Great Albums cobbled together from leftovers from previous album sessions

Should a been released as a double with From Elvis in Memphis back in 1969.

 

My favorite cobblejob

 

Granted it is more of an EP, but it had some fantastic songs.

 

Miles Davis-Water Babies, Directions, Big Fun, Gey Up With It, Circle In the Round

 

Would Velvet Underground - VU count?

 

A great album but not leftovers.

 

I would say The Final Cut but it's not that great.

 

Great compilation but it wasn’t passed off as a unique studio album. And not in the band’s lifetime. But the OP might decide otherwise.

 

When considering my favorite albums of all time I always put the Suspicious Mind two-fer as Elvis's best.

 

The Monkees - Instant Replay

This album uses a lot of songs that were left in the can during their earlier 1966 recording sessions. Some were reworked, others were not. I like this album, but it's usually not one that's a top fave among Monkees fans.

 

One I didn't see mentioned that's great in my opinion:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Volume 2

 

The list of truly great albums (IMO) that fit this description is really small.

I can think of Tattoo You, Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

 

Isn't Let It Bleed a bit like that?

 

Elvis: Almost In Love

 

"Wah-Wah" isn't outtakes. "Wah-Wah" was a separate project recorded concurrently with "Laid", hatched by Eno and agreed with the band as a way of capturing their songwriting process at its earliest stage, their "jams". "Everybody Knows" was moved from "Wah-Wah" to "Laid" as the group thought there should be some crossover between the two but that doesn't make the rest of the album outtakes. They weren't trying to write material for "Laid" in those sessions.

 

Leather Jackets by Elton John

 

Would Zeppelins swan song "Coda" count? the expanded edition is pretty damn good

 

Coil - Stolen And Contaminated Songs. Comprised of material recorded during the sessions for "Love's Secret Domain" and absolutely its equal (if not its superior). "Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders is good but is comprised of material recorded during sessions for both "Scatology" and "Horse Rotorvator" so it doesn't quite meet the brief.

 

Well, yes and no. Portions of "Stay" and "Numb" were leftovers from the Achtung Baby studio sessions. Other parts were ideas from ZooTV tour soundchecks, and still more was written on the spot.

 

That stringless guitar gets me every time !!!

What happened to the other half ???

Poor Elvis...

 

Tracks 3-7 is damn near perfect.

 

Joy Division's Still is pretty great, it rocks harder than their two studio albums proper and therefore more closely resembles their live shows (particularly as numerous songs on it had been part of their live sets). It seems their approach was to record everything they had written, and then pick the tracks to release on the singles/albums, which came in handy later.

 

The expanded set is essential IMO. Lucked into a 3lp sealed set for 18.00 a couple of years ago at a local collector's convention.

 

The Supremes' Where Did Our Love Go was recorded in pieces over a two-year period. Besides the title song, it contains "Come See About Me," "Baby Love," and "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes."