Thank You Friends: Ardent Records Story / Various Thank You Friends: Ardent Records Story / Various CD

2008 two CD set. Memphis' Ardent Studios is one of the most respected recording facilities in the world. Everyone from Led Zeppelin to ZZ Top, from REM to Cat Power have made music within it's hallowed halls. But despite the studio's reputation, it is Ardent Records, the label, that inspires legendary awe amongst Pop aficionados, as the imprint that begat pop cult heroes Big Star. Thank You Friends: The Ardent Records Story celebrates the label with a deluxe anthology that ranges from the it's earliest mid-'60s garage studio recordings to the halcyon days of the early 1970s, when a distribution deal with Stax established Ardent as a purveyor of the finest Pop-Rock. ? Disc One (the 1960s) features a mind-boggling range of rare Garage singles and unissued Psychedelic singles, as well as the early studio experiments of Big Star's Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. Disc Two (the 1970s) examines the Stax era and beyond, with selections from Ardent acts Cargoe and the Hot Dogs, and no less than 14 rare or unissued Big Star-related cuts, most of which have not been on CD before. Big Beat.

1. Geraldine - the Ole Miss Downbeats 2. If You Want Me You Can Find Me - Lawson ; Four More 3. Batarang - the Avengers 4. White Doors - the Wallabies 5. Halfway Down the Stairs - Lawson ; Four More 6. Hands Are Only to See - the Bitter Ind 7. The Surveyor - the 1st Century 8. Rocks - Terry Manning 9. Up ; Down Children - the Wallabies 10. Not at All - Terry Manning 11. Looking Down - the 1st Century 12. In 1852 We - the Honey Jug 13. Patches of Dust - the Goatdancers 14. Psychedelic Stuff (Demo) - Chris Bell 15. Free Again - Alex Chilton 16. All I See Is You - Christmas Future 17. Every Shoemaker - the Badgers 18. Miss Eleana - Sid Selvidge 19. Lovely Lady - Rock City 20. Every Day As We Grow Closer - Alex Chilton 21. Guess Things Happen That Way - Terry Manning 22. Feeling High - Christmas Future 23. The EMI Song (Smile for Me) - Alex Chilton 24. Think It's Time to Say Goodbye - Rock City 25. In the Street (Single Version) - Big Star 26. Feel Alright - Cargoe 27. When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star 28. My Life Is Right - Big Star 29. Back of a Car - Big Star 30. I Love You Anyway (Single Edit) - Cargoe 31. I Got Kinda Lost - Big Star 32. Let Me Look at the Sun - the Hot Dogs 33. Mod Lang - Big Star 34. She's a Mover - Big Star 35. I Walk the Line - the Hot Dogs 36. September Gurls - Big Star 37. Big Black Car - Big Star 38. Lovely Day Aka Stroke It Noel - Alex Chilton 39. For You - Big Star 40. Downs - Alex Chilton 41. Kizza Me - Big Star 42. Holocaust - Big Star 43. You and Your Sister - Chris Bell 44. Love You (All Day Long) - Tommy Hoehn 45. Thank You Friends - Big Star 46. Blow Yourself Up - Tommy Hoehn 47. My Mind - the Scruffs 48. Don't Worry Baby (Fragment) - Alex Chilton