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Weighing in at a gargantuan 26 discs and encompassing over 109 years of pop, classical, jazz, rock, country, R&B, and stage and screen hits, Sony Music's SOUNDTRACK FOR A CENTURY is an unprecedented achievement. Gorgeously packaged, this box is essentially a tribute to the Epic, Okeh, Columbia, Vocalion, and many other labels marketed by CBS and Sony over the last hundred years. With four discs of classical, six of pop, two each for jazz, country, rock, movie music, Broadway, and the catch-alls "R&B," "international" and "folk, gospel, and blues," you'll find hundreds of songs you probably didn't own -- and many you didn't want to. That's because, unlike other archival, history-minded collections -- AMERICAN POP: AN AUDIO HISTORY or THE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC -- the main theme behind the compilers' picks is the unknowable logic of the marketplace. This is as much a history of American popular taste as it is a celebration of a recording conglomerate. So Meat Loaf precedes Elvis Costello, the theme from M*A*S*H goes right next to Dylan's theme from PAT GARRET & BILLY THE KID, "Knocking On Heaven's Door." No, you won't like every one of the 547 songs here. But throw any ten of 'em in your disc-changer and you'll get some astounding historical juxtapositions. Like John Philip Sousa conducting the boomin' United States Marine Band in 1890 and Public Enemy sandblasting American jingoism 100 years later. Perhaps you'll reconsider the 1903 Grand Opera performing Rossini's "Largo al factotum" as a precursor to modern vocal giants Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. Variety makes the best discs the ones filed under "pop" -- which means anything from the California Ramblers' "The Peanut Vendor," to Dinah Shore's "Buttons and Bows," to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Looking Glass's "Brandy You're a Fine Girl," Lauryn Hill's "Doo-Wop (That Thing)," and a lot more. All in all, this is as fun and fascinating as any pop collection ever recorded. Jon Dolan, Barnes & Noble
Weighing in at a gargantuan 26 discs and encompassing over 109 years of pop, classical, jazz, rock, country, R&B, and stage and screen hits, Sony Music's SOUNDTRACK FOR A CENTURY is an unprecedented achievement. Gorgeously packaged, this box is essentially a tribute to the Epic, Okeh, Columbia, Vocalion, and many other labels marketed by CBS and Sony over the last hundred years. With four discs of classical, six of pop, two each for jazz, country, rock, movie music, Broadway, and the catch-alls "R&B," "international" and "folk, gospel, and blues," you'll find hundreds of songs you probably didn't own -- and many you didn't want to. That's because, unlike other archival, history-minded collections -- AMERICAN POP: AN AUDIO HISTORY or THE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC -- the main theme behind the compilers' picks is the unknowable logic of the marketplace. This is as much a history of American popular taste as it is a celebration of a recording conglomerate. So Meat Loaf precedes Elvis Costello, the theme from M*A*S*H goes right next to Dylan's theme from PAT GARRET & BILLY THE KID, "Knocking On Heaven's Door." No, you won't like every one of the 547 songs here. But throw any ten of 'em in your disc-changer and you'll get some astounding historical juxtapositions. Like John Philip Sousa conducting the boomin' United States Marine Band in 1890 and Public Enemy sandblasting American jingoism 100 years later. Perhaps you'll reconsider the 1903 Grand Opera performing Rossini's "Largo al factotum" as a precursor to modern vocal giants Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. Variety makes the best discs the ones filed under "pop" -- which means anything from the California Ramblers' "The Peanut Vendor," to Dinah Shore's "Buttons and Bows," to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," Looking Glass's "Brandy You're a Fine Girl," Lauryn Hill's "Doo-Wop (That Thing)," and a lot more. All in all, this is as fun and fascinating as any pop collection ever recorded. Jon Dolan
