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Okay, well I don't agree that those were necessarily the best years. But the point of dealing only with the second half of their career was because I feel that a lot of it was/is rather unfairly maligned.

A+++ on the bonzo dog band comp imo.

i will get to my foetus thirlwell thing after i survive yet someone elses wedding this weekend

Maresnest - much respect for your eternal love of XTC, but I gotta say I'd have significantly different picks from the albums. 5 tracks from Mummer, just 1 from The Big Express, and 7 from Skylarking? That seems unbalanced, I guess you're down on TBE but it's my all-time fave. Tracks you didn't pick that I'd substitute:

Mummer: Great Fire / Human Alchemy
The Big Express: Wake Up / All You Pretty Girls / This World Over
Oranges & Lemons: Garden Of Earthly Delights / Poor Skeleton Steps Out
Nonsuch: The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
Wasp Star: Boarded Up

Funny that I think of Unrest as a band that put out 2 or 3 albums (not technically correct, but that's how it feels) and yet they seem awfully hard to reduce to one CD. No major complaints with the compilation (well, maybe the absence of She Makes Me Shake Like A Soul Machine) but it's still missing a fair amount of stuff I love.

A+++ on the bonzo dog band comp imo.

― the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:52 (Yesterday)

You have justified my love.

I'm glad I could work in both the light (What Do You Do, Quiet Walks) and the heavy (We Are Normal, 11 Moustachioed Daughters) to show that the music was as good as the comedy. Should have squeezed in "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies" though.

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Jorge Ben - Jorge Ben

1. A Banda do Zé Pretinho (A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
2. Chove Chuva (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
3. Zagueiro (Solta o Pavão, 1975)
4. Take It Easy, My Brother Charles (Jorge Ben, 1969)
5. Oba Lá Vem Ela (Força Bruta, 1970)
6. Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (África Brasil, 1976)
7. Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando Os Alquimistas (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
8. Amante Amado(A Banda do Zé Pretinho, 1978)
9. Ive Brussel (Salve Simpatia, 1979)
10. Carolina, Carol Bela (Carolina 12", 1969
11. Georgia (Tropical, 1977)
11. Comanche (Negro E Lindo, 1971)
12. Menina Mulher da Pele Preta (A Tábua de Esmeralda, 1974)
13. Mas que Nada (Samba Esquema Novo, 1963)
14. Pais Tropical (Jorge Ben, 1969)
15. Santa Clara Clareou (Bem Vinda Amizade, 1981)

Stream at Grooveshark.

K, here's the Jorge Ben compilation available for stream. Spotify is unavailable in my country so I used grooveshark. Only song I couldn't find is Georgia, which is a shame since it's a nice balearic exercise which I thought fitted great between Carolina and Comanche. Hope you enjoy.

Hey Gerald, you are right about the balance issue. On choosing, the idea of balance didn't come into it at-all for me.

If I had given myself a another track per cd I would most likely have included 'Seagulls Screaming' and 'Train Running Low On Soul Coal'

It does give the impression that I may be down on TBE, but I do dig it's many charms.

FWIW Red Brick Dream (a TBE b-side) is my favourite XTC song of all time.

I've noticed that the songs I leave off are often the ones that stay stuck in my head days after finishing a mix--in the case of Unrest, "Lucifer Rising."

Pete that looks like a really nice Unrest comp.

Although nothing from kustomkarnal?

I've tried to get into Kustom Karnal, and won't ever sell it, but it just feels like a misfire top to bottom.

got to take the rough with the smooth sometimes...

was there a time limit for people to post their tracklists? can i post a replacement if someone hasn't posted theirs?

You're welcome to take The Cure and/or Prince, I don't think I'm gonna get around to 'em. :(

I began working on Kraftwerk but felt awful because I couldn't really imagine anyone enjoying my mix - there's nothing on there that will surprise existing Kraftwerk fans (I like a lot of their older semi-rare stuff but it doesn't really flow on a mix very well with their more well-known electropop stuff), and it doesn't really serve as a very good intro for non-Kraftwerk fans because my fav songs by them are pretty predictable - you could probably go to allmusic.com and look for the songs with checkmarks by them and do just as well. I listened to a working version of the playlist and just felt like shit so I stopped.

I gave up on Microphones/Mt. Eerie because, after not really listening to his stuff for a couple years, I realize I loved the way they sounded sitting by myself in my car on the roof of my lol college parking garage, hilariously stoned and poofing out battie smoke through a doob tube, more than it sounds to me today after working for the man all day. When I was in <3 with the microphones I used to be able to bike out to a trail and walk around in the woods and lay in the middle of some guy's field all day without anyone bothering me or caring that I was gone. Now I'm stuck in the city, bummed out, etc, and the music doesn't really transport me to a different place so much as painfully remind me of good times that I can't get back to anymore. /emo So I quit making that one as well.

