Any Recent Homemade Compilations You Are Particularly Proud Of?

Thanks.

Yea SP have probably more non album tracks than anyone. Its insane how prolific Billy Corgan was.

 

Disc 1:

1. Trouble, Trouble (3:18)
2. Leavin' Again (Again!) (3:34)
3. Highway (Killing Me) (3:49)
4. Ride, Ride, Ride (4:24)
5. What A Shame (3:52)
6. Helping Hand (4:41)
7. Golden Arrow (4:03)
8. Rock & Roll Outlaw (3:53)
9. Eight Days On The Road (6:08)
10. Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie (6:14)
11. My Babe (4:36)
12. Terraplane Blues (5:45)
13. Drive Me Home (3:56)
14. Fool For The City (Live) (5:31)
15. Home In My Hand (Live) (4:56)
16. I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live) (8:36)

Disc 2:

1. Road Fever (Live) (5:29)
2. Honey Hush (Live) (5:38)
3. Slow Ride (Live) (8:06)
4. Drivin' Wheel (5:13)
5. Night Shift (5:32)
6. Take Me To The River (4:42)
7. Easy Money (3:55)
8. Chevrolet (3:21)
9. Sweet Home Chicago (3:59)
10. It Hurts Me Too (5:32)
11. Stone Blue (5:38)
12. Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed (3:50)
13. Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was A Fool) (4:12)
14. Paradise Alley (5:37)
15. Stranger In My Home Town (4:24)
16. Too Late The Hero (5:01)

 

For me,particular songs sound better at different times of they day or year.
For instance,i would never listen to King Diamond or Mercyful Fate while driving on a sunny afternoon.
Now at night,of course its a different story.
Something like Erasure I will listen to any time of the year.
Anyway...
I made a couple of compilations with in the last several months.
One I call Hard Rock Summer and was,as the title implies,for driving on those hot summer days;
QUEEN rock it
DAVID LEE ROTH going crazy
ACCEPT screaming for a love bite
ALICE COOPER hard rock summer
DOKKEN just got lucky
THE CARS looking for love
BRUCE DICKINSON dive dive dive
ROSE TATTOO freedoms flame
DEF LEPPARD armageddon it
VAN HALEN little guitars
JUDAS PRIEST last rose of summer
SAMMY HAGAR your love is driving me crazy
DONNIE IRIS tough world
GTR when the heart rules the mind
DEEP PURPLE dont hold your breath

Grey Skies:Songs For A Rainy Day
YES tempus fugit
BRUCE DICKINSON son of a gun
BLACK SABBATH sign of the southern cross
DEPECHE MODE two minute warning
THOMAS DOLBY wind power
ELVIS PRESLEY kentucky rain
ULTRAVOX stranger within
JON ANDERSON requiem for the americas
BUGGLES rainbow warrior
QUEENSRYCHE before the storm
THE FIXX facing the wind
GIANNI FERRIO let it rain let it pour
IRON MAIDEN the thin line between love and hate

 

Autumn

YES magnification
MEN AT WORK i can see it in your eyes
XTC my bird performs
HAIRCUT 100 fantastic day
ALICE COOPER shoe salesman
ERASURE cry so easy
STEVE HOWE sketches in the sun
SCORPIONS longing for fire
MANOWAR carry on
JETHRO TULL the teacher
BRUCE DICKINSON born in 58
QUEEN my fairy king
DAVID BOWIE survive
THE OCEAN BLUE sublime
KILLING JOKE a new day
THE OUTFIELD all the love
IRON MAIDEN prodigal son
PET SHOP BOYS my october symphony
BLACK SABBATH spiral architect

 

The Best Of The Move

1. Night Of Fear
2. I Can Hear The Grass Grow
3. Wave The Flag And Stop The Train
4. Yellow Rainbow
5. Kilroy Was Here
6. (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree
7. Walk Upon The Water
8. Flowers In The Rain
9. Useless Information
10. Fire Brigade
11. Cherry Blossom Clinic
12. Wild Tiger Woman
13. Omnibus
14. Blackberry Way
15. Curly
16. Hello Susie
17. Beautiful Daughter
18. Brontosaurus
19. When Alice Comes Back From The Farm
20. Lightning Never Strikes Twice
21. Falling Forever (BBC)
22. Ella James
23. Tonight
24. China Town
25. Do Ya

