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2005 compilation album by Various
Classic Rock Gold is a two-disc
compilation album released in 2005. It features thirty-three of the greatest hits to come out of
classic rock , many of which are from the
Universal Music Group catalogue.
The cover features, clockwise from the top left:
Whitesnake ,
Lynyrd Skynyrd ,
Steppenwolf ,
Scorpions ,
Joe Walsh ,
Rod Stewart and
Peter Frampton (all of which recorded for labels that were later merged into what is now Universal Music Group).
Steppenwolf – "
Born to Be Wild " (3:30) (
Bonfire ) (1968)
Santana – "
Evil Ways " (3:57) (Henry/Zack) (1970)
The Guess Who – "
American Woman " (5:07) (
Bachman /
Cummings /
Kale /
Peterson ) (1970)
Free – "
All Right Now " (5:30) (
Rodgers /
Fraser ) (1973)
Jethro Tull – "
Locomotive Breath " (4:33) (
Anderson ) (1972)
The James Gang – "
Walk Away " (3:34) (
Walsh ) (1972)
Rod Stewart – "
Maggie May " (5:46) (
Stewart ) (1971)
Ten Years After – "
I'd Love to Change the World " (3:44) (
Lee ) (1971)
The Hollies – "
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) " (3:17) (
Clarke /
Cook /
Greenaway ) (1972)
The Edgar Winter Group – "
Frankenstein " (4:45) (
Winter ) (1973)
Elton John – "
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting " (4:55) (
John /
Taupin ) (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad – "
We're an American Band " (3:26) (
Brewer ) (1974)
Joe Walsh – "
Rocky Mountain Way " (5:16) (
Walsh /Grace/Passarelli/
Vitale ) (1973)
The Doobie Brothers – "
China Grove " (3:16) (
Johnston ) (1974)
Golden Earring – "
Radar Love " (6:25) (
Hay /
Kooymans ) (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – "
Sweet Home Alabama " (4:41) (
Van Zant /
King /
Rossington ) (1974)
Bachman–Turner Overdrive – "
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet " (3:53) (
Bachman ) (1974)
Bad Company – "
Bad Company " (4:48) (
Rodgers /
Kirke ) (1973)
Nazareth – "
Hair of the Dog " (4:09) (1975)
Head East – "
Never Been Any Reason " (5:11) (1975)
Foghat – "
Slow Ride " [Single version] (3:56) (
Peverett ) (1976)
Peter Frampton – "
Show Me the Way " [Live] (4:39) (
Frampton ) (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult – "
(Don't Fear) The Reaper " (5:09) (
Roeser ) (1976)
Foreigner – "
Cold as Ice " [Single version] (3:20) (
Gramm /
Jones ) (1977)
Ted Nugent – "
Cat Scratch Fever " (3:39) (
Nugent ) (1978)
The Cars – "
Just What I Needed " (3:45) (
Ocasek ) (1979)
Eddie Money – "
Two Tickets to Paradise " (3:49) (
Money ) (1978)
Cheap Trick – "
I Want You to Want Me " [Live] (3:42) (
Nielsen ) (1979)
.38 Special – "
Hold On Loosely " (4:40) (Barnes/Carlisi/
Peterik ) (1981)
Red Rider – "
Lunatic Fringe " (4:22) (
Cochrane ) (1981)
Billy Idol – "
White Wedding " (4:13) (
Idol ) (1982)
Scorpions – "
Rock You Like a Hurricane " (4:12) (
Schenker /
Meine /
Rarebell ) (1984)
Whitesnake – "
Here I Go Again " (4:35) (
Coverdale /
Marsden ) (1987)
Jorgen Angel – photography
Randy Bachman – producer
Bad Company – producer
Roy Thomas Baker – producer
Bruce Botnick – producer
Roger Boyd – producer
Emily Cagan – product manager
Paul Canty – photography, cover photo
Manny Charlton – producer
Brent Dangerfield – producer
Cliff Davies – producer
Rick Derringer – producer
Dieter Dierks – producer
Henry Diltz – photography, cover photo
Jack Douglas – producer
Gus Dudgeon – producer
Keith Forsey – producer
Simon Fowler – photography
Peter Frampton – producer
Lew Futterman – producer
Richie Gallo – photography
The Hollies – producer
Nick Jameson – producer
Al Kooper – producer
Murray Krugman – producer
Richard Landis – producer
Pat Lawrence – compilation producer
David Lucas – producer
Gavin Lurssen – mastering
Gary Lyons – producer
Ross Marino – photography, cover photo
Ian McDonald – collaboration
Gabriel Mekler – producer
Rodney Mills – producer
Ryan Null – photo research
Keith Olsen – producer
Sandy Pearlman – producer
Michael Putland – photography, cover photo
Ron Richards – producer
Todd Rundgren – producer
Santana – producer
Dana Smart – compilation producer
Shannon Steckloff – production coordination
Dave Steen – photography, cover photo
Rod Stewart – producer
Mike Stone – producer
Bill Szymczyk – producer
Ted Templeman – producer
Joe Walsh – producer
Tom Werman – producer
Chris Wright – executive producer
Michael Zagaris - photography