I try not to listen to compilations unless I have a really good reason. The reason I try not to listen to them is simply because, especially with “Greatest Hits” compilations, someone other than the artist has decided what is on the record.
Category: 1951
The Best of RPM and Kent Recordings (2011) by BB King
This disc compiles some of King’s A-sides for both the RPM and Kent labels throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s.
Awaara (1951, Raj Kapoor)
For reasons I can only guess at, the Toronto Public Library edition of this film does not contain English or French subtitles – not that I would do much better with French subtitles than none, but it would be some improvement. So I was forced to watch this movie as if it was “silent,” following …