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CD "A's , B's And Rarities 【Copy Control CD】"

★★★★★ 5 points (14 reviews)


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  • Issued : 04 Dec 2004

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Item Details

Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 60224
Format : CD Label : Emi
Issued : 04 Dec 2004 Item sourced from : Europe
Number of Discs : 1
Other : Greatest Hits, CCCD

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HMV Review

It seems strange to see the output of Mickie Most's RAK label finally being taken seriously by record labels as well as collectors, 30-plus-years after the imprint established itself as the epitome of disposable pop tunes. Yet EMI's ongoing A's, B's & Rarities series offers nothing less than the same thorough treatment that any other, more hallowed, label could expect. The format is essentially the same throughout: a gathering up of every RAK single (A-sides and B-sides) released by a given band, with the remainder of the CD filled with choice outtakes and oddities. Sadly, whereas other entries in this series -- Mud, Arrows, CCS, Hot Chocolate, Suzi Quatro -- can effortlessly address that criteria, Pilot really should have been saved for some future best-of the rest of set. The fact is, despite the four U.K. hits they racked up in a year (including the Top Ten Magic and the chart-topping January) they really weren't that great a band, the missing link between Smokie and 10cc, with a shot of Fox thrown in for good measure. Yet A's, B's & Rarities avoids many of the pitfalls that this set should have laid bare, by virtue of some genuinely cunning programming. The original (non-hit) version of Just a Smile is replaced by a remix; 1975's Lady Luck single makes its CD debut, alongside David Paton's scarcely known 1980 solo single No Ties No Strings, while the sequence of flop 45's that led up to Pilot's departure for Arista are all brought together. And the stuff does grow on you, to the point where even January doesn't sound quite so annoying as it used to. This remains the weakest link in the A's, B's & Rarities series so far. But maybe it isn't as redundant as one originally thought. ~ Dave Thompson, Rovi

Credits

Alan Parsons(Producer),  Pilot(Producer),  Roy Thomas Baker(Producer),  Tony Clarke(Producer),  Billy Lyall(Composer),  David Paton (Pilot)(Composer),  Hugh Gilmour(Design),  Ian Bairnson(Composer),  Martin Hutchinson(Liner Notes),  David Paton (Pilot)(Soloist),  Martin Hutchinson(Compilation),  Steve Woof(Project Coordinator)

Songs

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    1
    Magic
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    2
    Just Let Me Be
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    3
    January
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    4
    Never Give Up
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    5
    Call Me Round
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    6
    Do Me Good
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    7
    Just A Smile
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    8
    Don't Speak Loudly
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    9
    Are You In Love?
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    10
    You're My No.1
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    11
    High Into Tje Sky
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    12
    Sooner Or Later
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    13
    Lady Luck
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    14
    Dear Artist
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    15
    Running Water
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    16
    First After Me
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    17
    Canada
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    18
    Mover
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    19
    Penny In My Pocket
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    20
    Stops
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    21
    No Ties No Strings
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    22
    Stop And Let Go

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ぴかちゃんかめちゃん  |  埼玉県  |  50year  |  23/September/2011

     パイロットについて予備知識ゼロから購入を検討される方はまずいないと思いますので、CCCDについてレポートします。私が購入したものは、EMI2004年製で、ケースに東芝EMIによるCCCDに関する注意書きのシールが貼ってありました。デジタル・コピーできないこと、PCや再生機器に異常が発生しても補償しないこと等記載されていましたが、CDプレーヤーによる再生はもちろん、PCや携帯電話への取り込み、再生も何の問題もなくできました。皆さんが購入される際の参考になれば幸いです。

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  • ★★★★★ 

    jxn  |  三重県  |  不明  |  24/August/2007

    初来日(2007/11/17)のためにこのベストアルバムで予習(復習かな?)しましょう!

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  • ★★★★★ 

    とし5♪  |  信州  |  不明  |  13/June/2007

    アルバム 「モーリン・ハイツ」 CD「パイロット」を持っておりました。 昔 アルバム 「セカンド・フライト」を 躊躇して買い損ね 次に見に行った時にはありませんでした。 ポップポップベスト3  パイロット  M・ポルナレフ  ELO  でし♪

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