Compilations compared

Bas Möllenkramer writes: I've had a bit of fun and analysed a bunch of PH compilation albums in my collection, especially to get a clearer idea of their merits. Conclusion: only the two early 70s compilations made in the UK are any good. The rest is awful. Enjoy!

TITLE	Startrack Vol.10	The Best Of Procol Harum	Procol Harum	Portrait Of Procol Harum	The Best Of Procol Harum	Rock Roots	Flyback (The Best of)
LABEL	Polydor	A&M	Impact	Polydor	Polydor	Cube	Fly
NUMBER	2491 509	SP-4401	6886 555	2343 069	2485 039	ROOTS 4	TON 4
DATE	1974?	1972	1973	1975	1976	1976	1971
COUNTRY	NL	USA	F	NL	Bel	UK	UK
GRADING	Rubbish	Reasonable	Rubbish	Rubbish	Rubbish	Essential	Essential
SLEEVE	Generic Startrack sleeve	black on silver paper, gatefold	generic Impact + 70s pic	oval mirror pic	generic Prisma + stage photo	Gramophone pic	generic Flyback
Non-LP tracks	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Lime Street Blues mono				Lime Street Blues Mono
		In The Wee Small Hours mono				Seem To Have The Blues Mono
		Long Gone Geek Fake-stereo				Monsieur Armand Mono
						In The Wee Small Hours Mono
						Long Gone Geek Mono
1st album Tracks	Repent Walpurgis fake-stereo	Homburg mono	Homburg fake-stereo	Homburg fake-stereo	Homburg fake-stereo	Homburg Stereo	Homburg stereo
			Cerdes fake-stereo	She Wandered Through the Garden Fence fake-stereo	She Wandered Through the Garden Fence fake-stereo	Conquistador Mono	She Wandered Through the Garden Fence stereo
			A Christmas Camel fake-stereo	Conquistador fake-stereo	Conquistador fake-stereo		Conquistador stereo
			Conquistador fake-stereo
Shine On Brightly Tracks	Quite Rightly So Stereo	Quite Rightly So stereo	Quite Rightly So stereo	Shine On Brightly stereo	Shine On Brightly stereo	Quite Rightly So Stereo	Shine On Brightly stereo
	Wish Me Well Stereo	Shine On Brightly stereo	Skip Softly stereo	Rambling On stereo	Rambling On stereo	Shine On Brightly Stereo	Rambling On stereo
			Rambling On stereo		Magdalene My Regal Zonophone stereo		Magdalene My Regal Zonophone stereo
A Salty Dog tracks	Juicy John Pink Stereo	A Salty Dog stereo	A Salty Dog stereo	A Salty Dog stereo	A Salty Dog stereo	A Salty Dog Stereo	A Salty Dog stereo
	All This And More Stereo			The Milk Of Human Kindness stereo	The Milk Of Human Kindness stereo	Wreck Of The Hesperus stereo	The Milk Of Human Kindness stereo
				The Devil Came From Kansas stereo	The Devil Came From Kansas stereo		The Devil Came From Kansas stereo
				Boredom Stereo	Boredom stereo		Boredom stereo
				Pilgrim's Progress Stereo	Pilgrim's Progress stereo		Pilgrim's Progress stereo
Home tracks	Whisky Train Stereo	Whisky Train stereo	Whaling Stories Stereo	Your Own Choice Stereo	Your Own Choice stereo	Whaling Stories stereo	Your Own Choice stereo
	Nothing That I Didn't Know Stereo					Your Own Choice stereo
	About To Die Stereo
	Whaling Stories Stereo
Broken Barricades		Simple Sister stereo
Live Edmonton		Conquistador stereo

Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

Some compilation albums

Compared!

Procol Harum

Beyond the Pale

Some compilation albums

Compared!

Beyond
the Pale