Any Recent Homemade Compilations You Are Particularly Proud Of?

No “Lonesome Town” by Macca?

 

The Kinks: The Pye Years (1964-1970)


Disc 1:
1. You Still Want Me
2. You Do Something To Me
3. You Really Got Me
4. Beautiful Delilah
5. Stop Your Sobbing
6. All Day And All Of The Night
7. I Gotta Move
8. Tired Of Waiting For You
9. Something Better Beginning
10. Look For Me Baby
11. Nothin' In This World Will Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
12. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
13. Who'll Be The Next In Line
14. Set Me Free
15. I Need You
16. See My Friends
17. Wait Till The Summer Comes Along
18. A Well Respected Man
19. Milk Cow Blues
20. The World Keeps Going 'Round

Disc 2:
1. Till The End Of The Day
2. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
3. I'm On A Island
4. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
5. Sitting On My Sofa
6. Party Line
7. Rosie (Won't You Please Come Home)
8. Dandy
9. Too Much On My Mind
10. A House In The Country
11. Holiday In Waikiki
12. Fancy
13. You're Lookin' Fine
14. I'll Remember
15. Sunny Afternoon
16. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
17. Dead End Street
18. Big Black Smoke
19. Mr. Pleasant
20. Act Nice And Gentle

Disc 3:
1. David Watts
2. Death Of A Clown
3. Harry Rag
4. Love Me Till The Sun Shines
5. Lazy Old Sun
6. Afternoon Tea
7. Waterloo Sunset
8. Autumn Almanac
9. Wonderboy
10. Days
11. She's Got Everything
12. The Village Green Preservation Society
13. Do You Remember Walter?
14. Picture Book
15. Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
16. Big Sky
17. Animal Farm
18. Village Green
19. Starstruck
20. Wicked Annabella

Disc 4:
1. Mr. Songbird
2. Misty Water
3. Plastic Man
4. Victoria
5. Yes Sir, No Sir
6. Brainwashed
7. Shangri-La
8. Mr. Churchill Says
9. Arthur
10. Lola
11. Apeman
12. Powerman
13. This Time Tomorrow
14. The Contenders
15. Strangers
16. God's Children
17. The Way Love Used To Be

 

Great work on these!

 

Did this one a while back. EMI's answer to the Hey Jude album in my alternate reality. I probably need to revise it to include The Inner Light.
The concept is different from the original A Collection of Beatles Oldies in that this includes only EMI non-album singles from 1967-1969.

 

It was the last song that I cut! I wanted to keep Paul and John on par as far as the number of songs, and also keep some brevity for the total running time for greater impact.

 

But what will close Sunflower?

 

This "Cool, Cool Water" is much different.

 

I created my own 4-disc "box set" in the style of the Rhino box sets that did deep dives into specific genres/periods (i.e. No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion; Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground; The Brit Box; One Kiss Can Lead to Another, etc.).

This box explores female artists of the 1990s, specifically in the genres of rock, alternative and Americana. It is called Women's Work.

{ Women's Work: Female Alternative Artists of the '90s }


{ volume one }
01. “Human Behaviour” by Björk
02. “Been It” by the Cardigans
03. “Get Out of This House” by Shawn Colvin
04. “Wash My Hands” by Meredith Brooks
05. “Carnival” by Natalie Merchant
06. “Mother Mother” by Tracy Bonham
07. “Everybody Loves Me But You” by Juliana Hatfield
08. “Sheela-Na-Gig” by PJ Harvey
09. “Blue Sky” by Patty Griffin
10. “What Do You Hear in These Sounds” by Dar Williams
11. “Supermodel” by Jill Sobule
12. “She Cries Your Name” by Beth Orton
13. "Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill
14. “Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb
15. “Your Ghost” by Kristin Hersh
16. “Fire on Babylon” by Sinead O’Connor
17. “My Forgotten Favorite” by Velocity Girl
18. “Transylvanian Concubine” by Rasputina
19. “Walk This World” by Heather Nova


