Various Artists - Just Say 50: Sire Records 50th Anniversary Box Set - New Vinyl Record 2017 Sire Record Store Day 4-LP Boxset, Individually Numbered and Limited to 2500 Copies - Pop / Rock

Various Artists - Just Say 50: Sire Records 50th Anniversary Box Set - New Vinyl Record 2017 Sire Record Store Day 4-LP Boxset, Individually Numbered and Limited to 2500 Copies - Pop / Rock

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A 4 LP, limited edition, numbered box set exclusive that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary and influential Sire Records label, co-founded in 1967 by Seymour Stein. The compilation spans the years 1969 to 1995, and features 46 artists, including early releases from Climax Blues Band and the label's first #1 hit, "Hocus Pocus" by Dutch band Focus, plus all the key artists from Sire's amazing history: Madonna, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Smiths, The Pretenders, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cult, Ice T, k.d. lang, Seal, The Replacements, Wilco and the list goes on and on.

Tracklist 

A1 Martha Veléz It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 3:03
A2 Focus Hocus Pocus 3:19
A3 Renaissance Mother Russia 3:25
A4 Climax Blues Band Couldn't Get It Right 3:31
A5 Flamin' Groovies* Shake Some Action 4:32
A6 Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 2:12
B1 The Saints (I'm) Stranded 3:32
B2 Radio Birdman Aloha Steve And Danno 3:57
B3 Talking Heads Psycho Killer 4:20
B4 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation 2:43
B5 Plastic Bertrand Ça Plane Pour Moi 3:01
B6 M Pop Musik 3:22
C1 Madness One Step Beyond 2:21
C2 The Paley Brothers & Ramones Come On Let's Go 2:14
C3 The Pretenders Brass In Pocket 3:04
C4 Echo & The Bunnymen Rescue 4:28
C5 The English Beat Mirror In The Bathroom 3:06
C6 Soft Cell Tainted Love 2:42
C7 Tom Tom Club Genius Of Love 5:33
D1 Kid Creole And The Coconuts Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy 6:19
D2 Madonna Everybody 5:59
D3 Yaz Don't Go 3:07
D4 Depeche Mode Everything Counts 4:19
D5 Laid Back White Horse 5:44
E1 The Smiths Hand In Glove 3:26
E2 The Cure The Walk 3:30
E3 Ofra Haza Im Nin'alu 3:28
E4 Erasure Oh L'amour 3:38
E5 Martini Ranch Reach 4:27
E6 Jimmy Scott At Last 4:54
F1 The Replacements Alex Chilton 3:15
F2 The Cult Fire Woman 5:11
F3 Lou Reed Dirty Blvd. 3:30
F4 Tommy Page I'll Be Your Everything 4:07
F5 Brian Wilson Love And Mercy 2:55
G1 Ice-T O.G. Original Gangster 4:47
G2 Ministry Jesus Built My Hotrod 4:45
G3 Dinosaur Jr. The Wagon 4:55
G4 Primal Scream Come Together 4:24
G5 Ride Twisterella 3:41
H1 Seal Crazy 4:31
H2 k.d. lang Constant Craving 4:35
H3 Barenaked Ladies Brian Wilson 4:49
H4 Uncle Tupelo Chickamauga 3:42
H5 Wilco Box Full Of Letters 3:06
H6 Spacehog In The Meantime 5:03

 

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Warner Music Group
  • Copyright (c) – Sire Records
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records
  • Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
  • Licensed From – Red Bullet Productions B.V.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
  • Licensed From – BMG
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Recorded Music Australia Pty Ltd
  • Licensed From – EMI Music Australia Ltd.
  • Licensed From – Universal Music Enterprises
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Trafalgar Records
  • Licensed From – Sub Pop
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – amc
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pop Muzik Limited
  • Licensed To – Razor & Tie Recordings, LLC
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Music UK Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Members Of The Beat
  • Licensed To – London Records 90 Ltd.
  • Licensed From – London-Sire Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Brindisi Reef
  • Licensed From – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Music Denmark A/S
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Entertainment
  • Licensed From – Elektra Entertainment Group
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hed Arzi Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Beggars Banquet
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – ZZT Records Ltd.

 

Credits

  • Art Direction, Design – Alex Tenta
  • Compilation Producer – Robin Hurley, Seymour Stein
  • Coordinator [Licensing] – David Ponak
  • Liner Notes – Seymour Stein
  • Liner Notes [Track-By-Track] – Gil Kaufman
  • Research [Archival] – Gina Taylor, Steve Woolard
  • Supervised By [Editorial] – Dorothy Stefanski, Sheryl Farber

 

Notes

Record Store Day release 2017. Limited to 2500 copies according to RSD website.

Individually numbered on the back cover with a gold foil stamp above the barcode.

Essay and track-by-track are amended and expanded versions of notes that originally appeared in the 2006 4-disc box set Just Say Sire, which commemorated Sire's 40th anniversary.