Any Recent Homemade Compilations You Are Particularly Proud Of?

I saw a list of Police songs so I'll list mine for comparison:

Walking On The Moon
Darkness
Invisible Sun
Secret Journey
Voices Inside My Head
Too Much Information
Hungry For You
Driven To Tears
When The World Is Running Down...
Spirits In The Material World
Regatta De Blanc
Deathwish
Synchronicity I
Synchronicity II

Ok, we have seven of the same songs. Alright, alright! Pretty good, pretty good. Pretty neat, pretty neat.

 

my Pulp (mostly) Non-lp Studio Recordings project


1981-1983

1. Turkey mambo momma peel session 18-11-81
2. Please don’t worry “
3. Wishful thinking “
4. Refuse to be blind “
5. What do you say rec aug 81
6. I scrubbed the crabs that killed… live jan 82
7. Sickly grin rec aug 82
8. My lighthouse (sv) single
9. Looking for life “
10. Please don’t worry it-outtake
11. Sink or swim “
12. Blue girls (alt mix) “
13. Everybody’s problem rec june 83
14. There was “
15. Shakespeare rock rec 2009
16. Life is a circle rec 2011



1984-1986

1. I want you (early) rec jan 84 bad maureen demo
2. Coy mistress “
3. Don’t you know rec may 84 sudan gerri demo
4. Anorexic beauty “
5. Take you back “
6. Will to power “
7. Simultaneous “
8. Little girl “
9. Srpski jeb “
10. Cousins “
11. Maureen “
12. Blue glow “
13. Silence “
14. The mark of the devil rec nov 84 ping pong jerry demo
15. Back in LA “
16. Maureen “
17. Anorexic beauty “
18. Simultaneous “
19. Manon (“new version”) partially rerec jun 86, b-side
20. They suffocate at night (sv) single
21. Tunnel (cut-up version) “



1987-1991

1. Death comes to town (mix 1) rec july 87 FON sessions
2. Don’t you want me anymore “
3. Rattlesnake “
4. Death comes to town (mix 2) “
5. Countdown (single version) countdown single
6. Death goes to the disco “
7. Space bbc soundcheck Hit the north 1991
8. My legendary girlfriend 11-9-91 hit the north
9. Death II “
10. Countdown “
11. Live on “
12. Countdown (extended) countdown single
13. This house is condemned my legendary girlfriend single
14. Is this house? “



1992

1. Space st jan 92 O.U. Sessions
2. O.U. (early mix) “
3. Live on “
4. Babies “
5. O.U. “
6. The boss st may 92 Island Demo Sessions
7. Watching nicky “
8. Styloroc “
9. Happy endings “
10. Babies bbc MG Evening Session 30-5-92
11. Live on “
12. She’s a lady “
13. Your sister’s clothes “
14. Babies st july 92 Babies Sessions
15. Sheffield sex city “
16. Razzmatazz st oct – dec 92 Razzmatazz Sessions
17. Stacks “
18. Inside susan “
19. 59 lyndhurst grove “



1993

1. Pink glove bbc Peel Session 07-02-93
2. You’re a nightmare “
3. Acrylic afternoons “
4. Le roi des fourmis studio may 93
5. You’re not blind “
6. Deep fried in kelvin studio july 93 Lipgloss Session
7. Frightened studio sept 93 His ‘n’ Hers Demos
8. Your sister’s clothes studio oct 93 – febr 94 His ‘n’ Hers Sessions
9. Seconds “
10. His ‘n’ hers “
11. Street lites “
12. The babysitter “
13. Lipgloss bbc Mark Radcliffe 16-11-93
14. Joyriders “
15. Have you seen her lately “
16. His ‘n’ hers “



1994-1995

1. Joyriders (acoustic) radio 22-03-94
2. Dogs are everywhere (acoustic) “
3. Razzmatazz (acoustic) radio ?
4. Underwear bbc Peel Session 09-09-94
5. Common people “
6. Pencil skirt “
7. Ansaphone (demo) studio june 95 Different Class Demos
8. Paula “
9. Don’t lose it “
10. Catcliffe shakedown “
11. We can dance again “
12. Mile end srudio febr – april 95 Different Class Sessions
13. P.T.A. “
14. Ansaphone studio june – july 95 Different Class Sessions
15. Disco 2000 (7” version) “
16. Live bed show (extended) “
17. Whiskey in the jar Black Session 30-10-95
18. 59 Lyndhurst grove “



