50 Of The Most Famous Records Ever Made - Album No. 2 (LP, Comp). Suffolk Marketing, Inc. SMI-85.
The most iconic grunge album cover after Nirvana's Nevermind, Hole's Live Through This depicts a sobbing beauty queen with mascara running down her face. One of the most recognizable album covers of all time features an underwater naked baby reaching for a dollar bill on a string. It's a sad statement about the values our society passes on to our youth - and oh, btw, that baby is a twenty-something man now. 046.
At the time the most expensive album cover ever made, the Sgt Pepper album cover remains a pop art masterpiece that has influenced everyone from Frank Zappa (We’re Only In It For The Money) to The Simpsons (The Yellow Album).
Their previous album, V. made Pearl Jam the most successful band in the world. They celebrated by suing Ticketmaster and making Vitalogy, where their mastery of rock’s past and future became complete. It's one of the weirdest Motown records ever. Gaye's divorce settlement required him to make a new album and pay the royalties to his ex-wife – the sister of Motown boss Berry Gordy.
The album’s closer, Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide, is one of the most perfect closing songs ever constructed.
Making an album is expensive. The cost of studio time, equipment and session musicians adds up quickly, although most record labels set strict budgets for their artists. Metallica’s self-titled album is the best selling album of the past 25 years in the US, and it still sells over 5,000 copies a week. Making the album wasn’t easy though.
Michael Jackson's final album, Invincible, is known as the most expensive album ever made - and for good reason. Released in 2001, the album was recorded over a four-year period, and dozens of songs were tracked in the process. Singer Joe Elliott said of the aftermath of the album's release: I mean, we've got a one-armed drummer, took a ludicrous amount of time and money on - and we're still here.
The following is an attempt to list some of the most valuable records. This is the highest price ever paid for an album that has been commercially released. The Quarrymen – "That'll Be the Day"/"In Spite of All the Danger" (UK 78–rpm, acetate in plain sleeve, 1958). The one existing copy is currently owned by Paul McCartney.
We highlight and celebrate the 50 most influential producers ever. Not just the man who made Motown great, but the man who made Motown. Macero’s mastery on those records, along with Dave Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’ meant he was the man behind three of the most famous jazz records of all time.
The band's breakthrough album, Jailbreak, came after various lineup changes and four albums which had failed to chart. This record, however, was where it all came together: duelling guitars, a hard rock swagger and the descriptive lyrics of frontman Phil Lynott. A classic record in every sense, with its title track one of the most famous tracks ever recorded, it was inspired by a dark concept: the decline of America into materialism and decadence.
| A1 | –Jimmy Dorsey | Maria Elena |
| A2 | –The Mills Brothers | You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| A3 | –Ella Fitzgerald | For Sentimental Reasons |
| A4 | –Clyde McCoy | Sugar Blues |
| A5 | –Hoagy Carmichael | Old Buttermilk Sky |
| A6 | –The Pied Pipers | My Happiness |
| A7 | –Billy Eckstine | I Apologize |
| A8 | –Guy Lombardo | Boo Hoo |
| B1 | –Russ Morgan | Does Your Heart Beat For Me |
| B2 | –Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberle*, Jimmy Dorsey | Green Eyes |
| B3 | –The Andrews Sisters | In Apple Blossom Time |
| B4 | –Al Hibbler | Unchained Melody |
| B5 | –Louis Armstrong | I Can't Give You Anything But Love |
| B6 | –Les Paul, Mary Ford | How High The Moon |
| B7 | –Blue Barron | Cruising Down The River |
| B8 | –Eddie Howard* | To Each His Own |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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| DVM1-0725 | Various | From The Golden Years 50 Of The Most Famous Records Ever Made - Album No. 2 (LP, Comp, Mono) | RCA/Ariola International | DVM1-0725 | US | 1985 |
| SMI-85 | Various | 50 Of The Most Famous Records Ever Made - Album No. 2 (LP, Comp) | Suffolk Marketing, Inc. | SMI-85 | 1985 | |
| SMI1-85 | Various | From The Golden Years 50 Of The Most Famous Records Ever Made - Album No. 2 (LP, Comp) | Suffolk Marketing, Inc. | SMI1-85 | US | 1986 |
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