Companies like play.com amazon hmv etc are selling these "101" cds for around £8. On them are 101 songs from a certain genre. An example of "jukebox collection" below.

Do you think this is a good purchase, would you play a lot of these?

Track List for 101 - 7.99

Disc 1

Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - The Jean Genie
T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
T.Rex - Metal Guru
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Roxy Music - Street Life
Blondie - Denis
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
The Stranglers - Peaches
The Stranglers - Waltzinblack
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Girls And Boys
Madness - Embarrassment
Madness - Bed And Breakfast Man
The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Disc 2

John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People
Paul McCartney And Wings - Live And Let Die
Paul & Linda McCartney - The Back Seat Of My Car
Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner
Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne
The Zombies - She's Not There
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Donovan - Season Of The Witch
The Beach Boys - California Girls
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
The Hollies - King Midas In Reverse
Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture
Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
The Band - Rag Mama Rag
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song
Jethro Tull - Witches Promise
Family - In My Own Time
Family - Burlesque
Disc 3

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Deep Purple - Black Night
Deep Purple - Fireball
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Hawkwind - Silver Machine
Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance
The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
EMF - Unbelievable
Supergrass - Alright
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
The Waterboys - A Girl Called Johnny
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live)
The Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Mink De Ville - Spanish Stroll
The Knack - My Sharona
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Disc 4

Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Please Don't Touch
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Dion - Runaround Sue
Dion - The Wanderer
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
The Clovers - Love Potion No.9
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Jenny Takes A Ride
Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff
Irma Thomas - Time Is On My Side
The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals - Bring It On Home To Me
Canned Heat - On The Road Again
Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
Disc 5

Don McLean - American Pie
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Crowded House - Weather With You
Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd
The Motors - Airport
Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back
Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed
Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Frankie Miller - Darlin'
Joe South - Hush
Joe South - Walk A Mile In My Shoes
David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer
Brian Protheroe - Pinball
Bobby Womack - California Dreamin'
Nizlopi - JCB Song


Do you rate these as good purchases or would I be better getting the DJ mastermix etc?

A lot of rubbish on there but I suppose for £8 there are plenty of songs you could use.

In my opinion, the following are all worth having... so working out at 25p per track, I'd say it was a worthwhile buy.

Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - The Jean Genie
T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
T.Rex - Metal Guru
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Roxy Music - Street Life
Blondie - Denis
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Girls And Boys
The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Golden Earring - Radar Love
The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
EMF - Unbelievable
Supergrass - Alright
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
The Knack - My Sharona
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff
Don McLean - American Pie
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

for the cash they are a reasonable buy.As Steve says,there is a lot of rubbish on there, but a quite a few decent tracks.

we all buy cds that are half rubbish
it comes with compilations just one of those things
reasonable price for what it is .... a jukebox collection

look out for the guys retiring or giving in selling their collections
ebay,classifieds etc.....

yes im watching a few on Ebay so will hopefully pick up a few bargains this weekend

I actually buy them for two reasons

1 for the car
2 for the unusual songs that you dont find on other compilations (What others might call the rubish) If a punter asks for one of these tunes you might just make someones day...

From the above list I would say Good tunes = well known, on every compilation going and probably falls in the cheese genre and the other tunes, not so well known or used and most djs have not heard of them, But some clients have... For £8 well worth the investment IMHO

Nik

Agree with that.

I think ill buy a few of these, i think there are about 8 different ones, 60s, 70s, etc etc

So If i buy 8 of them at theres nearly a thousand songs for about 65 quid, loads id use and some that would probably be handy at some point if theres a request.

Cheers all for your help

I buy loads of cd's from car boots 50p or a pound an albumn. you can even get job lots for a fair price. Got most of my Now collection from them.. not much chance of getting likes of mastermix or dmc though.

If you are after a good mix of stuff that will always get you out of trouble you cant beat the mastermix Jock in a Box and party in a box compilations

I've got all the series & for that price they are a bargain (5 disc per compilation) those along with a few of the mastermix classic cuts Ska, northern soul, early soul & your away.

also the Now's are pretty essential