The Ultimate Gary Glitter – 25 Years of Hits
1997 greatest hits album by Gary Glitter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ultimate Gary Glitter – 25 Years of Hits is a greatest hits album by English glam rock singer Gary Glitter. It was originally released in the United Kingdom on 24 November 1997 on the label Snapper Music, less than a week after his arrest for having child pornography on his computer.[3]
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Released | 24 November 1997[1] | |||
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Length | 1:48:38 | |||
Label | Snapper Music | |||
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The two-disc set contains 32 tracks in total, 16 tracks on each disc. 27 of the tracks are Gary Glitter songs spanning from 1972 through to 1984, while four of the tracks are singles from 1974–1975 by his backing band, The Glitter Band, without him. The one other track on the set is a song called "Rock Hard Men (Need The Power)", which was recorded in April 1997 from a then upcoming 1998 Gary Glitter album called Lost on Life Street. This 1997 version of "Rock Hard Men (Need The Power)" is a different mix of the song to the 1996 version that appeared as a B side on Gary Glitter's "House of the Rising Sun" single.
The intended Lost on Life Street album was later cancelled due to the fallout from Gary Glitter's arrest on 19 November 1997 outside PC World in Bristol, and his later conviction in November 1999 for possession of child pornography. Most of the Lost on Life Street songs later had a limited release as On in 2001, which featured an extended Part 1 and Part 2 version of "Rock Hard Men".
The Ultimate Gary Glitter – 25 Years of Hits was reissued and repromoted by Snapper Music in both 2000 and 2002, with no alterations.
The album does not contain any song material released under any of his aliases.