Any Recent Homemade Compilations You Are Particularly Proud Of?

The sacrifices one makes for one's child has its limits. (Kidding, I don't really hate Octopus Garden).

 

Dang, missed those. Great ideas.

 

This was my "Green" album...I made LULLA-BEATLES: Fab Songs To Help You Sleep for our bedside boombox:

A Beginning (George Martin from YS)
Golden Slumbers (fade's a bit too abrupt at the end, though; covered it with a bit of reverb)
I Will / In My Life / Words Of Love / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away / Blackbird - (tied together in one track)
If I Fell / Mother Nature's Son / Yesterday - (tied together in one track)
'Til There Was You / Here, There And Everywhere - (tied together in one track)
I'm So Tired / Within You, Without You / Because (a cappella segueing into, then back out of, traditional version) - tied together in one track
Girl / To Know Her Is To Love Her - (tied together in one track)
Norwegian Wood / Across The Universe (w/o FX) / Something (George's demo: Anthology) - (tied together in one track)
I'll Follow The Sun / All Things Must Pass (Beatles demo II) / Sun King / And I Love Her - (tied together in one track)
The Long & Winding Road (Anthology mix)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George's demo) / Goodnight - (tied together in one track)

What made it for me, was the unconventional versions, and the Adobe-Audition-enabled segues.

 

All the Go-Go's I'd want, in chronological order, drawing mostly from Doug Schwartz's mastering of the 1994 anthology and accompanying CD single:

Head Over Heels • The Best Of The Go-Go's

1 Johnny Are You Queer? [live] 02:06
2 Let's Have A Party [live] 01:38
3 We Got The Beat [original EP version] 02:09
4 How Much More [original EP version] 03:00
5 Lust To Love [original EP version] 03:28
6 Cool Jerk [original EP version] 02:31
7 Our Lips Are Sealed 02:48
8 How Much More 03:05
9 Lust To Love 04:03
10 This Town 03:18
11 We Got The Beat [single mix] 02:31
12 Skidmarks On My Heart 03:05
13 Surfing And Spying 01:57
14 Vacation 02:59
15 Speeding 02:08
16 I Think It's Me 02:42
17 Get Up And Go 03:17
18 This Old Feeling 03:05
19 Beatnik Beach 02:53
20 Head Over Heels 03:37
21 Turn To You 03:50
22 You Thought 04:17
23 I'm The Only One 03:32
24 Yes Or No [single mix] 03:36
25 Mercenary 03:34
26 The Whole World Lost Its Head 02:57

 

Also, made a two-disc comp covering the years following the classic 1973-1984 era. (Tunnel of Love belongs in that era based on quality, but thematically it fits with this one since it wasn't really done with the E Street Band and, like his next two albums, deals with married life.)

If I Should Fall Behind - DISC ONE (78:12)

1. Tunnel of Love 5:10
2. Brilliant Disguise 4:15
3. One Step Up 4:21
4. Walk Like a Man 3:36
5. Human Touch 6:28
6. Living Proof 4:44
7. Better Days 4:05
8. If I Should Fall Behind 2:57
9. Streets of Philadelphia 4:12
10. Blood Brothers 4:32
11. Secret Garden 4:26
12. The Ghost of Tom Joad 4:23
13. Dead Man Walkin' 2:42
14. The Promise [1999 recording] 4:50
15. American Skin (41 Shots) [live] 8:00
16. Land of Hope and Dreams [live] 10:00

Dying of the Light - DISC TWO (78:59)

1. The Rising 4:47
2. Paradise 5:34
3. My City of Ruins [live] 4:50
4. Devils & Dust 5:01
5. Long Time Comin' 4:13
6. Old Dan Tucker 2:31
7. Radio Nowhere 3:19
8. Last to Die 4:16
9. Devil's Arcade 5:05
10. The Wrestler 3:50
11. The Last Carnival 3:11
12. We Take Care of Our Own 3:53
13. We Are Alive 5:34
14. Hunter of Invisible Game 4:40
15. The Wall 4:14
16. Western Stars 4:39
17. Chasin' Wild Horses 5:03
18. Moonlight Motel 4:19

 

No “Girls In Their Summer Clothes”?

 

Almost but it didn't make the final cut. Magic was pretty tough to cut down, but to me it's one of the few keepers Springsteen's made post-Tunnel of Love, so it was more important to make space for stuff I wouldn't otherwise have.

