The 80 min. Compilation CD

[Sheriff John Stone]

This thread is inspired by combining a couple of the other existing threads. I really enjoy making and/or listening to a well-constructed, theme-oriented, 80 minute compilation CD. Whether it's for the car, the living room, or the bedroom - or simply to give to friends to expand their music horizons - a compilation CD with no fluff is the way to go for me. It also gives you the opportunity to play recording artist, producer, and engineer, all in one; a way to express your creativity. I'll start it off. Keep in mind that your CD burner can mix/splice the music in a way that can't be expressed by a simple list. So it might sound better than it looks:

Bob Dylan Sampler
 
1. Introduction by George Harrison (from Bangladesh)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (live 1964)
3. Subterranean Homesick Blues
4. It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding (live 30th Anniversary Concert)
5. Lay Lady Lay
6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (live Budokan)
7. She Belongs To Me
8. It Ain't Me Babe (live Real Live)
9. Like A Rolling stone
10. Forever Young (live The Last Waltz)
11. I Want You
12. I Shall Be Released (live The Last Waltz)
13. Tangled Up In Blue
14. Blowin' In The Wind (live Bangladesh)
15. Girl From The North Country
16. Mr. Tambourine Man (live Budokan)
17. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
18. All Along The Watchtower (live Before The Flood)
19. Just Like A Woman

Obviously, my theme was to play it safe and stick to mostly "greatest hits", but I added one or two of my personal favorites. I also went with a studio-live-studio-live theme, because so many of Dylan's best versions are live takes. My CD burner can fade applause at the beginning and end of a song so it sounds smoother. The Bob Dylan Sampler CD was designed for me, when I can't decide which Dylan I want to hear, but especially for converting a friend or associate.

One final thing... Yes, I know the Live In Budokan album is not among Dylan's best, but the two songs I chose from that album are very good versions. Give 'em a listen...

[Ana-Lu]

This collection was inspired by the recent passing of the actress who played Miss Moneypenny in the early Bond flicks:

Miss Moneypenny’s Request

 The Prisoner
 Ron Grainer
 
Arabesque
 Henry Mancini
 
From Russia with Love
 Count Basie
 
Ilya
 Hugo Montenegro
 
I Spy
 Earle Hagen
 
Deadly Affair (Who Needs Tomorrow)
 Quincy Jones
 
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
 Elliot Fisher
 
Operation Charm
 Lalo Schifrin
 
The Pink Panther
 Henry Mancini
 
The Man from THRUSH
 Hugo Montenegro
 
Modesty Blaise
 National Youth Jazz Orchestra
 
The IPCRESS File
 John Barry
 
Our Man Flint
 Jerry Goldsmith
 
Danger
 Lalo Schifrin
 
Moonshot
 Sounds Orchestral
 
A Martini Built for Two
 Hugo Montenegro
 
The Man from UNCLE 1
 Jerry Goldsmith
 
The Man from UNCLE 2
 Jerry Goldsmith - Lalo Schifrin
 
Search for Vulcan
 Leroy Holmes
 
The Danube Affair
 Lalo Schifrin
 
The Saint
 Edwin Astley
 
Mother Muffin
 Teddy Randazzo
 
Goldfinger (instrumental)
 John Barry
 
Charade
 Henry Mancini
 
Underwater Chase
 Al Caiola
 
 In Like Flint
 Jerry Goldsmith
 
Ladies will Kindly Remove their Hats
 Jerry Goldsmith
 
Mission Impossible
 Lalo Schifrin
 
The Girl from UNCLE
 Teddy Randazzo
 
A Shot in the Dark
 Shirley Scott
 
Avengers Tag
 Laurie Johnson
 
The Avengers
 Laurie Johnson
 

[Sheriff John Stone]

Ana-Lu, thanks for your post and keeping the thread alive...

That's a very eclectic and "adventureous" theme, but I like it! I know you stuck to the instrumentals, which is cool, but I really like "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey. I'll have to give John Barry's version a listen.

[Ana-Lu]

The instrumental Goldfinger was on the US soundtrack LP on United Artists, and is also on the expanded Goldfinger CD (which adds cues from the film that didn't make it to the LP).

