Classic Rock Gold

Classic Rock Gold is a two-disc compilation album released in 2005. It features thirty-three of the greatest hits to come out of classic rock, many of which are from the Universal Music Group catalogue.

The cover features, clockwise from the top left: Whitesnake, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Scorpions, Joe Walsh, Rod Stewart and Peter Frampton (all of which recorded for labels that were later merged into what is now Universal Music Group).

Disc one

 * 1) Steppenwolf – "Born to Be Wild" (3:30) (Bonfire) (1968)
 * 2) Santana – "Evil Ways" (3:57) (Henry/Zack) (1970)
 * 3) The Guess Who – "American Woman" (5:07) (Bachman/Cummings/Kale/Peterson) (1970)
 * 4) Free – "All Right Now" (5:30) (Rodgers/Fraser) (1973)
 * 5) Jethro Tull – "Locomotive Breath" (4:33) (Anderson) (1972)
 * 6) The James Gang – "Walk Away" (3:34) (Walsh) (1972)
 * 7) Rod Stewart – "Maggie May" (5:46) (Stewart) (1971)
 * 8) Ten Years After – "I'd Love to Change the World" (3:44) (Lee) (1971)
 * 9) The Hollies – "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" (3:17) (Clarke/Cook/Greenaway) (1972)
 * 10) The Edgar Winter Group – "Frankenstein" (4:45) (Winter) (1973)
 * 11) Elton John – "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (4:55) (John/Taupin) (1973)
 * 12) Grand Funk Railroad – "We're an American Band" (3:26) (Brewer) (1974)
 * 13) Joe Walsh – "Rocky Mountain Way" (5:16) (Walsh/Grace/Passarelli/Vitale) (1973)
 * 14) The Doobie Brothers – "China Grove" (3:16) (Johnston) (1974)
 * 15) Golden Earring – "Radar Love" (6:25) (Hay/Kooymans) (1974)
 * 16) Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Sweet Home Alabama" (4:41) (Van Zant/King/Rossington) (1974)
 * 17) Bachman–Turner Overdrive – "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (3:53) (Bachman) (1974)

Disc two

 * 1) Bad Company – "Bad Company" (4:48) (Rodgers/Kirke) (1973)
 * 2) Nazareth – "Hair of the Dog" (4:09) (1975)
 * 3) Head East – "Never Been Any Reason" (5:11) (1975)
 * 4) Foghat – "Slow Ride" [Single version] (3:56) (Peverett) (1976)
 * 5) Peter Frampton – "Show Me the Way" [Live] (4:39) (Frampton) (1976)
 * 6) Blue Öyster Cult – "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (5:09) (Roeser) (1976)
 * 7) Foreigner – "Cold as Ice" [Single version] (3:20) (Gramm/Jones) (1977)
 * 8) Ted Nugent – "Cat Scratch Fever" (3:39) (Nugent) (1978)
 * 9) The Cars – "Just What I Needed" (3:45) (Ocasek) (1979)
 * 10) Eddie Money – "Two Tickets to Paradise" (3:49) (Money) (1978)
 * 11) Cheap Trick – "I Want You to Want Me" [Live] (3:42) (Nielsen) (1979)
 * 12) .38 Special – "Hold On Loosely" (4:40) (Barnes/Carlisi/Peterik) (1981)
 * 13) Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe" (4:22) (Cochrane) (1981)
 * 14) Billy Idol – "White Wedding" (4:13) (Idol) (1982)
 * 15) Scorpions – "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (4:12) (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell) (1984)
 * 16) Whitesnake – "Here I Go Again" (4:35) (Coverdale/Marsden) (1987)

Personnel

 * Jorgen Angel – photography
 * Randy Bachman – producer
 * Bad Company – producer
 * Roy Thomas Baker – producer
 * Bruce Botnick – producer
 * Roger Boyd – producer
 * Emily Cagan – product manager
 * Paul Canty – photography, cover photo
 * Manny Charlton – producer
 * Brent Dangerfield – producer
 * Cliff Davies – producer
 * Rick Derringer – producer
 * Dieter Dierks – producer
 * Henry Diltz – photography, cover photo
 * Jack Douglas – producer
 * Gus Dudgeon – producer
 * Keith Forsey – producer
 * Simon Fowler – photography
 * Peter Frampton – producer
 * Lew Futterman – producer
 * Richie Gallo – photography
 * The Hollies – producer
 * Nick Jameson – producer
 * Al Kooper – producer
 * Murray Krugman – producer
 * Richard Landis – producer
 * Pat Lawrence – compilation producer


 * David Lucas – producer
 * Gavin Lurssen – mastering
 * Gary Lyons – producer
 * Ross Marino – photography, cover photo
 * Ian McDonald – collaboration
 * Gabriel Mekler – producer
 * Rodney Mills – producer
 * Ryan Null – photo research
 * Keith Olsen – producer
 * Sandy Pearlman – producer
 * Michael Putland – photography, cover photo
 * Ron Richards – producer
 * Todd Rundgren – producer
 * Santana – producer
 * Dana Smart – compilation producer
 * Shannon Steckloff – production coordination
 * Dave Steen – photography, cover photo
 * Rod Stewart – producer
 * Mike Stone – producer
 * Bill Szymczyk – producer
 * Ted Templeman – producer
 * Joe Walsh – producer
 * Tom Werman – producer
 * Chris Wright – executive producer
 * Michael Zagaris - photography