I almost skipped the Seeger Sessions altogether, but I wanted to have every album covered. "O Mary Don't You Weep" might've been a better track but the 6+ minute length made it tough to fit in.

 

Made a comp specifically of the Yngwie Malmsteen-Mike Vescera years (circa 1995/95)

Never Die
Aftermath
The Only One
Seventh Sign
In The Distance
Hairtrigger
I Don't Know
Bad Blood
Vengeance
Overture 1622/No Love Lost
Voodoo
Crash and Burn
Cross The Line
Pyramid of Cheops
Time Will Tell

 

Dionne Warwick's Scepter Singles in A/B side and chronological order (from the Japanese mini-lp CD reissue bonus tracks).

 

all of them!

 

This is really cool. Once I get Western Stars, I think I'll recreate this!

I made a 6CD Springsteen set some years ago, which stopped at whatever was the latest album at the time (could have even been as far back as Workin On A Dream), so there's at least a couple or three since then to acquaint myself with.

EG.

 

Thanks! Springsteen's new album may be out later this year so I may have to update this soon!

 

Made this to fill the so-called "amnesia" years (after John Wesley Harding) when Dylan was writing a whole lot less and he became more focused on domestic life. Ends with his full-fledged reunion with the Band as well as a few songs that set the stage for Blood on the Tracks. Fills up one single disc:

Bob Dylan
Sign on the Window • 1968-1974

1 Grand Coulee Dam [live at Carnegie Hall, Jan. 20, 1968] 02:57
2 Lay Lady Lay 03:19
3 I Threw It All Away 02:26
4 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 03:23
5 Highway 61 Revisited [live at Isle of Wight, Aug. 31, 1969] 03:39
6 Pretty Saro 02:16
7 Copper Kettle [undubbed version] 03:35
8 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue [original B-side release] 03:36
9 If Not For You [alternate version, from The Genuine Bootleg Series] 02:28
10 Went To See The Gypsy [alternate version] 03:34
11 Sign On The Window 03:43
12 When I Paint My Masterpiece 03:26
13 Watching The River Flow 03:36
14 Just Like A Woman [live at Madison Square Garden, Aug. 1, 1971] 04:49
15 George Jackson [acoustic version] 03:37
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door 02:32
17 Going, Going, Gone 03:29
18 Tough Mama 04:20
19 Forever Young 05:03
20 Dirge 05:39
21 Nobody 'Cept You [live at Chicago Stadium, Jan. 4, 1974] 03:30
22 Highway 61 Revisited [live at the Los Angeles Forum, Feb. 14, 1974 (evening)] 04:33

 

1. Fast Thing In "D"etroit (2:59)
2. Fell Out Of Love (4:48)
3. Ramona (4:29)
4. Love Transfusion (2:49)
5. Can't Sleep (3:06)
6. Turn Up The Radio (3:08)
7. Oh Well (3:23)
8. Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming (6:50)
9. Lucille (3:00)
10. Desire (3:31)
11. Don't Hold On (4:19)
12. Restless (2:55)
13. Sally Can't Dance (3:57)
14. Takin' It Back (4:59)
15. Lift You Up (3:43)
16. Shanghaied (3:58)
17. Tired Of Wearing Black (4:14)
18. Gonna Crash (3:13)
19. Rollin' By The Record Machine (Live) (4:41)
20. Born In Detroit (Live) (5:20)

 

Covering the "late-period" albums:

the best of wilco • 2007-2019

1 The Thanks I Get 03:33
2 Hate It Here 04:33
3 Impossible Germany 05:58
4 Walken 04:26
5 Wilco (The Song) 03:00
6 You And I 03:27
7 You Never Know 04:23
8 I Might 04:01
9 Dawned On Me 03:43
10 Born Alone 03:55
11 Whole Love 03:49
12 Random Name Generator 03:49
13 You Satellite 05:16
14 Taste The Ceiling 03:15
15 If I Ever Was A Child 02:55
16 Cry All Day 04:16
17 Someone To Lose 03:20
18 Love Is Everywhere (Beware) 03:33
19 Everyone Hides 02:59
20 Hold Me Anyway 03:58

with
Nels Cline
Mikael Jorgensen
Glenn Kotche
Pat Sansone
John Stirratt
and
Jeff Tweedy

 

Pretty much every studio recording I'd want to hear post-Mercury (though the Unplugged album from much later isn't bad):

Rod Stewart
...formerly known as an artist • 1975-1980

1 Three Time Loser 04:05
2 Drift Away 03:43
3 Stone Cold Sober 04:12
4 I Don't Want to Talk About It 04:48
5 Still Love You 05:11
6 Sailing 04:37
7 To Love Somebody [outtake] 4:31
8 Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) 03:55
9 The First Cut Is The Deepest 04:31
10 Fool For You 03:49
11 The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II) 06:28
12 You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) 04:30
13 You Got A Nerve 04:59
14 I Was Only Joking 06:07
15 Scarred And Scared 04:51
16 Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight 05:04

Running time: 75:26

 

An early 1970s Amon Düül II double album wot floats my boat..

