These Warner/Reprise special promotional albums came out in the 1969-1980s
timeframe. They were full stereo, double albums in deluxe packaging. The
double albums ($2 for two records) average about 28 selections, each of
them filled with the best of the artists' work, plus some extra
collectors' items (like unreleased singles, even an Ice Capades commercial
by Van Dyke Parks).
You couldn't buy these albums in a store; they were available only by
and $3 for the deluxe three-record set, Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies.
While I actually own some of these albums, the effort to play them -- dust
them off, locate a working turntable and listen to them with all the
attendant pops, clicks and possible skips -- seems a bit much. I was
hoping somebody out there has a digitized set of some, possibly even all
of these magnificent albums so I can have a audio flashback memory to my
misspent college days...
Comprehensive listing of albums and included material:
https://www.dustbury.com/music/wblist.html
The 1969 Warner/Reprise Songbook
The 1969 Warner/Reprise Record Show
October 10, 1969
The Big Ball
Schlagers!
Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
Non-Dairy Creamer
Hot Platters
Together
The Whole Burbank Catalog
Middle of the Road
Burbank
The Days of Wine and Vinyl
Appetizers
All Singing - All Talking - All Rocking
Hard Goods
Peaches
Deep Ear
The Force
All Meat
Peaches, Vol. 2
I Didn't Know They Still Made Records Like This
The Works
Supergroup
The People's Record
Cook Book
Limo
Collectus Interruptus
Pumping Vinyl
A La Carte
Monsters
Eclipse
Music with 58 Musicians, Volume 1
Troublemakers
Loss Leaders Revisited
Loss Leaders 2
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