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Bangles - Glitter Years: Rarities & Gems Audio CD

A fair review of the Bangles "Glitter Years: Rarities & Gems" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bangles reviews here, or go back to the Bangles tabs.

Bangles Band: Bangles
Title: Glitter Years: Rarities & Gems
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-09-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Eternal Flame [Single Version] 2: Watching the Sky 3: Walk Like an Egyptian [Extended Dance Mix] 4: Glitter Years 5: Hero Takes a Fall [Single Version] 6: James 7: What I Meant to Say [Single Version] 8: I Got Nothing 9: Everything I Wanted 10: Some Dreams Come True

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songs are well played, better sung and very joyful to listen. a good cd, for fans but not only. susannah hoffs is sunny and nice as well. the cd is not too long, so the listener doesn't bore. there are rare songs and rare versions of well known pieces. a cd for everybody loving byrds, the heartbreakers and the sound of 12 string electric Rickenbacker.


Glitter Years:Rarities &Gems
That is because There is something unique about the Bangles, and owning this CD and others brings this out. I love anything that is Bangles, and I glad I found this CD. I love their Harmony that they do so well. I love Susanna's music and songs. Her voice is the best music I have ever heard. I will always be a top fan of the Bangles, especially of Susanna Hoffs.


Rare, really?


So, when I heard this CD was coming out, I was very excited, because some of the songs in my collection came from scattered sources including CD's, vinyl, and a bit of swapping over the internet. Okay, I'll admit off the bat that I'm a collector of the Bangles material, and pretty much own everything one could want as far as music collectibles go. I thought, maybe FINALLY, the rare tracks would be on one CD to provide a companion to the main releases.

Nope. What you get here are only a couple of items of interest, well documented in other reviews. But some of these, like the remixes, are really only novelties and for the hardcore collector only.

Far more important and interesting would have been inclusion of the songs from The Bangs single, before they had to change their name, and the songs from the Bangles EP, released prior to their first LP. These 6 songs added to the other few rarities on this album would really have made a GREAT collectible.

2 stars for content as we collectors go. . . this was a wasted opportunity.


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" That's the reason I bought the "Definitive Collection" album, which was a definitive ripoff by not having that second CD with those remixed versions. This album could've have more gems like the 12" versions of "Walking Down Your Street," "Manic Monday," "Hazy Shade Of Winter" and "In Your Room. Fortunately, the "Rarities and Gems" CD includes the 12" version of "Walk Like An Egyptian," which is very good.


A quick way to get your hands on some rarities.
The rest are tracks from "All Over The Place" and "Everything". For a cheap-o compilation I almost passed over, this is a easy way to pick up some hard to find and out of print Bangles rarities from their CBS days.

The single mix of "Hero Takes A Fall" adds some nasty slapback echo/delay to the lead vocal. I used to play the 45 as a college radio DJ and always thought it was annoying, and not an improvement over the LP version on "All Over The Place".

"What I Meant to Say" was the flipside of "Eternal Flame" and wound up the 45, the cassette single and on a super rare 3 inch mini CD here in the USA. I always liked it, to me it and "Everything I Wanted" could have easily replaced some of the weaker tracks on "Everything".

I will have to dig out my LP of the Goonies LP and compare the mixes of "I've Got Nothing", right now they sound very similar.

As for the Dance Mix of "Egyptian" its fun, but kind of boring for sit-down listening. I kind of wish Columbia would have dug up the dance mix of "In Your Room" and added it. Its not a bad comp, just try to get it cheap. I just wish Sony would have dug some more vault digging and made a nice comp of everything the Bangles didn't put on their 3 Columbia albums.

And I wish Sony or another company would get the rights to reissue all the early Bangles Faulty Products/IRS material! We need to have this stuff back on the shelves!
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