{ volume two }
01. “Spark” by Tori Amos
02. “Kool Thing” by Sonic Youth
03. “Book of Dreams” by Suzanne Vega
04. “That Kind of Love” by Alison Krauss
05. “You’re Not the Only One I Know” by the Sundays
06. “Sugar Water” by Cibo Matto
07. “Least Complicated" by Indigo Girls
08. “Fast As You Can” by Fiona Apple
09. “Woman’s Work” by Tracy Chapman
10. “Whiskey Girl” by Gillian Welch
11. "Mama Help Me" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
12. “Joey” by Concrete Blonde
13. “I’m the Only One” by Melissa Etheridge
14. “Cannonball” by the Breeders
15. “Stutter” by Elastica
16. “Pretend We’re Dead” by L7
17. “Nashville” by Liz Phair
18. “I Should’ve Known” by Aimee Mann
19. “Unsent” by Alanis Morissette


{ volume three }
01. “A Change Would Do You Good” by Sheryl Crow
02. “Dig Me Out” by Sleater-Kinney
03. “Here and Now” by Letters to Cleo
04. “Ladder” by Joan Osborne
05. “Kiss Them for Me” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
06. “Ode to My Family” by the Cranberries
07. “Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires” by Cocteau Twins
08. “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
09. “Heaven Tonight” by Hole
10. “Sunday Morning” by No Doubt
11. “Harlem in Havana” by Joni Mitchell
12. “Lily” by Kate Bush
13. “Sour Times” by Portishead
14. “Feed the Tree” by Belly
15. “Naked Eye” by Luscious Jackson
16. “Angry Johnny” by Poe
17. “Sweet Surrender” by Sarah McLachlan
18. “Calypso” by Spiderbait
19. “My Little Corner of the World” by Yo La Tengo


{ volume four }
01. “Mississippi” by Paula Cole
02. “Leavin’” by Shelby Lynne
03. “Stones in the Road” by Mary Chapin Carpenter
04. “Gone Again” by Patti Smith
05. “Shutterbug” by Veruca Salt
06. “Constant Craving” by k.d. lang
07. “Nude as the News” by Cat Power
08. “Down So Long” by Jewel
09. “Drunken Angel” by Lucinda Williams
10. “All My Tears” by Emmylou Harris
11. “Untouchable Face” by Ani DiFranco
12. “Charm” by Wild Colonials
13. “Sur Tes Pas” by AutourDe Lucie
14. “Vow” by Garbage
15. “Lucky” by Bif Naked
16. “Why” by Annie Lennox
17. “De-Luxe” by Lush
18. “Caribbean Blue” by Enya

 

The 1990s weren't great for a lot of things in music, but the rise in excellent female artists, and their profile within the media and industry, was one of the definite plus points. Those tracklistings prove that!

EG.

 

When I realized they recorded SO MANY songs for "The Sign"/"Happy Nation" you could make a 3-disc set out of them.



Funny thing is, that's not even all of them - they apparently recorded a whole album's worth of songs for the US edition, several of which we've never heard.

 

Hawkwind Emergency Broadcast!
The Best Of The Emergency Broadcast Years (1994-1997)
1) Quark Strangeness and Charm (live)
2) The Day The Wall Came Down (live)
3) Alien (I Am) -Roswell Edit
4) Festivals
5) Xenomorph
6) Blue Skin (live)
7) Sputnik Stan (live)
8) Lord of Light (live)
9) Love In Space (single)
10) Waimea Canyon Drive
11) Alchemy
12) Archiac

 

I created a really nice Jawbox greatest hits in Spotify, based on the setlist from the reunion show they did in Seattle on July 9th. 77 minutes, so it would fit comfortably on one CD. I used Live or Peel Sessions from "My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents" as much as possible. This gives it a more unified feel - especially on the cuts from Novelty since Zach drummed on these instead of Adam. Also - I went with the Bob Weston remastered "For Your Own Special Sweetheart", instead of the kind of anemic original release. Album sources listed in parenthesis.