1997-1998

1. Can I have my balls back please studio This Is Hardcore Demos jan – febr 97
2. Street operator “
3. Modern marriage “
4. You are the one “
5. My erection “
6. Tomorrow never dies studio march 97 – jan 98 This Is Hardcore Sessions
7. Cocaine socialism (proper version) “
8. It’s a dirty world “
9. Like a friend (b-side version) “
10. The professional “
11. We are the boyz “
12. Laughing boy “
13. Ladies’ man “
14. All time high
15. Tomorrow never lies (b-side) “
16. The fear (utter breakdown) “
17. That boy’s evil “



1999-2012

1. Born to cry studio 31-10-98
2. My body may die “
3. After you studio oct 99 – jan 00 We Love Life Demos
4. My mistake “
5. The quiet revolution “
6. Cuckoo “
7. Sunrise “
8. Grandfather’s nursery “
9. Wickerman “
10. Forever in my dreams studio march 00
11. Yesterday studio april – may 00
12. Sunrise bbc 12-08-01
13. Weeds “
14. I love life “
15. Duck diving “
16. Last day of the miner’s rec summer 02
17. After you 2012 recording

copied from word document, so strange layout

 

Hole - Non-LP Stuff (every track is officially released as b-side, bonustrack, v.a. comp, etc., but some unreleased bbc tracks were added, makes sense to me )


Rarities cd1

1. turpentine
   
2. retard girl
   
3. phonebill song
   
4. johnnie’s in the bathroom
   
5. dicknail
   
6. burn black
   
7. drown soda
   
8. over the edge
   
9. pale blue eyes (live)
   
10. drown soda (bbc)
    
11. doll parts (bbc)
    
12. violet (bbc)
    
13. forming / hot chocolate boy (bbc)
    
14. miss world (demo)
    
15. asking for it (demo with kurt)
    
16. gutless (bbc)
    
17. olympia (bbc, titled rock star)
    
18. she walks on me (bbc)
    
19. p-girl (softer softest bbc)
    
20. beautiful son
    
21. 20 years in the dakota
    
22. old age
    
23. olympia (alt mix, a.k.a. rock star)
    
24. rock star
    
25. do it clean (live)
    
    

 

Rarities cd2

1. the void (bbc)
   
2. hungry like the wolf (live 94)
   
3. old age (2nd version)
   
4. hungry like the wolf (live 95)
   
5. whose porno you burn black (live)
   
6. drown soda (live)
   
7. asking for it (live)
   
8. softer softest (mtv)
   
9. he hit me (mtv)
   
10. season of the witch (mtv)
    
11. you got no right (mtv)
    
12. sugar coma (mtv)
    
13. circle one
    
14. gold dust woman
    
15. best sunday dress
    
16. dying (demo)
    
17. drag
    
18. its all over now baby blue
    
19. paradise city (live)
    
20. be a man
    

 

Damn. I'm gonna go ahead and call this one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Great idea. Awesome follow-through. Class act, nicely done, Uncle D!

 

I have a few, but one I am particularly proud of, is my expanded version of The Beatles Anthology set, which doubles the amount of discs per volume. So now it's twelve full discs instead of six mostly full discs!

 

A little collection I compiled for myself and later gave to my aunt who just got really into Queen not too long ago, compiled of every song that ever appeared on an official authorized best-of collection, but I used the full-length album versions (except for "I'm In Love With My Car" and "I Want To Break Free," where I used the longer single versions):



Queen - The Definitive Collection

Disc 1:

1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Liar
3. Seven Seas Of Rhye
4. Killer Queen
5. Now I'm Here
6. Stone Cold Crazy
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. I'm In Love With My Car
9. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
10. You're My Best Friend
11. Sweet Lady
12. Love Of My Life
13. Somebody To Love
14. Tie Your Mother Down
15. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
16. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
17. We Will Rock You
18. We Are The Champions

Disc 2:

1. Spread Your Wings
2. It's Late
3. Bicycle Race
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Don't Stop Me Now
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
7. Save Me
8. Play The Game
9. Another One Bites The Dust
10. Need Your Loving Tonight
11. Flash's Theme
12. Under Pressure
13. Body Language
14. Staying Power
15. Back Chat
16. Put Out The Fire
17. Calling All Girls
18. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)

Disc 3:

1. Radio Ga Ga
2. It's A Hard Life
3. I Want To Break Free
4. Hammer To Fall
5. Thank God It's Christmas
6. One Vision
7. A Kind Of Magic
8. Princes Of The Universe
9. One Year Of Love
10. Friends Will Be Friends
11. Who Wants To Live Forever
12. I Want It All
13. The Miracle
14. The Invisible Man
15. Breakthru
16. Scandal