The comp was basically all spy stuff, as you can tell. 

[Sheriff John Stone]

An 80's Compilation, inspired by too many hours watching videos on MTV. Anybody remember these:

1. Der Kommissar - After The Fire
2. One Step Ahead - Split Enz
3. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
4. Tonight It's You - Cheap Trick
5. Do You Wanna Touch Me - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
6. Homosapien - Pete Shelley
7. My Oh My - Slade
8. Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of Seagulls
9. Major Tom - Peter Shilling
10. Don't Change - INXS
11. Pipes Of Peace - Paul McCartney
12. They Don't Know About Us - Tracy Ullman
13. Face Dances (Part Two) - Pete Townshend
14. Avalon - Roxy Music
15. Baby, Oh No - Bow Wow Wow
16. Dance With Me - Lords Of The New Church
17. The Metro - Berlin
18. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
19. Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling Stones

 

[Sheriff John Stone]

My neice is trying to get me into REM. She made me a CD of about 10 songs, and I have to admit, I kinda like it. "Man In The Moon" is my current favorite. I'd like to compile an entire CD of REM. Anybody care to list their single CD of REM's best?

[the captain]

Here is a true compilation I made a while back. I wrote the below on a different board, but it gets the idea across.
.............................

Belle & Sebastian.

1. Step Into My Office, Baby
2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress
3. Sukie In The Graveyard
4. Wrapped Up In Books
5. The Blues Are Still Blue
6. Roy Walker
7. Piazza, New York Catcher

8. Your Cover's Blown
9. I'm a Cuckoo
10. Lord Anthony
11. If You Find Yourself Caught In Love
12. You Don't Send Me
13. Dress Up In You
14. White Collar Boy
15. Another Snny Day
16. Funny Little Frog

The careful observer will note that this is not a true, career-spanning greatest hits at all, but simply a combination of songs from the most two recent albums plus one non-album single. This, for a band with a solid 10 years behind them? This, for a band whose early work is most beloved by fans?

Yep. f*** those fans.

The funny thing about Belle & Sebastian is that everyone seems to have disregarded them for one reason or another now, just as they're doing the best work they've ever done by far.

Those people who were on the bandwagon early sneer at the past few albums as being too well-polished, too produced. "I like The Boy With the Arab Strap, and everything since then sucks," those pretentious dicks are wont to say. And the people who don't like them most often seem actually not to like what they think Belle & Sebastian are--that or the aforementioned early fans (who are, admittedly, pricks).

And yet through it all, Belle & Sebastian have become a very good, tight pop band. The melodies are among the best anyone is making these days. The arrangements are meticulous, but not lifeless. The lyrics are intelligent, if sometimes a bit too clever for some tastes. And if those early albums sounded like a mess, well, the producers hired to do the past few albums (Trevor Horn and Tony Hoffer, respectively) have done a great job tightening things up.

I'd be glad to share this greatest hits album with anyone willing to give them a chance. I actually made this for my own use on a vacation a couple of years ago, right after The Life Pursuit was released, so this isn't theoretical: it's a real album to me, and a damn good one.

[holeypeacoat]

I guess your comp is good if you're not in the mood to listen to any of the rest of the B&S canon besides the last two albums.  While I like the past two releases I have to say my favorite B&S is "Fold Your Hands.." which seems to be, by far, their most criticized recording..and I'm one of those early fans you so eloquently described.  Also for me the Dog On Wheels/Lazy Line Painter Jane/3.6.9 Seconds of Light EPs are pure magic.  If that makes me a prick then so be it.

Anyway, I decided to share a comp I made last week for a friend who's had a rough time recently. 

Make Your Own Kind of Music - Cass Elliot
My Sad Lonely Eyes - Them
I'll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground
D.C.B.A. - Jefferson Airplane
The Scarecrow - Pink Floyd
I'd Love Just Once to See You - Beach Boys
Sarah In Bath - Krystof Komeda (from The Fearless Vampire Killers)
Tears for Affairs - Camera Obscura
Everything That Touches You - The Association
Wednesday Morning, 3. A.M. - S&G
My World Fell Down - Sagittarius
Ford Mustang - Serge Gainsbourg
Trees - Pulp
Der unheimliche Monch - Peter Thomas
Scenic World - Beirut
Dois Mil E um - Os Mutantes
Beginning to See the Light - Velvet Underground
Song For the Asking - S&G

[the captain]

There are worse things to be than a prick.

