Bette Midler - Jackpot - The Best Bette ( Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track)
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Music CD Cover Artist: Bette Midler Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2008-09-23 Music Label: WEA Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Jackpot - The Best Bette ( Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track) Album
Free Music Review: They're not Rhino anymore, and they suck.
Hit: 1 Stars
The label touted as Rhino Records has every right to use the name, but they ceased being that singular and wonderful company when absorbed by Warner Brothers. Ironically, Warner Brothers USED to be one of the most aware record labels in rock, pop, or whatever genre of music you'd care to name, but that also ceased with the acquisition of this fine label, and morphing it into Warner Strategic Marketing.
The new Bette Midler hits CD, "Jackpot - The Best Bette" does absolutely no service to the fans or to the general public. Trying to shoehorn 35 years of music into one CD is criminal enough - the glaring omissions only serve to point up the fact that a two-disc anthology was necessary, and should have been compiled. This CD presents a skewed view of a unique career, just as the first hits cd, "Experience the Divine" did. There are several singles missing from the CD, I applaud the inclusion of "In the Mood", but where are "Married Men", "Under the Boardwalk", "All I Need to Know", and the delightfully crazed "You're Moving Out Today"?? (I also would have liked the unedited version of the latter, which I have on a British vinyl LP). Then there are the missing fan favorites, such as "Shiver Me Timbers", "Delta Dawn" (which, for the uninitiated, was almost a single until Helen Reddy recorded it, which forced Atlantic to go with a newly recorded "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"!!), "Twisted", and so many more which could have used the amazing new remastering. Because record companies are greedy b***ards who rarely give the consumer good value for the dollar (Think about it - you're STILL gonna have to buy SOMETHING ELSE to get that one or two songs this CD is missing!!), I give this comp ONE STAR and hope that a two disc comp is somewhere down the pike while I'm still breathing!!!!