Any Recent Homemade Compilations You Are Particularly Proud Of?

I’m surprised they’ve never done anything like this. I’d buy this in a heartbeat!

 

I made a compilation of some killer unreleased J Dilla beats from circulating demo tapes for a friend. It's not mixed, mastered or even themed but I did choose and order the tracklist carefully. I named it after the monolithic site Gobekli Tepe which dates back to around the 10th millennium BCE and was discovered in '96.. because finding amazing **** like this is like finding an old rare Dilla beat lol, also because I get to play on words.. Da Gobekli Tape


I made the cover from an Alex Grey painting called Wonder

On the left you'll see the samples he used

 

My guess is that it is complicated by the licensing across the different labels.

 

60's U.S & U.K. A & B Sides - Manfred Mann

Disc 1
1. Why Should We Not
2. Brother Jack
3. Cock-A-Hoop
4. Now You're Needing Me
5. 5-4-3-2-1
6. Without You
7. Hubble Bubble Toil And Trouble
8. I'm Your Kingpin
9. Do Wah Diddy Daddy
10. What You Gonna Do
11. Sha-La-La
12. John Hardy
13. Come Tomorrow
14. What Did I Do Wrong
15. Oh No Not My Baby
16. My Little Red Book
17. What Am I Doing Wrong
18. If You Gotta Go, Go Now
19. Stay Around
20. The One In The Middle
21. Hi Lili Hi Lo
22. You Don't Know Me
23. She Needs Company
24. Pretty Flamingo
25. You're Standing By
26. You Gave Me Somebody To Love
27. Poison Ivy

Disc 2
1. Just Like A Woman
2. I Wanna Be Rich
3. When Will I Be Loved
4. Did You Have To Do That
5. Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James
6. Morning After The Party
7. Each And Every Day
8. Ha! Ha! Said The Clown
9. Feeling So Good
10. Sweet Pea
11. One Way
12. So Long Dad
13. Funniest Gig
14. The Mighty Quinn
15. By The Request Of Edwin Garvey
16. I Can't Believe What You Say
17. Up The Junction
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. My Name Is Jack
20. There Is A Man
21. Fox On The Run
22. Too Many People
23. Ragamuffin Man
24. A "B" Side

 

The Definitive Jan & Dean (1958 - 1997)

Disc 1
1. Jennie Lee (Jan & Arnie)
2. Gotta Getta Date (Jan & Arnie)
3. Gas Money (Jan & Arnie)
4. Baby Talk
5. Heart And Soul
6. Wanted, One Girl
7. A Sunday Kind Of Love
8. Poor Little Puppet
9. Your Heart Has Changed Its Mind
10. My Favorite Dream
11. Linda
12. Surfin'
13. Surfin' Safari
14. Surf City
15. She's My Summer Girl
16. Honolulu Lulu
17. Soul City
18. Drag City
19. Schlock Rod (Part 1)
20. Drag Strip Girl
21. Schlock Rod (Part 2)
22. Surf Route 101
23. Little Deuce Coupe
24. Hot Stocker

All songs mono on Disc 1.

Disc 2
1. Dead Man's Curve
2. The New Girl In School
3. Three Window Coupe
4. Bucket T
5. My Mighty G.T.O.
6. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
7. Move Out Little Mustang (Rally-Packs)
8. The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
9. Ride The Wild Surf
10. Sidewalk Surfin'
11. Surfin' Wild (stereo)
12. A Surfer's Dream
13. The Anaheim, Azusa And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association
14. When It's Over
15. Summer Means Fun
16. One-Piece Topless Bathing Suit
17. (Here They Come) From All Over The World
18. Freeway Flyer
19. You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy
20. I Found A Girl
21. It's A Shame To Say Goodbye
22. Batman
23. Popsicle (single version)
24. California Lullaby
25. Like A Summer Rain
26. Yellow Balloon (stereo)
27. Taste Of Rain (stereo)

All songs mono unless noted on Disc 2.

Disc 3
1. Hawaii
2. Fan Tan
3. Love And Hate
4. Vegetables (The Laughing Gravy)
5. Only A Boy
6. I Know My Mind
7. Laurel And Hardy
8. Girl, You're Blowing My Mind
9. In The Still Of The Night
10. Mulholland
11. Carnival Of Sound
12. Louisiana Man
13. Stay
14. Mother Earth (Jan Berry)
15. Gonna Hustle You (The Legendary Masked Surfers )
16. Tinsel Town (Hitch A Ride To Hollywood) (Jan Berry) (stereo)
17. Blow Up Music (Jan Berry) (stereo)
18. Sunshine Music
19. Fun City (stereo)
20. Totally Wild (stereo)
21. Sing Sang A Song (Jan Berry) (stereo)
22. Hawaiian Mirage (stereo)
23. Ocean Park Angel (stereo)
24. Get That Girl (Jan Berry) (stereo)
25. Spring Break (alternate mix) (Jan Berry) (stereo)

All songs mono unless noted on Disc 3.

