Like most compilation albums, songs by two of the era's most successful groups – The Beatles and The Rolling Stones – were not included due to licensing issues however, several albums had cover art with drawings of male rock singers resembling The Beatles.Īs was the case with Time-Life's other series, "Classic Rock" was advertised in television and magazine advertisements.
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"Classic Rock" was first issued in the winter of 1988, with the first volume in the series titled Classic Rock: 1965. Also included was a booklet, containing liner notes written by some of the most respected historians of the genre, photographs of the artists, and information on the songs (writers, performers and peak position on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart). Individual volumes generally contained 22 tracks, and represented the highlighted time period's most popular and noteworthy tracks. Each volume was issued on a compact disc, cassette or (on volumes issued through 1990) 2-LP vinyl record set. Much like Time-Life's other series chronicling popular music, volumes in the "Classic Rock" series covered a specific time period, including single years in some volumes and stylistic trends in others.
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Unlike what the name may imply, the series spotlighted popular music played on Top 40 radio stations of the mid-to-late-1960s.