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ErikFH

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Right, so threads here mainly point out studio albums rather than compilations supposedlyforreasons of coherency (eg consisting of artists musical view oremotional flow of themoment, that is appealing to the listener)where compilations often are released to once again cash in on an act.

But a compilation can also be a usefulmethod to become acquainted with the work of an artist, inviting the listener to explore things further. And there are labels like Rhino who succeed to compile an (or various) act’s best or most interesting work in any kind of artistic (relating toperiod or genre) order.

What fine compi’s put you on track of anact, or do you simply like for any (well, pleasure of listening of course) reason.

I'll kick off with the next ten ‘indispensables’:

Neil Young – Decade

Supremes – Ultimate Collection

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle, Vol. 1

New Order - Substance

Madonna – Immaculate Collection

V/A - The Story of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough (Box)

Peter Tosh - Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh

V/A - One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found (Box)

Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul (Box)

Phil Spector – Back to Mono (Box)

More to follow soon. :dude:

 

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Gilles Peterson ; INCredible sound of.

Worldwide prog 1,2 and 3.

Kruder and Dorfmiester ; The K &D sessions.

Soulwax ; Too many Dj's / Hang the Dj / Radio Soulwax. all 36 of them.

LTJ Bukem ; Logical progression and the complete Earth series.

more to follow.
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chezi61

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The Cure ; Staring at the sea.

Coldcut ; Journey by Dj.

The Damned ; Best of.

Hefner ; Reworks.

Grace Jones ; Island life.

Lamb ; Best kept secrets.

Massive Attack ; Collected.

Nine Inch Nails ; Rusty nails the remixes.

Osunlade ; The Yoruba soul mixes.

Pixies ; Best of.

Plump Dj's ; FabricLive 08.

The Ruts ; Grin and bear it.

The Smiths ; Hatful of hollow and Half a person.

The complete Stone Roses.

St Etienne ; Smash the system.

Shpongle ; Remixed.

Nitin Sawhney ; All mixed up.

Tricky ; A ruff guide.

Tosca ; Dehli 9 , J.A.C. and Chocolate Elvis.

Violent Femmes ; Add it up.

I've now had enough as I own 152 albums by various artists , very few of which I don't like.
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:lmao::lmao:I even took care not to list any Live albums. ( Little Feat ; Waiting for Columbus , Talking Heads ; The name of this band etc , etc , etc.)

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Some great choices there Chezi, esp. Kruder and Dorfmeister and Soulwax arefine picks. Lamb and Violant Femmes now added to the short list.
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A few more:

Jam - Snap (esp. just released 2-cd)

XTC - Fossil Fuel

Dionne Warwick - Her all time greatest hits

Steely Dan - A decade of Steely Dan

Squeez - Greatest Hits

Pretenders - The Singles

Specials - Singles

Rolling Stones - Singles collection, the London years (awesome)

Stevie Wonder - At the close of a century (Box)

Gram Parsons - The Gram Parsons Anthology

Lee Scratch Perry - Arkology

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For psychedelic/garage compilations you can't fail to ignore the original Nuggets series, they led me on to a huge number of bands including Electric Prunes, 13th Floor Elevators, the Chocolate Watch Band and the Count 5.

The Love, Peace and Poetry series are pretty interesting for this genre each album compiling the psychedelic music from an individual country or region. I have a couple of these (Mexican and Trukish psychedelia)and enjoy both of these - nicely packaged too with good notes.

On a similar note the recent Soul Jazz issue of the Tropicalia compilation is also excellent

 

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chezi61 wrote:

Nine Inch Nails ; Rusty nails the remixes.

chezi.
WHOAH there horsey....!

What's this - and where do I get one????

Also - Natural Born Killers soundtrack - does this qualify as a compliation? If not I'd like to nominate...

Aphex Twin / AFX - Hangeable Auto Bulb

Blackfoot - Highway Song Live

Pink Floyd - Echoes (especially as it doesn't follow their chronological release order, so it works as an album in its own right)

Zappa - any of the "You Can't Do That On Stage Any More" live albums

Zeppelin - Remasters Boxed - does what is says on the tin

Any of the Verve Unmixed / Remixed compilations, but that's more about the record label than any of the artists.

Johnny Cash - Unearthed. Lots of outtakes, demos unreleased stuff from the Rick Rubin era, with a collection of the best of the previous 4 American recordings included as a fifth disc in the box.

There's gotta be loadsssss more?!?!

Chezi - how about a heads up on the NIN remix thingy - ta!

 

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My main faves are already mentioned (Zeppelin, New Order, Floyd).

Also - Why Don't You Kill Yourself (the complete CBS recordings), The Only Ones;

Elvis Costello - The Man;

The Stones - 40 Licks (esp the first album);

Ry Cooder - Music by...;

got a good Otis Redding one but can't remember what it's called, Definitive Collection or similar.

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PS Any & all Robert Johnson, Leadbelly or Howling Wolf compilations

 

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RichardG wrote:

chezi61 wrote:
Nine Inch Nails ; Rusty nails the remixes.

chezi.
WHOAH there horsey....!

What's this - and where do I get one????

Chezi - how about a heads up on the NIN remix thingy - ta!
Hiya Richard , I bought this a couple of years ago from a small specialist music shop , it's actually an import from USA.

YGPM.
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Reggae Chartbusters Volume 1, 2 and 3

and

Tighten Up Volume 1, 2 and 3

Both tip top early 70s Trojan compilation serie. I found them in a charity shop and they started a long reggae obsession. Classy stuff.

 

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Bring them on Rudy.
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Great calls gents. Allow me to highlight Nugget series (garage, early punk), Zappa's You can't do that .. live compi's and Trojan (Blood & Fire) (re) releases.

Boxer, each Otis collection will be equally essential.
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If you fancy trying out some Electro-Industrial Music, you could do worse than try out :

Skinny Puppy - The Singles Collect

Front Line Assembly - Reclamation

Also, i concur with Duvet on the Depeche Mode remixes album, especially the 3-disc version.

 

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dck68 wrote:

For psychedelic/garage compilations you can't fail to ignore the original Nuggets series, they led me on to a huge number of bands including Electric Prunes, 13th Floor Elevators, the Chocolate Watch Band and the Count 5.
Where can I find these? sounds right up my street
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Matt J wrote:

dck68 wrote:
For psychedelic/garage compilations you can't fail to ignore the original Nuggets series, they led me on to a huge number of bands including Electric Prunes, 13th Floor Elevators, the Chocolate Watch Band and the Count 5.
Where can I find these? sounds right up my street
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Another vote for these - I picked up what I assume is volume 1 for a fiver in Fopp the other week and have been eyeing the box set ever since. Fantastic stuff!

 

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Tori Amos - Tales of a Librarian

Faithless - Forever Faithless

Joy Division - Substance

Andmore votes for Skinny Puppy, Massive Attack collections.

 

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Warren Zevon - Genius, andA Quiet Normal Life;

June Tabor - Anthology;

Various - I'm Your Fan (the Leonard Cohen tribute album;

Zappa - Strictly Commercial;

The Undertones - True Confessions;

Van der Graaf Generator -68-71;

Jefferson Airplane - FlightLog.

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