2009 - Atlantic Records - Time Capsule [9CD] (@320)

Founded in 1947 by avid jazz fans and record collectors Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson with a $10,000 loan from Ertegun’s dentist, Atlantic Records ended up being one of the most successful independent labels in the history of recorded music, and a litany of the label’s artists over the past 60-plus years is stunning in its diversity, ranging from John Coltrane and Big Joe Turner to Kid Rock and Gnarls Barkley and several points in-between. This “time capsule” simply confirms what most pop music fans already knew: Atlantic Records is one hell of a record company. The music tracks here -- 168 of them -- lean to the singles side of things, and it’s hit after hit, from Turner’s “Shake, Rattle & Roll” through Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” the Drifters’ “There Goes My Baby,” the great soul releases of the '60s from Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and others, pop and rock groups like the Rascals, Cream, and the Rolling Stones, and so on right up into the first decade of the 21st century and the Zac Brown Band’s ubiquitous “Chicken Fried.” That’s a lot of history, and one assumes Ertegun’s dentist got his investment back.



Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1. Lowe Groovin' (Joe Morris & His Orchestra)
2. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee ('Stick' McGhee & His Buddies)
3. Teardrops From My Eyes (Ruth Brown)
4. One Mint Julep (The Clovers)
5. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Ruth Brown)
6. Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters)
7. Tipitina (Professor Longhair)
8. Shake, Rattle & Roll (Big Joe Turner)
9. Sh-Boom (The Chords)
10. I Got A Woman (Ray Charles)
11. Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)
12. Jim Dandy (Lavern Baker & The Gliders)
13. C.C. Rider (Chuck Willis)
14. Mr. Lee (The Bobbettes)
15. The Golden Striker (The Modern Jazz Quartet)
16. Yakety Yak (The Coasters)
17. Splish Splash (Bobby Darin)
18. Charlie Brown (The Coasters)
19. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Charles Mingus)
20. There Goes My Baby (The Drifters)
21. What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2) (Ray Charles)
22. Mack The Knife (Bobby Darin)
23. Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
24. Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman)

Disc: 2
1. Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
2. Comin' Home Baby (Herbie Mann)
3. Green Onions (Booker T. & The MG's)
4. Up On The Roof (The Drifters)
5. Hello Stranger (Barbara Lewis)
6. Just One Look (Doris Troy)
7. Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas)
8. Under The Boardwalk (The Drifters)
9. Mercy Mercy (Don Covay & The Goodtimers)
10. Got To Get You Off My Mind (Solomon Burke)
11. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Otis Redding)
12. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
13. I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)
14. Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals)
15. When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge)
16. Hold On, I'm Comin' (Sam & Dave)
17. B-A-B-Y (Carla Thomas)
18. Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
19. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
20. Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)
21. Respect (Aretha Franklin)
22. Soul Finger (The Bar-Kays)
23. New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Bee Gees)
24. You Keep Me Hangin' On (Vanilla Fudge)
25. Born Under A Bad Sign (Albert King)
26. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)

Disc: 3
1. Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
2. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
3. Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells)
4. People Got To Be Free (The Rascals)
5. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
6. Fire (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown)
7. Son-Of-A-Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
8. Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin)
9. Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
10. Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman)
11. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
12. Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band)
13. Compared To What (Les McCann & Eddie Harris)
14. Take A Letter Maria (R.B. Greaves)
15. Rainy Night In Georgia (Brook Benton)
16. Patches (Clarence Carter)

Disc: 4
1. Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
2. Sweet Jane (The Velvet Underground)
3. Groove Me (King Floyd)
4. Love The One You're With (Stephen Stills)
5. Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
6. Layla (Derek & The Dominos)
7. A Song For You (Donny Hathaway)
8. Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones)
9. Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin)
10. Clean Up Woman (Betty Wright)
11. Roundabout (Yes)
12. I'll Be Around (The Spinners)
13. Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
14. Right Place, Wrong Time (Dr. John)
15. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Bette Midler)
16. Soul Makossa (Manu Dibango)
17. The Cinema Show (Genesis)

Disc: 5
1. Sideshow (Blue Magic)
2. Then Came You (Dionne Warwick & The Spinners)
3. Can't Get Enough (Bad Company)
4. Must Of Got Lost (J. Geils Band)
5. Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
6. Pick Up The Pieces (Average White Band)
7. Love Won't Let Me Wait (Major Harris)
8. Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees)
9. Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music)
10. She's Gone (Hall & Oates)
11. Dancing Queen (Abba)
12. Disco Inferno (The Trammps)
13. Feels Like The First Time (Foreigner)
14. Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
15. The Closer I Get To You (Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway)

Disc: 6
1. Miss You (The Rolling Stones)
2. (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back (Peter Tosh)
3. Le Freak (Chic)
4. Soul Man (The Blues Brothers)
5. We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
6. Good Times (Chic)
7. Birdland (Manhattan Transfer)
8. Let My Love Open The Door (Pete Townshend)
9. Watching You (Slave)
10. In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
11. Edge Of Seventeen (Stevie Nicks)
12. Gloria (Laura Branigan)
13. Big Log (Robert Plant)
14. Mama (Genesis)

Disc: 7
1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Yes)
2. Let The Music Play (Shannon)
3. Round And Round (Ratt)
4. We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister)
5. I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner)
6. Rockin' At Midnight (Honeydrippers)
7. One More Night (Phil Collins)
8. I Can't Wait (Nu Shooz)
9. Only In My Dreams (Debbie Gibson)
10. Casanova (Levert)
11. Need You Tonight (INXS)
12. The Living Years (Mike + The Mechanics)
13. Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
14. 18 & Life (Skid Row)
15. Show Don't Tell (Rush)
16. Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)

Disc: 8
1. Hold On (En Vogue)
2. Walking In Memphis (Marc Cohn)
3. To Be With You (Mr. Big)
4. Silent All These Years (Tori Amos)
5. Plush (Stone Temple Pilots)
6. I Swear (All-4-One)
7. Shine (Collective Soul)
8. Hold My Hand (Hootie & The Blowfish)
9. Missing (Todd Terry Mix) (Everything But The Girl)
10. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
11. You Were Meant For Me (Jewel)
12. Push (Matchbox Twenty)
13. Fly (Sugar Ray)
14. Not Tonight (Remix) (Lil' Kim)
15. The Boy Is Mine (Brandy & Monica)
16. Are You That Somebody? (Aaliyah)
17. Cowboy (Kid Rock)
18. Follow Me (Uncle Kracker)

Disc: 9
1. Alive (P.O.D.)
2. Get Busy (Sean Paul)
3. Perfect (Simple Plan)
4. Lonely No More (Rob Thomas)
5. Right Here (Staind)
6. Soul Meets Body (Death Cab For Cutie)
7. You're Beautiful (James Blunt)
8. Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
9. What You KNow (T.I.)
10. I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! At The Disco)
11. Misery Business (Paramore)
12. Low (Flo Rida)
13. Superstar (Feat. Matthew Santos) (Lupe Fiasco)
14. American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) (Estelle)
15. All Summer Long (Kid Rock)
16. I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
17. Whatever You Like (T.I.)
18. Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band)
19. Second Chance (Shinedown)