Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection

Track Listings
1. Everybody Plays the Fool
2. Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
3. Make It With You
4. I'm So Proud
5. Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)
6. You've Been My Inspiration
7. You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)
8. Girl Blue
9. Girl I Left Behind
10. Where Were You When I Needed You

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Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection

Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection
The Main Ingredient - Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • So Proud Indeed
  • Must Have For R&B Officionados
  • Mellow
 The Main Ingredient - Greatest Hits: The Encore Collection
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ASIN: B00004W522
Release Date: 2000-09-01

Tracks:

  1. Everybody Plays The Fool
  2. Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
  3. Make It With You
  4. I'm So Proud
  5. Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love)
  6. You've Been My Inspiration
  7. You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)
  8. Girl Blue
  9. The Girl I Left Behind
  10. Where Were You When I Needed You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars So Proud Indeed.......2007-06-15

Any connoisseur of 70s music would be captivated by and proud to include The Main Ingredient's Greatest Hits-The Encore Collection in their library. I certainly am.

5 out of 5 stars Must Have For R&B Officionados.......2006-04-01

An excellent album! Definitely a must have collectable to any R&B officinado/fan.

5 out of 5 stars Mellow.......2003-09-17

I have most of these songs on albums and the sound is not that good. The harmony of "I'm So Proud", "Make It With You", and "Spinning Around" is so smooth, sweet, and mellow; with that special someone you know that there's "Something Lovely"(Aphrodisiac) about the occasion to remember - today and yesterday.
Eddie Money - Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • You've probably seen (or heard) this set of songs before
 Eddie Money - Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection
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  1. Eddie & The Cruisers - Soundtrack

ASIN: B00000DCWZ
Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

  1. Two Tickets to Paradise
  2. Baby Hold On
  3. Wanna Go Back
  4. Where's The Party
  5. Take Me Home Tonight
  6. Gimme Some Water
  7. Wanna Be A Rock-N-Roll Star
  8. Shakin'
  9. If We Ever Get Out Of This Place
  10. Can You Fall In Love Again Tonight

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars You've probably seen (or heard) this set of songs before.......2005-11-03

This Eddie Money album, 'Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection' is a budget priced edition of a previously released album. That album was 'Shakin' with the Money Man' from 1997. 'Shakin' with the Money Man' was a quality release that came out through a smaller label, CMC International. It featured four brand new studio cuts, including a Christmas tune, and a strong live performance of Eddie Money's greatest hits. Most of these cuts have been repackaged here for this 1998 release through BMG.

The real difference between the two is that four songs are missing from the source album and the liner notes here (compared to the original release) are bare-bones. When you view this track listing, the final two tracks to close this album are a couple of Eddie's new studio cuts from 1997. Two other new studio cuts, "Everybody loves Christmas" and "Something to believe in" that were originally on 'Shakin' with the Money Man', in 1997, are missing from this album. That is a shame, since the two studio cuts that were left off are better than the other two that were used here.

Of the ten live songs from 'Shakin' with the Money Man', eight of them are used here. "She takes my breath away" and "Everybody rock & roll the place" did not make the trip over. I suppose those were the two easiest choices to leave off, as the live cuts actually used here are the best.

Probably the worst thing on this collection is the running order. On the source album, the four studio cuts opened the album and then were followed by the ten live tunes. This time around, the live songs are used first and the studio cuts that made it on are at the very end. Now, this doesn't make a major difference. Where the real problem lies is that the live tracks are now out of order. The track listing is different than before. On 'Shakin' with the Money Man', the songs all flow together in a nice sequence like an actual concert. 'Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection' has them laid out so that the cd sounds poorly edited and chopped up.

Still, these songs by Eddie Money (studio and live cuts) are very good. Mr. Edward Mahoney (Money's birthname) is in fine singing form, at the top of his game. This budget priced cd is a little bit cheaper than 'Shakin' with the Money Man', though not by much. You have to ask yourself how big of a Money fan are you? Are you willing to settle for a second rate presentation of a fine album or would you rather pay a couple more dollars to get the real thing? If you are a casual Eddie Money fan, you won't be called a fool for buying this cd. However, a dedicated fan will do better to pick up 'Shakin' with the Money Man.'