Side 1: Yeti (1970) Side 1

Side 2: Yeti (1970) Side 2

Side 3: Tanz Der Lemminge (1971) Side 2

Side 4: Rattlesnakeplumcake / Between the Eyes / Light / Lemmingmania (2 x 1970-71 non album 45s).

The real Sides 3 & 4 of Yeti and Sides 1, 3 & 4 of Tanz are a bit noodly for my cup of tea. But their other Sides are right up my street. The much-maligned Tanz album on Side 2 has the sublime Renate Knaup-Lothar Meid sequence of Riding on a Cloud / Paralyzed Paradise / HG Wells Take-Off, and Sides 1 & 2 of Yeti are just the business.

 

I've gotten a lot of pleasure from this 2-CDR set. It's a non-chronological 'Best Of' compilation of post-Syd PF, up through Atom Heart Mother.

IT WOULD BE SO NICE 3:37
JULIA DREAM 2:35
REMEMBER A DAY 4:24
SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN 5:22
FAT OLD SUN 5:12
CYMBALINE 4:47
COUNTRY SONG 4:38
SUMMER '68 5:28
GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS 6:14
CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE EUGENE 5:45

POINT ME AT THE SKY 3:32
THE NILE SONG 3:22
GREEN IS THE COLOUR 2:56
IF 4:27
CRUMBLING LAND 4:14
CORPORAL CLEGG 3:35
IBIZA BAR 3:15
BIDING MY TIME 5:15
THE NARROW WAY - PART III 5:31
EMBRYO 4:40

I did some edits/segues... as is my wont.

 

Springtime collection is an annual tradition of Summery rock and pop. Work in progress.

 

I Want You Bad - The Best Of NRBQ

Magnet
Only You
Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Sitting In The Park
Ridin' In My Car
Still In School
It Feels Good
That's Alright
Things To You
Green Lights
I Love Her, She Loves Me
I Want You Bad
The Same Old Thing
It Was An Accident
What Can I Say
Throw Out The Life Line
Feel You Around Me
Me And The Boys
You Can't Hide
Captain Lou
Rain At The Drive-In
How Can I Make You Love Me
I Like That Girl
It's A Wild Weekend
Little Floater
Boy's Life
If I Don't Have You
A Little Bit Of Bad

This fits on a single overburned CD and I think it makes for a great listen. It definitely does not encompass the range of what NRBQ is about and focuses on their songs that are closer to the mold of traditional pop songs. I sort of envision this as something any rock fan would find accessible and fall in love with at least a few tracks. It is arranged chronologically and only includes albums during Al Anderson tenure with the band (1971-1994). I mainly chose to include rockers and ballads with just a few deeper cuts or slightly quirky tracks to give a feel of what else the band can get up to.

 

A 2CD collection of Allman Brothers Band instrumentals. I found a couple I didn't know existed!

01 Little Martha 2:08
02 Jessica 7:29
03 From The Madness Of The West 6:31
04 Hot 'Lanta ‘03 5:03
05. High Falls 14:28
06 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 6:58
07 Instrumental Illness 12:17
08 Pegasus 7:33
09 Mountain Jam ‘71 13:36

01 Mountain Jam ‘70 17:24
02 Dont Want You No More 2:27
03 True Gravity 7:59
04 A-Minor Jam 16:29
05 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed ’14 18:23
06 One More Ride 3:42
07 Hot ‘Lanta 5:22
08 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed ’14 (reprise) 2:18
09 Little Martha (bass version) 2:14

 

Just did this Dylan one to accommodate Murder Most Foul. These are all tracks which were not released on his proper albums, from 1989 to 2020. All songs are written by him too.

I called it "Red River Shore".