Disc 4:

1. Innuendo
2. I'm Going Slightly Mad
3. Headlong
4. I Can't Live With You
5. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
6. The Show Must Go On
7. Heaven For Everyone
8. Let Me Live
9. Mother Love
10. My Life Has Been Saved
11. I Was Born To Love You
12. Too Much Love Will Kill You
13. You Don't Fool Me
14. A Winter's Tale
15. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
16. Let Me In Your Heart Again

 

This one I went all-out on the artwork for. I initially compiled it to play on the road trip to see the Stones live a few years back. The tracklisting has drastically changed since to accommodate the Blue & Lonesome tracks and a few more substitutions.



The Rolling Stones - Rolled Goods

Disc 1:

1. Come On
2. You Better Move On
3. I Wanna Be Your Man
4. Route 66
5. I Just Want To Make Love To You
6. Carol
7. Tell Me
8. Not Fade Away
9. Good Times, Bad Times
10. Time Is On My Side
11. Around And Around
12. It's All Over Now
13. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
14. Heart Of Stone
15. Little Red Rooster
16. The Last Time
17. Play With Fire
18. That's How Strong My Love Is

Disc 2:

1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
2. She Said Yeah
3. I'm Free
4. Get Off Of My Cloud
5. As Tears Go By
6. Mother's Little Helper
7. Sittin' On A Fence
8. 19th Nervous Breakdown
9. Out Of Time
10. Lady Jane
11. Paint It, Black
12. Under My Thumb
13. Flight 505
14. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
15. Ruby Tuesday
16. Dandelion
17. Let's Spend The Night Together
18. Yesterday's Papers

Disc 3:

1. We Love You
2. She's A Rainbow
3. 2000 Light Years From Home
4. In Another Land
5. Jumpin' Jack Flash
6. Child Of The Moon
7. Street Fighting Man
8. No Expectations
9. Sympathy For The Devil
10. Salt Of The Earth
11. Stray Cat Blues
12. Midnight Rambler
13. You Got The Silver
14. You Can't Always Get What You Want
15. Honky Tonk Women
16. Let It Bleed

Disc 4:

1. I Don't Know Why
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Wild Horses
4. Brown Sugar
5. B*tch
6. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
7. Dead Flowers
8. All Down The Line
9. Tumbling Dice
10. Rip This Joint
11. Happy
12. Rocks Off
13. Dancing With Mr. D
14. Angie
15. Silver Train
16. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
17. Star Star

Disc 5:

1. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
2. If You Can't Rock Me
3. Till The Next Goodbye
4. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
5. Time Waits For No One
6. Dance Little Sister
7. Fool To Cry
8. Hand Of Fate
9. Crazy Mama
10. Hot Stuff
11. Hey Negrita
12. Mannish Boy
13. When The Whip Comes Down
14. Respectable
15. Beast Of Burden
16. Shattered
17. Far Away Eyes

Disc 6:

1. Miss You
2. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
3. Where The Boys Go
4. Emotional Rescue
5. Dance (Pt. 1)
6. She's So Cold
7. Worried About You
8. Hang Fire
9. Start Me Up
10. Waiting On A Friend
11. Neighbours
12. Going To A Go-Go
13. Undercover Of The Night
14. She Was Hot
15. Too Tough
16. Too Much Blood
17. Harlem Shuffle

Disc 7:

1. Winning Ugly
2. One Hit (To The Body)
3. Mixed Emotions
4. Rock And A Hard Place
5. Almost Hear You Sigh
6. Sad Sad Sad
7. Terrifying
8. Highwire
9. Sex Drive
10. Love Is Strong
11. You Got Me Rocking
12. Sparks Will Fly
13. Out Of Tears
14. I Go Wild
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Anybody Seen My Baby

Disc 8:

1. Flip The Switch
2. Out Of Control
3. Saint Of Me
4. Don't Stop
5. Rough Justice
6. Streets Of Love
7. Rain Fall Down
8. Biggest Mistake
9. Oh No, Not You Again
10. Plundered My Soul
11. Following The River
12. No Spare Parts
13. So Young
14. Doom And Gloom
15. One More Shot
16. Just Your Fool
17. Hate To See You Go
18. Ride 'Em On Down

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This one isn't as flashy as some of my others but I tend to pop this on more often than the other Zep collections. Doesn't have all the big hits (many weren't singles) but I really enjoy the flow of this one.