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony acquired Columbia and its various subsidiaries in the late '80s, purchasing one of the richest catalogs in pop history, as the box set proves again and again. Sony realized that most consumers wouldn't invest in a 26-disc box, no matter how impressive it was, so they simultaneously released a series of 12 genre-specific double-disc sets that culled highlights from the box. That left two discs exclusive to the box, which was appropriate, since anyone who spends over 300 dollars on an album deserves a little bonus. As it turns out, those two discs aren't the only bonus on this 547-track collection. Sony Music 100 Years also boasts a 308-page, hardcover, full-color book that essentially tells the history of pop music and the recording industry in the 20th century through one group of labels. That's what the music does too -- and it does so remarkably well. There may not be any Beatles or Stones here, and some genres may be given short shrift -- electric blues and prog rock, for example, never had much of a showcase at Columbia and its subsidiaries -- but the amazing thing is that they're not missed, because the set tells the basic history, providing narratives in each genre. It's certainly a herculean task getting through the entire set, but it's hard not to be impressed, even overwhelmed, at the end result. If any one album tells the history of pop music -- albeit in the course of 26 discs -- it's this one. That doesn't mean it's essential for every music library, since most serious collectors will have much of this material, but that doesn't diminish the set and its accomplishment. Sony Music 100 Years really does present the history of pop music in a reasonably concise fashion -- and it proves that no other label, not even Warner Brothers, could manage such a feat. Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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| Big Maybelle | Track Performer | |
| Scrapper Blackwell | Track Performer | |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Track Performer | |
| Leroy Carr | Track Performer | |
| Willie Dixon | Track Performer | |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Track Performer | |
| Blind Willie Johnson | Track Performer | |
| Leadbelly | Track Performer | |
| Blind Willie McTell | Track Performer | |
| Memphis Minnie | Track Performer | |
| Mississippi Sheiks | Track Performer | |
| Bessie Smith | Track Performer | |
| Taj Mahal | Track Performer | |
| Big Joe Williams | Track Performer | |
| Flatt & Scruggs | Track Performer | |
| Ricky Skaggs | Track Performer | |
| The Stanley Brothers | Track Performer | |
| Clancy Brothers | Track Performer | |
| Leonard Bernstein | Track Performer | |
| Roy Acuff | Track Performer | |
| Lynn Anderson | Track Performer | |
| Gene Autry | Track Performer | |
| Carter Family | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Cash | Track Performer | |
| Rosanne Cash | Track Performer | |
| Rodney Crowell | Track Performer | |
| Little Jimmy Dickens | Track Performer | |
| Joe Diffie | Track Performer | |
| Lefty Frizzell | Track Performer | |
| Merle Haggard | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Horton | Track Performer | |
| David Houston | Track Performer | |
| George Jones | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Kris Kristofferson | Track Performer | |
| Patty Loveless | Track Performer | |
| Willie Nelson | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Paycheck | Track Performer | |
| Ray Price | Track Performer | |
| Charlie Rich | Track Performer | |
| Marty Robbins | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Billy Joe Royal | Track Performer | |
| Carl Smith | Track Performer | |
| Sons of the Pioneers | Track Performer | |
| Floyd Tillman | Track Performer | |
| Tammy Wynette | Track Performer | |
| Eric Andersen | Track Performer | |
| The Brothers Four | Track Performer | |
| Leonard Cohen | Track Performer | |
| Burl Ives | Track Performer | |
| The New Christy Minstrels | Track Performer | |
| Malvina Reynolds | Track Performer | |
| Tom Rush | Track Performer | |
| Pete Seeger | Track Performer | |
| Shirley Caesar | Track Performer | |
| Chuck Wagon Gang | Track Performer | |
| Golden Gate Quartet | Track Performer | |
| Mahalia Jackson | Track Performer | |
| The Trumpeteers | Track Performer | |
| Philip Glass | Track Performer | |
| Fred Astaire | Track Performer | |
| Boswell Sisters | Track Performer | |
| Rosemary Clooney | Track Performer | |
| Harry Connick Jr. | Track Performer | |
| Bing Crosby | Track Performer | |
| Doris Day | Track Performer | |
| The Four Lads | Track Performer | |
| Judy Garland | Track Performer | |
| Annette Hanshaw | Track Performer | |
| Frankie Laine | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Mathis | Track Performer | |
| Ethel Merman | Track Performer | |
| Mills Brothers | Track Performer | |
| Paul Robeson | Track Performer | |
| Frank Sinatra | Track Performer | |