Sorry, I suck!

I'm going to get around to the Smog/Callahan one... someday. I know how it sounds in my head, I just haven't gotten around to doing it.

Brilliant choice to end the Stereolab compilation with Jump Drive Shout Out.

ZS i'd be really interested in seeing both mixes. I've only dabbled in Kraftwerk and know nothing about Microphones/Mt Eerie, so can only be curious. Isn't the key to this that you just throw out what you like regardless of whether it's sequenced well or rare or well known? I'd love to see/hear your window onto those two if you still feel up to it :)

you could probably go to allmusic.com and look for the songs with checkmarks by them and do just as well

I did just that for Kraftwerk and in the end it didn't do much for me aside from a few obvious things I already dug. They're a very difficult band to anthologize.

Pillbox, listening to and digging Stereolab right now, have never really heard any of this before!

I now am not only procrastinating but also am stuck just posting on my tooch - one day when you least expect it, y'all may get a compilation or two in ya mailbox.

with a vol.2 featuring stuff they've released since you promised

Sorry, I suck!

Yes you do! I was looking forward to your Elverum comp! (I'm only familiar with Glow 2 and Twas Hot.)

Mine is almost ready! Had loads of distractions but now the time for Dagmar approacheth.

Saturday night probably isn't the best time for this, is it? But still...

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Some Questions About Dagmar Krause

Disc 1 – My Work Takes Me Out of Town

1. Some Questions About Hats (Slapp Happy/Henry Cow, Desperate Straights, 1974)
2. Song of Investment Capital Overseas (Art Bears, The World as it is Today, 1981)
3. Ballad of (Bourgeois) Welfare (Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler, 1988)
4. Working at the Ministry (Slapp Happy, Ça Va, 1998)
5. In Two Minds (Art Bears, Hopes and Fears, 1978)
6. Sweetheart (Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, Babble, 1979)
7. Casablanca Moon (Slapp Happy, Acnalbasac Noom, rec. 1973, rel. 1980)
8. The Young Lieutenant (Commuters, 1982)
9. War (Henry Cow, In Praise of Learning, 1975)
10. Victory (News from Babel, Work Resumed on the Tower, 1984)
11. FREEDOM (Art Bears, The World as it is Today, 1981)
12. He’s Out Now (I.D. Company, I.D. Company, 1970)
13. Surabaya Johnny (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)

Disc 2 – Slapp a Happy Platter on the Gramophone

1. Dawn (Slapp Happy, Acnalbasac Noom, rec. 1973, rel. 1980)
2. Heading for Kyoto (Slapp Happy, Sort Of, 1972)
3. Im Gefängnis Zu Singen (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)
4. First Things First (Art Bears, Winter Songs, 1979)
5. Black Gold (News From Babel, Work Resumed on the Tower, 1984)
6. Dünne, Gläserne Frauen (I.D. Company, I.D. Company, 1970)
7. Everybody’s Slimmin’ (Slapp Happy, bonus track on Acnalbasac Noom, rel. 1990)
8. Seven (Dagmar Krause & Marie Goyette, A Scientific Dream and a French Kiss, 1998)
9. Betty Dupree (City Preachers, Der Kürbis, Das Transportproblem Und Die Traumtänzer, 1969)
10. The Secret (Slapp Happy, Casablanca Moon, 1974)
11. Alabama Song (Supply and Demand – Songs by Brecht, Weill & Eisler, 1986)
12. Blue Flower (Slapp Happy, Sort Of, 1972)
13. It Really Doesn’t Matter/We Know Who We Are (Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, Babble, 1979)

Yikes, that cover's quite big, which only emphasises how bad I am at doing that sort of stuff. Damn.

The first side is meant to be the darker, proggier stuff, and the second is supposed to be lighter and poppier, which is why it's so Slapp Happy dominated (also, a lot of it still isn't poppy at all, ha). Also, I unabashedly love Everybody's Slimmin', even though it is incredibly stupid.

*bump* for those who were out on Saturday night like normal people. Have we got any more of these left to come in?

I'm working on mine

doesn't really count, but 'penny lane' came up in my winamp shuffle and i was thrown because i have never knowingly downloaded any beatles

haha wrong thread :(

If no one does either the Talk Talk or Joni Mitchell ones soon, so help me god I will.

Here's Genesis. Or 70s Genesis, more like, as I would have needed another CD to include their later and inferior AOR hits.

