Cyndi Lauper "A Night To Remember"

A Night to Remember is the third studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released on May 9, 1989, by Epic Records. The album was originally set to be released in 1988, under the name Kindred Spirit, but was delayed until 1989 and the songs from the initial project were reworked. Although the album managed to score a top-10 single, it did not enjoy the commercial success of her previous two albums, and was met with mixed-to-poor reviews and in interviews, Lauper refers to it as A Night to Forget. Worldwide, the album has sold more 1,500,000 copies.

The album was originally conceptualized as a project called Kindred Spirit, due for release in October 1988, and was going to include the track "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)", but when that song and the film it was featured in, Vibes, were unsuccessful, the album was reworked. The original Kindred Spirit tracklist included 10 songs, eight of which were eventually included on the final album. The two songs that were removed were "Hole in My Heart," which would only appear on Japanese CD editions of A Night to Remember, and "Don't Look Back," written by Lauper and John Turi, which remains unreleased. The songs "A Night to Remember", "Dancing With a Stranger" and "I Don't Want to Be Your Friend" were added to the tracklist later on after the release date was pushed back to 1989, with the other songs being remixed some time between their original 1988 planned release date and their eventual release. Some proof sheets of the original album artwork exist with the alternate title and track listing.

"Unabbreviated Love," penned by Lauper, Dusty Micale and Franke Previte, was recorded for the album but only appeared on the B-side of the "My First Night Without You" single.

The photo used in the album's final cover artwork was taken at the intersection of Plymouth and Pearl Streets, just east of the Manhattan Bridge, in Brooklyn, New York.

The album sold moderately well but did not compare to the enjoy the same commercial success of her two previous albums, despite the success of the album's lead single, "I Drove All Night", which became a Top 10 hit, her last in the U.S.A., earning Lauper a Grammy nomination. In the UK, however, A Night to Remember was Lauper's highest-charting album, peaking at No.9. According to the book St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Volume 3), the album sold half a million copies in the United States in 1989.

Although the album is called A Night to Remember, Lauper jokingly preferred to call it A Night to Forget, given its poor reviews and disappointing sales, compounded by the problems she encountered with producer and boyfriend David Wolf⁠f during the production of the album. Although not certified by RIAA, BPI and others trade associations, according to Lauper's official website the album was certified platinum in Australia and United Kingdom and gold in Germany, Italy and United States. As of November, 1989 the album had sold 1.3 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "Intro" Cyndi Lauper  0:27 
2. "I Drove All Night" Tom Kelly/Billy Steinberg  4:11 
3. "Primitive" Lauper/Kelly/Steinberg  3:48
4. "My First Night Without You"  Lauper/Kelly/Steinberg   3:01
5. "Like a Cat" Christina Amphlett/KellySteinberg  3:23
6. "Heading West" Lauper/Kelly/Steinberg 3:54
7. "A Night to Remember" Lauper/Dusty Micale/Franke Previte   3:43
8. "Unconditional Love" Lauper/Kelly/Steinberg   3:55
9. "Insecurious" Lauper/Diane Warren/Desmond Child  3:31
10. "Dancing With a Stranger" Lauper/Previte/Paul Chiten  4:11
11. "I Don't Want to Be Your Friend" Warren 4:21
12. "Kindred Spirit" Lauper 1:16

Total length: 41:00

Various Artists "The Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002 - Party At The Palace - The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace"

The Party at the Palace was a British music concert and celebration held in London in 2002. The event was in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II held over the Golden Jubilee Weekend 1–4 June 2002. The event itself was hosted at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002. It was the pop/rock equivalent of the Prom at the Palace, that showcased classical music.

