[Music] Your favourite taster/compilation albums

[marlowe]

If you like the Blues "The Story of the Blues is a brilliant sampler album which traces the history of the blues kicking off with some tribal chanting for the first track before starting with the country blues and jug bands of the early 20s and working up to the Chicago blues of the post war years.
Originally released around 1970 as a companion to Paul Oliver's book of the same name. It was Oliver who compiled the album tracks....



The Origin Of The Blues
01. Yarum Praise Songs - Fra-Fra Tribesmen
02. Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
03. Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
04. Stone Pony Blues - Charley Patton
05. Black Snake Moon - Blind Lemon Jefferson
06. Pig Meat Papa - Leadbelly
07. Broken Yo Yo - Texas Alexander
08. Broke & Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell

Blues And Entertainment
09. It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob
10. Georgia Crawl - Henry Williams
11. Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band
12. Gator Wobble - Memphis Jug Band
13. In The House Blues - Bessie Smith
14. Shake It Down - Lillian Glinn
15. Pratt City Blues - Bertha 'Chippie' Hill
16. What It Takes To Bring You Back - Butterbeans & Susie

The Thirties, Urban And Rural Blues
17. Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
18. East St Louis Blues - Faber Smith
19. Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
20. WPA Blues - Casey Bill
21. Sorry Feeling Blues - Bo Carter
22. Little Queen Of Spades - Robert Johnson
23. Parchman Farm - Bukka White
24. Me & My Chauffer Blues - Memphis Minnie

World War II And After
25. I Want Some Of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller
26. Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee
27. Wild Cow Moan - Joe Williams
28. All By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy
29. Roll 'em Pete - Joe Turner
30. Bloody Murder - Otis Spann
31. Sunnyland - Elmore James
32. I Don't Know - Johnny Shines

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

One of my favourite labels is Kompakt and they release a sampler every year called Total. It’s number 19 this year.

I also purchased this in my youth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindcrusher

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Also, Soul Jazz Records release some excellent albums which serve as good introductions to, at times, quite special genres.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Jazz_Records

I have a number of these in my collection.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Surely C86 has to be right up there? Pretty much started it's own movement.

Very much this.



Side one
No. Title Contributing artist Length
1. "Velocity Girl" Primal Scream 1:21
2. "Happy Head" The Mighty Lemon Drops 2:43
3. "Pleasantly Surprised" The Soup Dragons 2:05
4. "Feeling So Strange Again" The Wolfhounds 1:42
5. "Therese" The Bodines 3:03
6. "Law" Mighty Mighty 3:39
7. "Buffalo" Stump 4:27
8. "Run to the Temple" Bogshed 3:30
9. "Sharpened Sticks" A Witness 2:30
10. "Breaking Lines" The Pastels 2:58
11. "From Now On, This Will Be Your God" Age of Chance 3:17
Side two
No. Title Contributing artist Length
12. "It's Up to You" The Shop Assistants 2:36
13. "Firestation Towers" Close Lobsters 1:46
14. "Sport Most Royal" Miaow 2:55
15. "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From the Heart)" Half Man Half Biscuit 3:43
16. "Transparent" The Servants 2:33
17. "Big Jim (There's No Pubs in Heaven)" The Mackenzies 2:36
18. "New Way (Quick Wash and Brush Up with Liberation Theology)" Big Flame 1:38
19. "Console Me" We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It 1:25
20. "Celestial City" McCarthy 3:00
21. "Bullfighter's Bones" The Shrubs 3:45
22. "This Boy Can Wait" The Wedding Present 3:59

 

[hans kraay fan club]

And this.

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[keaton]

I was brought up listening to this beauty. It had an unmistakable silver cover:

Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
Released:
Oct 1969
Tracklist
A1 –Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine
A2 –Diana Ross & The Supremes* And The Temptations I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
A3 –Stevie Wonder My Cherie Amour
A4 –The Isley Brothers This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)
A5 –Marv Johnson I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose
A6 –Diana Ross & The Supremes* No Matter What Sign You Are
A7 –Four Tops I'm In A Different World
A8 –Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Dancing In The Street
B1 –Stevie Wonder For Once In My Life
B2 –Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You're All I Need To Get By
B3 –The Temptations Get Ready
B4 –Edwin Starr Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
B5 –Diana Ross & The Supremes* Love Child
B6 –The Isley Brothers Behind A Painted Smile
B7 –Junior Walker & The All Stars (I'm A) Road Runner
B8 –Smokey Robinson & The Miracles* The Tracks Of My Tears

Volumes 3,4 and 5 are class

 

[Guinness Boy]

