Comments on: Best of Ray Stevens And Gitarzan on Vinyl http://www.retrohound.com/best-of-ray-stevens-and-gitarzan-on-vinyl/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/best-of-ray-stevens-and-gitarzan-on-vinyl/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Robert Lindsey Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:09:28 +0000 http://www.retrohound.com/?p=510#comment-280 Thanks for the info and thanks for stopping by! Thanks for the info and thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: ACcountryFan http://www.retrohound.com/best-of-ray-stevens-and-gitarzan-on-vinyl/comment-page-1/#comment-275 ACcountryFan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:22:04 +0000 http://www.retrohound.com/?p=510#comment-275 I'm a big fan of Ray Stevens! That first album you spotlighted, with the psychedelic cover, was released in 1970 on Mercury Records so you were right with the label. The material on the album was recorded during 1961-1963. Ray has often mentioned how frustrated he was with all of the compilations and "best of" albums that were released...many of them without his control. It reached a peak in the 1990's but it's slacked off since...and I think you're right, "The Best of Ray Stevens" may have been the very first compilation on the market...and the Mercury/Polygram labels and all of their subsidiaries have re-released Ray's early 1960's recordings many, many times over the years. My web-site is actually the profile page of my blog site where I write my opinion and commentary about Ray Stevens and other subject matter in my various blog's. I’m a big fan of Ray Stevens! That first album you spotlighted, with the psychedelic cover, was released in 1970 on Mercury Records so you were right with the label. The material on the album was recorded during 1961-1963.

Ray has often mentioned how frustrated he was with all of the compilations and “best of” albums that were released…many of them without his control. It reached a peak in the 1990′s but it’s slacked off since…and I think you’re right, “The Best of Ray Stevens” may have been the very first compilation on the market…and the Mercury/Polygram labels and all of their subsidiaries have re-released Ray’s early 1960′s recordings many, many times over the years.

My web-site is actually the profile page of my blog site where I write my opinion and commentary about Ray Stevens and other subject matter in my various blog’s.

]]> By: Robert Lindsey http://www.retrohound.com/best-of-ray-stevens-and-gitarzan-on-vinyl/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Robert Lindsey Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:22:14 +0000 http://www.retrohound.com/?p=510#comment-139 We had an 8-track of one version of his greatest hits that we listened to an awful lot. The only non-funny song was "Everything is Beautiful" We had an 8-track of one version of his greatest hits that we listened to an awful lot. The only non-funny song was “Everything is Beautiful”

]]> By: Keith http://www.retrohound.com/best-of-ray-stevens-and-gitarzan-on-vinyl/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Keith Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:45:37 +0000 http://www.retrohound.com/?p=510#comment-137 I always liked Ray Stevens. We listened to a lot of his stuff when I was a kid. I always liked Ray Stevens. We listened to a lot of his stuff when I was a kid.

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