The concert was held at the gardens of Buckingham Palace Garden as part of the Golden Jubilee. The event was touted as the greatest concert in Britain since Live Aid or possibly ever. Tickets to the event were determined by a lottery. 12,000 people attended the concert. An estimated 1 million people watched outside the Palace in The Mall and around the Queen Victoria Memorial, and 200 million on television. The concert included performances of many hit songs from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The event was the culmination of a national day of partying. The BBC Music Live Festival also occurred on the day. At 13:00 towns across the United Kingdom had bands play The Beatles hit "All You Need Is Love" before church bells were rung around the country.

A condensed version of the concert was released on DVD. Some portions have been cut, e.g. Ruby Wax's monologue, Dame Edna's introduction of Paul McCartney performing "Blackbird" and Paul McCartney's spontaneous performance of "Her Majesty".

A live CD recording of the performance was also released in 2002.

Track list:

1. Brian May + The Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra* With Roger Taylor & Ray Cooper God Save The Queen     1:58
2. Phil Collins You Can't Hurry Love   3:04
3. Atomic Kitten Dancing In The Street    2:41
4. Shirley Bassey Goldfinger  2:57
5. Bryan Adams Everything I Do (I Do It For You)   4:18
6. Tom Jones Feat. Blue & Keith Airey You Can Leave Your Hat On   3:51
7. Queen + Phil Collins Radio Ga Ga   2:18
8. Queen + London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You, The* + Phil Collins We Will Rock You     1:45
9. Queen + Will Young + London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You, The* + Phil Collins We Are The Champions     2:38
10. Annie Lennox Why    5:36
11. Cliff Richard Feat. S Club 7 & Brian May Move It   2:43
12. Ozzy Osbourne With Tony Iommi Paranoid    3:12
13. Elton John I Want Love   4:31
14. Brian Wilson Feat. The Corrs God Only Knows   2:48
15. Brian Wilson Feat. Cliff Richard, Emma Bunton & Atomic Kitten Good Vibrations  4:22
16. Eric Clapton Layla   6:20
17. Steve Winwood Gimme Some Lovin'   2:49
18. Joe Cocker Feat. Steve Winwood & Brian May With A Little Help From My Friends  5:40
19. Rod Stewart Feat. J'Anna Jacoby Handbags & Gladrags  3:56
20. Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Paul McCartney, Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Various All You Need Is Love   3:37
21. Various Hey Jude   6:50

Backing Vocals – Claudia Fontaine, Margo Buchanan, Sam Brown
Bass [The House Band] – Pino Palladino
Conductor [Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra Md Assistant] – James Brett
Conductor [Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra Musical Director] – Michael Kamen
Directed By [Concert] – Geoff Posner
Drums [The House Band] – Phil Collins
Executive-Producer – Sir George Martin, Michael Kamen, Phil Ramone
Executive-Producer [Concert] – Lorna Dickinson
Guitar [The House Band] – Phil Palmer
Keyboards [The House Band] – Wix Wickens
Management [Concert Production Manager] – Elizabeth Flowers
Management [Marketing Manager] – Teresa Harte
Management [Project, For Ca Management] – Adam Sharp
Mastered By [@ Abbey Road] – Adam Nunn
Mixed By, Engineer [@ Abbey Road] – Paul Hicks
Mixed By, Engineer [@ Mayfair] – Greg Jackman*, John Hudson
Other [Pr] – Katherine Howard
Other [Rights Clearance] – Claire Jarvis, Wendy Neilson
Percussion [The House Band] – Ray Cooper
Performer [Paul Mccartney's Band] – Abe Laboriel Jr, Brian Ray, Wix Wickens, Rusty Anderson
Performer [The Royal Academy Of Music Jazz Horns] – Christopher Webster, Mike Lovett, Pablo Mendelssohn, Simon Allen, Thomas Richards
Producer – Giles Martin
Producer [Concert] – Cerrie Frost
Saxophone [The House Band] – Eric Robinson 
Supervised By [Sound] – Andy Rose

All tracks ℗ 2002 Golden Jubilee Events Ltd.

Recorded using Quantegy Tape

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace by the BBC, 3rd June 2002.

