More "Compete Singles" sets coming!
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Topic: More "Compete Singles" sets coming!
Posted By: Brian W.
Subject: More "Compete Singles" sets coming!
Date Posted: 01 August 2010 at 1:28pm
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Collector's Choice is continuing their "Complete Singles" series, this time focusing on female vocalists:
Petula Clark: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles Shelby Flint: The Complete Valiant Singles Connie Stevens: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles Joanie Sommers: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles No track listings yet, but they are all listed on the CC website, if you do a search. I'm hoping they will continue the policy of using original single mixes for these. |
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Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 5:18am
| No offense to fans of these artists, but with the exception of Petula Clark (who could probably use a good anthology of her hits), these were all essentially one-hit wonders. I can't imagine there's going to be enough demand for these sets to even cover production costs. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 5:49am
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I welcome Petula Clark, but i'm wondering who's idea was
behind choosing the other three. ------------- |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 10:54am
| I have to admit I thought, "Who is Shelby Flint?" Had to look her up. But I will probably buy the other three. |
Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 02 August 2010 at 9:28pm
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It was likely a mass licensing deal "Okay we'll charge you $500,000 to do Petula Clark but we'll only charge you $500 for these other artists"......as it's all being licensed from the same company...
Shelby Flint had some nice stuff....actually all of these sets will be really good. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 28 August 2010 at 11:43am
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Collector's Choice website wrote:Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 28 August 2010 at 11:50am
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Posted By: TomDiehl1
Date Posted: 28 August 2010 at 8:59pm
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Since they're raiding the warner vaults, I hope they'll do a Trini Lopez singles collection....if you include the singles issued in other countries but within the US numbering system you may need to make it a 3 cd set but it would be one I'd be first in line to buy....so many of his later 60's singles are amazing but weren't even included on albums at the time. ------------- Live in stereo. |
Posted By: bwolfe
Date Posted: 29 August 2010 at 9:47am
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The Complete Columbia Singles of Simon and Garfunkel is one I would nail down.
Many have said that one is a pipe dream. Something about Paul not wanting to do a mono singles collection. Funny how the mono mix of "Fakin' It" snuck on their greatest hits disc a few years ago. ------------- the way it was heard on the radio |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 8:31am
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Anyone know what's happened to the Petula Clark Complete Warner Singles cd? Collector's Choice has taken it off their website, it appears, after they'd stated the release has been "delayed - more details to follow" earlier in the week.
I see they list the other 3 Singles Collections as "in stock". Jon O. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 9:19am
| I don't know... I noticed yesterday, too, that when you click on the link on the cc site, it says "item not found." Hope it hasn't been canceled. |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 10:41am
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I, too, hope it's just been delayed a bit and not cancelled. (For what it's worth, Petula's singles collection is the one I was looking most forward to this time around, so I think I'll hold off on the other 3 for now.)
Thanks for replying, Brian. Jon O. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 1:25pm
Where did they state this, Jon? Can you give me a link? |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 30 September 2010 at 6:57pm
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Brian -
That link is gone now and was probably only up briefly on Monday or Tuesday (I can't recall which). It was obtained by clicking on the details of the cd, which now states "error" or "Not found". At the time, it's what showed up in bold lettering after the cd description under the cover art. I guess I was lucky to notice it at the time. Jon O. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 12:54pm
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I found the cached page. The note about it being delayed and "update to follow" is on there. Wonder what happened?
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uH2zwRnvWSsJ:www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm%3Fitemid%3DCCM21572+617742215724&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uH2zwRn vWSsJ:www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm%3Fitemid%3DCCM21572+617742215 724&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 09 October 2010 at 12:55am
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The website The Second Disc is reporting that the Petula Clark 2-disc "Complete Warner Singles" has been CANCELED... by Petula Clark and her management! This after it had already been promoted on the COVER of the Collector's Choice magazine. I hope they sue.
http://theseconddisc.com/2010/10/07/update-petula-clarks-complete-singles-cancelled/ - http://theseconddisc.com/2010/10/07/update-petula-clarks-com plete-singles-cancelled/ |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 10 October 2010 at 9:09pm
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ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!
