Your perfect compilation al***

Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 09 July 2008

If you were given the task of making a compilation album that gave others an insight in to your taste in music then what you would put on it. Assuming you can get around 70 minutes (1 CD) playing time, I'd put

01. Nottamun Town - Shirley Collins
02. She's Not There - The Zombies
03. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
04. Save My Soul - Wimple Winch
05. Bike - Syd Barrett and the Pink Floyd
06. We Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
07. Jackie - Scott Walker
08. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
09. The Shield - Deep Purple
10. Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny and the Strawbs
11. Song from the Bottom of Well - Kevin Ayers and the Whole World
12. Cunla - Planxty
13. The Model - Kraftwerk
14. The Medium Was Tedium - The Desperate Bicycles
15. You Sold The Cottage - Martha and the Muffins
16. This Shirt - Mary Chapin Carpenter
17. Everything's A.O.R - Half Man Half Biscuit
18. I Was A Daughter - Basia Bulat
19. Sorry - Karine Polwart
20. Sinfonietta - Leos Janácek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras

and of course there is a lot missing, but I think it would give some insight to my musical preferences. Probably could do with some Third World War, Traffic, ELO, ELP, Marriott, Chas n Dave, Clas, Manilow (?) and McCartney (but the memory was almost full).

This was inspired by excellent SHM compilation that munch made me aware of - only duff tracks (IMO) were by Kiss and The Style Council.

Anybody care to have a go.

ATB Rotf

Posted on: 09 July 2008 by Sloop John B

I did this compilation lately for a friend. More to give him a listen to some of the stuff that he may not be into:

Piscean Dreams - Ralph Towner

20 Dollars - MIA

2 kinds of love - Jon Spesner Blues Explosion

Velouria - The Bad Plus

Matadjem Yinnixan - Tinariwen

Ca plane pour moi - Richard Thompson

Substitute - Richard Thompson

Test Pilot Blues - Black Francis

I can't forget - The Pixies

She's Leaving Home - Brad Mehldau

Mysteries - Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Stupidity - Detroit Cobra's

Sadovosko Horo - Mildio Levivev

Batman and Robin - Couse and the Impossible

Smells Like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus

It Looks Like You - Evan Dando

Sand - Ralph Towner

SJB

Posted on: 09 July 2008 by Bruce Woodhouse

Maybe it is me but whenever I make up compilation albums (like I used to for the car for instance) I find them strangely unsatisfying. Rather like 'Best of..' compilations I almost always prefer the albums of origin.

bruce

Posted on: 10 July 2008 by tonym

Difficult this. I agree with you Bruce; I've made up umpteen compilations for the car but they just don't work as well as they should, do they?

OK, here's mine (assuming you can't use an artist more than once) :-

“Steppin’Out” – Joe Jackson

“Sunshine of Your Love” – Cream

“So What?” – Miles Davis

“Night and day” – Ella Fitzgerald

“Riders On the Storm” – The Doors

“The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd

“Conquistador” – Procol Harum

“Willin’” – Little Feat

“Keep Your Distance” – Richard Thompson

“Somewhere” – Tom Waits

“So Far Away” – Carole King

“Real Real Gone” – Van Morrison

“Love or Confusion” – Jimi Hendrix

“Wichita Lineman” - Jimmy Webb

“Nightswimming” – REM

“Dazed and Confused” – Led Zeppelin

“Benedictus” – The Strawbs

“While You See a Chance” – Steve Winwood

“We’re All Alone” – Boz Scaggs

If I repeated the exercise in a couple of hours, it'd probably be different...

Posted on: 10 July 2008 by 555

quote:
This was inspired by the excellent SHM compilation

Sadly that is now out of print.
There are three new SHM CD comps' scheduled for release on 3/9/2008 ...

Rock/Soul/Blues Edition 2

Jazz Edition

Classical Edition

My perfect compilation album comes ready made ...

Posted on: 10 July 2008 by Chris Kelly

quote:
Sadly that is now out of print.

Lucky I ordered it more than once then!

Posted on: 10 July 2008 by markah

quote:
Originally posted by 555:
My perfect compilation album comes ready made ...

A man after my own heart.

A band who through the 80's and early 90's gave me so much pleasure. When one relates music to happy times then this is right up there.

Mark

Posted on: 10 July 2008 by Whizzkid

quote:
Originally posted by markah:

A man after my own heart. A band who through the 80's and early 90's gave me so much pleasure. When one relates music to happy times then this is right up there.

Mark

This Compilation album does the same for me and it happens to have two of my all time favorite house tracks on it, pure classic.

Dean..

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by John M

quote:
Originally posted by tonym:
Difficult this. I agree with you Bruce; I've made up umpteen compilations for the car but they just don't work as well as they should, do they?

OK, here's mine (assuming you can't use an artist more than once) :-

“Steppin’Out” – Joe Jackson

“Sunshine of Your Love” – Cream

“So What?” – Miles Davis

“Night and day” – Ella Fitzgerald

“Riders On the Storm” – The Doors

“The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd

“Conquistador” – Procol Harum

“Willin’” – Little Feat

“Keep Your Distance” – Richard Thompson

“Somewhere” – Tom Waits

“So Far Away” – Carole King

“Real Real Gone” – Van Morrison

“Love or Confusion” – Jimi Hendrix

“Wichita Lineman” - Jimmy Webb

“Nightswimming” – REM

“Dazed and Confused” – Led Zeppelin

“Benedictus” – The Strawbs

“While You See a Chance” – Steve Winwood

“We’re All Alone” – Boz Scaggs

If I repeated the exercise in a couple of hours, it'd probably be different...

Tony

That is an amazing list. I would listen to that for days. Although I am a great Jimmy Webb fan, I have never heard his version. What album is it on?

Just to amuse (myself probably), I have made an alternate take of your tasty list that has inspired me to think of songs from the same artists that I would put on my compilation...

Different for Girls - Joe Jackson
I Feel Free - Cream
Well You Needn't - Miles Davis
Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald
Light My Fire - The Doors
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Simple Sister - Procol Harum (Whiter Shade of Pale is just too much Big Chill for me)
Time Loves a Hero - Little Feat
Uninhabited Man - Richard Thompson
Ol' 55 - Tom Waits
Up On the Roof - Carol King
Cypress Avenue - Van Morrison
If Six Was Nine - Jimi Hendrix (for a jolt of energy)
Met Her on A Plane - Ian Matthews (Jimmy Webb)
-or-
By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Isaac Hayes
Sweetness Follows - REM
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Steve Winwood (well Traffic, but he gets the credit)
Baby's Callin' Me Home - Boz Scaggs (off the "last days of the fillmore" album)

John

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by tonym

Ahhh! A man with similar tastes to myself!

The Jimmy Webb album is "Ten Easy Pieces", a work of sheer wonderment and gobsmacking wonderfulness by the man himself. Highly recommended!!!

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Met Her on A Plane - Ian Matthews (Jimmy Webb)

Always thought this was a fantastic album and great to see a track from it featured. I think I'll play it next.

Lots of good choices BTW.

ATB Rotf

Posted on: 14 July 2008 by Guido Fawkes

Apologies - wires crossed it's on Journeys from Gospel Oak - ooops.

Still a good album though

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by Jono 13

quote:
Originally posted by 555:

My perfect compilation album comes ready made ...

You and Markah must be from the same shallow gene pool as me.

The other perfect compilation must be.....

Jono

Posted on: 15 July 2008 by 555

quote:
You and Markah must be from the same shallow gene pool as me.

Peter Hook

Peter Hook did get around!