CD 1:
The Knife
The Musical Box
Return Of The Giant Hogweed
Watcher Of The Skies
Supper's Ready
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Dancing With The Moonlight Knight
Firth Of Fifth

CD 2:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Counting Out Time
The Carpet Crawlers
Entangled
Mad Man Moon
Ripples
Your Own Special Way
One For The Vine
Afterglow
Inside And Out
Follow You Follow Me
Burning Rope

A pretty good selection Geir, although any Genesis comp without "Cinema Show" on it is no Genesis comp at all.

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MOTORBOX

Disc 1 - Motorpop

1. Nature's Way (Various Gamle Moder Jord 1996)
2. The Nerve Tattoo (Blissard 1995)
3. Waiting for the One (Demon Box 1993)
4. Hyena (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)
5. In the Family (Angels and Daemons at Play 1997)
6. Hey Jane (Hey Jane EP 1998)
7. Junior (Demon Box 1993)
8. That Ol' White Line (Motorpsycho Presents... International Tussler Society 2005)
9. The Other Fool (Let Them Eat Cake 2000)
10. President Block (Wearing Yr Smell EP 1994)
11. Star Dancer vs Car Cancer (Various Mot riving 1996)
12. Custer's Last Stand (One More Daemon) | (It's a Love Cult 2002)
13. Pills, Powders and Passion Plays (Angels and Daemons at Play 1997)
14. Celestine (Hey Jane EP 1996)
15. Serpentine (Serpentine EP 2003)
16. Walking on the Water (Angels and Daemons at Play 1997)
17. Wearing Yr Smell (Timothy's Monster 1994)
18. Manmower (Blissard 1995)
19. Before the Flood (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)

Stream at Grooveshark (it works universally unlike spotify)
Divshare free download

Disc 2 – Motorepic

1. Psychonaut (Trust Us 1998)
2. Lighthouse Girl (8 Soothing Songs for Rut 1992)
3. Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro') | (Let Them Eat Cake 2000)
4. 577 (Trust Us 1998)
5. Kill Some Day (Timothy's Monster 1994)
6. Triggerman (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)
7. Vortex Surfer (Trust Us 1998)
8. Grindstone (alternate ending) (Timothy's Monster Deluxe Edition 2010)
9. The Golden Core (Timothy's Monster 1994)
10. Cassie (Call on Me) | (Motorpsycho Presents... International Tussler Society 2005)

Stream at Grooveshark
Divshare

I could have easily made Disc 3 with all the leftover stuff I gave high rankings. (I will make Disc 3 upon request)

although any Genesis comp without "Cinema Show" on it is no Genesis comp at all.

I couldn't include the entire "Selling England By The Pound" album. :)

Yeah but you missed off the best track on it is my point.

I don't agree. I also consider "The Battle Of Epping Forest" to be a better suite. But they are all brilliant, all four of them. :)

ehhh the songs I uploaded on grooveshark are loading slow (and require page reload). probably because they are mostly 256kb but maybe grooveshark is just having having a slow day. at least I have divshare links

I could post a Spotify link to this, but I believe it would scramble the sequence, wouldn't it?

http://open.spotify.com/user/geirhong/playlist/3WJPwmP04ufL6ISugnox4i

This should work as long as the tracks are sorted by time added.

If no one does either the Talk Talk or Joni Mitchell ones soon, so help me god I will.

― Tsuga, Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:02 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Fine, you can do the Talk Talk one. I had a damn good best-of mix going on. It was "Talk Talk Talk Talk" (Streets Various Artists compilation), "Talk Talk" (The Party's Over), "Dum Dum Girl", "Such a Shame", and "It's My Life" (It's My Life), "Why Is It So Hard?" (It's My Mix and Asides, Besides), "Life's What You Make It" (The Colour of Spring), "Happiness Is Easy (12" mix)" (B-Side to "I Don't Believe in You" and Asides, Besides), "Tomorrow Started (live)" (London '86), "I Believe in You" (Spirit of Eden), "After the Flood" and "New Grass" (Laughing Stock) and the Liquid People Vocal remix of "It's My Life." But discovering the Liquid People track inspired me to find other remixes and I couldn't find any, and the "Tomorrow Started" live version inspired me to find other live versions and I couldn't find any of those either, but on the other hand I didn't want to turn it in with "I Believe in You" and "Life's What You Make It" and "New Grass," which everybody on ILM's already heard and praised 1,000 times before, and plus I couldn't make a decent album cover, and I don't have Spotify, so eventually I just gave up. Hopefully you can do better. Best of luck!

That Motorpsycho Anthology is great! Nice choices, Captain Lorax, though why no stuff from their latest two or three albums (some songs from Little Lucid Moments would've fit neatly om the Motorpepics album, like Alchemyst)?