| Jo Stafford | Track Performer | |
| Barbra Streisand | Track Performer | |
| Bobby Vinton | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Andy Williams | Track Performer | |
| Rubén Blades | Track Performer | |
| Aerosmith | Track Performer | |
| Alice in Chains | Track Performer | |
| Babyface | Track Performer | |
| Bangles | Track Performer | |
| Barry & the Remains | Track Performer | |
| Jeff Beck | Track Performer | |
| Berlin | Track Performer | |
| Big Brother & the Holding Company | Track Performer | |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | Track Performer | |
| Blue Öyster Cult | Track Performer | |
| Michael Bolton | Track Performer | |
| Boston | Track Performer | |
| The Buckinghams | Track Performer | |
| The Byrds | Track Performer | |
| C+C Music Factory | Track Performer | |
| Chad & Jeremy | Track Performer | |
| The Chambers Brothers | Track Performer | |
| Cheap Trick | Track Performer | |
| Chicago | Track Performer | |
| The Clash | Track Performer | |
| The Collins Kids | Track Performer | |
| Shawn Colvin | Track Performer | |
| Elvis Costello | Track Performer | |
| The Cyrkle | Track Performer | |
| John Denver | Track Performer | |
| Neil Diamond | Track Performer | |
| Celine Dion | Track Performer | |
| Dion | Track Performer | |
| Donovan | Track Performer | |
| Bob Dylan | Track Performer | |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Track Performer | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| The Emotions | Track Performer | |
| Gloria Estefan | Track Performer | |
| 54-40 | Track Performer | |
| Fleetwood Mac | Track Performer | |
| Dan Fogelberg | Track Performer | |
| Steve Forbert | Track Performer | |
| Aretha Franklin | Track Performer | |
| Marvin Gaye | Track Performer | |
| Heart | Track Performer | |
| Heatwave | Track Performer | |
| Indigo Girls | Track Performer | |
| The Isley Brothers | Track Performer | |
| Michael Jackson | Track Performer | |
| Walter Jackson | Track Performer | |
| Billy Joel | Keyboards, Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Janis Joplin | Track Performer | |
| Journey | Track Performer | |
| Judas Priest | Track Performer | |
| Kansas | Track Performer | |
| Labelle | Track Performer | |
| Major Lance | Track Performer | |
| Cyndi Lauper | Track Performer | |
| Living Colour | Track Performer | |
| Kenny Loggins | Track Performer | |
| Loggins & Messina | Track Performer | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Cheryl Lynn | Track Performer | |
| The Manhattans | Track Performer | |
| Teena Marie | Track Performer | |
| Paul McCartney | Track Performer | |
| Meat Loaf | Track Performer | |
| Men at Work | Track Performer | |
| Miami Sound Machine | Track Performer | |
| Midnight Oil | Track Performer | |
| Moby Grape | Track Performer | |
| Eddie Money | Track Performer | |
| Mtume | Track Performer | |
| New Kids on the Block | Track Performer | |
| Ted Nugent | Track Performer | |
| Laura Nyro | Track Performer | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Track Performer | |
| Billy Paul | Track Performer | |
| Pearl Jam | Track Performer | |
| The Psychedelic Furs | Track Performer | |
| Minnie Riperton | Track Performer | |
| Sade | Track Performer | |
| Boz Scaggs | Track Performer | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Track Performer | |
| Sly & the Family Stone | Track Performer | |
| The Small Faces | Track Performer | |
| Soul Asylum | Track Performer | |
| Spirit | Track Performer | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Track Performer | |
| The Staple Singers | Track Performer | |
| James Taylor | Track Performer | |
| Toto | Track Performer | |
| Luther Vandross | Track Performer | |
| Wham! | Track Performer | |
| Wild Cherry | Track Performer | |
| Chuck Willis | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Winter | Track Performer | |
| The Yardbirds | Track Performer | |
| The Zombies | Track Performer | |
| Tony Bennett | Track Performer | |
| Bunny Berigan | Track Performer | |
| Miles Davis | Track Performer | |
| Erroll Garner | Track Performer | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Track Performer | |
| Dexter Gordon | Track Performer | |
| Herbie Hancock | Track Performer | |
| Al Jolson | Track Performer | |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Marilyn Monroe | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Art Tatum | Track Performer | |
| Ethel Waters | Track Performer | |
| Weather Report | Track Performer | |
| Lee Wiley | Track Performer | |
| Teddy Wilson | Track Performer | |
