New Best of Big Star Compilation Announced

A selection of Big Star songs have been compiled for a new best-of compilation on Stax. It’ll feature 16 tracks from the group’s three albums, #1 Record, Radio City, and Third. See the tracklist below. Among the selections are a handful of rare single edits. The set will also feature an introduction by Jody Stephens, the group’s drummer and only surviving member, as well as liner notes from Robert Gordon, who produced the concert film Big Star: Live in Memphis. Below, listen to the single mix of Big Star’s “In the Street,” via Brooklyn Vegan.

Earlier this month, a book on the late Chris Bell was announced—There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Big Star Founder Chris Bell—along with a new box set. 

Big Star — Best Of:

01 In the Street (single mix)
02 Don’t Lie to Me (single version)
03 September Gurls (single version)
04 Thirteen
05 Jesus Christ (single edit)
06 I’m in Love With a Girl
07 O My Soul (single edit)
08 Feel
09 When My Baby’s Beside Me
10 Take Care
11 Life Is White
12 Watch the Sunrise (single version)
13 The Ballad of El Goodo
14 Nightime
15 Back of a Car
16 Thank You Friends  

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