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Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Ther were loads of these in the 60’s and early 70’s. Did they carry on through the 80’s 90’s etc?

Mine are

The CBS Rock machine turns you on on


Tracklist
–Bob Dylan I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
–Moby Grape Can't Be So Bad
–Spirit (8) Fresh Garbage
–The United States Of America I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar
–The Zombies Time Of The Season
–The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Turn On A Friend
–Leonard Cohen Sisters Of Mercy
–Blood, Sweat And Tears My Days Are Numbered
–The Byrds Dolphins Smile
–Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair/Canticle
–Taj Mahal Statesboro Blues
–The Electric Flag Killing Floor
–Roy Harper Nobody's Got Any Money For The Summer
–Tim Rose Come Away Melinda
–Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera Flames

And this Soul one - This is Soul

A1 –Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally
A2 –Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y
A3 –Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music
A4 –Percy Sledge When A Man Loves A Woman
A5 –Sam & Dave I Got Everything I Need
A6 –Ben E. King What Is Soul?
B1 –Otis Redding Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
B2 –Eddie Floyd Knock On Wood
B3 –Solomon Burke Keep Looking
B4 –Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
B5 –Percy Sledge Warm And Tender Love
B6 –Wilson Pickett Land Of A Thousand Dances
 




Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
23,299
Sussex by the Sea
Icy Gull said:
And this Soul one - This is Soul

A1 –Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally
A2 –Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y
A3 –Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music
A4 –Percy Sledge When A Man Loves A Woman
A5 –Sam & Dave I Got Everything I Need
A6 –Ben E. King What Is Soul?
B1 –Otis Redding Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
B2 –Eddie Floyd Knock On Wood
B3 –Solomon Burke Keep Looking
B4 –Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
B5 –Percy Sledge Warm And Tender Love
B6 –Wilson Pickett Land Of A Thousand Dances
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Still have this on vinyl. Great record. R-1078710-1301740898.jpeg.jpg
 










Weststander

Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
63,909
Withdean area
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
 










Worried Man Blues

Worried Man Blues

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Feb 28, 2009
6,615
Swansea
FAT Possum

Various ‎– Chapter VII: All Men Are Liars
Label:
Fat Possum Records ‎– 80324-2, Epitaph ‎– 80324-2
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country:
US
Released:
25 Aug 1998
Genre:
Rock, Blues
Style:
Blues Rock, Modern Electric Blues
Tracklist
1 –Cedell Davis* Keep On Snatchin' It Back 2:39
2 –Bob Log III All The Rockets Go Bang 2:51
3 –Johnny Farmer Ocean Blues 3:46
4 –20 Miles* East St. Louis 2:48
5 –Junior Kimbrough You're Gonna Find Your Mistake 3:21
6 –T-Model Ford To The Left To The Right 3:16
7 –The Neckbones You Can't Touch Her 2:56
8 –Paul Jones Rob & Steal 4:01
9 –Elmo Williams Hoopin' & Hollerin' 2:41
10 –Hasil Adkins Things Are Movin' Way Too Fast 3:43
11 –Robert Cage Get Out Of Here 4:07
12 –R. L. Burnside* It's Bad You Know 4:44
 






studio150

studio150

Well-known member
Jul 30, 2011
29,611
On the Border
Life In The European Theatre

The Clash London Calling
The Jam Little Boy Soldiers
The Beat I Am Your Flag
The Specials Man At C & A
XTC Living Through Another Cuba
Peter Gabriel I Don't Remember
Ian Dury And The Blockheads Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3
Madness Grey Day
Bad Manners Psychedelic Eric
The Stranglers Nuclear Device
The Undertones It's Going To Happen
Echo & The Bunnymen All That Jazz
The Au Pairs* Diet
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
49,927
Faversham
Fill your head with Rock! It even has its own Wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill_Your_Head_with_Rock

It some amazing tracks on it, including two of my all time favourites (The Laura Nyro, and the Moondog).