 

Anthology 1968-71 - Iron Butterfly

1. Don't Look Down On Me
2. Possession
3. Evil Temptation
4. Unconscious Power
5. You Can't Win
6. Fields Of Sun
7. Iron Butterfly Theme
8. Most Anything You Want
9. Flowers And Beads
10. My Mirage
11. Are You Happy
12. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Edited version)
13. In The Time Of Our Lives
14. I Can't Help But Deceive You, Little Girl
15. To Be Alone
16. Silly Sally
17. New Day
18. Stone Believer
19. Easy Rider (Let The Wind Pay The Way)
20. Butterfly Bleu

 

My song selection was nothing extraordinary. But I was pleased with my ABBA compilation title:

ABBAttoir: Choice Cuts

 

Instrumentals & Alternate Versions - Frank Zappa

1. Ancient Armaments (Non-lp b-side)
2. Apostrophe (Alternate Long Version from The Crux Of The Biscuit)
3. Black Napkins (Live Version from Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa)
4. Down In The Dew (Alternate Version from The Crux Of The Biscuit)
5. Heidelberg (Appeared on the Guitar World According to Frank Zappa - Planned for Guitar lp but omitted - later appeared on One Shot Deal)
6. Junior Mintz Boogie (Non-lp b-side)
7. Montreal (From Imaginery Diseases)
8. Occam's Razor (Guitar solo track from One Shot Deal)
9. St. Etienne (Lone guitar solo track on Jazz From Hell Synclavier lp)
10. Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live Version from Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa)
11. Zoot Allures (Live Version from Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa)

 

1. T-Bone Shuffle (4:58)
2. The Moon Is Full (5:04)
3. Brick (4:36)
4. If You Love Me Like You Say (4:06)
5. Give Me My Blues (4:13)
6. Blue Monday Hangover (5:34)
7. The Things I Used To Do (Live) (5:21)
8. When The Welfare Turns It's Back On You (5:25)
9. Lights Are On, But Nobody's Home (6:58)
10. Albert's Alley (4:07)
11. Don't Lose Your Cool (4:41)
12. Tired Man (Live) (5:09)
13. Cold Cuts (Live) (6:00)
14. Too Tired (2:59)
15. I Ain't Drunk (4:07)
16. Frosty (Live) (4:52)

 

A friend of mine loves me to make comps for him. This one's pretty diverse. His name is Dan, hence track #1.
Sharped Wit
1. Danny Boy - Richard Thompson
2. Katariina - Värttinä
3. Down By The River - Buddy Miles
4. Barnacle Bill The Sailor - Hoagy Carmichael
5. Pardon My Rags - Keith Jarrett
6. Third Man Theme - The Band
7. Like A Rolling Stone - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf - Duke Ellington
9. Iron Path - Last Exit
10. The Black Widow - decker.
11. Little Demon - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
12. Only The Lonely - NRBQ
13. You Don't Exist Any More - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
14. Jewish - Spirit
15. Matzoh Balls - Slim Gaillard And His Flat Floogie Boys
16. The Clearout - Jack Bruce
17. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair - David Bromberg
18. Riot In Cell Block #9 - The Robins
19. See See Rider - Yusef Lateef
20. Brother Bill - Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
21. C-H-I-C-K-E-N - Van Dyke Parks

 

My own version of Chicago IX (Greatest Hits) with partly re-edited and partly uncut tracks plus *bonus stuff, sourced from CDs.

1. 25 Or 6 To 4
2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
3. Colour My World
4. Just You 'N' Me
5. Saturday In The Park
6. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
7. Questions 67 & 68*
8. Make Me Smile (Single Version)
9. Wishing You Were Here
10. Call On Me
11. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
12. Beginnings
13. I'm A Man*

 

I burned this cdr tonight as sort of a replacement/alternative for The Rolling Stones Rewind (1971-1984).

Singles 1971-1982

1. Brown Sugar
2. Wild Horses
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Happy
5. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
6. Angie
7. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
8. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)
9. Hot Stuff
10. Fool To Cry
11. Miss You
12. Respectable
13. Beast Of Burden
14. Shattered
15. Emotional Rescue
16. She's So Cold
17. Start Me Up
18. Hang Fire
19. Waiting On A Friend
20. Going To A Go-Go

I had to omit the live version of Time Is On My Side from Still Life as it wouldn't fit and I slightly altered the time frame from Rewind.