Jawbox - An Impartial Overview

1. Mirrorfull (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Jawbox)
2. 68 (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Savory+3 EP)
3. Desert Sea (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Jawbox)
4. Grip (Grippe)
5. Nickel Nickel Millionaire (Jawbox)
6. Motorist (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
7. Tongues (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Novelty)
8. Livid (Jawbox)
9. Iodine (Jawbox)
10. Cooling Card (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on For Your Own Special Sweetheart)
11. Spoiler (Jawbox)
12. Static (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Novelty)
13. Ff=66 (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
14. Chinese Fork Tie (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Jawbox)
15. Won't Come Off (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on Jawbox)
16. Breathe (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
17. Cutoff (Novelty)
18. Reel (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
19. Savory (My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents originally on For Your Own Special Sweetheart)
20. Jackpot Plus! (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
21. Chicago Piano (For Your Own Special Sweetheart remaster)
22. Absenter - including hidden Cornflake Girl cover (Jawbox)

For those who aren't familiar with Jawbox, this is a pretty good introduction.

Cheers,
Paul

 

Hawkwind
Out Of The Shadows: The Best Of The GWR Years (1988-1991)
1) Ejection (live)
2) Motorway City (live)
3) The War I Survived
4) Wastelands of Sleep
5) Neon Skyline
6) Sword of the East
7) Out Of The Shadows / Snake Dance (live in studio)
8) Images
9) Treadmill
10) Back In The Box
11) Void of Golden Light (live)
12) Lives Of Great Men (live)
13) Damage Of Life
14) Reefer Madness (live)

 

Hmm - I thought I had posted this here - but I can't seem to find it.

Anyway - one of the compilations that I made recently that I really enjoy is this "Alternate Universe" post-Beatles compilation.

So - I was reading about the Beatles compilations Hey Jude, 1962 -1966 and 1967 - 1970 - and also the Hot Rocks compilation. I was envisioning a situation in 1971 where the post breakup Beatles albums flopped, they lost control of their masters, left Apple and/or had sales targets to make - so Allen Klein put together a compilation of solo Beatles work.

The hallmarks of this compilation are: this must be centered around 1970 - 1971, and should also serve as a singles compilation with a few deep cuts.

I gave this a joke title - here it is:

The Apple Contractual Obligation Album

Side 1:

1. What Is Life - George Harrison
2. Another Day - Paul McCartney
3. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) - Lennon/Ono with the Plastic Ono Band
4. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney
6. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
7. Power To The People - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Side 2:

1. Every Night - Paul McCartney
2. Jealous Guy - John Lennon
3. Junk - Paul McCartney
4. Love - John Lennon
5. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
6. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
7. Imagine - John Lennon

I left off Cold Turkey, because I felt that this compilation would be trying to avoid controversy. Likewise - I included things like Jealous Guy and Junk because they were fan favorites at the time and fit the overall concept.

You might recognize the track list order of the artists from another famous Beatles album. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.

Cheers,
Paul

 

George Harrison
What Is Life: The Best of George Harrison



DISC ONE:
1. What Is Life
2. My Sweet Lord
3. Isn't It a Pity
4. Wah-Wah
5. All Things Must Pass
6. Bangla Desh
7. Deep Blue
8. Living in the Material World
9. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
10. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long
11. You
12. This Song
13. Crackerbox Palace
14. Blow Away
15. Soft-Hearted Hana
16. Love Comes to Everyone
17. Faster
18. Here Comes the Moon

DISC TWO:
1. All Those Years Ago
2. Blood from a Clone
3. That's the Way It Goes
4. Dream Away
5. Got My Mind Set on You
6. Devil's Radio
7. When We Was Fab
8. Cloud 9
9. This Is Love
10. Handle with Care
11. Heading for the Light
12. End of the Line
13. Cheer Down
14. Cockamamie Business
15. This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) ["Platinum Weird" version]
16. Stuck Inside a Cloud
17. Any Road
18. P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)
19. Rising Sun
20. Horse to the Water

 

This is great! Add "Dark Horse" (the song) to Disc 1 and "Wake Up My Love" to Disc 2 and it's perfect.