Anyway, I assume you understood that I didn't mean everyone who likes the early stuff sucks, but that certain type who (as I said) "sneer" at the other music--because that type of fan, I believe, is more interested in being "in the know" about some underground band than actually listening to music.

[holeypeacoat]

I agree!  Being a choad is far worse than being a prick.

Yeah, I know the types.  There is always that one (or more) person at your local independent record store.  The last two albums have been great albums but different from the earlier material.  I fall into the camp that they can't sound the same forever and I'm glad they aren't afraid to f*** with the formula.  And for those who long for the older stuff you always have a track or two that has that sound on the recent records (Lord Anthony, Dressed Up In You.)

I'm actually anticipating the new musical "God Help the Girl" that Stuart's writing.  The three demos I've heard from it are really fun.  I actually like the Catherine Ireton chick and the guy from Ladybug Transistor singing on them.

For those who haven't heard them go here:
http://www.myspace.com/pleasegodhelpthegirl

[the captain]

I wasn't aware of this project. Thanks for the info.

[Sheriff John Stone]

My neice is trying to get me into REM. She made me a CD of about 10 songs, and I have to admit, I kinda like it. "Man In The Moon" is my current favorite. I'd like to compile an entire CD of REM. Anybody care to list their single CD of REM's best?

Bump....Any REM fans out there who have a minute or two....

[Vega-Table Man]

Anybody care to list their single CD of REM's best?
Bump....Any REM fans out there who have a minute or two....

I only ever made one R.E.M. comp (and it was quite a few years ago now), but I think it's a pretty cool one. It's all Bill Berry-era stuff (pre-1998):

1. Stand
2. Me in Honey
3. Perfect Circle
4. Bittersweet Me
5. Cuyahoga
6. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
7. Bang and Blame
8. World Leader Pretend
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10. The Flowers of Guatemala
11. Near Wild Heaven
12. How the West Was Won and Where it Got Us
13. The One I Love
14. Everybody Hurts
15. What If We Give it Away?
16. Crush with Eyeliner
17. Talk About the Passion
18. Nightswimming

I look at that and can't *believe* I left "Fall on Me" off. That may be my all-time favorite R.E.M. tune ... I should probably re-do this and put that at the top of the order instead of "Stand" (which is a song I can take or leave, really).

[Sheriff John Stone]

As the late, great Syd said, "Vega-Table Man how are you?"

Thanks, brother, I'm working on the comp now....

[lance]

There are some early beautiful REM songs. I'll list what in my opinion were the best.

Wolves, Lower,
Gardening at Night
Radio Free Europe
Talk About the Passion
Sitting Still
Haborcoat
So. Central Rain
Pretty Persuasion
Rockville
Driver 8
Maps and Legends
Life and How to Live It
Fall On Me
Cuyohoga
Swan Swan H
Superman
The One I Love
Disturbance at the Heron House
Exhuming McCarthy
King of Birds
World Leader Pretend
I Could Turn You Inside Out
You Are My Everything
Try Not to Breath
Sweetness Follows
Find the River
Nightswimming

These are not a mixed tape so aren't necessarily in a proper playing order, but rather their very best songs 83-92, in my opinion in more or less chrnological order. I think that Pretty much all their albums are good though I'm not a big fan of their post 92 stuff.

[Sheriff John Stone]

Thanks for the list Lance! I'm going to take the songs that are on BOTH your and Vega-Table Man's lists, sprinkle it with some hits, and make a nice REM comp. Gives me a new, driving around summer CD. Thanks again...