 

Here's a few:

 

I've always been really fascinated with the whole Nashville country rock era in the late 60's, and wanted to make a cohesive collection of countrified Bob Dylan covers, using his more contemporary Basement Tapes / John Wesley Harding era songs either recorded in Nashville, or featuring players from the Nashville scene. Here is a link to the playlist on Spotify. (I made some artwork for it which is featured above).

Skyline Revisited: Nashville Covers Bob Dylan (1968-1970), a playlist by toddrawson on Spotify

Side One:​

1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - The Byrds (Sweetheart Of The Rodeo)
2. The Mighty Quinn - Ian & Sylvia (Nashville)
3. Down In The Flood - Flatt & Scruggs (Changin' Times)
4. Drifter's Escape - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Flatt & Scruggs (Nashville Airplane)
6. I Pity The Poor Immigrant - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
7. Tears Of Rage - Ian & Sylvia (Full Circle)

Side Two:​

1. One More Night - Flatt & Scruggs (Final Fling)
2. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
3. Nashville Skyline Rag - Flatt & Scruggs (Final Fling)
4. Dear Landlord - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
5. Wheel's On Fire - Ian & Sylvia (Nashville)
6. I Shall Be Released - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
7. Nothing Was Delivered - The Byrds (Sweetheart Of The Rodeo)

Bonus Tracks:​

1. Nashville Skyline Rag - Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan (Performing w/ Family & Friends)
2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Earl Scruggs & The Byrds (Performing w/ Family & Friends)
3. Love Is A Four Letter Word - Earl Scruggs & Joan Baez (Performing w/ Family & Friends)

You can also make a pretty great playlist of pre Basement Tape era and Whitmark songs covered in this vein by Joan Baez and Flatt & Scruggs - but I thought it would be fun to stick with the more contemporary tracks. This would be the rest:

1. Love Is Just A Four Letter Word - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man - Flatt & Scruggs (Changin' Times)
3. North Country Blues - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
4. Don't Think Twice It's All Right - Flatt & Scruggs (Changin' Times)
5. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Low Lands - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
6. Blowin' In The Wind - Flatt & Scruggs (Changin' Times)
7. Love Minus Zero / No Limit - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
8. It Ain't Me Babe - Flatt & Scruggs (Changin' Times)
9. The Walls Of Redwing - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
   
10. Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 - Flatt & Scruggs (Nashville Airplane)

1. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Flatt & Scruggs (Nashville Airplane)
2. One Too Many Mornings - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
3. Maggie's Farm - Flatt & Scruggs (Final Fling)
4. Boots Of Spanish Leather - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
5. Girl From The North Country - Flatt & Scruggs (Final Fling)
6. Walkin' Down The Line - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
7. Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance - Flatt & Scruggs (Final Fling)
8. Restless Farewell - Joan Baez (Any Day Now)
9. Like A Rolling Stone - Flatt & Scruggs (Nashville Airplane)
10. Love Is Just A Four Letter Word - Earl Scruggs (Nashville's Rock)

 

Homemade "Anthology" best-of compilations

Do You Have a Homemade Single Artist Compilation That You're Particularly Fond Of?

Forum members might also enjoy these threads as well.

 

That's just teasing us.

Best Wishes,
David

 

Bob Dylan and The Band – The Best of the Basement Tapes (1967)



Haven’t trawled through the entire The Basement Tapes Complete as yet? Here is a carefully selected and sequenced 17 track “Best Of”, containing the creme of the crop – the brilliant music these guys created.

1. She’s On My Mind Again
2. I’m Your Teenage Prayer
3. The Auld Triangle
4. Young But Daily Growing
5. Tupelo
6. Still in Town
7. Big River (Take 2)
8. Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad
9. 900 Miles From My Home
10. King of France
11. My Woman She’s A-Leavin’
12. Get Your Rocks Off
13. All American Boy
14. One Man’s Loss
15. Dress it Up, Better Have it All
16. Mary Lou, I Love You Too
17. Silent Weekend

 

This is particularly enticing to me as someone not familiar with The Move. Ironically, one of the only Move songs I know isn't on here: "California Man"

 

Something I wanted to do for a long time. My own decent best of Paul McCartney (without Beatles, Wings and Fireman).

