new first time appearances of top 40 hits

Here is a list of songs that have appeared on compact disc in the US since the publication of the 10th edition of Top 40 Music On Compact Disc:

Timothy B Schmit - Boys Night Out "Timothy B." MCA 42049
Steve & Eydie - I Want To Stay Here "Greatest Hits Volume 2" GL Music 326
Jim Capaldi - That's Love "Fierce Heart" Wounded Bird 8059
Lindisfarne - Run For Home "Back And Fourth" Castle 72246
Stars On 45 - Medley "Then '80s Again Totally Oldies 7" Varese Sarabande 302066546
Jim Lowe - Talkin' To The Blues "Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock And Roll Volume 3" Eric 11522
Bob Beckham - Just As Much As Ever "Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock And Roll Volume 3" Eric 11522
Bob Braun - Till Death Do Us Part "Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock And Roll Volume 3" Eric 11522
Johnny Nash - A Very Special Love "Teen Time: The Young Years Of Rock And Roll Volume 3" Eric 11522
Herman's Hermits - East West "Retrospective" Abkco 9228
Herman's Hermits - Don't Go Out Into The Rain "Retrospective" Abkco 9228
Herman's Hermits - Museum "Retrospective" Abkco 9228
Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving "Retrospective" Abkco 9228
Jay Ferguson - Shakedown Cruise "Real Life Ain't This Way" Collectors' Choice Music 362
Bonnie Lou - Daddy-O "Good Rockin' Tonight - 25 Essential Rock And Rhythm Classics" Varese Sarabande 302066590

There are two more songs we can now add to the "First time on U.S. CD" list. With the release of Pearl Jam's rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) this past November, the hits "I Got Id" and "Long Road" officially make their debut on a full-length domestic CD. While both songs have previously appeared on commercial CD single, Pat does not list CD singles in his book. If my facts are correct, this means there are only two songs from the '90s that have never been on a full-length U.S. CD: "Voices That Care" by "Voices That Care" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind '97". Interestingly, Pat does break tradition and mention the maxi-CD single release of "Voices That Care".

So how many Top 40 songs from the past five decades listed in the book are still M.I.A. on disc?

I actually don't have a copy of this double-disc Greatest Hits set yet, but I ordered it online yesterday. I just went back and looked over the track listing again and it turns out I'm wrong. "Long Road" is indeed not on these discs. I had thought all the charted hits were on here.

Guess I'll just have to hold on to my CD single copy a little while longer!

Thanks for reviving this thread, Todd...

I noticed that on December 12 (about 7 weeks after my
post above), Pat left a note on the "CD Reviews" page
about the Night 2-on-1 CD from Renaissance - guess I gave
him a good tip, lol. :-) Seems it doesn't include "If You
Remember Me", though. Thanks for giving us the additional
details, Pat...

I hope to see this thread updated semi-regularly. In
fact, I went out & bought the V/A CD titled "Then '80s
Again Totally Oldies 7" from Varese Sarabande after
reading Pat's initial post above. Anyone know why it took
over 20 years for the Stars on 45 "Medley" to become
available on CD?!? Legal difficulties of some sort, I
assume??? (While I admit I haven't heard it on the radio
in ages, it was a #1 gold-selling single, after all!) Now
I just need to find that CD re-issue of Lindisfarne's
1978 album, "Back and Fourth", on Castle - for some
reason, it seems a bit elusive (have had it on cassette
for years now, and always loved it)...

At any rate, here's another top 40 hit that we can strike
from the "unavailable on domestic CD" list, which I've
yet to see mentioned on this site:

On November 2, the Wounded Bird label re-issued Tom
Johnston's first two solo albums on separate CDs -
"Everything You've Heard is True" (1979) and "Still Feels
Good" (1981). The former of course includes his 1979 hit,
"Savannah Nights", which is listed in the 10th edition as
previously unavailable on CD (pgs. 583 & 1285)...

Let's keep up the good work! :-)