[mikee]

Yes, I know the Live In Budokan album is not among Dylan's best,

I think it is one of his best live releases.  Great band, interesting arrangements, excellent sound, Steve Douglas wailing on sax, Bob in good form and voice. What's not to like? I might have preferred the release of a complete show  from that tour and that might still happen sometime in the not to distant future

[Sheriff John Stone]

Yes, I know the Live In Budokan album is not among Dylan's best,

I think it is one of his best live releases.  Great band, interesting arrangements, excellent sound, Steve Douglas wailing on sax, Bob in good form and voice. What's not to like? I might have preferred the release of a complete show  from that tour and that might still happen sometime in the not to distant future

Mikee, your post prompted me to give Live At Budokan another listen, having ignored it for awhile. And you're right, the band, the sound, and Dylan's voice are excellent. I still I have some problems with some of the arrangements, but I enjoyed the listen nevertheless. So thanks for the post and insights.

BTW, do you have a special Bob Dylan compilation that you'd like to share?

[mikee]

Well sort of.  I was dissatisfied with the running order of the songs on the 'Biogragh' box set so I made a version that put the previously unissued and rare tracks together and put the songs taken from previous lp's together.  I also put them in more or less chronological order.  That worked a lot better for me.

I really like the Bootleg vol. 2 box set.  It is one of my favorite compilations by anyone.

By the way, Steve said that he wished that they had waited until later in the tour to record that album.  While it was a very good recording, he thought it paled compared to how good that band got after they had played together for a while.  He was very proud of that band, as was Bob (who has unhesitatingly cited them when asked about his best and favorite touring bands).     
 

[Music Machine]

I was reading the latest issue of Mojo and they talked the Sex Pistols guys about their musical influences and favorites. It inspired this mix cd I made;

1. Skinhead Moonstomp - Simyarp [Heard by the Pistols members growing up in poor neighborhoods, featured in the Filth and the Fury film.]

2. I Call Your Name - The Beatles [Glen Matlock was huge on the Beatles and this track was influenced by the type of Ska reperesented in the opening track.]

3. It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones [Another Matlock influence.]

4. No Lip - Dave Berry [Covered by the Pistols.]

5. I'll Keep Holding On - The Action [Another Matlock influence.]

6. Substitute [BBC] - The Who [A mutual group influence and covered by the Pistols.]

7. Shake [French EP Version] - The Small Faces [Another Matlock influence.]

8. Situation Vacant - The Kinks [Another Matlock influence.]

9. The Blacksmith - Steeleye Span [A Lydon influence.]

10. Outside My Door - Can [A Lydon influence.]

11. Looking at You - MC5 [A Paul Cook influence.]

12. No Fun [John Cale Mix] - The Stooges [A Lydon and Cook influence.]

13. Click Clack - Captain Beefheart [A Lydon influence.]

14. Be My Lover - Alice Cooper [A Lydon influence.]

15. Black Country Rock - David Bowie [A Steve Jones influence.]

16. Motorhead - Hawkwind [A Lydon influence.]

17. Cindy Incidentaly - The Faces [An influence of Cook and Matlock.]

18. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music [A Jones influence.]

19. Telegram Sam - T Rex [A Jones influence.]

20. Nadir's Big Chance - Peter Hammill [A Lydon influence.]

21. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls [A Cooke and Jones influence.]

22. Way Over in Dub - Tappa Zukie [A Lydon influence, featured in the Filth and the Fury.]

23. Poison Flour - Dr. Alimantado [A Lydon influence.]

24. Born to Lose - Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers [A Sid Vicious influence.]

[Sheriff John Stone]

Music Machine, thanks for resurrecting the thread. On your above mix, some of the artists I'm not familiar with. But, the ones that I am -  especially The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, The MC5, and The Stooges - I love your selections.

I finally finished the REM comp that I've been working on for two months! Here it is:

1. It's The End Of The World As We Know It
2. Man On The Moon
3. She Just Wants To Be
4. Imitation Of Life
5. Shiny Happy People
6. I Believe
7. Try Not To Breathe
8. Summer Turns To High
9. At My Most Beautiful
10. Fall On Me
11. Gardening At Night
12. I'll Take The Rain
13. Have You Ever Seen The Rain (live)
14. All The Right Friends
15. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
16. Find The River
17. Losing My Religion
18. Hollow man
19. The One I Love
20. Night Swimming

[peerke]

Some time ago I compiled two cd's with songs that have a southern feel.

Songs From The South - CD 1

1.   Eric Weisberg & Steve Mande - Dueling Banjos – 1973
2.   John Hiatt – Crossing Muddy Waters - 2000
3.   Josh Turner - Way Down South – 2006
4.   Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe – 1967
5.   Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA – 1968
6.   Townes Van Zandt - Panco & Lefty – 1972
7.   Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For A Train – 1975
8.   Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham - 1975
9.   The Byrds (Gram Parsons) - Hickory Wind – 1968
10.   Johnny Cash - Hey Porter – 1955
11.   Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – 1952
12.   Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - 1947
13.   Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou – 1963
14.   Alabama - Dixieland Delight - 1983
15.   Buddy Jewel - Sweet Southern Comfort  - 2003
16.   Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina – 2000
17.   Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – 1998
18.   R.E.M. - Maps & Legends - 1985
19.   Janis Joplin - Summertime - 1969
20.   Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand The Rain - 1971
21.   Otis Redding - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - 1968

Songs From The South - CD 2

1.   Harry Dean Staton (Ry Cooder) - Cancion Mixteca – 1984
2.   Freddy Fender (Ry Cooder) - Across The Borderline – 1982
3.   Joe Ely – She Never Spoke Spanish To Me - 1977
4.   Marty Robbins - El Paso - 1959
5.   Clarence Carter - Patches - 1970
6.   Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia – 1969
7.   Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie – 1968
8.   Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain – 1969
9.   Joe South – Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home - 1969
10.   Billy Joe Royal - Down In The Boondocks – 1965
11.   Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man – 1968
12.   Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time – 1973
13.   Little Feat - Dixie Chicken – 1973
14.   Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary  - 1971
15.   Al Green - Take Me To The River – 1974
16.   Link Wray – Fire And Brimstone -1971
17.   Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon – 1989
18.   Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights – 1975
19.   The Meters - Fire On The Bayou – 1975
20.   Sonny Landreth - Congo Square - 1985
21.   Steve Earl - Copperhead Road - 1988
22.   JJ Cale - Magnolia – 1972
23.   Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell - 1985

[Music Machine]

Very well chosen REM best of there. I made a comp of them a long time ago, I think it's around somewhere. I think I might take another shot at one sometime anyway.

[Sheriff John Stone]

Here's one I just made for some summer listening. I call it Psychedelic Sounds:

1. "Hush" - Deep Purple
2. "Hey Joe" - Jimi Hendrix
3. "Bang Bang" - Nancy Sinatra
4. "On The Road Again" - Canned Heat
5. "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas & The Papas
6. "San Francisco" - Scott McKenzie
7. "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane
8. "Incense And Peppermints" - Strawberry Alarm Clock
9. "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" - The Beatles
10. "Randy Scouse Git" - The Monkees
11. "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground
12. "Eight Miles High" - The Byrds
13. "Just Dropped In" - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
14. "Timothy Leary" - The Moody Blues
15. "Fire" - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
16. "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" - Amboy Dukes
17. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly
18. "Break On Through" - The Doors
19. "See Emily Play" - Pink Floyd
20. "She's My Girl" - The Turtles
21. "Reach Out Of The Darkness" - Friend And Lover
22. "Age Of Aquarius" - The 5th Dimension
23. "One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack" - Coven

[Music Machine]

Just finished up this one, it's songs from Martin Scorsese films;

Mean Streets

1. Tell Me - The Rolling Stones
2. Be My Baby - The Ronettes

The Last Waltz

3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band

Goodfellas

4. Rags to Riches - Tony Bennett
5. Life is But a Dream - The Harptones
6. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
7. Memo From Turner - Jagger/ Wyman/ Watts & Ry Cooder
8. What is Life - George Harrison
9. Jump into the Fire (single edit) - Harry Nillson
10. Magic Bus (Live at Leeds) - The Who
11. Layla Piano Outro (edit from Goodfellas Soundtrack) - Derek & the Dominoes

Casino

12. What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington
13. Toad - Cream
14. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones

The Departed

15. Sail on Sailor - The Beach Boys
16. Comfortably Numb - Roger Waters, Van Morrison & The Band

Shine a Light

17. Champagne & Refer - The Rolling Stones & Buddy Guy
18. Shine a Light - The Rolling Stones