The Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders of the 1960s and 1970s – links
Posted on Fri Dec 4 2009 at 11:26 am in the category Forgotten albums -- Copyright notice
The Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders LPs were inexpensive compilation albums (usually 2 discs) aimed at marketing then up and coming artists on the label (e.g. Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie, Van Morrison, Mothers of Invention, Jethro Tull, Neil Young) alongside the old staples. By the 1970s, Dr. Demento was behind the compilation and liner work, so they are also quite entertaining.
The existence of these Warner-Reprise Loss Leaders was entirely new to me, but now that I have acquired seven of them (in immaculate condition from a very generous and friendly local) and have begun looking into them, I thought I would supply you with some interesting links about these compilation albums:
- Warner Bros. Records Presents Loss Leaders Revisited
- Rock Samplers: Warner Brothers/Reprise Records
- Sampler Daze: The Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders series
- Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders (Wikipedia article)