℗ 2002 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Golden Jubilee Events Limited under exclusive license to EMI Records Limited © 2002 Golden Jubilee Events Limited under licence to EMI Records Limited.

Made in the EU

Phil Collins "...Hits"

Hits (stylized as ...Hits), released in 1998 and again in 2008, following the success of "In the Air Tonight" on the Cadbury ad campaign, is the first greatest hits album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. The collection included fourteen Top 40 hits, including seven American number 1 songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them U.S. number 1 hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number 1 hit).

In 1998, the album reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. On 4 August 2008, it became the number 1 album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the U.S. charts, reaching number 6 on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon.com. It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012.

The compilation's cover features stylized versions of the cover art for Collins' first six albums, the collection's primary sources of songs.

There are other greatest hits compilations of Phil Collins songs. A collection of Collins's more romantic songs were released on a two-disc compilation titled Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New. 1999's Turn It On Again: The Hits, 2005's Platinum Collection and 2014's R-Kive were greatest hits collections by Collins' original group, Genesis. Most recently, Collins released the 2016 compilation The Singles as part of his "Take a Look at Me Now" album remaster series.

Track listing

...Hits – Standard edition

1. "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins ...But Seriously (1989) 5:22
2. "True Colors" Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly previously unreleased 4:34
3. "Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey) Phil Collins/Philip Bailey/Nathan East Chinese Wall (1984) 5:02
4. "You Can't Hurry Love" Holland-Dozier-Holland Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) 2:52
5. "Two Hearts" Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier Buster (1988) 3:24
6. "I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins ...But Seriously (1989) 5:28
7. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins Against All Odds (1984) 3:25
8. "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" Phil Collins, Daryl Stuermer ...But Seriously (1989) 4:51
9. "Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) Stephen Bishop White Nights (1985) 4:06
10. "Both Sides of the Story" Phil Collins Both Sides (1993) 6:37
11. "One More Night" Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 4:46
12. "Sussudio" Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 4:21
13. "Dance into the Light" Phil Collins Dance into the Light (1996) 4:22
14. "A Groovy Kind of Love" Toni Wine, Carole Bayer Sager Buster (1988) 3:29
15. "In the Air Tonight" Phil Collins Face Value (1981) 5:30
16. "Take Me Home" Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 5:52

Total length: 01:14:01

Track 1 features David Crosby on backing vocals.

Track 2 features Babyface on backing vocals, keyboard and drum programming, and Sheila E on percussion.

Track 3 features Philip Bailey on vocals.

Tracks 4, 11-13, 15 feature Daryl Stuermer on guitar.

Track 6 features Eric Clapton on guitar.

Tracks 8, 13 feature Nathan East on bass.

Track 9 features Marilyn Martin on vocals.

Track 16 features Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Helen Terry on backing vocals.

The original pressing of the album lists "Another Day in Paradise" with an incorrect running time of 6:22 and "One More Night" with a running time of 5:12. This is not the case for the Virgin pressing.

Eric Clapton "Complete Clapton"

Complete Clapton is a greatest hits collection by British rock musician Eric Clapton, released on 9 October 2007 to accompany Clapton's official autobiography.

The two-disc collection was released on 9 October 2007 to accompany Eric Clapton's official autobiography, Clapton: The Autobiography, released that same year. An exclusive edition sold through Barnes & Noble bookstores in the United States included a bonus compact disc with four additional tracks. As with The Rolling Stones' Forty Licks, each disc has been compiled by different record companies: disc one, virtually identical to The Cream of Clapton by Polydor, and disc two by Warner Bros. Records. Clapton helped to promote the album by being interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today Show in 2007.

The compilation debuted at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200. It also peaked at number two on the British albums chart, compiled by the Official Charts Company.

