Help me identify these CDs and DVDs given to US troops

From this CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/14/cnnheroes.radzyminski.discs/index.html?hpt=T2

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/04/14/t1larg.troops.jpg

One of the guys on the right has Gang of Four's A Brief History of the 20th Century, and I think the guy front left is holding a Josh Groban CD (which one I have no idea). Clearly there are a bunch of others I'm unable to identify, though—any ideas?

guy front left has james taylor's "sweet baby james"

bottom left is Sweet Baby James by James Taylor.

the b&w one held by third guy from left is Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I and/or Volume II (they were released together and separately with the same cover photo iirc)

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cool thread btw

^ words i never thought i'd hear from some dude

credit where it's due bro

one of the DVDs held by the 2nd guy from the right is the Lil Bow Wow film Like Mike

there's two of these I am so close to id'ing and it's driving me fucking nuts

& yeah this is a great thread idea

gang of four wtf?

guy in the far back, his left hand: is that a sting album in the front?
his right hand: I KNOW THAT FUCKING RECORD BUT I CAN'T PLACE IT

I was gonna say that's "Like Mike"--the movie where Bow Wow becomes an NBA star

guy with the billy joel albums - is that here come the warm jets in his right hand?

lol why the fuck did they give these guys a dvd of 'like mike'

the album w/ teal on the cover being held by the guy third from our left is really bothering me

yeah man orange and teal really is everywhere now

damn you guys are right about James Taylor—i think i'd kinda mashed up these Groban covers in my head

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FsderQiIL._SL500_AA300_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51w6xxk5WAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51naB5clgyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Guy behind James Taylor guy has a James Earl Jones dvd, but I can't place it.

The cd on the bottom right is 'Hooked on Swing', can't make out what's behind it.

i'm glad you ID'd that, because that was one of the ones that was driving me nuts because it seemed vaguely familiar (but, as it turns out, is something i've never laid eyes on before)

there's some more pics of troops with cds/dvds here but i cant figure out how to post the .jpgs here

http://www.tunes4thetroops.org/albums/Troops_w_CDs/index.html

anyone?

love the way the guy in one of those pics looks holding Cruel Intentions

guy in center (in front of guy with arms in the air) is holding a dvd of the film "millions"

Looks like a lot of those dvds are b-movies from the previously viewed sale rack

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Millions%20DVD%20Contest%201%20-%20300.jpg

http://imageshack.us/m/805/6429/reeferphantom.jpg

Reefer Madness and The Phantom!!

I seriously hope that guy requested The Phantom.

http://auction-e.com/image/20/285/3031.jpg

4 movies in 1!

looooool @ Reefer Madness

I sure hope the movie RAD is in one of those boxes

guy third from our left has the Armageddon soundtrack

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y4d-C%2BunL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

I think there is a law that puts Blood Tide on every cheapo "18 movies in one" set. It's bad.

i'm so glad you figured that out, wk, i was going through James Earl Jones's filmography and couldn't for the life of me find a movie he was in that might have that DVD cover

The CD being held high in the top right looks a lot like Kenny Rogers but it doesn't match any of his covers I can find.

This is obviously just "grab handfuls of stuff out of these boxes and pose for the camera"

guy in the far back, his left hand: is that a sting album in the front?

i checked sting covers, no match :(

i'm so glad you figured that out, wk, i was going through James Earl Jones's filmography and couldn't for the life of me find a movie he was in that might have that DVD cover

Yup me too.

The one in front of Like Mike and behind Millions is some kind of University of Tennessee DVD. You can see the state flag, a cheerleader, and on the upper right, what looks like a marching band guy.

more pics here

http://www.tunes4thetroops.org/albums/cds_and_dvds/index.html

and here

http://www.tunes4thetroops.org/images/Album3/index.html

Behind Reefer Madness:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/DoyleThomas/Movies/Images1/TRN_DN6323D.jpg

jesus Pushing Tin and Kangaroo Jack -- are we punishing these brave men and women?

Yeah, this is a bunch of shit that somebody can't get rid of, then they get to take a tax writeoff on it, right? Sad.

It really is

def should have been destroyed instead of given away

I think it's stuff people donated that other people might have use for you buncha sourpusses

how dare they not give out complete Criterion back catalog sets

still trying to imagine US troops singing along w/ Gang of Four's "Money Talks"

(U.S. forces in defence of democracy)
(Sounds complicated!)

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858618337

how dare they not give out complete Criterion back catalog sets

LOL. There might be a middle ground though between that and say "Hooked on Swing".

Now this motivates me to donate something of quality.

my major beef is that on the front of the Armageddon soundtrack
it says

Patty Smyth

okay internet now tells me thats a different person

lol you were your own fact checking cuz

HAHAHA @ hot dude in back w/ Sheryl Crow's self-titled. Someone got that one already, right?

Also I feel like dude on the far right, blue album behind the orange one, was by some early/mid 90's shock-y/horror group or guy like White Zombie or Powerman 5000 and I'm p sure the title has "sexy" and/or "midnight" and/or an exclamation point in the title?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Supersexy_Swingin%27_Sounds_Cover.JPG

nevermind

Loath that I should be to admit owning it, but the CD behind the Gang of Four is:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd300/d343/d343380hgm8.jpg

(It's got Matthew Sweet covering "Magnet and Steel" with Lindsay Buckingham on guitar. I had to have it.)

What a great album to send our troops.

loooool best ID yet!

Dude in the back has a Maria McKee cd

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/d1/2a/fd5d9330dca0862c8b8c2010.L.jpg