"Best Year Of My Life" - UK 20 volume set

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   Last year Sony/BMG UK released a twenty volume series, The Best Year Of My Life, with one volume for each year from 1970 through 1989. I don't recall it being mentioned on this board yet. The series is available on iTunes in Canada, so it likely is in the US as well.

The series contains some hard-to-find 45 versions (although all but Jermaine Jackson's "Do What You Do" have been issued in the US in their 45 form), including:

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

Hold The Line - Toto

The Final Countdown - Europe

How 'Bout Us - Champaign

Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Jacksons

She's Not There - Santana

Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow

Amazing Grace - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Give Me Your Love - Barbara Mason

I Can't Stand the Rain - Eruption

Living in America - James Brown

I haven't yet determined whether GQ's "Rock Freak" or The Bangles "Hazy Shade Of Winter" are the elusive 45 versions/mixes. 

Unfortunately, Deniece Williams' "Free", Earth Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove", and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" are incorrectly identified as the "single" versions (although they may be the UK single versions).

The two Milli Vanilli tracks are also not the US 45 versions.

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Paul C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 23 October 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul C Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "Best Year Of My Life" - UK 20 volume set Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:19am
	Last year Sony/BMG UK released a twenty volume series, The Best Year Of My Life, with one volume for each year from 1970 through 1989. I don't recall it being mentioned on this board yet. The series is available on iTunes in Canada, so it likely is in the US as well. The series contains some hard-to-find 45 versions (although all but Jermaine Jackson's "Do What You Do" have been issued in the US in their 45 form), including: Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas Hold The Line - Toto The Final Countdown - Europe How 'Bout Us - Champaign Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Jacksons She's Not There - Santana Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow Amazing Grace - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Give Me Your Love - Barbara Mason I Can't Stand the Rain - Eruption Living in America - James Brown I haven't yet determined whether GQ's "Rock Freak" or The Bangles "Hazy Shade Of Winter" are the elusive 45 versions/mixes. Unfortunately, Deniece Williams' "Free", Earth Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove", and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" are incorrectly identified as the "single" versions (although they may be the UK single versions). The two Milli Vanilli tracks are also not the US 45 versions.

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 October 2010 at 11:09am
	Hmm, interesting. Thanks for telling us about this.

sriv94 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote sriv94 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 October 2010 at 4:34pm
	iTunes in the U.S. does not have this.
	Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken.

EdisonLite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote EdisonLite Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 October 2010 at 8:33am
	The 1988 edition of UK's 'The Best Year Of My Life' lists "Tell It to My Heart (single mix) - Taylor Dayne" as one of its songs. I recall comparing the 45 to the original Taylor Dayne CD and thought that the 45 was EQ'd brighter but not a different mix. Was the US 45 a different mix? Was the UK 45 a different mix? No one here has reported anything about there being a single mix of this song, although Taylor's "Greatest Hits" CD is listed in the database as having a remix. Edited by EdisonLite