But I did not include many tracks from these albums as I haven't listened to them yet:

- Ram (1 song)
- Press To Play (1 song)
- Off The Ground (1 song)
- Flaming Pie (1 song)
- Driving Rain (No song)

01 Another Day
02 Maybe I'm Amazed
03 Junk
04 Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey
05 Did We Meet Somewhere Before
06 Coming Up
07 Blue Sway (With Richard Niles Orchestration)
08 Waterfalls
09 Here Today
10 Ebony And Ivory (feat. Stevie Wonder)
11 Pipes Of Peace
12 Say Say Say (feat. Michael Jackson)
13 No More Lonely Nights
14 Press
15 Once Upon A Long Ago
16 My Brave Face
17 Figure Of Eight (Single Version)
18 This One
19 Hope Of Deliverence
20 Souvenir
21 No Other Baby
22 Fine Line
23 Jenny Wren
24 Dance Tonight
25 Only Mama Knows
26 House Of Wax
27 I Want To Come Home
28 My Valentine
29 Cut Me Some Slack (feat. Nirvana) (as it's not on an album)
30 Queenie Eye
31 Appreciate
32 Hope For The Future

 

I highly recommend them.

I actually cut California Man to fit the rare BBC track Falling Forever.

 

I made this for my friend's birthday. The first cut has become a real earworm for me.
1. These Are Soulful Days - Lee Morgan
2. As You Said - Cream
3. I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
4. I Wanna Be Your Dog_Five to One - decker.
5. Rock N' Roll Medley - Neville Brothers
6. Papa's On The House Top - Dave & Phil Alvin
7. When Buddah Smiles - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
8. California Dreamin’ - Eddie Hazel
9. Do I Make Myself Clear - Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto
10. Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
11. Inner Child - Nathan and Jessie
12. Tornado - Buzzy Linhart
13. You're Okay - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
14. Black Annie - Mike Eldred Trio
15. Ibiza Bar - Pink Floyd
16. Stompin' Grounds - Roland Kirk Quartet
17. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz - Doug Sahm

 

I love this post and wish I had the time to list some songs, but until I do let's just say I'm still at it with such gems as-The Major[Major Lance]-Spinnin The Hits[The Spinners]-The Oueen-Vol-1-2[Aretha]-Just Smooth[Nat King Cole-Johnny Mathis]The Kendricks Phile[Eddie Kendricks]-The Drifters[1953-73].

 

This is amazing, and as always your artwork and packaging are incredible. I've been planning (for years) to do my own re-working of the Anthology CDs, but I'm taking a different approach. Rather than expand it with all my favorite bootleg cuts (that would be another collection), I want to do a traditional soundtrack album for the Anthology film, with their greatest regular tracks enhanced by the best of the live and outtake material. It would mainly be a way to compile the best of the remixes of the canon material from this century, drawing from the Anthology DVDs, the AHDN / Help / MMT DVDs and (now) the 1+ DVDs and CD. Sequence it all chronologically with the best of the "bootleg" material and you'd have a traditional late-1980s / 1990s 4-CD box set (think Clapton's Crossroads or the Elton John & Rod Stewart models) -- something I alway thought the Beatles should have done. It would have been a "safe" way to introduce remixes into the catalog, and it would have put the best of the outtake stuff in a better context for casual fans to appreciate it. Someday .... but in the meantime ..........

 

I'm turning 50 this year, and I am currently in the middle of compiling and sequencing a massive life-spanning series of CDs / playlists / whatever they are these days for myself. This won't be merely my "favorite" songs of a given year, but only the stuff that truly evokes a memory or a period of my life. From my earliest non-verbal memory of music (the "2001 A Space Odyssey" theme) through the usual childhood suspects (Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Schoolhouse Rock, the Muppets), early-70s AM radio, and much much more -- this will essentially be my "autobiography" in music. I'm working to re-create specific memories of long-lost mixtapes and songs captured off the radio, my first records and record player, etc. I'm trying to keep it to a "reasonable" 20-25 CDs worth of music.

 

What a great idea - looking forward to following the way this develops.

Best Wishes,
David