2004 Boz Scaggs Collection: Slow Dancer/Silk Degrees/Down Two Then Left

2004 Collection: Slow Dancer/Silk Degrees/Down Two Then Left
Boz Scaggs
Louie Shelton - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Slide Guitar

In 1997, Columbia released Collection, which combined the current CD releases of Slow Dancer, Silk Degrees, and Down Two Then Left in a cardboard slipcase box. There was no difference from the individual discs on the market; those discs were merely put in a box, which made it convenient for a fan who wanted to get all three discs at once. Seven years later, Sony reformatted all of their previously released Collections, moving away from the slipcased jewel boxes and introducing a book-styled box set, where the three CDs sit with the liner notes from the individual CDs thrown into the bottom of the box.

1999 Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999

1999 Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976-1999
Various Artists
Louie Shelton - Guitar

To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set, Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, Columbia Records, was founded early in the 20th century. Sony acquired Columbia and its various subsidiaries in the late '80s, purchasing one of the richest catalogs in pop history, as the box set proves again and again.

1993 Art Garfunkel Up 'Til Now

1993 Up 'Til Now
Art Garfunkel
Louie Shelton - Producer

Art Garfunkel gives his "deepest thanks to Mitchell Cohen at Columbia for the concept of this album." But what is the concept? It contains everything from the original Simon & Garfunkel recording of "The Sound of Silence" (from their Wednesday Morning, 3 AM album) to tracks from previous Garfunkel solo albums, stray songs apparently intended for albums never made, movie and TV themes, a live performance, and even a comedy routine with Paul Simon called "The Breakup", you name it.