 

“Dark Horse” (the acoustic demo) almost made the cut.

 

Love tbis, the compilation that should've come out

 

It’s one of my favorite George songs. When I was performing in my acoustic guitar solo act, “Dark Horse” was a song that appeared in the set list frequently.

 

It’s a fantastic song, and I almost included it, but I just had to have “Soft-Hearted Hana,” which is a personal favorite of mine. I wish George’s voice was in better shape when he recorded “Dark Horse.”

 

1. Suite - Judy Blue Eyes (7:24)
2. Helplessy Hoping (2:38)
3. Wooden Ships (5:27)
4. Pre-Road Downs (2:56)
5. Long Time Gone (4:17)
6. Carry On (4:27)
7. Deja Vu (4:12)
8. Almost Cut My Hair (4:30)
9. Woodstock (3:54)
10. Ohio (3:05)
11. See The Changes (3:00)
12. Fair Game (3:31)
13. Dark Star (4:47)
14. Run From Tears (4:04)
15. I Give You Give Blind (3:21)
16. Turn Your Back On Love (4:49)
17. Into The Darkness (3:24)
18. Wasted On The Way (2:52)
19. Southern Cross (4:44)
20. Daylight Again (2:28)

 

One of my favorites I compiled many formats ago but still keep...

1.Miles Davis / Ssssh. Peaceful (1969)...Miles was really digging Hendrix & Sly at this point & it shows through brilliantly on this creation of Jazz Fusion record
2.Jimi Hendrix Exp. / all of side 3 "EL" & Still Raining Still Dreaming from side 4 of "EL" (1968)...Jimi was obviously digging Miles too & my only question at the time was "what came 1st the chicken or the egg?" sadly we will never know
3.Pink Floyd / Fearless (1971)...behind the Syd debut "Meddle" has always been my favorite PF record, before all the pomposity set in
4.Who / Quadrophenia (1973)...this instrumental remains a Who preference, IMO this was the closest the Who ever came to forging classical & rock together
5.Pere Ubu / Caligari's Cabinet (1978)...my favorite American band since 1975
6.PiL / Albatross (1979)...Johnny's reference to 1968 never fails to grab me, these boys were definitely listening to fusion Miles Davis
7.The Mekons / One Horse Town(1989)...I could have selected anything off of this anarchist EP masterpiece so I flipped a coin, the only other band from the orig. Punk era to remain this prolific & relevant is Pere Ubu
8.Beatles / IATW (1967)...this sounds great sandwiched between Mekons & Clash
9.Clash / The Magnificent Seven (1980)...a Rock compilation without Clash is sorely lacking


This is now on a CD format but it began life on a TDK cassette tape in 1973 & transitioned as I added more
to it through the years

 

Haven't done one for a while but my all time favourite segue, which I have reused a few times, is from Free's Little Bit Of Love into The Stones' Tumbling Dice. The Koss lick at the end of the former dovetails rather beautifully with the Stones intro.

 

Highlights - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Some of his best non-cover songs.

1. Talkin' 'Bout A Feelin'
2. A New Rock And Roll
3. Strange Universe
4. I'm Going Away
5. The Answer
6. Dragonfly
7. The World Anthem
8. Sister Change
9. Down, Down, Down
10. Bottom Of The Barrel
11. Finish Line
12. Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
13. Strange Dreams
14. Midnight Highway
15. Maybe It's Time
16. Poppy

 

i did one of richie furay from the springfield to the present, turned out to be real nice, took 2 CD-R's.