[Music] Best compilation album?

[maffew]

Even further back in the day they used to tape 7" flexi discs to the front cover of the weekly paper.

One such example

https://www.discogs.com/Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Brain-Salad-Surgery/release/495792

My uncle used to work for a publishing company. One of their magazines was Amiga format which used to come with a floppy disk on the front. At the printers they through boxes and boxes of the surplus disks away with whatever bit of public domain software on. This was when a 1.2mb IIRC correctly floppy disk used to sell for about a pound. I was selling boxes of 60 at school for a tenner. Thousands of them

 

[maffew]

https://www.deezer.com/en/album/1273551

 

[Dick Head]

Couldn't do without this one.

 

[maffew]

Couldn't do without this one.

The 2nd cd of the first Trance Europe Express compilation, more and more pioneering tunes, 25 years old now blimey

Various ‎– Trance Europe Express
1-01 –Orbital Semi-Detached
1-02 –Bandulu Gravity Pull (Remix)
1-03 –Readymade* Face The Day
1-04 –System 7 Desir (Butterfly Remix)
1-05 –Spooky & Billie Ray Martin Persuasion (Exclusive Remix)
1-06 –Material Praying Mantra (Orb Remix)
1-07 –Xeper Carceres Ex Novum (Remix)
1-08 –Scubadevils Celestial Symphony (Original Mix)
1-09 –030 Midnight In Europe
1-10 –Cosmic Baby Space Track (Remix)
1-11 –Total Eclipse Black Hole
1-12 –CJ Bolland Random
2-01 –MLO Colour Of The Sun
2-02 –Source It's A Kind Of Magic
2-03 –Aphex Twin Analogue Bubblebath 3
2-04 –The Orb Majestic (Millwall Mix)
2-05 –Moody Boyz* Glitch
2-06 –Moby Move (Volume Remix)
2-07 –DiY Washed Over By Mastemah
2-08 –The Drum Club* Follow The Sun (Remix)
2-09 –Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia Dust (Original Recording)
2-10 –Barbarella The Mission
2-11 –Sabres Of Paradise* Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko
2-12 –Trance Induction

 

[maffew]

Last one from me, Pure Moods some lovely songs

1. "Return to Innocence" Enigma 4:10
2. "Sweet Lullaby" Deep Forest 3:51
3. "Crockett's Theme" Jan Hammer 3:34
4. "Oxygène Part IV" Jean Michel Jarre 3:19
5. "Orinoco Flow" Enya 3:46
6. "Tubular Bells Part 1" (opening excerpt) Mike Oldfield 4:59
7. "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis 3:26
8. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise" (theme from The Piano) Michael Nyman 3:13
9. "Chi Mai" Ennio Morricone 5:04
10. "Inspector Morse Theme" Barrington Pheloung 2:08
11. "Sadeness" Enigma 4:16
12. "Little Fluffy Clouds" The Orb 4:02
13. "Only You" Praise 3:38
14. "Aria on Air" (as used on a British Airways commercial) Malcolm McLaren 4:09
15. "Lily Was Here" David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer 4:18
16. "Songbird" Kenny G 4:59
17. "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" Ryuichi Sakamoto 4:29
18. "Theme from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" Angelo Badalamenti 5:01
19. "Theme from The Mission" Ennio Morricone 2:52
20. "Another Green World" Brian Eno

 

[smillie's garden]

This comp is brilliant.



As is this:



So many good "world music" compilations out there by labels such as Sound Way, Luaka Bop, Analogue Africa. And, of course, you can hardly go wrong with any compilation by the incredible Soul Jazz Records label.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Most of the LateNightTales are pure aural orgasm.

 

[Is it PotG?]

For fans of the brilliant LateNightTales set and dub music, the new Don Letts release promises great things.

 

[Moaty]

Didn't read all the way through the post but hope these weren't mentioned before.But the Virgin Front Line albums were terrific.It was often an inroad for us Reggae Fans who knew about Bob Marley and Toots and the Maytals and wanted to discover more.

 

[Moaty]

Don't know about anyone else but I went to a couple of Womad festivals in the mid eighties.They brought out a few albums of World music.Talking Book which I got is excellent.

 

[BN9 BHA]

New Order - Substance

 

[GT49er]

The first one ever - yours for 13/11d.

https://images.eil.com/large_image/CBS_RECORDS_THE+ROCK+MACHINE+TURNS+YOU+ON-582307.jpg

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just revisiting Dumb And Dumber on C5. Always makes me chuckle mightily. Soundtrack is surprisingly SUPERB

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

Motown Chartbusters 3

 

[Pavilionaire]

It would have to be...The Best Of The Beatles.

 

[The Clamp]

Got a few folk and shantie compilations. Good place to start. Along with R2's Folk Show on Wednesdays.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

The first one ever - yours for 13/11d.

https://images.eil.com/large_image/CBS_RECORDS_THE+ROCK+MACHINE+TURNS+YOU+ON-582307.jpg

A lovely reminder of CBS moving in to rock etc in the UK.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Vertigo Dripping rock picture

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2633/cover_364831242007.jpg

Boxset/Compilation, released in 1973

Songs / Tracks Listing
Side 1 (22:35)
1. Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath (5:20)
2. Get your Dog Off Me - Beggar's Opera (3:40)
3. Boys In The Band - Gentle Giant 4:30)
4. Living At The End Of Time - Atlantis (9:05)

Side 2 (22:30)
5. Ruckzuck - Kraftwerk (7:47)
6. Mwenga Sketch - Jade Warrior (8:33)
7. The Four Horsemen - Aphrodite's Child (6:10)

Side 3 (21:19)
8. Jungle Jenny - SAHB (4:02)
9. Don't Waste My Time - Status Quo (4:18)
10. Oobleedooblee Jubilee - John Dummer's Oobleedooblee Band (3:02)
11. Roller Derby Queen - Jim Croce (3:27)
12. It's all Over Now - Rod Stewart (6:30)

Side 4 (20:16)
13. Catch You On The Rebop - Spencer Davis (3:16)
14. Bump 'n' Grind - Jackson Heights (3:30)
15. Devil In Disguise - Ian Matthews (2:25)
16. Time For The Leaving - Magna Carta (4:06)
17. Buddah - Manfred Mann (6:59)