This was a hoot to create. So much so that I ended compiling three more. The only difference between my original and this one is the playtime, which was originally under 1hour & 10min. Also, there was an Otis Redding version of A Hard Days Night that I had to drop for technical reasons. Upgrading all the files to 320 or wav was a challenge. I simply could not find an upgrade for this particular live Peter Frampton performance but because it is so good, I left it @192 anyway. Compilation created in April 2004, restructured and concluded in March 2019.
Disk Title: Beatles By Others – Volume Won
01 – Please Please Me – The Score – 1966 02 – I’ll Cry Instead – Vance Arnold and the Avengers – 1964 03 – I’m Down – Adrian Belew – 1983 04 – Come Together – The Meters – 1973 05 – Something – Booker T & the MG’s – 1970 06 – The Inner Light – Love Sculpture – 1970 07 – Baby You’re A Rich Man – Kula Shaker – 1997 08 – Day Tripper – ELO – 1974 09 – T.N.K. (Tomorrow Never Knows) – 801 – 1978 10 – I Am The Walrus – Spooky Tooth – 1970 11 – Helter Skelter – Aerosmith – 1978 12 – Strawberry Fields Forever – Tomorrow – 1967 13 – Do You Want To Know A Secret – Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – 1963 14 – Can’t Buy Me Love – David Clayton Thomas – 1974 15 – I’ve Got A Feeling – Billy Preston – 1970 16 – It’s All Too Much – Journey 1974 17 – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Peter Frampton – 2007 [@192] 18 – A Day In The Life – Jeff Beck – 2007 19 – Fool On The Hill – Stone The Crow – 1969
When the Sex Pistols disintegrated at the end of their first US Tour, of the four members, Johnny Rotten turned out the one with the most extensive recording output in subsequent years. Now under his real name John Lydon, he operates under the guise of a band named Public Image Limited, most commonly known as PiL.
With PiL, Lydon churned out a more interesting, initially more experimental work then what the limitations the punk ethos allowed back when with Sex Pistols. Certainly less impactful than The Pistols in terms of rock history, nevertheless PiL has arguably produced better music with more consistency, it’s highlight in the mid eighties, most notably with the 1985 album named Album (with the industry adopting CDs in place of vinyl albums, the name Album was replaced by the name Compact Disc).
This compilation has the uninitiated in mind. If you’re curious about what Public Image is about but you don’t know which albums to approach first, then this compilation is for you. Compiled in Set. 2013, all files in wav.
Disk Title: Get A PiL! – The Public Image Limited Compilation
01 – Open And Revolving 02 – Rise 03 – Home 04 – Public Image 05 – The Order Of Death 06 – Religion II 07 – Go Back 08 – Brave New World 09 – Annalisa 10 – F F F 11 – Disappointed 12 – This Is Not A Love Song 13 – Acid Drops 14 – Terra-Gate
I came up with this one as a sampler or presentation of music from a pivotal year in rock/pop music history for my kids back when they were still teenagers. I think these two CDs came out rather well and I enjoy listening to them still. Compiled in June 2012; all files are @320 except two that are wav.
CD 1 – 1967 & The American Music Scene
Get Together – The Youngbloods
(I Know) I’m Losing You – The Temptations
I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Gladys Knight & The Pips
You Always Hurt Me – The Impressions
Run, Run, Run – Sly & The Family Stone
For Pete’s Sake – The Monkees
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along The Watchtower – Bob Dylan
Break On Through – The Doors
1-9-6-7 – The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Femme Fatale – The Velvet Underground
Flute Thing – The Blues Project
Yellow Brick Road – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Suppose They Give A War And No One Comes – West Coast Pop Art Experiment Band
I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) – The Electric Prunes
Run, Run, Run – The Third Rail
Funny Freak Parade – Ultimate Spinach
So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n Roll Star – The Byrds
Incense & Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
Peters Trip – The Electric Flag
Come in The Morning – Moby Grape
(Oh Dear) Miss Morse – Pearls Before Swine
Bye, Bye Baby – Big Brothers & The Holding Company
Younger Generation – Lovin’ Spoonful
America Drinks & Goes Home – The Mothers of Invention
Total Time: 01:17:35
CD 2 – 1967 & The British Music Scene
Berts Apple Crumble – The Quick
The First Cut Is The Deepest – Cat Stevens
There Is A Happy Land – David Bowie
Since I Lost My Baby – The Action
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
Day time, Night Time – Simon Dupree & The Big Band
Let’s Spend The Night Together – The Rolling Stones
See Emily Play – Pink Floyd
The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream – The Syn
Becks Bolero – The Jeff Beck Group
Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
My Friend Jack – The Smoke
Making Time – The Creation
I Can See For Miles – The Who
Sunshine For Your Love – Cream
Anymore Than I Do – The Attack
Madman Running Through The Fields – Dantilian’s Chariot
The concept is simple enough. A collection of the earliest studio recordings of British artists that later would make a name for themselves in the music business. I’ve added a text file with the names of the musicians being celebrated. Among others you’ll find names like Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mick Abrahams, Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Cocker, Andy Summers and many others. Compilation conceived and created in Dec 2006, but expanded, re-sequenced, upgraded bit rate and concluded on 29Feb 2019. All files @320 minus two wav.