 

My "summer" CD compilation....

1. The Door Into Summer - The Monkees
2. Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
3. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
4. Summer Side of Life - Gordon Lightfoot
5. Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers
6. Summer In the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
7. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
8. A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy
9. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
10. Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
11. Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
12. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole
13. The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
14. Your Summer Dream - The Beach Boys
15. Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
16. Summer Night City - ABBA
17. Indian Summer - The Doors
18. Summer - War
19. Summer Nights - Grease soundtrack
20. Summer In Paradise - The Beach Boys (Live at Wembley Stadium)

 

The Clash - Sandinista [Highlights]

1. Police On My Back
2. The Leader
3. Washington Bullets
4. Somebody Got Murdered
5. Up In Heaven [Not Only Here]
6. Ivan Meets GI Joe
7. Midnight Log
8. This Is Radio Clash
9. Lightning Strikes [Not Once But Twice]
10. The Magnificent Seven [12"]
11. Let's Go Crazy
12. Radio One
13. Junco Partner
14. The Equaliser
15. Corner Soul
16. The Call Up
17. Charlie Don't Surf
18. Broadway
19. Bankrobber / Robber Dub
20. If Music Could Talk

This was simply an attempt to create a double LP version of Sandinista that flows like London Calling, with a few other tracks strewn in. All killer, no filler. There is more or less a thematic link to each side, the first is the punk side, the second the dance side, the third the carnival side, and fourth the night side.

8, 10, 12 from Singles Box.
19 from Black Market Clash [I edited it to segue directly into the opening drums of If Music Could Talk, which were sampled from Bankrobber]

 

Just put together this R.E.M. comp that serves as a 1LP distillation of the daunting amount of 1988-1993 non-LP material. It was initially my idea to make a Dead Letter Office type comp, however, the group had gotten so prolific with b-sides, soundtrack contributions, fan club singles and guesting on others material during the early Warner period that it would require a multi-disc set. I therefore wanted to go with my faves from all those categories, and create an LP that sounded like an actual album. I feel it has a really good flow to it. I actually started this comp a few years ago, though it really didn't come together until the Automatic For The People Deluxe was released, which provided two tracks that helped balance out the LP.

1. Funtime
2. See No Evil
3. Alive And Living Now
4. Mike's Pop Song
5. Fretless

6. Title
7. Photograph
8. Night Swim
9. The Devil Rides Backwards
10. Here I Am Again

1. is an Iggy Pop cover and was the b-side to "Get Up" (1988) and also features on the Automatic Box.
2. is a Television cover and was featured on the first R.E.M. fan club single (1988), although they had performed it since 1985.
3. is the Golden Palominos featuring Michael Stipe from their album Drunk With Passion (1991). It is very "Out Of Time" sounding so fits well here.
4. and 9. are from the Automatic For The People Deluxe Edition.
5. Features Kate Pierson. Has appeared in various places though it was originally contributed to the Until The End Of The World soundtrack.
6. Is a live Green outtake with scratch vocals, whilst there is a studio demo it was only instrumental.
7. Features Natalie Merchant, who co-wrote it. Was initially left off Automatic For The People, though with Merchant's contribution became part of the charity compilation Born To Choose.
8. and 10. are leaked Out Of Time outtakes. 8. is not the same song as Nightswimming, though it is unknown what its' real title was, especially as the vocals are, like Title, Stipe mumbling trying to find a vocal melody. 10. is a vocal version of Organ Song with some lyrics that ended up in Fretless.

 

FRANK ZAPPA - Favourite Guitar Solos
1. Filthy Habits (from Sleep Dirt)
2. The Mammy Anthem (from YCDTOSA Volume 1)
3. Truck Driver Divorce (from Them Or Us)
4. Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich (from Burnt Weeny Sandwich)
5. The Torture Never Stops (from Best Band You Never Heard...)
6. Now You See It, Now You Don't (from Tinsel Town Rebellion)
7. Friendly Little Finger (from Zoot Allures)
8. Transylvania Boogie (from Chunga's Revenge)
9. Leather Goods (from Lather)
10. St Etienne (from Jazz From Hell)
11. Cruising For Burgers (from Zappa In New York)

compiled onto mini-disc with the tracks linked together using the little speech "grouts" on Sheik, SUNPYG and Lather.

