs May 14,2004 . $5.75+$3.00 mail . RECEIVED
Another, I had songs on my PC, but wanted the CD ...very good eBay deal actually.
67 Steely Dan / Showbiz Kids:the Steely Dan Story 2000 2-CD set USA -
bought at eBay CDs April 28 . $7.00+$3.50 mail . RECEIVED
Another steal on eBay .How silly of me to wait so long to buy it. Actually I did not know they had made this collection,and I had my eye on the full box-set.Then I found this set,and it was more than enough.
68 Kristina Orbakaite / Ver Cherdusa 2003 full length Cd from Russia -
bought at eBay CDs April 18,2004 . $3.99+$1.75 mail . RECEIVED
There was a few songs on here that I wanted to own the CD .Worth every penny.
69 Da Buzz / Da Sound 2001 full length CD from Sweden -
bought at half.com April 18,2004 . $9.99+$2.48 mail . RECEIVED
I had all the tracks from the internet,but the last song was scratched. And I wanted to legitimately own the CD, anyway :) .
70 E-Type / Last Man Standing 1998 full length CD from Sweden -
bought at eBay CDs April 18,2004 . $9.95+$2.95 mail . RECEIVED
This was the first E-Type CD. Amazing,this had sold on eBay consistently for over $20 every time I bid. then one day, you get a killer deal like this .
71 Best 20 Of Muz TV 2004 full length CD from Estonia -
bought at eBay CDs March 30,2004 . $5.75+$3.00 mail . RECEIVED
This CD had me curious because, it had Ace Of Base on it.
72 Kristina Orbakaite / the Best 2004 full length CD from Russia -
bought at Russianbuy March 1,2004 .$6.99+$4.00 mail . RECEIVED
After some confusion over song titles,I bought this.It does not contain all the songs I wanted, but the music is solid.
73 Stevie Ray Vaughn / Greatest Hits 1995 full length CD from USA -
bought at Walmart for mmm $12.88
I can't remember what day/month, but it was in 2004.
74 Flashdance / soundtrack 1983 full length CD from USA -
bought at a pawn shop for $3.00
75 Ace Of Base / Flowers 1998 full length CD from Saudi Arabia -
bought at a pawn shop for $3.00 Interesting find :)
76 Wynona Judd / Greatest Hits 199? full length CD from USA -
bought at pawn shop for $3.00 It skips but captured songs on computer.
to be continued .......
Originally written: December 6,2004 .
Last update: July 4,2005