Led Zeppelin - Singles

Disc 1:

1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Communication Breakdown
3. Whole Lotta Love
4. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
5. Immigrant Song
6. Hey, Hey, What Can I Do
7. Black Dog
8. Misty Mountain Hop
9. Rock And Roll
10. Four Sticks
11. Over The Hills And Far Away

Disc 2:

1. Dancing Days
2. D'yer Mak'er
3. The Crunge
4. Trampled Under Foot
5. Black Country Woman
6. Candy Store Rock
7. Royal Orleans
8. Fool In The Rain
9. Hot Dog
10. Travelling Riverside Blues
11. Baby Come On Home

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This next one I don't have any artwork for but I compiled this from songs that I felt would sound good as a movie soundtrack or something. This one I was really surprised at how well the flow complimented the songs in terms of subject matter, feel, etc. Essentially a cluster of some of my favorite Who tunes.

The Who - In A Hand Or A Face

1. Pure And Easy
2. Love Is Coming Down
3. It's Your Turn
4. Had Enough
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Slip Kid
7. Melancholia
8. Postcard
9. Jaguar
10. The Dirty Jobs
11. I Can't Reach You
12. I Don't Even Know Myself
13. Sunrise
14. Imagine A Man
15. How Many Friends
16. In A Hand Or A Face
17. Why Did I Fall For That
18. Another Tricky Day

 

Here's the song list from my homemade, 15-song "Best Of Queen" compilation cd:

You're My Best Friend
Somebody To Love
Killer Queen
Spread Your Wings
It's Late
Fight From The Inside
Get Down, Make Love
I'm In Love With My Car
Tie Your Mother Down
Sheer Heart Attack
Stone Cold Crazy
Keep Yourself Alive
More Of That Jazz
Dragon Attack
I Want It All

 

You really should have "Tops" in there, but I liked it anyway.

 

Wow!
would love to hear this..

 

I love this thread so many wonderful contributions. Here's one I "threw" together sometime in 2005, sourced from a crop of CDs I happened to purchase all in one go. Hence the silly title and multiple songs by any one artist. But somehow, this mix has really held up for me/30 songs, 80 min cdr
Dilly Dally
1 "30 Century Man" Scott Walker
2 "Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) The Mamas & The Papas
3 "Nothing's Too Good For My Little Girl" The Mamas & The Papas
4 "I Dig Rock And Roll Music" Peter, Paul & Mary
5 "Come Again" Billy Nicholls
6 "Sing Little Bird Sing" The Left Banke
7 "The Dangling Conversation" Simon & Garfunkel
8 "Cloudy" Simon & Garfunkel
9 "Blackbird" The Beatles
10"Julia" The Beatles
11"Without Her" Harry Nilsson
12"Good Old Desk" Harry Nilsson
13"Nothing's Changed" The Zombies
14"I Know She Will" The Zombies
15"And She's Mine" Spanky & Our Gang
16"The Rain, The Park & Other Things" The Cowsills
17"If I Only Had My Mind On Something Else" Bee Gees
18"She" The Monkees
19"Cuddly Toy" The Monkees
20"Kristan Astra Bella" Barry Ryan
21"Glory Road" Scott Walker
22"Gone Is The Sad Man" Timebox
23"Hazy Jane II" Nick Drake
24"The Entertaining Of A Shy Girl" Donovan
25"A Sunny Day" Donovan
26"People Take Pictures Of Each Other" The Kinks
27"Did You See His Name" The Kinks
28"Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It" Buffalo Springfield
29"Burned" Buffalo Springfield
30"Teas" Donovan

 

I once toyed around with making my own 3-disc Bowie best of called strictly.Bowie (no cover art for it, unfortunately)

Disc 1:

Uncle Arthur
We Are Hungry Men
Space Oddity
The Width of a Circle
The Man Who Sold The World
Oh! You Pretty Things
Life On Mars?
Queen Bitch
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
Suffragette City
Panic in Detroit
The Jean Genie
Here Comes the Night
Rebel Rebel
1984
Young Americans
Fascination
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Across the Universe
Fame

Disc 2:

Station to Station
Golden Years
Sound and Vision
Warszawa
Beauty and the Beast
Heroes
Neukoln
DJ
Boys Keep Swinging
Up the Hill Backwards
Ashes to Ashes
Because You're Young
Modern Love
Let's Dance
Blue Jean
Loving the Alien
Dancing With the Big Boys
Beat of Your Drum
87 And Cry
Black Tie White Noise
Strangers When We Meet

