# Your Favorite Compilation Albums/CDs - Various Artists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438 "2015-05-20T18:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/1 "2015-05-20T18:44:04Z")
Recently I started digging into the “HD2” stations on my car radio, and came across a great 60’s soul station (WHQT 105.1 HD2 out of Coral Gables FL). Not that I’ve bought many, but this jogged my memory that my favorite compilation CD of all time is “[The Soul Of New Orleans](http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/the_soul_of_new_orleans/)” on England’s Charly label. The tracks: 1 Working In A Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey 2 Barefootin’ - Robert Parker 3 Look A Py Py - The Meters 4 Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups 5 Ride Your Pony - Lee Dorsey 6 Cissy Strut - The Meters 7 Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 8 People Say - The Dixie Cups 9 Down Home Girl - Alvin Robinson 10 Holy Cow - Lee Dorsey 11 Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville 12 Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups 13 Release Me - Johnny Adams 14 Chicken Strut - The Meters 15 Get Out Of My Life Woman - Lee Dorsey 16 Let The Good Times Roll - Alvin Robinson 17 Red Sails In The Sunset - Fats Domino 18 Hercules - Aaron Neville 19 Sinner Girl - Benny Spellman 20 Don’t Pity Me - Curly Moore 21 Gossip Gossip - Diamond Joe 22 I Think You’re Jiving Me - Huey ‘Piano’ Smith [Volume 2](http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/it_will_stand __the_soul_of_new_orleans__ vol__2_.p/) (“It Will Stand”) is also great: 1 Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Jessie Hill 2 Over You -Aaron Neville 3 Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe 4 I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner 5 Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta - Ernie K-Doe 6 Moanin’ and Screamin’ - Diamond Joe 7 Let’s Live - Aaron Neville 8 It Will Stand - The Showmen 9 Country Fool - The Showmen 10 I Cried My Last Tear - Ernie K-Doe 11 Something You Got - Chris Kenner 12 I’m Gonna Put Some Hurt on You - Raymond Lewis 13 All These Things - Art Neville 14 Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) - Benny Spellman 15 Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman 16 Green Door - Eskew Reeder 17 It’s Raining - Irma Thomas 18 Land of 1000 Dances - Chris Kenner 19 Ruler of My Heart - Irma Thomas 20 It Do Me Good - The Pitter Pats 21 Coo Coo Over You - The Hueys 22 (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Skip Easterling These two CDs cemented my love for New Orleans music in general, exposed me to the genius of Allen Toussaint, the beauty of Irma Thomas’s voice, and the raw talents of Chris Kenner, Ernie K-Doe, etc. If anyone has a favorite compilation album/CD (not a greatest hits by one artist) that rivals these, I’d love to hear about it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/2 "2015-05-20T19:25:05Z")
**[Golden Throats](http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Throats-Great-Celebrity-Sing/dp/B0000032C1)** has some great songs and some great entertainers in it. Said combination however, doesn’t really result in great music. Risible? You bet! 1.“Proud Mary” - Leonard Nimoy 2.“It Ain’t Me, Babe” - Sebastian Cabot 3.“Blowin’ in the Wind” - Eddie Albert 4.“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” - William Shatner 5.“A Whiter Shade of Pale” - Noel Harrison 6.“I Can See for Miles” - Frankie Randall 7.“Try a Little Tenderness” - Jack Webb 8.“Twist and Shout” - Mae West 9.“House of the Rising Sun” - Andy Griffith 10.“Mr. Tambourine Man” - William Shatner 11.“You Are the Sunshine of My Life” - Jim Nabors 12.“Like a Rolling Stone” - Sebastian Cabot 13.“White Room” - Joel Grey 14.“If I Had a Hammer” - Leonard Nimoy And that’s just volume 1! ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/3 "2015-05-20T19:55:28Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > **[Golden Throats](http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Throats-Great-Celebrity-Sing/dp/B0000032C1)** has some great songs and some great entertainers in it. > > Said combination however, doesn’t really result in great music. Risible? You bet! > . > . > 7.“Try a Little Tenderness” - Jack Webb > . > . > And that’s just volume 1! I’m familiar with the legend of the Golden Throats, and have checked out a few cuts in the past, but I just listened to #7 for the first time…I lasted about 1:30. Clearly not the album to put on at the start of a romantic evening. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/4 "2015-05-20T20:08:50Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > **[Golden Throats](http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Throats-Great-Celebrity-Sing/dp/B0000032C1)** has some great songs and some great entertainers in it. > > Said combination however, doesn’t really result in great music. Risible? You bet! > > 1.“Proud Mary” - Leonard Nimoy > 2.“It Ain’t Me, Babe” - Sebastian Cabot > 3.“Blowin’ in the Wind” - Eddie Albert > 4.“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” - William Shatner > 5.“A Whiter Shade of Pale” - Noel Harrison > 6.“I Can See for Miles” - Frankie Randall > 7.“Try a Little Tenderness” - Jack Webb > 8.“Twist and Shout” - Mae West > 9.“House of the Rising Sun” - Andy Griffith > 10.“Mr. Tambourine Man” - William Shatner > 11.“You Are the Sunshine of My Life” - Jim Nabors > 12.“Like a Rolling Stone” - Sebastian Cabot > 13.“White Room” - Joel Grey > 14.“If I Had a Hammer” - Leonard Nimoy > > And that’s just volume 1! I have got to get my hands on this. I’ve had the pleasure and the privilege to see performances (on tv) of Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Shatner, but I really really need to hear Jack Webb singing about Tenderness. Egad. Compilation albums have been off my radar for about 40 years now, but I remember [this](http://www.amazon.com/Believe-Music-Original-Hits-Stars/dp/B00166GP6K) one by K-Tel. It’s hard to believe there was a time that my family all listened to music and laughed together. Whenever \*Sylvia’s Mother \*came on _my_ mother would say "oy, put the girl on the phone already so this poor nebich can stop whining ". ---
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I have all of the Pebbles compilation CDs that I know of. I have dozens if not hundreds of compilations of garage rock/punk and funk from all over the world, but Pebbles as a series is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/6 "2015-05-20T20:29:40Z")
One of my favorites: I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Who by Fire-- House of Love Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye-- Ian McCulloch I Can’t Forget-- Pixies Stories of the Street-- That Petrol Emotion Bird on the Wire-- The Lilac Time Suzanne–Geoffrey Oryema So Long Marianne-- James Avalanche IV-- Jean-Louis Murat First We Take Manhattan-- REM Chelsea Hotel-- Lloyd Cole Tower of Song-- Robert Forster Take This Longing–Peter Astor True Love Leaves No Traces-- Dead Famous People I’m Your Man-- Bill Pritchard A Singer Must Die-- Fatima Mansions Tower of Song-- Nick Cave Hallelujah-- John Cale ---
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**Hot Rods & Custom Classics** Disc: 1 1. New Car Attitude - Hot Rods & Custom Classics 2. Action Packed - Ronnie Dee 3. Stick Shift - The Duals 4. Hot Rod Man - Tex Rubinowitz 5. Hotrod Gang - Stray Cats 6. Cruisin’ - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 7. Radar Love - Golden Earring 8. Mercury Blues - David Lindley 9. Maybellene - Chuck Berry & His Combo 10. The Ballard Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum 11. Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy(His ‘Twangy’ Guitar & The Rebels) 12. SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders 13. See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore 14. Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys 15. Hot Rod - The Collins Kids 16. Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin’ Wolf 17. Lost Highway - Hank Williams 18. Highway Patrol - Junior Brown 19. Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe 20. Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats 21. Motorhead Baby - Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson 22. Led Sled - Denny Freeman 23. Rev Off - Steve Wertheimer’s 1951 Mercury Custom & Mike Young’s 1960 Chevrolet ‘Exotica’ Impala Disc: 2 24. Rockin’ Down The Highway - The Dobbie Brothers 25. Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords 26. Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco - Fonics 27. Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond 28. Hot Rod Race - Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan 29. Drag Race - Hot Rods & Custom Classics 30. Draggin’ - Curtis Gordon 31. Dragster - Johnny Fortune 32. Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 33. Devil In My Car - The B - 52’s 34. Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers 35. Rocket ‘88’ - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats 36. Key To The Highway - Little Walter & His Jukes 37. Low Rider - War 38. Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters 39. Every Woman I Know - Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson 40. One Pieve At A Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three 41. Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King 42. I Want A Lavendar Cadillac - Maurice King & His Wolverines 43. Bring My Cadillac Back - The Knighmares 44. Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm 45. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus 46. Crawling From The Wreckage - Dave Edmunds 47. Dead Man’s Curve - Jan & Dean 48. James Dean 1955 Interview - Hot Rods & Custom Classics Disc: 3 49. Let’s Go For A Ride - The Collegians 50. On The Road Again - Canned Heat 51. Drive South - John Hiatt 52. I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band 53. No Money Down - Chuck Berry & His Combo 54. Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds 55. Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith 56. '41 Ford - The Grand Prix 57. '64 Ford - Phranc 58. Stolen Car - The Green Hornets 59. Go Lil’ Camaro Go - Ramones 60. Road Runner - Bo Diddley 61. Beep Beep - The Playmates 62. Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates 63. Pink Thunderbird - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps 64. '54 Corvette - The Customs 65. Sting Ray - The Routers 66. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle 67. Gas Money - Jan & Arnie 68. Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart Disc: 4 69. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett 70. Hopped-Up-Mustang - Arlen Sanders 71. Wild, Wild Mustang - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones 72. 409 - The Quads 73. Automobiles - The Spaniels 74. V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison 75. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson 76. G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas 77. Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl 78. Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers 79. Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen 80. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry 81. Four In The Floor - The Shutdowns 82. Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll 83. Spark Plug - Four Teens 84. Buick 59 - The Medallions 85. Freeway - The Fugitives 86. Two Lane Highway - Pure Prairie League 87. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley 88. Wheels - Flying Burrito Bros. Great stuff, except for that crap by Ronnie Dee. ---
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> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > One of my favorites: I’m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Dammit Johnny, beat me to it by 8 minutes. ---
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Actually, Webb’s version is rather sweet. My favorite is probably “The New Spirit of Capitol,” a showcase for a bunch of new acts on Capitol records in 1970. 1. Little Girl – Steve Miller Band 2. Jamie – Hedge & Donna 3 Games People Play – Joe South 3. Silver Threads and Golden Needles – Linda Ronstadt 4. July, You’re a Woman – John Stewart 5. A Little Girl Lost – David Axelrod 6. The Boy Soldier – Edgar Broughton Band 7. Please Don’t Worry – Grand Funk Railroad 8. It’s Time – The Sons 9. Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd 11 Broke an’ Hungry – Guitar Junior 12 Innervenus Eyes – The Bob Seger System 13 Red Cross Store – Mississippi Fred McDowell At the time, only Joe South had had a hit. Five others because major stars after, so it was good taste on Capitol’s part. ---
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The wonderful Ace Records in London have a series of compilations of the original recordings of songs that are more famous for being done by other artists. Here’s the track listing of [the first of them](http://acerecords.co.uk/you-heard-it-here-first). ``` 01 Tainted Love - Gloria Jones 02 Suspicious Minds - Mark James 03 Wild Thing - The Wild Ones 04 I Fought The Law - The Crickets 05 The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf 06 Hanky Panky - The Raindrops 07 Go Now - Bessie Banks 08 A Rockin' Good Way - Priscilla Bowman & the Spaniels 09 This Diamond Ring - Sammy Ambrose 10 Tobacco Road - John D Loudermilk 11 I Found You - Yvonne