To be fair, I discovered a lot of my favorite artists through compilations like Bravo Hits and later Crossing All Over and Punk-O-Rama… and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 of course.
You mean where they used cheap studio bands to recreate big hits? I bought one once, in the 80s. What a letdown. But iirc Bravo Hits always used the original music.
That would rather be the equivalent to “Bravo Hits 18” (or whatever they were called in other countries)
To be fair, I discovered a lot of my favorite artists through compilations like Bravo Hits and later Crossing All Over and Punk-O-Rama… and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 of course.
For me it was the weekly telephone song votings on the radio.
They often deliberatly put niche stuff in there up for vote that then stuck with me :-)
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You mean where they used cheap studio bands to recreate big hits? I bought one once, in the 80s. What a letdown. But iirc Bravo Hits always used the original music.
I remember in high school one of my friends bought one of these, not knowing what it was. He was so pissed and called it a knock-off.
That’s exactly what they were.
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I don’t think I’ve seen this particular grift since the 80s. OTOH Spotify is recently doing similar shit with underpaid musicians and/or AI.