 

I know it's early, but my Halloween CD...

1. Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
2. Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi
3. Blood Theme - Daniel Licht (Dexter)
4. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
5. Wolfman's Brother - Phish
6. Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who
7. Season of the Witch - Donovan
8. Witchy Woman - The Eagles
9. Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford
10. Black Magic Woman - Santana
11. Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
12. Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
13. Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
14. Thriller - Michael Jackson
15. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
16. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
17. Spooky - Classics IV
18. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
19. Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
20. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
21. Courting the Night - Daniel Licht (Dexter)
22. Opening Themes Dark Shadows/Collinwood - The Robert Cobert Orchestra

 

I made a modest Jorma / Tuna / JA comp for a guy who wasn't familiar with Hot Tuna. He was impressed with Burgers, but claimed JA was his sister's music and for whatever reason, he didn't want to revisit it.
So I took my JA Loves You three disc set, took all the Jorma vocals, plus the songs where he was given songwriting credits, and some of the shredding numbers where if you give the guitar the same weight as the vocals, you realize that guitar is another BIG voice in that selection, (Hey Frederick being one good example).
Filled it out with three songs from Pair A Dice Found (Tuna), and I was pretty pleased.
One selection I was particularly proud of was the Signe Toly Anderson led Chauffeur Blues. I figured Jack and Jorma were the guys who were pushing Blues more than the other members, and insisted on having this on the Takes Off LP. And Signe does a nice, deep (what I call) contralto belting out the lyrics. Not your typical female vocal, deeper and louder than a lot of the popular female singers we are used to hearing.

 

1. I'm Yours & I'm Hers (4:30)
2. Memory Pain (5:28)
3. I'm Not Sure (5:19)
4. Highway 61 (Revisited) (5:03)
5. Hustled Down In Texas (3:30)
6. Guess I'll Go Away (3:25)
7. Ain't That A Kindness (3:26)
8. Out On A Limb (3:35)
9. Good Morning Little School Girl (Live) (4:35)
10. Mean Town Blues (Live) (8:19)
11. Rock Me Baby (3:49)
12. Can You Feel It (3:01)
13. Still Alive & Well (3:43)
14. Let It Bleed (4:09)
15. Stone County (3:35)
16. Roll With Me (3:08)
17. Mind Over Matter (4:19)
18. Self-Destruction Blues (3:32)
19. Love Song To Me (2:10)

 

1. Hard Road (Wring That Neck) (5:17)
2. Kentucky Woman (4:47)
3. Hush (4:26)
4. Bloodsucker (4:13)
5. Black Night (3:27)
6. Fireball (3:24)
7. Strange Kind Of Woman (4:07)
8. Space Truckin' (4:36)
9. Highway Star (Live) (6:46)
10. Smoke On The Water (Live) (6:30)
11. Woman From Tokyo (5:32)
12. Burn (Live) (7:31)
13. Might Just Take Your Life (4:40)
14. Mistreated (7:30)
15. Stormbringer (4:07)
16. Lady Double Dealer (3:23)

 

It was recently discussed that Bob Marley's Legend leaves off a lot of great material though the sequels Rebel Music and Natural Mystic leave something to be desired. Part of the reason was a lack of focus on what singles Bob released internationally during his lifetime. I therefore wanted to create a compilation of 'not quite' deep cuts that were all a single somewhere, yet that flows well and keeps to the 14 track length. It complements "Legend" for anyone who wants to dip their toe in the water further. I've called it "Bob Around The World".

1. Concrete Jungle [The first single on Island, in the UK and also on Tuff Gong in Jamaica]
2. Slave Driver [B-side of Get Up Stand Up in most places, though substantially popular in Jamaica in its own right]
3. Burnin' And Lootin' [The lead single from Burnin' in Jamaica, under the name Curfew]
4. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) [A single from Natty Dread, presented here in its Jamaican single version]
5. Rebel Music [3 O Clock Road Block] [A single from Natty Dread, presented here in its Jamaican single version]
6. So Jah Seh [The UK's equivalent single to the above, to my knowledge it has never been included on a compilation. Often forgotten in the wake of the substantially more successful live version of No Woman No Cry].
7. Jah Live [A single recorded during the Rastaman Vibration sessions which received a UK and Jamaican release. though did not appear on the LP until the remaster. It was not released on any of the three Island compilations stated above, which is kind of shocking given how much it meant to Bob.]

