NBC Must See TV

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Music Review: Great for Original Recordings But TOO SHORT!
Rating: 4 Stars

This collection is nice, as has already been pointed out, because it actually contains original recordings of the songs as opposed to reworked versions that appeared on some of the previous releases (to their credit, those redone renditions were usually pretty close to the real thing). I'm glad to finally get the actual TV version of the St. Elsewhere theme. This show is still one of my favorites, and the opening credits and theme song were always part of the appeal (why isn't St. Elsewhere on DVD yet???). The song does sound a bit dated now, but it still evokes hundreds of memories of this fine show. Some of the songs repeat themselves from past TVT collections, but there are enough different versions here to make it worthwhile.

My only complaint- and it's not a small one- is that there is only 50 minutes or so of music on this disc. Talk about wasted space. Given that a CD holds nearly 80 minutes, and that the average TV theme is less than 60 seconds, they could have easily fit another 20 to 30 tracks on here. On compilation albums like this it's inexcusable not to fill the disc to the brim. NBC certainly has enough memorable themes over the years to fill several CDs- I won't name the shows that are missing here, but there are plenty. The fact that they didn't even bother to fill one CD really detracts from the value of this disc.

Still, overall a good effort, and hopefully something that this label will continue to produce in the future. Would be nice to have a disc that includes all of the cable show themes that have popped up over the past decade, like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, etc. As long as they produce new TV shows (with theme songs, which is not always a guarantee anymore) there will be material for these compilations.

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