King Crimson is a giant among the progressive rock loving crowd. Arguably the first prog rock band ever debuting as one of the many opening acts at the famous 15 July 1969 Hyde Park concert that closed with the Rolling Stones as main attraction. As prog became ‘the music’ in the first half of the seventies, bands like Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer became the pillars of the style, while King Crimson, still making excellent music, could barely keep the same group formation for more than two albums. Most of the times, not even. Yet of all these bands that died out and resurged thanks to a nostalgia trend, King Crimson is the only one that seemed to have always managed to update their music without ever feeling less progressive.

This compilation was conceived for the uninitiated. It has most of the more famous and loved numbers without any ten minute themes or passages. Compiled in Oct 2016. All but one file are @320.

Disk Title: The King Crimson Compilation

• The Court Of The Crimson King
• I Talk To The Wind
• Epitaph
• Lady Of The Dancing Water
• Starless
• Cadence and Cascade
• Red
• Elephant Talk
• Heartbeat
• Indiscipline
• Three Of A Perfect Pair
• Neal And Jack And Me
• The King Crimson Barber Shop
• Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream

Total Time: 01:18:29

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Arguably the best, most respected progressive rock band to come from the Netherlands. The musical brainchild of keyboardist Thijs van Leer, Focus was at its best when Leer utilized along with his, the musical ideas of guitarist Jan Akkerman and drummer Pierre van der Linden.

The band still exists today, having reformed in the new millennium and they can still put on an impressive show, although only Thijs van Leer and Pierre van der Linden remain. In this compilation we have what I consider an excellent entry point for first timers, comprising the output between 1970-1975. I’ve also included a text file with all the various formations of the bands initial nine year lifespan before they called it quits in 1978. Compiled in Jan 2018. All files @320.

Disk Title: Ya Gotta Have Focus

01 Focus
02 House of the King
03 Focus II
04 Janis
05 Hocus Pocus
06 Eruption
07 Round Goes The Gossip
08 Focus III
09 Sylvia
10 Love Remembered
11 Focus IV
12 Mother Focus
13 I Need A Bathroom
14 Focus V

Total Time 01:18:28

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One of my favorite compilations. Been listening to this on and off in the car for over a decade now. Nothing here you shouldn’t already have, but put together with a nice flow to enhance your audio experience. Conceived and compiled in 2005. All files @320.

Disk Title: Jimi Hendrix – An Assorted Selection

01 Are You Experienced?
02 Foxy Lady
03 Purple Haze
04 Love Or Confusion
05 May This Be Love
06 Fire
07 Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)?
08 Little Wing
09 Red House
10 Castles Made Of Sand
11 Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
12 All Along The Watchtower
13 Hear My Train A-Comming
14 Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
15 Drifting
16 Earth Blues
17 Angel
18 Straight Ahead
19 My Friend

Total Time: 01:18:50

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Another one of those geniuses that are not for everyone. Known for championing opaque melodies that would bug most people. Although Beefheart has recorded some incredibly interesting and musically challenging stuff, not every album he’s put out is a fine flowing easy listening piece of sonic art.

Tired of having to jump around albums back when I was still new to all his output, I decided to assemble in one CD all the tracks that I loved. This is one of my older compilations, dating back to 2009. All files in wav.

Disk Title: Got Some Captain in Ya?!

01 – Diddy Wah Diddy – 1965
02 – The Birth of Captain Beefheart – 1963
03 – The Smithsonian Institute Blues – 1970
04 – Sure ‘Nuff ‘n Yes I Do – 1967
05 – Frying Pan – 1966
06 – Gimme Dat Harp Boy – 1968
07 – Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top – 1975
08 – Willie The Pimp – 1969
09 – Yellow Brick Road – 1967
10 – Lost In A Whirlpool – 1958
11 – Beatle Bones ‘n Smokin’ Stones – 1968
12 – Lick My Decals Off, Baby – 1970
13 – I’m Glad – 1967
14 – Here I Am I Always Am – 1966
15 – The Torture Never Stops – 1976
16 – Who Do You Think You’re Fooling – 1966
17 – Safe As Milk – 1967
18 – Ah Feel Like Ahcid – 1968
19 – Moonchild – 1965
20 – I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby – 1972
21 – Man With The Woman Head – 1975
22 – 200 Years Old – 1975

Total Time: 01:18:43

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Time changes perceptions of things. Hard to believe but nobody cared about The Velvet Underground back in the sixties. You’d be hard pressed to find a fan in the US back then. And very few had even heard of them outside the US. Their public initially came from the art world thanks to the Andy Warhol connections. And even those were half posers, more curious about Warhol’s interest in the band then real admiration for or understanding of the music or lyrics.

By 1968/69, there was a fraction of a following taking place, mostly in college campuses. Their music was clearly not for everyone. It is said that the few kids that did buy their first album, all started bands of their own. A statement that is more symbolic than factual, it was really only after Lou Reed’s solo career started to take off in the seventies that music critics really started to go back to listen and write favorably about VU.

I find Reed’s work in the seventies and eighties brimming with valid artistic merit. And as for his work with The Velvet Underground, it is so against the tide of what people were doing lyrically and musically back then, that you could say that these songs are downright courageous musical statements. Compilation created and concluded in Jun 2018, all files @320.

Disk Title: The Velvet Underground

01 – All Tomorrow’s Parties [Mar1967]
02 – Here She Comes Now [Jan1968]
03 – New Age (long version) [Set1970]
04 – Temptation Inside Your Heart [Oct1969]
05 – Femme Fatale [Mar1967]
06 – Candy Says [Mar1969]
07 – Sweet Jane [Set1970]
08 – We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together [1969]
09 – Beginning To See The Light [Mar1969]
10 – There She Goes Again [Mar1967]
11 – Some Kinda Love [Mar1969]
12 – Lisa Says [Oct1969]
13 – Ocean [Oct1969]
14 – What Goes On [Mar1969]
15 – I’ll Be Your Mirror [Mar1967]
16 – Venus In Furs [Mar1967]
17 – She’s My Best Friend [Oct1969]
18 – Stephanie Says [Oct1969]
19 – Who Loves The Sun [Set1970]
20 – One Of These Days [Oct1969]
21 – I Found A Reason [Set1970]

Total Time: 01:18:43

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