Disk Title: Before They Made It
01) My Bonnie – Tony Sheridan & The Beat Boys [Jun61] 02) I Thought I Heard That Train Whistle Blow – Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated [Jun62] 03) Telestar – The Tornadoes [Aug62] 04) Country Line Special – Cyril Davies And His Rhythm And Blues All Stars [Feb63] 05) Don’t You Just Know It – Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages [Mar63] 06) Baby What’s Wrong – The Rollin’ Stones Rhythm & Blues Band [Mar63] 07) Long Tall Shorty – The Graham Bond Organisation [May64] 08) Liza Jane – Davie Jones & The King Bees [Jun64] 09) I’m The Face – The High Numbers [Jul64] 10) I’ll Cry Instead – Vance Arnold & the Avengers [Set64] 11) I Ain’t Got You – The Yardbirds [Oct64] 12) Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Rod Stewart [Oct64] 14) You Don’t Love Me – The Birds [Nov64] 15) Trouble In Mind – The Tridents [1964] 16) Howlin’ For My Baby – The Syndicats [Jan65] 17) She Just Satisfies – James Page [Feb65] 18) Neil Christian – She’s Got The Action [1965] 19) I Ain’t Done Wrong – The Yardbirds [Apr65] 20) Draggin’ My Tail – The Immediate All-Stars [Jun65] 21) Oh Mom (Teach Me How To Uncle Willie) – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band [1965] 22) Till You Say You’ll Be Mine – Olivia Newton-John [May66] 23) The Third Degree – Marc Bolan [Jun66] 24) You Better Run – Listen [Nov66] 25) Don’t Turn Your Back On Me Baby Mine – Mike Sheridan’s Lot [Dec66] 26) Paging Sullivan – The London Studio Group [Dec66] 27) The Super-Natural – John Mayall & The Blues Breakers [Feb67] 28) Long Time Coming – Robert Plant [Apr67] 29) So Called Loving – David Essex [Jun67] 30) Operator – Alexis Korner [Jun68]
In July 1973 David Bowie announces he will retire, meaning retire the character Ziggy Stardust but purposely not making that distinction clear. Records one more album with The Spiders of Mars, a collection of covers and then fires everybody, so to redirect his career towards the next thing. His intention was to make an album and tour based on George Orwell’s book 1984 but could not get the rights from his widow. The album Diamond Dogs was what remains from those plans. Bowie fires his manager once he discovers that he was financially ruined. Hires a new manager; a woman, something rare and unheard of among the big names of rock n roll. Bowie then proceeds to tour the US wearing a suit and short hair, a very sober contrast from the outrageousness of Ziggy Stardust just a year before. Musically, Bowie is slowly pending towards blue eyed soul, tendency rewarded with the fairly successful album Young Americans. In the process, he creates his next alter-ego character. Partially based on the alien from another planet stuck on Earth, a character that he played in the film ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’, his new persona, The Thin White Duke is an alien citizen stuck in America but dreaming of returning one day to his homeland in England.
By 1977, Bowie recognizes that his cocaine addiction has taken over his life and after two known overdoses, has visibly jeopardized his health. As a means to resolve this issue, he leaves Los Angeles moving first to Switzerland and then to West Berlin, Germany. Along the way he reconnects with Iggy Pop who himself is recovering from his past addiction problems and begin working together. Bowie will also hook up with Brian Eno who would produce his next few albums; considered by most as his most experimental work.
Bowie tours America in 1977 unassumingly as the keyboard player in Iggy Pops band and then in 1978 focuses once again on his own career touring with his new hired band. Staying very active, in between recording albums and touring, he finds time to appear in two films, ‘Just A Gigolo’ as an actor; and ‘Christiane F. – We Children From Bahnhof Zoo’ making a cameo as himself on stage. He also appears singing on a special for BBC called ‘Bertolt Brecht’s Baal’, which RCA later would release as an excellent EP with Bowie’s recordings; narrates Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ for a children’s record; and appears on American Television for a Christmas special singing duet with Bing Crosby. By the end of 1982 his contract with RCA is over and he signs with EMI, embarking thus in a whole new phase in his career.
Disk Title: The David Bowie Compilation – Volume 2
CD1
101 – Speed Of Life (1977) 102 – Sweet Thing – Candidate – Sweet Thing Reprise (1974) 103 – Rebel Rebel (1974) 104 – Station To Station (1976) 105 – It’s No Game (part 2) (1980) 106 – Yassassin (1979) 107 – Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me (1974) 108 – TVC15 (1976) 109 – Heroes (1977) 110 – Word On A Wing (1976) 111 – Fame (1975) 112 – 1984 (1974) 113 – Warszawa (1977) 114 – Young Americans (1975) 115 – Red Sails (1979)
Total Time: 01:19:32
CD2
201 – It’s No Game (Part 1) (1980) 202 – Look Back In Anger (1979) 203 – Stay (1976) 204 – Because You’re Young (1980) 205 – Sound And Vision (1977) 206 – Golden Years (1976) 207 – Boys Keep Swinging (1979) 208 – Breaking Glass (1977) 209 – Ashes To Ashes (1980) 210 – Move On (1979) 211 – Be My Wife (1977) 212 – D.J. (1979) 213 – Fashion (1980) 214 – Win (1975) 215 – Fantastic Voyage (1979) 216 – Up The Hill Backwards (1980) 217 – African Night Flight (1979) 218 – The Dirty Song (1982) 219 – Always Crashing In The Same Car (1977) 220 – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) 221 – Wild Is The Wind (1976)
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