Various Artists - Original Best Of Rock
EMI Music France (8-33042)
[released 1997]
This is a various artists 4 CD set.

Disc 1 Disc 2
01. Deep Purple: Hush (4:23)
02. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Fight Like A Brave (3:40)
03. Electric Light Orchestra: Roll Over Beethoven (6:44)
04. Marillion: Kayleigh (3:32)
05. Moon Martin: Bad Case Of Loving You (3:52)
06. Jeff Beck: Jailhouse Rock (3:13)
07. Suzi Quatro: Can The Can (3:33)
08. Little River Band: It's A Long Way There (4:10)
09. Barclay James Harvest: Rock 'N' Roll Woman (3:08)
10. Dave Edmunds: Down Down Down (2:48)
11. Tom Robinson Band: 2.4.6.8 Motorway (3:17)
12. Ian Hunter: Just Another Night (5:40)
13. MSG: I Am Your Radio (3:46)
14. Split Enz: I See Red (3:12)
15. Thunder: Dirty Love (3:31)
16. Billy Squire: Rock Me Tonight (4:09)
17. Wire: Outdoor Miner (2:48)
18. Heart: Alone (3:39)
19. Gary US Bond: Jole Blon (3:24)
20. Saxon: 747 (Strangers In The Night) (3:44)
01. Scorpions: Big City Nights (4:08)
02. Pat Benatar: All Fired Up (4:29)
03. Canned Heat: Going Up The Country (2:51)
04. Dr Feelgood: Milk And Alcohol (2:47)
05. The Band: The Weight (4:35)
06. Jesus Jones: Right Here Right Now (3:09)
07. Hawkwind: Silver Machine (4:39)
08. America: Horse With No Name (Live) (3:56)
09. The Vapors: Turning Japanese (3:42)
10. XYZ: Don't Say No (4:31)
11. The Hollies: Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress (3:17)
12. The Doobie Brothers:  This Train I'm On (3:54)
13. The Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live) (1:50)
14. Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster (2:45)
15. Quicksilver Messenger Service: Who Do You Love (3:33)
16. Russ Ballard: Voices (5:27)
17. Alias: More Than Words Can Say (3:55)
18. Bob Welch: Ebony Eyes (3:32)
19. 999: Emergency (2:43)
20. Talking Heads: Slippery People (4:12)


Disc 3
Disc 4
01. The Stranglers: Something Better Change (3:24)
02. Huey Lewis & The News: If This Is It (3:50)
03. Cliff Richard: Devil Woman (3:50) *
04. The Waterboys: The Whole Of The Moon (4:25)
05. Be Bop Deluxe: Ships In The Night (4:02)
06. Dexy's Midnight Runners: There There My Dear (3:15)
07. Saxon: Ride Like The Wind (3:44) **
08. UFO: Shoot Shoot (3:58)
09. Bow Wow Wow: C30 C60 C90 Go (3:03)
10. J. Geils Band: Center Fold (3:38)***
11. W.A.S.P. : Mean Man (4:19)
12. The Tubes: She's A Beauty (3:58)
13. Pirates Of The Mississippi: Down And Out In Birmingham (3:49)
14. Sly Fox: Let's Go All The Way (3:54)
15. The Knack: My Sharona (4:54)
16. Grand Funk Railroad: We're An American Band (3:27)
17. Sammy Hagar: I've Done Everything For You (3:19)
18. Molly Hatchet: Find Somebody New (3:12)
19. Quireboys: Hey You (3:19)
20. Mink De Ville: This Must Be The Night (2:51)
01. Blondie: Hanging On The Telephone (2:21) ****
02. Billy Idol: Sweet Sixteen (4:15)
03. The Animals: We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (3:14)
04. Deep Purple: Fireball (3:20)
05. Buzzcocks: Ever Fallen In Love (2:42)
06. EMF: Unbelievable (3:30)
07. Great White: Rock Me (5:26)
08. J. Geils Band: Freeze Frame (3:58)
09. Jeff Beck: All Shook Up (4:51)
10. McGuinn, Clark & Hillman: Don't You Write Her Off (3:17)
11. Electric Light Orchestra: First Movement (3:00)
12. Klaatu: Calling Occupants (Unique Edit) (5:25)*****
13. The Motels: Suddenly Last Summer (3:36)
14. Helix: The Kids Are All Shakin' (3:48)
15. Marillion: Lady Nina (3:41)
16. T. Graham Brown: Shakey Ground (3:02)
17. Alcatrazz: Mercy (4:20)
18. CCS: Whole Lotta Love (3:28)
19. Ten Years After: Love Like A Man (7:09)
20. Canned Heat: Let's Work Together (2:47)

* This version of Devil Woman is NOT the original hit, it's a re-recording.

** In my opinion, this is one remake that should never have been done. This version is horrible when compared to the original by Christopher Cross.

*** The booklet lists this as two words instead of one.

**** This recording sounds like it was taken from a warped record.

***** This is a unique edit of this recording made special for this release by EMI Music France. It's actually just an early fade. Upon close examination and comparison against the full album track, it appears that when the synthesizer solo starts at 5:01 into the song, this version begins to fade out and completes it's fade before the guitar comes in at 5:24. They've left everything else alone, including the 47 seconds of woodland creature noises before the needle drop.