HALL & OATES Do What You Want, Be What You Are (2009 Japanese limited edition 4-CD album set - they are the most successful pop music duo of all time: Daryl Hall and John Oates have long since surpassed Simon and Garfunkel and the Everly Brothersin the annals of pop pairings, having scored no less than 22 Billboard Top 20 singles, including six number ones, six platinum albums [sales of more than one million copies] plus another six gold LPs [sales of more than 500,000 units]. Spanning the years 1966-2009, this definitive Hall & Oates anthology, collects 74 sublime recordings, culled from seven different labels on its four discs, including super-rare pre-Hall & Oates sides from The Temptones [led by Hall] and Masters [led by Oates]. The set also showcases 16 previously unreleased cuts including a host of wonderful live performances, as well as never-before-heard studio tracks and remixes, and is enhanced with an eloquent introductory essay penned by pop critic Roy Trakin, plus invaluable track-by-track annotation and commentary regarding each track by Daryl Hall and John Oates, drawn from extensive interviews by Ken Sharp. Superbly presented in deluxe embossed longbox with incredible 60-page booklet packed with info and scores of photos, additional Japanese/English lyric/info booklet + wraparound obi strip).