The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s Vol. 2

The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s Vol. 2, catalog number MOODCD63, was released in 1998 on Sony Music as a European-pressed, double-disc compilation subtitled The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s Vol. 2. The copyright line reads © 1998 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd./Warner esp., with distribution handled by Sony Music and Columbia serving as the exclusive Sony trademark. It was available through the French Amazon and similar European retail channels at the time of release.

The front cover sets up the budget-compilation aesthetic immediately: a black background anchored by large, bold white lettering that reads The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s Vol. 2. Below that header, the word Rock Songs dominates in the largest type on the cover, rendered in a warm orange-gold gradient that catches the eye without being garish. In the center panel are black-and-white portrait photographs of several recognizable rock figures, cropped tightly and arranged in a loose grid, though no names are labeled directly beneath the individual shots. Artist credits appear at the bottom of the cover in smaller white text listing REM, The Doors, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Meat Loaf, Eric Clapton, and the catch-all phrase and many more. The overall layout is functional rather than designed with care, typical of mid-tier European compilation packaging from this era. The spine and rear of the case carry the MOODCD63 catalog number, and the back panel lists the track roster across both discs, though as the Discogs community notes, track timings are not stated anywhere on the release. The two discs themselves are presumably standard silver pressings with printed labels; no inserts or booklets of any substance accompany this release. There is no liner note essay, no photography inside the jewel case beyond what the tray card provides, and no artist-specific commentary. Collectors accustomed to the care put into something like Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine will find the production values here considerably more modest.

The Doors are represented by Break On Through (To The Other Side), placed at track 2-2 on disc two. It is a strong choice from the catalog, though it is among the most widely licensed Doors tracks in the compilation market, appearing on dozens of European budget sets throughout the 1990s. Collectors who want a definitive Doors compilation context will be better served by The Doors Complete Studio Recordings or the band's own curated releases. The surrounding company here is broad: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan opens disc two, Eric Clapton's unplugged Layla closes disc one, and the set stretches from Black Sabbath's Paranoid and the Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen through Toto's Africa and Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop, which gives a sense of the scatter-shot curatorial approach. The Discogs tracklist differs in sequencing and some titles from the track listing printed on retail packaging, a common inconsistency with European budget compilations of this vintage, where data entry on releases like this is often incomplete or corrected after the fact by the community. Notably, the Discogs entry credits tracks including Karma Police by Radiohead and Going Underground by The Jam, which do not appear in the retail-facing tracklist provided here, suggesting possible regional or pressing variants, or simply errors in one of the two sources. With 158 Discogs users reporting ownership and only 17 in the want list, the demand profile is low. This is not a scarce item. It circulated widely across European markets and is not a release that commands attention from serious collectors for any scarcity-based reason. For those tracking multi-artist compilations that include Doors material, something like 200% Platinum Hits or MTV History 2000 occupy a similar space in the market.

Rock Songs Vol. 2 (MOODCD63) is a widely available, low-production European compilation with no scarcity, no meaningful bonus content, and no collector premium attached to it. The Doors inclusion is a single well-known track. Unless you are specifically cataloging every compilation appearance of Break On Through or filling a comprehensive European-market survey, this is a pass. Budget bin pricing is appropriate, and finding a copy requires minimal effort through any major European secondhand channel.