Disc 1

1. "I Feel Free" (Cream) Brown/Bruce -Fresh Cream- 1966 2:52
2. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Cream) Brown/Bruce/Clapton -Disraeli Gears- 1967 4:09
3. "White Room" (Cream) Brown/Bruce -Wheels of Fire- 1968 4:56
4. "Crossroads" (Live) (Cream) Robert Johnson, arr. by Clapton -Wheels of Fire- 4:06
5. "Badge" (Cream) Clapton/George Harrison -Goodbye- 1969 2:40
6. "Presence of the Lord" (Blind Faith) Clapton -Blind Faith- 1969 4:46
7. "After Midnight" (Alternate mix) J. J. Cale/Clapton 1970 3:06
8. "Let It Rain" Bramlett/Bramlett/Clapton -Eric Clapton- 5:03
9. "Bell Bottom Blues" (Derek & the Dominos) Clapton -Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs- 1970 5:00
10. "Layla" (Derek & the Dominos) Clapton/Gordon -Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs- 7:07
11. "Let It Grow" Clapton -461 Ocean Boulevard- 1974 4:54
12. "I Shot the Sheriff" Bob Marley -461 Ocean Boulevard- 4:20
13. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Bob Dylan Non-album single, 1975 4:22
14. "Hello Old Friend" Clapton -No Reason to Cry- 1976 3:32
15. "Cocaine" Cale -Slowhand- 1977 3:32
16. "Lay Down Sally" Clapton/Marcy Levy/George Terry -Slowhand- 3:47
17. "Wonderful Tonight" Clapton Slowhand 3:38
18. "Promises" Richard Feldman/Roger Linn -Backless- 1978 2:57
19. "I Can't Stand It" Clapton -Another Ticket- 1981 4:07

Total length: 78:54

Disc 2

1. "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart" Tony Seals, Troy Seals, Steve Diamond, Eddie Setser Money and Cigarettes, 1983 3:12
2. "She's Waiting" Clapton, Peter Robinson Behind the Sun, 1985 4:54
3. "Forever Man" Jerry Lynn Williams Behind the Sun 3:11
4. "It's in the Way That You Use It" Clapton, Robbie Robertson August, 1986 4:10
5. "Miss You" Clapton, Bobby Columby, Greg Phillinganes August 5:05
6. "Pretending" Williams Journeyman, 1989 4:42
7. "Bad Love" Clapton, Mick Jones Journeyman 5:08
8. "Tears in Heaven" Clapton, Will Jennings Rush soundtrack, 1992 4:31
9. "Layla" (Acoustic version) Clapton, Gordon Unplugged, 1992 4:38
10. "Running on Faith" (Acoustic version) Williams Unplugged 6:10
11. "Motherless Child" Robert Hicks From the Cradle, 1994 2:56
12. "Change the World" Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick Phenomenon soundtrack, 1996 3:54
13. "My Father's Eyes" Clapton Pilgrim, 1998 5:22
14. "Riding with the King" (B.B. King and Eric Clapton) John Hiatt Riding with the King, 2000 4:23
15. "Sweet Home Chicago" Johnson Sessions for Robert J, 2004 5:15
16. "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" Johnson Me and Mr. Johnson, 2004 3:26
17. "Ride the River" (J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton) Cale The Road to Escondido, 2006 4:35

Total length: 75:58

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine quickly notes that this compilation "doesn't even attempt to cover as much ground as his landmark four-disc 1988 box set Crossroads", but also recalls Complete Clapton "covers the nearly 20 years that have elapsed since the release of Crossroads, a time frame which includes the blockbuster success of his 1992 Unplugged, its all-blues 1994 follow-up From the Cradle, and many soft adult contemporary hits from the late '90s". Erlewine rounds his review up by saying it: "turns Complete Clapton into a portrait of Clapton the classic rocker" and "pack[s] many surprises, but it does hit the obvious highlights well and serves as a good hits package for the casual and curious fan, and in that sense, it works as a good companion piece to Clapton's autobiography".