If you came here expecting any unreleased material or an alternative live album (from a different show), you will be disappointed. You've heard this all before. If you haven't heard this before, there are separate reviews online of the original album, 'Shakin' with the Money Man'.

Buying Note:

The label here, BMG, has a particularly nasty habit of taking previously released live albums and repackaging the songs under a different title. BMG has done this with REO Speedwagon, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Warrant, Lynyrd Skynyrd and several others. They like to do this a couple years after the release, when most people have already either purchased the original live recording or forgot about it. Their trick is to change the running order and drop a couple of songs from the original copy to fool people into thinking it is taken from a different show. They have done this extensively under a series called 'Extended Versions', though some BMG collections have titles similar to this ('Greatest Hits Live: The Encore Collection'). When in doubt, search for all of the listed live recordings for an artist and compare the track listings.
Greatest Hits Live, Part II: The Encore Collection
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • not too bad
  • Misleading Title
  • Good....But not Great
 Greatest Hits Live, Part II: The Encore Collection
Electric Light Orchestra Part II
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ASIN: B00000DQ1W
Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

  1. Telephone Line
  2. Strange Magic
  3. One More Tomorrow
  4. Do Ya
  5. Evil Woman
  6. Livin' Thing
  7. Confusion
  8. Standing In The Rain
  9. Whiskey Girls
  10. Don't Wanna

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars not too bad.......2004-12-13

The title is misleading,unless you've already listened to some of part2's music.Eric Troyer can sing if he will just take the clothespin off his nose.Seriously,I've listened to part2 in every version I could find.There are only 2 songs of their own that I really like,and if you are like me,you'd rather hear the studio versions than live.Those 2 songs are "Honest Men" and "One More Tomorrow",the one that's included here and I believe it to be their masterpiece.But Jeff Lynne this isn't even though I suspect he gets a cut of the profits just the same:he's a shrewd businessman.If you want to hear part 2 at their best look for studio work,not live.

2 out of 5 stars Misleading Title.......2002-06-30

The labelling for this CD reads:

Electric Light Orchestra Greatest Hits Live, Part II:
The Encore Collection

If it read

Electric Light Orchestra, Part II Greatest Hits Live:
The Encore Collection

There would have been no confusion. I was expected the Jeff Lynne version of ELO when I picked this up. As soon as I heard the first vocal, I knew I'd been had. I would only recommend this to diehard ELO fans who want to hear different live versions of ELO classics.

If you like ELO Part II, then you may be satisfied with this disc. Personally I only like Jeff Lynne on vocals so I give this disc:

1 star for misleading labelling
3 stars for satisfactory performance.
End 2 stars.

4 out of 5 stars Good....But not Great.......2002-05-13

I bought this cd a couple monts ago and have only listened to it once since. Mabey its just the fact that these songs are live and lose some of the more important ELO factors. You can't here many of their instruments and that takes away from this cd. I got it for 5$(new) at my local hastings and didn't know it was live until I popped it in my CD player. But still this is ELO(to me the best band of the 70's) so it was still worth it. I just don't think I would have spent more than that on it.This includes alot of their classics including my personal favorite "Livin' Thing"
The Five Stairsteps - The Encore Collection: Their Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Underrated classics from an underrated group
 The Five Stairsteps - The Encore Collection: Their Greatest Hits
The Five Stairsteps
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ASIN: B00000JCEF
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

  1. World Of Fantasy
  2. Come Back
  3. You Waited Too Long
  4. Danger! She's A Stranger
  5. Oh, Baby Baby
  6. The Touch Of You
  7. Didn't It Look So Easy
  8. Ooh Child
  9. Ain't Gonna Rest Till I Get You
  10. I Love You-Stop

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Underrated classics from an underrated group.......2001-06-02

I'd give this 6 or 7 stars if possible. These warmhearted songs and the tight harmony of this truly talented group will make you feel good all over. "Ooh Child" (my all time favorite song and a hymn to positive thinking), "Danger She's A Stranger" (the type of lovely ballad that sounded good on the radio as you went to school in the morning), and "Didn't It Look So Easy," a pseudogospel number that, like everything else here, is quite pleasing to the ear and soul. By this is you want to relax, forget your troubles, and feel uplifted.It's a shame they were overshadowed by the (also talented) Jackson Five, but it's good to know that the two groups actually liked each other.

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