The Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Collection – Vinyl Reissue Program

Quote: To select 75 albums that represent the best of Capitol Records from among literally thousands of works the company has released over the past 75 years, the label convened an advisory board of noted music journalists, authors and renowned creative figures to decide on the final list of albums that comprise The Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Collection. The result spans myriad Capitol eras and musical genres, and includes best sellers, influential works and lesser-known gems (see below). The reissue program begins this month, and titles will be available through music retailers throughout 2017.

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The Capitol Records 75th Anniversary Collection
(alphabetical by artist)
1 Ashford & Simpson Solid 1984
2 Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique 1989
3 Beck Morning Phase 2014
4 Blind Melon Blind Melon 1992
5 Bob Seger Night Moves 1976
6 Bobbie Gentry Ode To Billy Joe 1967
7 Bobby Darin You’re The Reason I’m Living 1963
8 Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time 1989
9 Bonnie Raitt Luck Of The Draw 1991
10 Buck Owens Buck Owens 1961
11 Cannonball Adderley Mercy Mercy Mercy 1966
12 Coldplay Parachutes 2000
13 Crowded House Crowded House 1986
14 Dean Martin Dino: Italian Love Songs 1962
15 Duke Ellington The Duke Plays Ellington 1953
16 Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 1994
17 Frank Sinatra In The Wee Small Hours 1955
18 Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! 1956
19 Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me 1958
20 Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely 1958
21 Freddie Jackson Rock Me Tonight 1985
22 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Bluejean Bop 1956
23 George Clinton Computer Games 1982
24 George Harrison All Things Must Pass 1970
25 Glen Campbell By the Time I Get to Phoenix 1968
26 Grand Funk Railroad We’re an American Band 1973
27 Heart Heart 1985
28 James Taylor James Taylor 1968
29 Joe South Introspect 1968
30 John Lennon Imagine 1971
31 Johnny Mercer Accentuate the Positive 1957
32 Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall 1961
33 Katy Perry Teenage Dream 2010
34 Kingston Trio Kingston Trio 1958
35 Knack Get The Knack 1979
36 Les Paul and Mary Ford Les and Mary 1955
37 Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel 1974
38 Louie Prima The Wildest 1956
39 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly 1977
40 Mazzy Star So Tonight That I Might See 1993
41 MC Hammer Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em 1990
42 Megadeth Peace Sells 1986
43 Merle Haggard Mama Tried 1968
44 Miles Davis Birth Of The Cool 1957
45 Nancy Wilson How Glad I Am 1964
46 Nat King Cole Unforgettable 1953
47 Natalie Cole Unpredictable 1977
48 Neil Diamond The Jazz Singer 1980
49 Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002
50 Peggy Lee Is That All There Is 1969
51 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1973
52 Radiohead OK Computer 1997
53 Raspberries Raspberries 1972
54 Richard Thompson Rumor & Sigh 1991
55 Ringo Starr Ringo 1973
56 Robert Glaspar Black Radio 2012
57 Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac 2006
58 Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour 2014
59 Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle 1976
60 Tavares In The City 1975
61 Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 1960
62 The Band Music From Big Pink 1968
63 The Band The Band 1969
64 The Beach Boys Surfer Girl 1963
65 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966
66 The Beatles Meet The Beatles 1964
67 The Beatles Revolver 1966
68 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
69 The Beatles The Beatles 1968
70 The Beatles Abbey Road 1970
71 Tina Turner Private Dancer 1984
72 Various Oklahoma 1955
73 Various Funny Girl 1968
74 Wanda Jackson There’s a Party Goin’ On 1961
75 Wings Band on the Run 1973

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No Stan Kenton stuff....

 

No June Christy either.

I think that Kenton owned his masters. I could be wrong. After he left Capitol in the late 60's, he founded the label Creative World which was (and still be) distributed by Crecendo/GNP.

All the Creative World of the Stereo Capitol albums are better sounding pressings in many cases yet they were still pressed by Capitol You can often see the Mastered by Capitol etchings in the dead wax on those LPs. The ones I have are super quiet and sound amazing. I'm sure you can find many of them at a good price. Unfortunately, the original covers were never reproduced.

On another note. My most sincere thanks to the OP for writing Capitol and not Capital.

 

I'd love to know more details about these reissues but I haven't been able to find any information at all about them. If they are good, I'd actually like to pick a couple of them up but as they seem to be complete unknowns, I'm sitting back and waiting for more info for now.

 

Looks like The Beatles (band and separately) dominate.

Only one album from Nat King Cole seems wrong.

 

Hopefully they learned something from the "from the vaults' reissue campaign. My heart skipped a beat seeing All Things Must Pass on the list. A fine reissue of that and Songs for Swingin Lovers would be must buys for me.

 

I just remembered how much I liked those Bonnie Raitt comeback albums.

 

Woody Herman also had some classic performances on Capitol too.

 

Beastie Boys and the Beatles. And Darkside.

 

You would have to go VERY far to beat the UMe release of SFSL from last year. That one is damn-near perfect using the correct tapes.

 

Was band of gypsies on capital? Huge omission ?

 

75 years means they started in 1942 yet the oldest thing in that list is from 1953?

Having said that, I'd love a vinyl copy of "All Things Must Pass". I'd love some others, but with my budget, I have to prioritise, and that's my priority.

 

I would have preferred more vocal albums from the late fifties. I would love Judy Garland "Judy", perhaps June Christy "Misty Miss Christy, maybe an earlier Peggy Lee. No Les Baxter "Ritual of the Savage?"

 

Missed a very good chance of getting our near-perfect vinyl reissue of A Swingin' Affair! Here's hoping UMe will be releasing it during this decade.

 

To start the conjecture, wonder which mixes for "Meet the Beatles" we will get? Same as what was compiled for "The U.S. Albums" version? Or the original American mixes as last heard on "The Capitol Albums Vol. 1" version?

 

Is that this one?
https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Swingi.../ref=tmm_vnl_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

 

Some of those can't be re-reissued, can they? A few are already involved in on-going and up-coming reissue programs, like Beck and Pink Floyd. Wouldn't they just slap a hype sticker on the already current product? They can't recut Dark Side of the Moon again? It just came out or is about to in the Floyd reissue campaign.

 

I'm in for Nat Cole's "Unforgettable," George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" and The Beatles' "Meet The Beatles," assuming that last one is sourced from the actual Capitol masters not the 2009 EMI remasters.

 

They picked "You're The Reason I'm Living" LP by Bobby Darin because it was his best selling Capitol single but how in God's name can they consider it his best Capitol LP? That honor should go to "Oh, Look At Me Now" or "Hello Dolly To Goodbye Charlie".

I do agree with "Dino: Italian Love Songs" although many will feel it should have been "This Time I'm Swinging".

 

Great, somehow I missed it. Will order.

 

only one Nat King Cole album? I thought Capitol was the "house that Nat built"