Date: ??? Publisher: EMI Origin: Japan Info: Super, super rare, downright mythical Japanese release. I don't know anything about this other than its reported existence by reliable sources (like, Sonic Team itself). I guess it's the Bigfoot of the Sonic music world. *insert freaky music here* | |
Date: July 26, 1992 Publisher: BMG Origin: Japan Info: Sega Game Music, Presented by B.B. Queens. Well, it's obviously got Sonic on the cover...as for what's actually on the CD, your guess is good as mine. I presume it's got some classic Sega tunes (probably from arcade and/or Mega Drive, this came way before Saturn and Dreamcast), but that's just a shot in the dark. | |
Date: January, 1993 Publisher: BMG (?) Origin: Germany Info: The first in a series of European music releases bearing the Sonic name, but having no Sonic music in them at all. Actually, the first two of SSDA's whopping three tracks have the classic Sonic theme (and some sound effects) mixed right into them, so they sound pretty cool. I certainly can't recognize "Inter Galactica" from anything. Here's the tracklist:
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Date: 1994 Publisher: ??? Origin: Japan Info: A collection of remixed music from various Mega CD (that's Sega CD to us Americans) titles. Track 5: "Sonic Ambient Mix" - Remixed by Naofumi Hataya; and Track 6: "Sonic 6290 Mix" - Remixed by Masafumi Ogata. Both are from Sonic CD, but since I didn't hear the tracks, I can't say which songs they're based on. | |
Date: 1994 Publisher: ??? Origin: Japan Info: A collection of remixed music from various Mega Drive (that's Genesis to us Americans) titles. Track 2: "Sonic After-6290 Mix" - Remixed by Masafumi Ogata. | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Sony Music Spain/Arcade Music Company Origin: Europe Info: Another one of those quirky European releases. I don't know a darn thing about it. Even more baffling than the CD itself, however, is the mystery as to what's so darn great about American pie that it would induce dancing? The mind boggles... | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Sony Music Spain/Arcade Music Company Origin: Europe Info: Read above. I think it's kind of funny these were published by Sony, but y'know, once upon a time they made games for the Genny and SNES. I bet those traitors were plotting this the entire time. | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Scandinavian Records Origin: Europe Info: As before, a quirky and rare European release. It's a dance collection featuring music from a number of artists with the Sonic title slapped on for looks. Don't look at me like that, it's a marketing thing... | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Zomba Records Origin: Europe Info: Same as above, but at least this one actually has a trace of Sonic in the music selection. Track 20 is "Rednex / Sonic Mega Mix '95". | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Zomba Records Origin: Europe Info: How many of these stupid things can they squeeze into one year for crying out loud? | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Zomba Records Origin: Europe Info: Same as before. Track 21 is "Sonic Mega Hit Mix". | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Jive Records/Zomba Records Holdings B.V. Origin: Europe Info: You know the story. Unless you just skipped ahead to right here in the middle of the page, in which case shame on you. | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Jive Records/Zomba Records Holdings B.V. Origin: Europe Info: Track 20 is "T-Spoon / Sonic Hitmix". | |
Date: 1995 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Germany Info: And the terror begins again. When will the holocaust end? | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Sweden Info: My God, they've begun attacking Sweden. When will their villainous plot be put to an end? | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Norway Info: Newsflash: The "Sonic Dance" war has just expanded to include Norway. News at eleven. | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Denmark Info: Gentleman, Sonic Dance has overtaken Germany, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark; and we have reason to believe their next target will be Finland. The plan is to cut them off in their advance on the Scandinavian Peninsula, but we also have troops stationed in Turkey just incase they get Hungary and move south. (This is just too easy.) | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Germany Info: Word of a rebellion developing back in Germany, the heart of the terror, has prompted another all-out raid on the country. That'll show those little turds who's boss. Heheh. | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Sweden Info: Another rebellion back in Sweden has been squashed. The nerve. Honestly. | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Norway Info: Welcome to the evening news with Gilbert Lyle. The good news is that the epic Sonic Dance War is over. The bad news is that all of Europe has been conquered, and all its people have turned into drooling zombies incapable of anything but wandering around chanting "Super Sonic Dance Attack" in their respective languages. After a lengthy conference, the Americas, Asia, and Australia have decided that things won't be too much different than they were before. So we're just gonna pretend like nothing ever happened and go about our national business. I have just lost all of my European readers. | |
Date: 1996 Publisher: Arcade Music Company Origin: Germany Info: A rare European release. The music's absolute crap, but the disc also included a demo of the Genesis game Comix Zone (which was also absolute crap) and some Sonic video footage (apparently of the Sonic ride and other screens). As far as I know, this CD is no longer available (thank God), but MP3's are floating all over the place around the internet. Here's the tracklist:
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Date: 1996 Publisher: Suburban Base Records Origin: USA Info: The only American collection of this sort, it's a collection of original music "inspired" by various Saturn games. The only one I've heard is Sonic 3D, which almost sounds like a remix of Gene Gadget (Saturn version). I'd really like to hear Richard Jaques' NiGHTS remix, though... Here's the tracklist:
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Date: August 21, 1997 Publisher: ??? Origin: Japan Info: A collection of vocal songs from various Sega games. (The unknown tracks were listed in Japanese, so I couldn't read them. I'm learning, OK?) Here's the tracklist:
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Date: October 17, 1997 Publisher: MMV Origin: Japan Info: It's like the Club Saturn collection, except it's from Japan with mostly Japanese artists. Here's the tracklist:
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Date: May 21, 1998 Publisher: ??? Origin: Japan Info: A collection of various game remixes, I presume. Alas, all the tracknames were listed in Japanese...can't there be a universal language? Why doesn't the whole world just adopt English? I mean, it's obviously the most functional and colorful of all the world's dialects...sure, it takes a bit longer to learn, but- *looks around* Ahem. As I was saying, I'm not sure exactly what this is the 20th anniversary of...gaming in general, I suppose. Here's a lack of tracklist:
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Date: January 20, 1999 Publisher: MMV Origin: Japan Info: More remixes! Ooh, I'd like to hear those BR mixes... Here's the tracklist:
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