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Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 6:02pm
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Has anyone come across any additional information as to why the Petula Clark Complete Warner Singles set was canceled? After attempting to pre-order a copy from the Collector's Choice website months ago, I officially got an e-mail from the company on October 21:
Thank you for your recent order. Unfortunately, the item(s) listed below have been discontinued by the manufacturer and are no longer available at this time. We apologize for your disappointment. From what I can tell, it sounds like the production of this CD set was completed, packaged, and ready for retail sale. I can't understand why it was canceled. I was really looking forward to this one! :-( |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 10:50pm
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Collector's Choice is notoriously (and foolishly, I think) tight-lipped about these things. Actually, NONE of the latest batch of "Complete Singles" releases has come out yet, though they were due for release in late September. Now, the other three (Connie Stevens, Joanie Somers, and Shelby Flint) say their release has "been delayed - more details to follow." Which is what the Petula Clark listing said before they announced it wasn't coming out at all.
Infinity Entertainment Group, owner of Collectors Choice/Deep Discount/Critics Choice, was bought out in early November by a distribution company called Super D, and the speculation is that these delayed/canceled CD sets have something to do with that. According to this article, Infinity was in a "dire situation," including debt of $11,000,000: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/wholesaler-275542-video-dvd.html - http://www.ocregister.com/articles/wholesaler-275542-video-d vd.html |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 11:47pm
| I heard from a music industry source that the reason the Petula Clark CD didn't come out is because Petula stopped it from coming out. I don't know why she was so opposed to its release, but apparently she had the ability to stop its release. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 06 December 2010 at 11:55am
Yes, that's what Gordon Anderson told the website The Second Disc, but a few weeks later a fan on the Steve Hoffman board got this response to an email to her official website: "The Complete Warner Bros. Singles double CD release from Collector's Choice Music has unfortunately been placed on indefinite hold despite Collector's Choice commitment for the project and Petula's enthusiastic support. She and everyone involved are greatly disappointed the CD is not happening now but it is hoped that it might be possible to issue the historic package at some point in the very near future while there is still an opportunity to release classic music on the CD format." So I really don't know what the situation is. |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 06 December 2010 at 12:39pm
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The other main reason projects don't come out is because of
legal issues concerning a song or two. Those are things that cannot be discussed. ------------- |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 02 January 2011 at 11:22pm
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Well, looks like these have all been canceled. Collectors Choice and Deep Discount have both removed the listings for the "Complete Singles" sets for Joanie Sommers, Shelby Flint, and Connie Stevens. The galling thing is, SURELY these were already mastered! They probably weren't pressed, but with all the research that had to be done, tapes pulled, etc., for them to be canceled that close to release... the digital master tape for each CD has to be sitting there, ready to go.
Hopefully when things settle down at Collector's Choice after the new takeover, they will see the light of day. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 03 January 2011 at 1:28pm
| Perhaps it's me, but I find it very interesting that these were cancelled AFTER Gordon Anderson announced he was leaving CCM. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 04 January 2011 at 1:38pm
| Sure enough, just got an email from Deep Discount that my order is canceled. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 07 January 2011 at 3:24pm
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Well, according to the poster StereoScout on BSN, who claims to have inside sources, these sets will be released to regular retail on (tentatively) February 22nd. They have been listed for pre-order on Amazon and other sites with that date for some time.
He says they were pulled from the Collector's Choice website because the delay in release caused them to lose their exclusivity deal, which would have given them exclusive rights to the titles for X number of months, so they apparently can't release them until the standard retail date now. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 07 January 2011 at 11:26pm
| Thanks for the update, Brian. I also checked Amazon with the faintest hope that maybe the Petula Clark Complete Warner Bros. Singles CD set would be rescheduled for a February release, but no dice. I'm still disappointed over its cancellation. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 08 January 2011 at 4:36am
I did, too. But according to the same BSN poster, the Petula discs were never actually pressed... Collector's Choice ran into money problems before they could be. Someone else then speculated that Petula Clark's management wanted in-advance royalty payments for these, and that the company was in no financial position to oblige, and perhaps that's why the Petula release was canceled. |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 11 September 2011 at 10:07pm
Former Collector's Choice vice-president Gordon Anderson just made an announcement on the Facebook page of his new label, Real Gone Music:
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Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 12 September 2011 at 8:19am
| No word on the Petula Clark collection? |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 12 September 2011 at 10:12am
Not yet. That one was canceled long before the others, though. |
Posted By: smallworld
Date Posted: 08 August 2021 at 8:22am
| With the imminent release of Petula's http://acerecords.co.uk/splendido-the-italian-singles-collection - Italian singles , my thoughts went to the planned release of the US Warner singles... Is there any chance of renewed efforts to release the Warner set? |
Posted By: C J Brown
Date Posted: 09 August 2021 at 3:34pm
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In addition to Pet Clark's USA catalog singles I would
really enjoy 45 versions from Johnny Rivers. |