| Ted Lewis | Track Performer | |
| California Ramblers | Track Performer | |
| Ruth Etting | Track Performer | |
| Slim & Slam | Track Performer | |
| Eddie Cantor | Track Performer | |
| Vic Damone | Track Performer | |
| Roy Hamilton | Track Performer | |
| The Hollies | Track Performer | |
| Santana | Track Performer | |
| Mitch Miller | Track Performer | |
| The O'Jays | Track Performer | |
| Mae West | Track Performer | |
| Julie Andrews | Track Performer | |
| Julio Iglesias | Track Performer | |
| Mary Martin | Track Performer | |
| Guy Mitchell | Track Performer | |
| Keith Carradine | Track Performer | |
| Lulu | Track Performer | |
| Scott McKenzie | Track Performer | |
| The Rip Chords | Track Performer | |
| Billy Swan | Track Performer | |
| Rex Harrison | Track Performer | |
| Elaine Stritch | Vocals | |
| Dick Powell | Track Performer | |
| Des'ree | Track Performer | |
| Rage Against the Machine | Track Performer | |
| Plácido Domingo | Track Performer | |
| Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards | Track Performer | |
| Jimmy Durante | Track Performer | |
| Carol Lawrence | Track Performer | |
| John Raitt | Track Performer | |
| Pat Suzuki | Track Performer | |
| Judy Holliday | Track Performer | |
| Philadelphia Brass | Track Performer | |
| Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Track Performer | |
| Ricky Martin | Track Performer | |
| Los Panchos | Track Performer | |
| Tommy Makem | Track Performer | |
| Fiddlin' John Carson | Track Performer | |
| Cleveland Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Carol Channing | Track Performer | |
| Emmett Miller | Track Performer | |
| Alfred Drake | Track Performer | |
| Goebel Reeves | Track Performer | |
| Stanley Holloway | Track Performer | |
| Joel Grey | Track Performer | |
| Lee Remick | Track Performer | |
| George Washington Phillips | Track Performer | |
| Dixie Chicks | Track Performer | |
| New York Philharmonic | Track Performer | |
| Barry Gibb | Track Performer | |
| Shorty Long | Track Performer | |
| Bill Mobley | Track Performer | |
| Ricardo Arjona | Track Performer | |
| Richard Burton | Track Performer | |
| Ezio Pinza | Track Performer | |
| Alejandro Fernández | Track Performer | |
| Philharmonic Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| United States Marine Band | Track Performer | |
| Nas Escobar | Track Performer | |
| The Fugees | Track Performer | |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Track Performer | |
| Oasis | Track Performer | |
| Louis Armstrong | Track Performer | |
| Gene Austin | Track Performer | |
| Regina Belle | Track Performer | |
| Billie Holiday | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| The Statler Brothers | Track Performer | |
| John Cafferty | Track Performer | |
| Mariah Carey | Vocals, Track Performer | |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | Track Performer | |
| Terence Trent D'Arby | Track Performer | |
| Jimmy Dean | Track Performer | |
| Double Trouble | Track Performer | |
| Duke Ellington | Track Performer | |
| Pink Floyd | Track Performer | |
| Looking Glass | Track Performer | |
| Glyn Johns | Track Performer | |
| Clive Griffin | Track Performer | |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Track Performer | |
| Son House | Track Performer | |
| Robert "P-Nut" Johnson | Track Performer | |
| King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | Track Performer | |
| Diana King | Track Performer | |
| LL Cool J | Track Performer | |
| Ella Logan | Track Performer | |
| Wynton Marsalis | Track Performer | |
| Mott the Hoople | Track Performer | |
| Muddy Waters | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Nash | Track Performer | |
| Tony Orlando | Track Performer | |
| Charlie Poole | Track Performer | |
| REO Speedwagon | Track Performer | |
| Paul Revere & the Raiders | Track Performer | |
| Jose Luis Rodríguez | Track Performer | |
| The Treniers | Track Performer | |
| Tanya Tucker | Track Performer | |
| Dick Van Dyke | Track Performer | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Track Performer | |
| Warner Bros. Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Susan Watson | Track Performer | |
| Lillias White | Track Performer | |
| Bert Williams | Track Performer | |
| Stevie Wonder | Track Performer | |
| Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey | Track Performer | |
| Leon Lai | Track Performer | |
| Jamiroquai | Track Performer | |
| Xscape | Track Performer | |
| Keb' Mo' | Track Performer | |
| Korn | Track Performer | |