Side one

"Listen" (R. Lamm) : Chicago (from the LP Chicago 66221)[3] (3:22)
"Savour"[4] (Santana) : Santana (from the LP Santana 63815) (2:46)
"Give a Life, Take a Life" (California/Adler) : Spirit (from the LP Clear 63729) (3:47)
"Passing Through" (K. White) : Steamhammer (from the LP Mk II 63694) (5:17)
"Smiling Phases" (S. Winwood-J. Capaldi-C. Wood) : Blood, Sweat and Tears (from the LP Blood, Sweat & Tears 63504) (5:10)

Side two

"Tired of Waiting" (Flock[5]) : Flock (from the LP Flock 63733) (4:35)[6]
"Come to the Sabbat" (Clive Jones-Jim Gannon) : Black Widow (from the LP Sacrifice 63948) (4:55)
"Dance in the Smoke" (R. Argent-C. White) : Argent (from the LP Argent 63781) (6:10)
"Gunga Din" (G. Parsons) : The Byrds (from the LP Ballad of Easy Rider 63795) (3:02)
"Living in Sin" (James) : Skin Alley (from the LP Skin Alley 63847) (4:35)

Side three

"Gibsom Street" (L. Nyro) : Laura Nyro (from the LP New York Tendaberry 63410) (4:30)
"You Know Who I Am" (L. Cohen) : Leonard Cohen (from the LP Songs from a Room 63587) (3:22)
"Stamping Ground"[7] (L. Hardin) : Moondog (from the LP Moondog 63906) (2:36)
"The Inbetween Man"[8] (A. Kane) : Amory Kane (from the LP Just to Be There 63849) (5:22)
"The Garden of Jane Delawney" (T. Boswell[9]) : Trees (from the LP The Garden of Jane Delawney 63837) (4:05)
"A Small Fruit Song" (Al Stewart) : Al Stewart (from the LP Zero She Flies 63848) (2:00)
"Driving Wheel" (T. Rush[10]) : Tom Rush (from the LP Tom Rush 63940) (5:22)

Side four

"Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" (J. Ragavoy-C. Taylor) : Janis Joplin (from the LP I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!) (4:13)
"One Room Country Shack" (Mercy Dee Walton) : Al Kooper (from the LP Kooper Session 63797) (3:35)
"Six Days On The Road" (C. Montgomery-E.Greene) : Taj Mahal (from the LP 'Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home 66226) (2:55)
"Don't Think About It Baby" (M. Bloomfield) : Mike Bloomfield (from the LP It's Not Killing Me 63652) (3:34)
"Bluesbuster" (C. Allen) : Pacific Gas & Electric (from the LP Pacific Gas and Electric 63822) (2:56)
"I Love Everybody" (J. Winter) : Johnny Winter (from the LP Second Winter) (3:50)

Edit: just realised my pick is issue 2 in a series that began with [MENTION=19]Icy Gull[/MENTION]'s pick that started the thread :ohmy:
 


Worried Man Blues

Worried Man Blues

Well-known member
Feb 28, 2009
6,615
Swansea
HWT reminded me of this with the stick of rock album cover and spaceship record centre label thingy. Had the vinyl, awsome, imho !

Various ‎– Suck It And See!
Label:
Vertigo ‎– 6641 116
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Sampler
Country:
UK
Released:
1973
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Prog Rock, Experimental, Heavy Metal
TracklistHide Credits
A1 –Black Sabbath Children Of The Grave
Written-By – Ward*, Butler*, Osbourne*, Iommi*
5:20
A2 –Beggar's Opera* Get Your Dog Off Me
Written-By – Park*, Ainsworth*
3:40
A3 –Gentle Giant Boys In The Band
Written By – Shulman
Written-By – Minnear*
4:30
A4 –Atlantis (12) Living At The End Of Time
Written-By – Frank Diez
9:05
B1 –Kraftwerk Ruckzuck
Written-By – C. Plank*, F. Schneider-Esleben*, Hutter*
7:47
B2 –Jade Warrior Mwenga Sketch
Written-By – G. Harvard*, J. Field*, T. Duhig*
8:33
B3 –Aphrodite's Child Four Horsemen
Written-By – C. Ferris*, V. Papathanassiou*
6:10
C1 –The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Jungle Jenny
Written-By – D. Batchelor*, The Alex Harvey Band*
4:02
C2 –Status Quo Don't Waste My Time
Written-By – Young*, Rossi*
4:18
C3 –John Dummer's Oobleedooblee Band Oobleedooblee Jubilee
Arranged By – Kelly*
Written-By – Trad.*
3:02
C4 –Jim Croce Roller Derby Queen
Written-By – J. Croce*
3:27
C5 –Rod Stewart It's All Over Now
Written By – Bobby & Shirley Womack
Written-By – Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack
6:30
D1 –The Spencer Davis Group Catch You On The Rebop
Written-By – E. Hardin*, R. Fenwick*
3:16
D2 –Jackson Heights Bump 'N' Grind
Written-By – J. McBurnie*
3:30
D3 –Ian Matthews* Devil In Disguise
Written-By – Hillman*, Parsons*
2:25
D4 –Magna Carta Time For The Leaving
Written-By – C. Simpson*
4:06
D5 –Manfred Mann's Earth Band Buddah
Written-By – Mann*, Rogers*
6:59
 




Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
This was a good one

Bumpers

Side One[edit]
"Every Mother's Son" (Steve Winwood) - Traffic (from John Barleycorn Must Die (ILPS 9116)) (7:06)
"Love" (Jess Roden) - Bronco (from Bronco (ILPS 9134))[3] (4:42)
"I Am the Walrus" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - Spooky Tooth (from The Last Puff (ILPS 9117)) (6:20)
"Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga" (Quintessence) - Quintessence (Live version of track, not released elsewhere at the time, but available as 'bonus' track on CD version of album Quintessence (REPUK 1016) (5:15)
Side Two[edit]
"Thunderbuck Ram" (Mick Ralphs) - Mott the Hoople (from Mad Shadows (ILPS 9119)[4]) (4:50)
"Nothing To Say" (Ian Anderson) - Jethro Tull (from Benefit (ILPS 9123)) (5:10)
"Going Back West" (Jimmy Cliff) - Jimmy Cliff (from Jimmy Cliff (ILPS 9133))[5] (5:32)
"Send Your Son To Die" (Mick Abrahams) - Blodwyn Pig (from Getting To This (ILPS 9122)) (4:35)
"Little Woman" (Dave Mason) - Dave Mason (no source listed)[6] (2:30)
Side Three[edit]
"Go Out And Get It" (John Martyn) - John & Beverley Martyn (from Stormbringer! (ILPS 9113)) (3:15)
"Cadence & Cascade"[7] (Robert Fripp, Pete Sinfield) - King Crimson (from In the Wake of Poseidon (ILPS 9127)) (4:30)
"Reaching Out On All Sides" (Quincy, Fishman) - If (from If (ILPS 9129)) (5:35)
"Oh I Wept" (Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff) - Free (from Fire and Water (ILSP 9120)) (4:25)
"Hazey Jane" (Nick Drake) - Nick Drake (from his album to be released Autumn '70)[8] (4:28)
Side Four[edit]
"Walk Awhile" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - Fairport Convention (from Full House (ILPS 9130)) (4:00)
"Maybe You're Right" (Cat Stevens) - Cat Stevens (from Mona Bone Jakon (ILPS 9118)) (3:00)
"Island" (Keith Relf, Jim McCarty) - Renaissance (from Renaissance (ILPS 9114)) (5:57)
"The Sea" (Sandy Denny) - Fotheringay (from Fotheringay (ILPS 9125)) (5:25)
"Take Me To Your Leader" (Ellis, Ritchie, Hughes) -Clouds (intended to be on their Chrysalis album to be released Autumn '70)[9] (2:55)
 






Madafwo

Madafwo

I'm probably being facetious.
Nov 11, 2013
1,591
The ones that spring to mind for me are from Moving Shadow. They used to release a couple every year and the ones that spring to mind are 99.1, 99.2 and their 10th anniversary 00.1.
 






Bob!

Bob!

Coffee Buyer
Jul 5, 2003
11,119
This are two tone

A.K.A. Gangsters - The Special
Madness - Madness
On My Radio - The Selecter
Tears Of A Clown - The Beat
Rudi, A Message To You - The Specials
Too Much Pressure - The Selecter
Too Experienced - The Bodysnatchers
Rankin Full Stop - The Beat
Too Much Too Young - The Specials
The Selecter - The Selecter
Stereotype - The Specials
Mantovani - The Swinging Cats
Do Nothing - The Specials
Jungle Music - Rico
The Boiler - Rhoda Dakar
Ghost Town - The Specials
 


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