1. Dignity

2. Series Of Dreams

“Oh Mercy” outtakes, March-July 1989

3. Red River Shore

4. Marchin’ To The City

5. Dreamin’ Of You

“Time Out Of Mind” outtakes, January 1997

6. Things Have Changed

From “Wonder boys” soundtrack, 2000

7. ‘Cross The Green Mountain

From “Gods And Generals” soundtrack, 23 July 2002

8. Waitin’ For You

From “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” soundtrack, 2002

9. Tell Ol’ Bill

From “North Country” soundtrack, 2005

10. Can’t Escape From You

Outtake circa “Modern Times”, recorded 28-29 November 2005

11. Huck’s Tune

From “Lucky You” soundtrack, recorded 12-13 May 2006

12. Murder Most Foul

Probably 2018-2019, released online 27 March 2020

 

This is not remotely recent, but since I just came across this thread, I'm posting it here - even though I recently posted it to a SMiLE-specific thread.
Ages ago I made a compilation on my consumer "music CD-R" recorder. It was no attempt to recreate whatever the album may have been; just my favorite officially released (prior to The Smile Sessions box) stuff from SMiLE & Smiley Smile sessions in the best sequence I could assemble, which I called "Smiley While" and burned to disc and which, over the next many years, I shared with astonished friends. Eventually I wrote a blog post about this wonderful music, made a front and back cover to post, even got (almost) the entire sequence up on the now defunct Grooveshark for anyone wishing to hear it, and directed folks who wanted to buy the tracks to 7Digital- the only online store I could find that (at the time of the post) had everything (as 320 kbps mp3 files).

I still like listening to this better than the box or any of the boots. I still like my cover, too.

Here's the post:
Library Industries: Smiley While

Here are the selections, w/ sources listed:

01} Heroes And Villians (demo w/ Van Dyke Parks) 2:23 from "Endless Harmony Soundtrack"
02} Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony) 2:18 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer #
03} She's Goin' Bald 2:17 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer ^
04} Little Pad 2:29 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer #
05} Vegetables Promo 0:55 from "Hawthorne, CA: Birthplace Of A Musical Legacy" (Disc 2)
06} Cabinessence (Track Only) 3:58 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 5)
07} Heroes And Villians 3:37 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer
08} Wind Chimes 2:33 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
09} Heroes And Villians (intro) 0:36 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
10} Surf's Up (track only) 1:41 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 5)
11} With Me Tonight 2:17 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer #
12} Gettin' Hungry 2:27 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer ~
13} Whistle In 1:05 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer #
14} Our Prayer 1:07 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2) #
15} Heroes And Villians (alternate version) 2:57 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
16} Heroes And Villians (sections) 6:41 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
17} Wonderful 2:03 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
18} Cabinessence 3:32 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
19} Do You Like Worms 4:01 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
20} Vegetables 3:30 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
21} I Love To Say Da Da 1:35 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2) #
22} Surf's Up 3:39 from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys" (Disc 2)
23} You're Welcome 1:07 from 2001 "Smiley Smile / Wild Honey" twofer #
all songs by Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks except # by Brian Wilson; ^ by B. Wilson/Love/Parks; ~ by Brian Wilson/Love

 

I love "Deja Vu" and I'm always trying to perfect it beyond its perfection.

 

Just posted this over in another thread, where I reminded myself I have been meaning to make this playlist for a long time.
These are the originally released Creedence LP tracks that didn't land on Chronicle, Vol. 1 or Chronicle, Vol. 2. I'm callin' it…

Creedence Unchronicled

Creedence Clearwater Revival:
"The Working Man"
"Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)"
"Get Down Woman"
"Porterville"
“Gloomy"

Bayou Country:
"Bootleg"
"Graveyard Train"
"Penthouse Pauper"
"Keep on Chooglin'"

Green River:
"Cross-Tie Walker"
"Sinister Purpose"

Willy and the Poor Boys:
"Poorboy Shuffle" (instrumental)
"Feelin' Blue"
"Side o' the Road" (instrumental)
"Effigy"

Cosmo's Factory:
"Ramble Tamble"
"Ooby Dooby"

Pendulum:
"Sailor's Lament"
"Chameleon"
"Rude Awakening #2" (instrumental)

Mardi Gras:
"Take It Like a Friend"
"Need Someone to Hold"
"Tearin' Up the Country"
"What Are You Gonna Do"
"Sail Away"
"Door to Door"
​

(I think an actual listenable playlist that were to include all these tracks would need to mix in all those Mardi Gras tracks between the Fogerty numbers, and even then it could be a challenge.)