8. Roots Rock Reggae [The first US single from Rastaman Vibration. Until after his death, this was reportedly his highest charting release there. The single mix includes the drum intro so I have included that here.]
9. Who The Cap Fit [The second US single from Rastaman Vibration. This single mix is an alternate take so I have included it here].
10. Smile Jamaica [A single that is significant as it was nearly Bob's last. It was written to promote a tie-in concert of the same name, which was part organised by Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley, and his opponents tried to assassinate Bob and his associates (fortunately, they failed). There are a few versions of this track, this is the main single version as appears on Songs Of Freedom]
11. Survival [A single in the UK and Europe. I have often felt this song is as good as Exodus, yet it never received as much popularity.]
12. Work [A single only in France.]
13. Trenchtown [Single in Jamaica. Different mix to Confrontation]
14. I Know [Single in Jamaica. Different mix to Confrontation. The first single after Bob's death. This and the follow-up Trenchtown are often overlooked in relation to the worldwide popularity of the next single, Buffalo Soldier]

 

The Singles + - Mott The Hoople - Single studio A sides from Island and Columbia + the non-lp B sides.

1. Rock And Roll Queen
2. Road To Birmingham
3. Thunderbuck Ram
4. Midnight Lady
5. The Debt
6. Downtown
7. Whiskey Women
8. Lay Down
9. All The Young Dudes
10. One Of The Boys
11. Sweet Jane
12. All The Way From Memphis
13. Honaloochie Boogie
14. Rose
15. Roll Away The Stone
16. Where Do We All Come From
17. The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll
18. Rest In Peace
19. Foxy Foxy
20 Saturday Gigs

 

My daughter prefers rock to contemporary music, with her favorites being Buddy Holly, Guess Who, Queen and Bowie. I'm just doing a year by year for her from 1950-1999 with 50 songs a year, though I may do 60 from the 60's and 70 from the 70's. It's mostly hits or otherwise famous songs, by year of release, not chart peak. The 1960's were easy, due to the number of CDs I have. The 70's and 80's are much slower, due to around half the tracks having to be needle drops. For the early 50's I had to rely heavily on three or four boxed sets I have. Plus a buddy gave me a $50 Itunes gift card, which I've used up trying to dig up 50 tracks a year. I don't want to put the same artist over and over in any given year, even if they were busting out the hits. Going to have to stop at the end of the 20th century. I don't think I have 50 albums from any year post 2000.

 

In a fantasy universe where Bob Marley And The Wailers decided to put one album on Tuff Gong prior to the release of Catch A Fire. I made a version of this a few years ago but since improved it. I also designed a cover.



1. Lively Up Yourself
2. Redder Than Red
3. Trenchtown Rock
4. Screwface
5. Guava Jelly
6. Lick Samba

7. Why Should I
8. Small Axe
9. Craven Choke Puppy
10. No Mercy
11. Love Light
12. Kingston 12 Shuffle

1, 2, 12: from Complete Wailers: Satisfy My Soul Jah Jah
3, 5, 6, 9: from Songs Of Freedom
4: from Complete Wailers: Keep On Skanking
7: from Man To Man
8, 11: from Complete Wailers: Small Axe
10: from Peter Tosh's Black Dignity

 

If you had asked me in the 70's, when I made Rips of my LPs to cassette for my car, I would have said I was a genius.

Not so much anymore.....

 

Foo Fighters "Best Of The Rarities"

1. The One
2. Win Or Lose
3. How Do You Do
4. If Ever
5. Soldier
6. I'm Alone Again
7. Butterflies
8. Ozone
9. Sean
10. Empty Handed
11. Spill
12. Better Off
13. Bangin'
14. Seda
15. Mountain Of You
16. A320

1, 2 - "The One" non-LP single, 2002
3. Touch Soundtrack, 1997
4. The Pretender Single, 2007
5. 7 Inches For Planned Parenthood, 2017
6. Leaked "The Colour And The Shape" demos, 1996
7. Extra track on Grohl's self-released cassette of the first LP, 1995
8. I'll Stick Around single, 1996
9. Saint Cecilia EP, 2015
10. Songs From The Laundry Room RSD EP, 2015
11. Best Of You 7", 2005
12. Wasting Light Best Buy Bonus disc, 2011
13. The Pretender 7" single, 2007
14. Long Road To Ruin single, 2007
15. Leaked demo, 1992
16. Godzilla Soundtrack, 1998

This has been kicking around in some forms since I started it as a counterpoint to their covers comp, "Medium Rare", though came into its own with some stuff released later. It also stems from wanting to include "The One" on a release since Greatest Hits omitted it and it was one of the songs that got me into them. In addition, Dave Grohl said "A320" is his favorite FF song, so bookending the comp with those made sense.

