Epic CD Series

(2009-2013)
41(!) discs of neglected soul music from the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties

BEAR FAMILY
(197?-ongoing)
A German-based label that does exhaustively researched box sets and definitive series of pop, rock, country, and soul music

The following Bear Family collections have been featured on The Hideaway:
DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE & HILLBILLY MUSIC: Country & Western Hit Parade
1945-1953 [2008-2009]
1954-1962 [2009-2011]
1963-1970 [2011-2013]

 SWEET SOUL MUSIC
1961-1965 [2008]
1966-1970 [2009]
1971-1975 [2014]

TRUCKERS, KICKERS, COWBOY ANGELS:
The Blissed-Out Birth of Country Rock
1966-1968 [2014]
1969 [2014]
1970 [2015]
1971 [2015]
1972 [2015]
1973 [2015]
1974-1975 [2015]
DISCO DISCHARGE
(2009-2012)
Sixteen double-disc albums of authentic disco music that mostly failed to crossover



HAVE A NICE DAY: SUPER HITS OF THE SEVENTIES
(1990-1996)
25+ discs of sweet Seventies pop from the fine folks at Rhino




(1982-2018)
Contemporary pop hits and themed compilations from the UK, the USA, and Australia. (We stopped covering the series when Now 100 was released in July 2018.) 

We started covering the NOW YEARBOOK and NOW YEARBOOK EXTRA in 2021.



Five discs of soft pop from the early Eighties. It could have been Super Hits Of The Eighties. My friends and I imagined what the series would be like had it continued.



(2000-ongoing)
Australian competitor to Now That's What I Call Music


TIME-LIFE
(1987-ongoing)
Time-Life began issuing CD collections in 1987 that spanned decades and genres. Internationally, they've also issued unique collections in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the UK, and Europe. After several changes of ownership, the company unceremoniously went out of business in 2024.

 The Time-Life collections below have been featured on The Hideaway:
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