But hey, I really like it.

Thanks Marty. I think the Anthology rocks as well :)
I highly recommend anyone to test drive Motorpsycho

Interesting that you mentioned The Alchemyst. That is my favorite song off of Little Lucid Moments. Judging by reviews most people prefer one of the first two songs. I didn't have space for The Alchemyst

I found myself craving psychedelic stuff a few days ago so I made a third disc just for fun. I think I'll eventually make a 4th disc for completeness sake (and include a couple epics that weren't able to fit on the second disc). However the first two discs are the still going to be the meat of my Anthology.

Disc 3 - MotorPsych (thus continuing the trend of crappy under-thought disc names that aren't entirely accurate)

1. Feel (Timothy's Monster 1994)
2. Watersound (Timothy's Monster 1994)
3. Sancho Says (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)
4. Blindfolded (Phanerothyme 2001)
5. On My Pillow (Timothy's Monster 1994)
6. Pale Day (The Nerve Tattoo EP 1995)
7. Close Your Eyes (Heavy Metal Fruit 2010)
8. Mr. Butterclut Goes To The Fair, Meets The Viscount, And That's Where We Leave Him At The End Of This Episode... (Timothy's Monster Deluxe Edition 2010)
9. Snafu (Serpentine EP 2003)
10. The Slow Phaseout (Phanerothyme 2001)
11. Albuquerque (The Tussler 2003 remaster (I wouldn't have included this if I had known it was a cover))
12. Abendspaziergang (Walkin' With J EP 1999)
13. Sideway Spiral, Pt. 1 (Angels and Daemons at Play 1997)
14. KR-3 (Walkin' With J EP 1999)
15. Tuesday Morning (Demon Box 1993)
16. Timothy in the Magic City (Various We'll sail out far...maybe a little too far... 1997)
17. 30/30 (Let Them Eat Cake 2000)
18. Mad Sun (The Nerve Tattoo EP 1995)
19. The 29th Bulletin (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)

Somehow 'Child of the Future' songs got scrapped but I wouldn't mind subbing Albuquerque for The Ozzylot (Hidden in a Girl). I'll do so on Grooveshark
Divshare, Grooveshark (seems to be streaming better for my 256kb mp3s lately)

My musical friends,

I am going to pull a switcheroo and instead of Pavement, will be giving y'all some primo Glen Campbell action. Stay tuned.

Disc 4 - Motorrock

1. Some Real Mindfuck (3 Songs for Rut Single 1992)
2. Babylon (Demon Box 1993)
3. Plan #1 (Demon Box 1993)
4. Fleshharrower (Mountain EP 1993)
5. Another Ugly Tune (Another Ugly EP 1994)
6. Sterling Says (Manmower EP 1995)
7. Flick of the Wrist (Starmelt EP 1997)
8. Glow (Barracuda EP 1999)
9. Mantrick Muffin Stomp (Trust Us 1998)
10. No Evil (Black Hole/Blank Canvas 2006)
11. Illinois (The Tussler 2003 remaster)
12. The Alchemyst (Little Lucid Moments 2008)
13. W.b.A.T. (Heavy Metal Fruit 2010)
Divshare - also contains 'The Ozzylot' which can be added to Disc 3, Grooveshark

Don't let this thread die! I just heard an old Calexico song and was thinking they're a great candidate for this treatment. Someone help me out!

Just made this for a friend...

Sing a Little Song: The Best of Desmond Dekker, 1963-1980

1. Israelites (1968)
2. Mother Pepper (1968)
3. Perseverance (1970)
4. Unity (1967)
5. 007 (Shanty Town) (1967)
6. Shing a Ling (1968)
7. Get Up Adinah [a.k.a. Get Up Edina] (1965)
8. Problems (1969)
9. Intensified Festival 68 (1968)
10. Fu Manchu (1968)
11. Honour Your Mother and Father (1963)
12. Sing a Little Song (1973)
13. It Mek (1968)
14. Please Don't Bend (1980)
15. Pickney Gal (1969)
16. This Woman (1965)
17. Mount Zion (1965)
18. Too Much Too Soon (1968)
19. It Is Not Easy (1968)
20. Wise Man (1967)
21. Keep a Cool Head (1967)
22. Peace of Mind (1970)
23. Mother Long Tongue (1967)
24. To Sir With Love (1967)
25. Reggae Recipe (1973)
26. Licking Stick (1971)
27. Warlock (1973)
28. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da/Wise Man (Medley) (1968)
29. Christmas Day (1968)

That's the version of "Problems" with the horn intro.