AEROSMITH Greatest Hits COLUMBIA RECORDS (1st Ed. 1980) MINT

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AEROSMITH Greatest Hits COLUMBIA RECORDS FC 36865 (1st Ed. 1980 pressing)

Tracklist

A1 Dream On Written-By – S. Tyler* 4:28 A2 Same Old Song And Dance Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler* 3:01 A3 Sweet Emotion Written-By – S. Tyler*, T. Hamilton* 3:12 A4 Walk This Way Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler* 3:31 A5 Last Child Written-By – B. Whitford*, S. Tyler
3:27 B1 Back In The Saddle Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler* 4:38 B2 Draw The Line Written-By – J. Perry*, S. Tyler* 3:21 B3 Kings And Queens Written-By – B. Whitford*, J. Douglas*, J. Kramer*, S. Tyler*, T. Hamilton* 3:47 B4 Come Together Written-By – J. Lennon-P. McCartney* 3:45 B5 Remember (Walking In The Sand) Written-By – G. Morton* 4:05

• Mastered At – Customatrix
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.

• Arranged By – Aerosmith (tracks: A4 to B1, B3), Jack Douglas (tracks: A4 to B1, B3)
• Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, producer, arrangement
• Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, arrangement, except on "Lightning Strikes"
• Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar, producer, arrangement, except on "Lightning Strikes"
• Tom Hamilton – bass, producer, arrangement
• Joey Kramer – drums, producer, arrangement

Notes

© 1980 CBS Inc. / ? 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 CBS Inc.
Track B4 ? 1978 RSO Records, Inc.

Terre Haute Pressing variant of these Carrollton and Pitman pressings by same catalog #.

Custom inner sleeve contains credits and LP catalog

A1 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Aerosmith" JC 32005
Produced for Frank Connelly and Contemporary Communications Corp.
A2 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Get Your Wings" JC 32847
Produced for My Own Production Co., Ltd.
A3, A4 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Toys In The Attic" JC 33479
Produced for Waterfront Productions Limited and Contemporary Communications Corp.
A5, B1 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Rocks" JC 34165
Produced for Contemporary Communications Corp. and waterfront Productions Ltd.
B2, B3 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Draw The Line" PC 34856
Produced for Contemporary Communications Corp. and Waterfront Productions Ltd.
B5 - Taken from the Columbia Lp: "Night In The Ruts" FC 36050
Produced for Fab Productions, Inc. / Contemporary Communications Corporation

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): AL 36865
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): BL 36865
• Matrix / Runout (A Side Stamped): P AL-36865-1B
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Stamped): P BL-36865-1A
• UPC 07464368651 (obsolete)

     Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released by Columbia Records in October 1980. It went multi-platinum and contained the songs that made the band an icon of the 1970s rock era.
     Some of the tracks were significantly edited from their original versions. The single version of "Same Old Song and Dance" was used, and was edited down almost a full minute. It also contained an alternate lyric which wasn't heard on Get Your Wings. The original lyric was "Gotcha with the cocaine, found with your gun." The alternate lyric, included on the compilation, was "You shady lookin' loser, you played with my gun." "Sweet Emotion" also used the single version; it begins with the first chorus, cutting out the now famous talk box intro and the coda was replaced with a repeating chorus and fades out. "Kings and Queens" was also edited down, cutting the intro and certain other parts. "Walk This Way" was edited slightly, chanting the first chorus once instead of twice. The other remaining tracks were kept intact.
     In 2004, a slightly revised version, Greatest Hits 1973–1988, was released, with the ten tracks in their edited versions retained, with five additional songs from the same era added, plus the 1991 version of "Sweet Emotion" and a live version of "One Way Street".
Greatest Hits is the band's highest RIAA certified album in the United States, having been certified 11x Platinum in 2007.