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Singers and Songwriters was an 19-volume album series issued by Time-Life during the early-2000s, spotlighting songs from the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Songs on the series included music written and performed by an artist, and artists who covered a well-known songwriter's material; as such, a large majority of the music was stylistically similar to what was heard on soft rock and (sometimes) contemporary hit radio stations during the 1970s and early 1980s. Much like Time-Life's other series chronicling popular music, volumes in the "Singers and Songwriters" series covered a specific time period, including two-year spans in some volumes and parts of a given decade in others. Each volume was issued on a compact disc or cassette. Individual volumes generally contained two albums of 12 tracks each (24 songs per volume), and represented the highlighted time period's most popular and noteworthy tracks. 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 magazines Hot 100 chart). ==History== "Singers and Songwriters" was first issued in the winter of 2000, with the first volume in the series titled ''Singers and Songwriters: 1972-1973''. As was the case with Time-Life's other series, "Singers and Songwriters" was advertised in television and magazine advertisements. The series was available by subscription (by calling a 1-800 number); those who purchased the series in that fashion received a new volume roughly every other month (on the format of their choice), and had the option of keeping the volumes they wanted. Each volume was also offered for individual sale. When the series was fully issued, a customer could purchase the entire series at once (or a group of albums, as packaged by Time-Life as part of a promotion), often at a discounted price. New volumes continued to be issued through 2002, the final one being a volume titled ''Singers and Songwriters: Hard to Find Hits''; an additional single-disc volume not included in the subscription series (but available for sale) was titled ''Singers and Songwriters: The Classics''. Time-Life continued to offer "Singers and Songwriters" through the latter half of the 2000s. All told, the series had 432 tracks (429 songs with three titles repeated on various volumes). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Singers and Songwriters (Time-Life Music)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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