Disc 3:

The Hearts Filthy Lesson
Hallo Spaceboy
I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
We Prick You
Seven Years In Tibet
I'm Afraid of Americans
Dead Man Walking
Something In The Air
Slow Burn
Bring Me the Disco King
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
Dollar Days
No Plan
Lazarus

 

Good job with this one. Inspired and curious track listing.
all deeper cuts and why not more focus on some later 70s/80s stuff

 

That's one of my favorite Stones tracks too, but I included every song that ever appeared on an official best-of, single that charted, or if a video was made for it. Unfortunately, "Tops" doesn't fit in any of those categories. If it was, it'd most certainly be on there

 

Here is a 15-song compilation cd I put together of late-80's to mid-90's Alternative songs from the "Acid/Brit-Pop" bands that were so popular at the time. One song per group. As heard on the world famous 106.7 KROQ in Los Angeles:

Kingdom Of Rain (The The)
Black Metallic (Catherine Wheel)
I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses)
Two Worlds Collide (Inspiral Carpets)
Born Of Frustration (James)
There's No Other Way (Blur)
The Only One I Know (The Charlatans)
Unbelievable (EMF)
Right Here Right Now (Jesus Jones)
Kinky Afro (Happy Mondays)
I'm Free (The Soup Dragons)
Love Spreads (Stone Roses)
Supersonic (Oasis)
The Rolling People (The Verve)
Leave Them All Behind (Ride)

 

Here are the two 15-song "Best Of Paul McCartney (& Wings)" cds I made:

The Best Of Paul McCartney (& Wings) (Vol I)
Let Me Roll It
Letting Go
Time To Hide
Beware My Love
Jet
Medicine Jar
Soily
Junior's Farm
Hi, Hi, Hi (live)
Helen Wheels
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
Mrs. Vandelbilt
Wino Junko
Band On The Run
Live And Let Die

The Rest Of Paul McCartney (& Wings) (Vol II)
Love In Song
Every Night
Bluebird
Another Day
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Too Many People
Big Barn Bed
Maybe I'm Amazed
Venus And Mars/Rock Show
Magento And Titanium Man
Must Do Something About It
No More Lonely Nights
Say Say Say
Coming Up
Rockestra Theme

There are no silly love songs here.

 

Someone, maybe yourself, has had a comp of Louie Louie making the rounds for years. I'm sure I've had the CD-R somebody made for at least a dozen years. It and the one of various Stack O'Lees/Stagger Lees inspired me to collect up as many interesting covers as I could find for Walk Don't Run and Wolverton Mountain (which I named Mountain Of Wolvertunes). Where to next?

 

One that I've been enjoying quite a bit in my car the last few weeks:

1. The Long Run-Eagles
2. Rikki Don't Lose That Number-Steely Dan
3. Turn Your Back On Love-Crosby, Stills, and Nash
4. Something Sad-Timothy B. Schmit
5. Josie-Steely Dan
6. Africa-Toto
7. I Can't Tell You Why-Eagles
8. Aja-Steely Dan
9. Southern Cross-Crosby, Stills, and Nash
10. The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks-Eagles
11. Home at Last-Steely Dan
12. Wasted On the Way-Crosby, Stills, and Nash
13. In the City-Eagles
14. I Won't Hold You Back-Toto
15. Barrytown-Steely Dan
16. Tell Me What You Dream-Timothy B. Schmit
17. The Sad Cafe-Eagles

 

U2
Silver & Gold: The U2 Anthology

DISC ONE:
1. Out of Control [Three EP version]
2. Stories for Boys [Three EP version]
3. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
4. A Day Without Me
5. I Will Follow
6. Gloria
7. A Celebration
8. New Year's Day
9. Two Hearts Beat as One
10. Sunday Bloody Sunday
11. MLK
12. Pride (In the Name of Love) [single version]
13. Bad
14. The Unforgettable Fire
15. Bullet the Blue Sky
16. With or Without You
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
18. Where the Streets Have No Name
19. In God's Country

DISC TWO:
1. Desire
2. When Love Comes to Town [with B.B. King]
3. Angel of Harlem
4. All I Want Is You
5. The Fly
6. Mysterious Ways
7. One
8. Even Better Than the Real Thing
9. Numb
10. Lemon
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
12. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. Discothèque [single mix]
15. Staring at the Sun
16. Please
17. Sweetest Thing

