The
BGP
subsidiary of
Ace
paired two of
Rotary Connection
's albums onto one disc in 1998. The following year,
Raven
would combine
Aladdin
and
Dinner Music
on one disc. Not only do the original albums deserve to be released separately, but both the
reissue two-fers ruin the strange sleeve artwork that adorned the original LPs.
Songs/Hey Love
looks particularly horrid, with an orgy of rainbow colors that bleed into each other.
Charly
once issued
Songs
on its own, but as of 2003, this combination was the only way to obtain
Hey Love
on CD. Despite these problems, it might be a dirty secret that these two albums on one disc make for a great introduction to the group. ~ Andy Kellman