"Rock On" Series - Madacy Entertainment

Does anyone know why none of the vol. 2's for each of the years for the
"Rock On" series are not included in the database?

I seem to remember a "Made in Canada" designation on some of these, so perhaps that's why? (Don't have them in front of me at the moment.)

Capsule reviews in a nutshell:

The sound quality is great on the original 1996 releases (most/all tracks are digital clones of some other earlier discs).

Some of those 1996 releases were rereleased in 1998 with slightly retooled track listings. Most of the holdover tracks were differently-EQ'd digital clones from the 1996 releases. Overall, not bad, but I slightly prefer the 1996 releases.

There are additional 1998 releases with slightly different titles. For example, instead of Rock On 1977 (1996), there's Rock On 1977 Dance Dance Dance (1998). Makes it very confusing to order these online, because they're so easily confused with the first batch.

Most of the 1998 additional titles use the same analog transfers as earlier, existing CDs. Sound is very good overall, but just a shade under the 1996 releases.

There were also 2004 rereleases of some of all of the above titles. Yuk.

And on top of everything else, there were some Vol. 2's released in 2005. I've seen Vol. 2's for 1982, 1983 and 1984, but there may be others. Sound quality is really not that great on this batch, but there are many true-45-version gems on these, like "On The Loose", "Footloose", and "Cum On Feel The Noize".

They're all pretty cheap - just buy them all! (And trade with me!)

Edited by crapfromthepast

One other thing to note is the version of "Heart To Heart" by Kenny
Loggins on 1983 Vol. 2 times in at 3:55 which would seem to be the 45
version which according to the database, is currently not available on a
domestic cd. I can send to anyone if they want to compare to a 45 since I
do not have access to one for comparison.

Just to clarify some of the Rock On releases, in case you're like me and want to hunt down everything that's numbered. :) This is from my notes, and isn't complete, but it's probably pretty close.

Individual years (with titles of simply Rock On 1970 and so forth):

• 1970 through 1989 were released in 1996
• 1990 through 1992 were released in 1997
• 1993 through 1995 were released in 1999?
• 1960 through 1969 were released in 2004

These were released in 1998:

• 1970: In the Summertime
• 1971: Ain’t No Sunshine
• 1972: Summer Breeze
• 1973: Diamond Girl
• 1974: Seasons in the Sun
• 1975: Midnight Blue
• 1976: Summer
• 1977: Dance Dance Dance
• 1978: Hot Blooded
• 1979: Heart of the Night
• 1980: Too Hot
• 1981: Bette Davis Eyes
• 1982: Hot in the City
• 1983: Sweet Dreams
• 1984: Sunglasses at Night
• 1985: Walking on Sunshine
• 1986: Mad About You
• 1987: Everybody Have Fun Tonight
• 1988: Endless Summer Nights
• 1989: Miss You Like Crazy

1982, Vol. 2; 1983, Vol. 2 and 1984, Vol. 2 were released in 2005.

If you know of more that I missed, please list them here.

Edited by crapfromthepast

I'm very interested to hear the results of the "Heart To Heart" comparison. I loved that song back in '83 and would love to have the single edit. If anyone can post any other hard-to-find single versions available on the Rock On Volume 2's, that would be great, too.