David Holmes - Come Get It I Got It

Tracklist
1 Unknown Artist - Intro
2 Sixto Rodriguez - Sugarman
3The Free Association - Effectin
4 Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - Nobody
5 Muddy Waters - Tom Cat
6 The Johnny Otis Show - Country Girl
7 Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers - Strange Happenings
8 Harold Alexander - Mama Soul
9 - The Free Association - Don't Mess Hair
10 The Free Association - Start Of Something
11 Ray Bryant - Up Above The Rock
12 Cyril Neville - Gossip
13 A Fascinating Musical Experience - The Monster
14 Sarah Webster Fabio - Sweet Songs
15 Betty Adams - Make It Real (Ride On)
16 The Staple Singers - Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)
17 The Free Association - This Could Be Your Sister
18 The Free Association - Salut La Dolce Vita Pt 1
19 The Free Association - House Music
20 Johnny Jones And The King Casuals - Purple Haze
21 The Free Association - Salut La Dolce Vita Pt 2
22 Klaus Doldinger - Valentin Mehler's Herbstplatte '69
23 Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Stars And Rockets
24 Andre Perry - Ode A L'affaire
25 The Free Association - Sounds Phoney
26 The Free Association - Don't Believe A Word



The Free Association is his project / band and is mixed in but the highlights are everything else. Rare soul, RnB and funk, pretty much the tracks everyone else discarded. When he produced it I'd seen him DJ at a couple of techno nights and he'd blown my mind but this opened me back up to "proper" music. Without this mix I probably wouldn't be listening to my favourite radio show, Craig Charles on 6 Music at 6pm on a Saturday nor would I have complied countless playlists with soul, blues and hip hop tracks or breaks. I can't adequately express how much it changed my world. But if you're ever sceptical about soul because you've heard Alexander O'Neil do an erection section or something, play one of your safe, overproduced soul "classics" and then play Johnny Jones And The King Casuals version of Purple Haze. It's on Spotify. You'll thank me later.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Blood on the Cats and the sequel Revenge of the killer pussies..
Excellent 80s introduction to Psychobilly, Trash, Garage and indie bands that dabbled in the sound.
Bands on both Albums include the meteors, King Kurt, milkshakes, alien sex fiend, brilliant corners, to name a few.
Not everyone’s taste, but essential back in the day as an introduction set of albums.

 

[OzMike]

Back in '73 I got this on the Electra lable. I really liked it, but at a vinyl swap meet I traded it for an album that was getting pretty rare. I think I will go on this site and get another as it looks available.

https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-One-That-Got-Away/release/2345372

 

[jonnyrovers]

 

[Dick Head]

1 –Dandy Livingstone - Message To Rudy
2 –The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
3 –Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
4 –Phyllis Dillon - Perfidia
5 –Harry J All Stars* - The Liquidator
6 –The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
7 –Roland Alphonso - Phoenix City
8 –The Upsetters - Return Of DJango
9 –The Skatalites - Confucius
10 –Dave And Ansel Collins* - Double Barrel
11 –Bob Marley - Trenchtown Rock
12 –Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
13 –Augustus Pablo - East Of The River Nile
14 –Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
15 –Gregory Isaacs - All I Have Is Love
16 –Inner Circle - I Shot The Sherriff
17 –Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack
18 –The Heptones - Book Of Rules
19 –Barrington Levy - Shine Eye Gal
20 –Niney The Observer - Blood And Fire​

 

[Dick Head]

Blood on the Cats and the sequel Revenge of the killer pussies..
Excellent 80s introduction to Psychobilly, Trash, Garage and indie bands that dabbled in the sound.
Bands on both Albums include the meteors, King Kurt, milkshakes, alien sex fiend, brilliant corners, to name a few.
Not everyone’s taste, but essential back in the day as an introduction set of albums.

This was my introduction.

 

[Canfan]

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Oh Yesssss!!!

Many a drunken late night listening to this at a friends house.
His wife used to hide the album so we wouldn't be able to play it when we got back from the pub, but we somehow always managed to find it.
Forgotten all about this gem.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

This was my introduction.

Excellent lp, love the Stingrays

 

[boik]

Not sure if this counts, but it's one of the favourites in my collection.



The Fall Stepping Out 2:36
–John Cooper Clarke (You Never See A Nipple In The) Daily Express 1:03
–Joy Division At A Later Date 3:00
–The Drones Persecution Complex 2:50
–Steel Pulse Makka Splaff (The Colly Man) 5:45
–John Cooper Clarke I Married A Monster From Outer Space 1:30
–The Fall Last Orders 3:05
–Buzzcocks Time's Up 2:58