databank said:

Hi y'all
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Well the question's in the thread title. For lack of liner notes or any credits whatsoever, I've always wondered... Was it ever revealed who the person in charge of choosing and compiling the tracks was?
[Edited 12/3/25 14:30pm]

erik319 said:

databank said:

Hi y'all . Well the question's in the thread title. For lack of liner notes or any credits whatsoever, I've always wondered... Was it ever revealed who the person in charge of choosing and compiling the tracks was? [Edited 12/3/25 14:30pm]

I think they just wrote loads of song names on ping pong balls and put them in a bingo machine & went with what came out. It's a strange release. I like the artwork but the track selection and random flow are just jarring.

Agreed. I don't mind the song choices (mostly), but we def take the same tracks and create a better flow/sequence.

I think it was Londell.

Duane Tudahl started working for the Estate in August 2018, the same month the compilation was released. Have you tried asking him on Facebook?

skywalker said:

erik319 said:

databank said: I think they just wrote loads of song names on ping pong balls and put them in a bingo machine & went with what came out. It's a strange release. I like the artwork but the track selection and random flow are just jarring.

Agreed. I don't mind the song choices (mostly), but we def take the same tracks and create a better flow/sequence.

Yeah it's an odd one. The material is good, I won't question this, but the selection seems so arbitrary/random, if only because it excludes existing singles in favor of album cuts, and clearly favors some albums over others... It would have been great to understand the rationale behind it... Could have been good marketing too, to create a narrative around it, have whomever compiled it write a little essay about it or something...

But hey, it's the streaming era, right? People just absorb whatever is being thrown at them I guess... Some months ago one of my sisters in law came home and saw my Sandman trade paperbacks on my shelf and said "oh, I watched and liked the show, it was a comic book?", and later I asked my wife "your bro and his wife don't read at all about the things they watch?", and she was like "baby, I think most people don't..."

olb99 said:

Duane Tudahl started working for the Estate in August 2018, the same month the compilation was released. Have you tried asking him on Facebook?

Good idea, I will Thanks for the suggestion.