| Andrea McArdle | Track Performer | |
| Maxwell | Track Performer | |
| Shakira | Track Performer | |
| S.O.A.P. | Track Performer | |
| Nora Bayes | Track Performer | |
| Samantha Bumgarner | Track Performer | |
| Green Brothers Novelty Band | Track Performer | |
| The Jamies | Track Performer | |
| Helen Morgan | Track Performer | |
| Lee Morse | Track Performer | |
| Leopold Stokowski | Track Performer | |
| Ted Daffan's Texans | Track Performer | |
| Fiona Apple | Track Performer | |
| Charles Braswell | Track Performer | |
| Helen Gallagher | Track Performer | |
| Larry Kert | Track Performer | |
| Richard Kiley | Track Performer | |
| Thelma Oliver | Track Performer | |
| Ginuwine | Track Performer | |
| Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Track Performer | |
| Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | Track Performer | |
| Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Benny Goodman Sextet | Track Performer | |
| Cab Calloway & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| The Charlie Daniels Band | Track Performer | |
| Count Basie Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Count Basie & the Kansas City Seven | Track Performer | |
| Dave Brubeck Quartet | Track Performer | |
| The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Gene Krupa & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers | Track Performer | |
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | Track Performer | |
| Harry James & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Iggy & the Stooges | Track Performer | |
| Jack Teagarden Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | Track Performer | |
| Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| The Jacksons | Track Performer | |
| Thelonious Monk Quartet | Track Performer | |
| Woody Herman & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Al Dexter and His Troopers | Track Performer | |
| Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds | Track Performer | |
| Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers | Track Performer | |
| Gary Puckett & the Union Gap | Track Performer | |
| Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Kay Kyser & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Ray Noble & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Mitch Miller & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| The Edgar Winter Group | Track Performer | |
| Clarence Williams' Blue Five | Track Performer | |
| Don Voorhees & His Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Hooverphonic | Track Performer | |
| Mónica Naranjo | Track Performer | |
| Skank | Track Performer | |
| Soledad | Track Performer | |
| Colonial Cousins | Track Performer | |
| Pascal Obispo | Track Performer | |
| Carol Bruce | Track Performer | |
| Chita Rivera | Track Performer | |
| Lauryn Hill | Track Performer | |
| Paulo Gonzo | Track Performer | |
| Jack Gilford | Track Performer | |
| Jill Haworth | Track Performer | |
| Roy Lazarus | Track Performer | |
| Patricia Neway | Track Performer | |
| George Szell | Track Performer | |
| Pinky Tomlin | Track Performer | |
| Unique II | Track Performer | |
| The Fresh Prince | Track Performer | |
| Kenneth Spencer | Track Performer | |
| Mash | Track Performer | |
| Refugee Camp Allstars | Track Performer | |
| Pamela Isaacs | Track Performer | |
| Elvis Crespo | Track Performer | |
| Jebediah | Track Performer | |
| Anna Vissi | Track Performer | |
| Elizabeth Allen | Track Performer | |
| Bic Runga | Track Performer | |
| Liu Huan | Track Performer | |
| CoCo Lee | Track Performer | |
| Liliane Montevecchi | Track Performer | |
| Kulay | Track Performer | |
| Fisk University Jubilee Singers | Track Performer | |
| O.N.A. | Track Performer | |
| Ben Selvin Orchestra | Track Performer | |
| Charlie Young | Track Performer | |
| Aunt Jemima | Track Performer | |
| Witt | Track Performer | |
| Johnny Taylor | Track Performer | |
| Carol Haney | Track Performer | |
| Ensemble | Track Performer | |
| Sertab Erener | Track Performer | |
| Patricia Morison | Track Performer | |
| Priscilla Lopez | Track Performer | |
| Beaver Brown Band | Track Performer | |
| Paddy Casey | Track Performer | |
| Helen Dowdy | Track Performer | |
| Sibongile Khumalo | Track Performer | |
| Robert Coote | Track Performer | |
| Miles Davis Sextet | Track Performer | |
| Rosalind Russell | Track Performer | |
| Arthur Gilbert | Track Performer | |
| John Henson | Track Performer | |
| Stephanie Cotsirilos | Track Performer | |
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