I've tried a lot of variations of his comp, though I wanted to have a set of songs where I like all of them and it flows, and followed my own 16 track, four to a side rule. It is quite a useful compilation as almost every song is from a different source, some of which are officially unreleased. Obviously, there are a fair few tracks I did not include, I omitted, for example, the majority of songs that appear on Special Editions of the albums, as well as anything I felt made the tempo drag or was too heavy to flow. The only cover I included was that of Ace Frehley's "Ozone", as it was omitted from Medium Rare and I particularly like it.

I'm surprised they've never put anything like this out. The quality of the tracks here outshines much of their recent work, imo.

 

"Catharsis in British Post-Post-Post-Punk", which covers exciting, explosive, and exuberant recent developments in British rock music:

1. Dream Wife, "Hey Heartbreaker"
2. Marmozets, "Major System Error"
3. Wolf Alice, "Yuk Foo"
4. Desperate Journalist, "Resolution"
5. Shame. "One Rizla"
6. Inheaven, "Stupid Things"
7. Fresh, "Passing"
8. Muncie Girls, "Gone With the Wind"
9. Hookworms, "Static Resistance"
10. Anteros, "Love"
11. Black Honey, "All My Pride"
12. Bad Sounds, "Avalanche"
13. Everything Everything, "Desire"
14. the Big Moon, "Formidable"

 

Just made the above track change. I think More Axe fits much better production-wise than the original Small Axe.

 

Michael Jackson
Legacy

DISC ONE:
1. Workin’ Day and Night
2. Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
3. Rock with You
4. Off the Wall
5. The Girl Is Mine
6. Billie Jean
7. Beat It
8. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ [single version]
9. Human Nature
10. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
11. Thriller
12. Say Say Say
13. Love Never Felt So Good [Giorgio Tuinfort version]
14. Bad
15. The Way You Make Me Feel
16. Man in the Mirror
17. Dirty Diana

DISC TWO:
1. Smooth Criminal
2. Leave Me Alone
3. Black or White [single version]
4. Remember the Time
5. In the Closet [single version]
6. Jam
7. Who Is It
8. Heal the World [single version]
9. Will You Be There [single version]
10. Scream
11. You Are Not Alone [single version]
12. Earth Song [single version]
13. They Don’t Care About Us [uncensored version]
14. Stranger in Moscow
15. Blood on the Dance Floor
16. You Rock My World [single version]
17. Invincible

 

Disc 1:

1. Losing You (5:05)
2. See You Later, I'm Gone (3:03)
3. Hillbilly Band (2:32)
4. Another Cruel Love (3:57)
5. A New Life (6:44)
6. You Ain't Fooling Me (7:02)
7. Low Down Ways (3:00)
8. Where A Country Boy Belongs (4:35)
9. Fire On The Mountain (3:57)
10. Bob Away My Blues (2:46)
11. Long Hard Ride (3:53)
12. You Don't Live Forever (3:58)
13. You Say You Love Me (3:59)
14. Fly Like An Eagle (3:04)
15. Heard It In A Love Song (4:55)
16. Desert Skies (6:23)
17. Never Trust A Stranger (5:27)
18. I'll Be Loving You (5:31)

Disc 2:

1. Dream Lover (4:38)
2. Everybody Needs Somebody (4:41)
3. Change Is Gonna Come (6:29)
4. Ramblin' (Live) (6:12)
5. This Ol' Cowboy (Live) (5:41)
6. Everyday (I Have The Blues) (Live) (11:47)
7. 24 Hours At A Time (Live) (13:45)
8. Can't You See (Live) (6:07)
9. Blue Ridge Mountain Skies (Live) (6:52)
10. Searchin' For A Rainbow (Live) (6:32)
11. Take The Highway (Live) (7:15)

 

Made this for my best friend's birthday and copy for myself to play in the car.


1. Get Rhythm - NRBQ
2. Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash
3. Bye-Ya - Thelonious Monk
4. Bye-Ya - NRBQ
5. Paris - NRBQ
6. Paris - Moondog
7. Sitting In The Park - Billy Stewart
8. Sitting In The Park
9. Norma - NRBQ
10. Norman - Sue Thompson
11. Hearts Of Stone - Fontane Sisters
12. Hearts Of Stone - NRBQ
13. The Peanut Vendor - NRBQ
14. The Peanut Vendor - Perez Prado
15. Fate In A Pleasant Mood - Sun Ra
16. Fate In A Pleasant Mood - NRBQ
17. This Old House - NRBQ
18. This Old House - Rosemary Clooney
19. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - The Mills Brothers
20. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
21. Shake Rattle And Roll - NRBQ
22. Shake Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
23. End of the Road - Jerry Lee Lewis
24. End of The Road - NRBQ

 

This just needs Want Of A Nail