DISC THREE:
1. Beautiful Day
2. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
3. Elevation [single/Tomb Raider mix]
4. Walk On
5. Electrical Storm [William Orbit mix]
6. The Hands That Built America
7. Vertigo
8. City of Blinding Lights
9. The Saints Are Coming [with Green Day]
10. Get On Your Boots
11. Magnificent
12. Ordinary Love
13. Invisible
14. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
15. Every Breaking Wave
16. You're the Best Thing About Me
17. Get Out of Your Own Way
18. American Soul
19. Love Is All We Have Left

 

1. Confidence Man (3:14)
2. River Of No Return (3:33)
3. I Need To Be Loved (3:44)
4. See The Light (4:26)
5. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (4:54)
6. Full Circle (4:13)
7. I Can't Get My Hands On You (3:42)
8. Let It All Go (3:45)
9. Something To Hold On To (3:58)
10. Cruel Little Number (4:35)
11. Baby's Lookin' Hot (4:11)
12. House That Love Built (4:51)
13. It Could All Get Blown Away (4:43)
14. Stop Breaking Down (4:20)
15. Stuck In The Middle With You (4:06)
16. Run Through The Jungle (4:23)
17. Badge (3:57)
18. I Got A Line On You (3:12)
19. Highway 49 (3:34)

 

1. My Little Girl (3:11)
2. Angel Eyes (5:21)
3. Hideaway (4:27)
4. I'm Tore Down (4:26)
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (5:15)
6. I Think I Love You Too Much (6:26)
7. Highway Of Dreams (4:48)
8. Evil & Here To Stay (4:31)
9. Lost In Your Eyes (5:08)
10. Heart Of An Angel (4:52)
11. Which One (3:55)
12. Hey Hey (4:35)
13. My Life Story (3:25)
14. House Is Burning Down (4:22)
15. Shapes Of Things (4:35)
16. Freedom (3:33)
17. Evil (3:48)
18. Communication Breakdown (3:17)

 

This is my fictional three-disc I Am the Blues: Deluxe Edition by Willie Dixon.

Disc 1 is the original album of Willie Dixon performing songs he originally wrote for other musicians, with discs 2 & 3 compiling the originally released versions (Disc 2) and covers by 60s/early 70s rock bands (Disc 3).

Track / Disc 2 Artist / Disc 3 Artist
1. Back Door Man / Howlin' Wolf / The Doors
2. I Can't Quit You Baby / Otis Rush / Led Zeppelin
3. The Seventh Son / Willie Mabon / Climax Blues Band
4. Spoonful / Howlin' Wolf / Cream
5. I Ain't Superstitious / Howlin' Wolf / Jeff Beck Group
6. You Shook Me / Muddy Waters / Led Zeppelin
7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man / Muddy Waters / Steppenwolf
8. Little Red Rooster / Howlin' Wolf / The Rolling Stones
9. The Same Thing / Muddy Waters / Grateful Dead (Live in San Francisco, March 18, 1967)

I picked "rock" covers that were recorded before or around the same time as the original album. I couldn't find a suitable studio cover of The Same Thing, hence the live Dead version.

Disc 2 is very short (~25 mins) due to all the original versions being less than three minutes. I'm toying with the idea of adding Dixon's Built for Comfort (from Willie's Blues, 1959) and Howlin' Wolf's later version, as well as Dixon's Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues (also from Willie's Blues) and the 1958 Buddy Guy version (as Sit and Cry (the Blues)) as bonus tracks


Overall I think it does a good job of highlighting the influence of Willie Dixon, who really was the blues.

 

your SP comp's look great. I have not heard most of these songs.

 

This is my contribution (it's my third favourite compilation out of twenty):

01 Beware of Darkness-George Harrison
02 No Matter What-Badfinger
03 Distractions-Paul McCartney
04 Play that Funky Music-Wild Cherry
05 Starman-David Bowie
06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
07 Toujours L'Amour-Procol Harum
08 Imagine-John Lennon
09 Jet Airliner-Steve Miller Band
10 Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
11 Desperado-Eagles
12 Bring on the Night-The Police
13 Watch Out for Lucy-Eric Clapton
14 Knockin' on Heavens Door-Bob Dylan
15 I'm Easy-Keith Carradine
16 Stay-Jackson Browne
17 Walk on the Wild Side-Lou Reed
18 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover-Simon & Garfunkel
19 How Sweet it Is-James Taylor
20 Cocaine-Eric Clapton
21 Bip Bop Link-Paul McCartney & Wings
22 Lady Madonna-The Beatles
23 Your Own Choice-Procol Harum