Fair 12 Ain't That Loving You Baby - Eddie Riff 13 Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 14 My Boy Lollipop - Barbie Gaye 15 Little Bit O' Soul - The Little Darlings 16 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Johnny Darrell 17 Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Hoagy Lands & the Mustangs 18 You Need Love - Muddy Waters 19 A Groovy Kind Of Love - Diane & Annita 20 You Were On My Mind - Ian & Sylvia 21 I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt 22 Let's Get Together (Live) - The Kingston Trio 23 California Sun - Joe Jones 24 Something Stupid - Carson & Gaile 25 Hey Joe - The Leaves 26 Rock Around The Clock - Sunny Dae & the Knights ``` They also do artist specific ones eg songs covered by David Bowie, Nick Cave etc. It’s good stuff. ---
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[Beyond the Beach](http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Beach/dp/B000003NOY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432153401&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+the+beach), a 1994 compiliation of (then) contemporary surf and surfbilly instrumentals, introduced me to groups like the Mermen, Aqua Velvets, and Laika & the Cosmonauts. A ton o’ fun. [The Sound Gallery Volume 1](http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Gallery-Various-Artists/dp/B000000IAK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432154149&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sound+gallery) is a collection of instrumentals that could be described as “ultra-lounge,” but with a whole lot more soul and funk. The songs were recorded by session musicians for a variety of British mood music LPs. It’s great music for the open road. There’s a second volume, but I haven’t heard that one. ---
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A couple of label samplers from the '70s really found a place in my heart. One song happens to appear on both; both also include oddball versions of music from Handel’s _Messiah_… “V” - a sampler from the early days of the Virgin label. Most of these tracks were otherwise unavailable at the time. Robert Wyatt: Yesterday Man Mike Oldfield: Don Alfonso Ivor Cutler: Go And Sit Upon The Grass Tangerine Dream : Overture Kevin Coyne: Marjory Razorblade Kevin Coyne: Looking For The River Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man (live) Captain Beefheart: Upon The My-O-My (live) Slapp Happy: Extract From The Messiah Henry Cow: A Worm Is At Work Tom Newman: Sad Sing Tom Newman: Superman Chili Charles: Semba Jabula: Baile (They Are Gone) Clearlight Symphony: Extract From Part 1 Hatfield And The North: Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut White Noise: White Noise II (Extract) Steve Hillage: Pentagramaspinn _The Greater Antilles Sampler_ Nick Drake: Northern Sky Quiet Sun: R. F. D. Tim Hardin: Never Too Far Grimms: Take It While You Can Gay and Terry Woods: The Time Is Right Albion Country Band: Albion Sunrise Allen Fontenot and the Country Cajuns: Cajun Theme Country Gazette: Roses For A Sunday Afternoon Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band: Just As The Tide Was Flowing Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick: Grey Daylight June Tabor: Pull Down Lads Gary Shearston: I Get A Kick Out Of You Osamu Kitajima: Benzaiten Fripp & Eno: Evensong Tom Newman: Sad Sing White Noise: Love Without Sound Winwood/Kabaka/Amao: Irin-Ajo Don Cherry Trio: Tibet Morning Glory: Cloudless Sky John Cage: Experiences #1 Tibetan Bells: White Light Portsmouth Sinfonia: Hallelujah ---
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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I have all of the Pebbles compilation CDs that I know of. > > I have dozens if not hundreds of compilations of garage rock/punk and funk from all over the world, but Pebbles as a series is one of my favorites. Of course, my very favorite compilations are all **Louie Louie** , all the time. I have both volumes put out by Rhino Records as well as a handful of others. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: **Louie Louie** is the greatest rock song that will ever be written. ---
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[Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Awake:_Various_Interpretations_of_Music_from_Vintage_Disney_Films) 1. Opening Medley (“I’m Getting Wet and I Don’t Care at All”) a) “Hi Diddle Dee Dee (An Actor’s Life For Me)” from Pinocchio 1:59 Ken Nordine, with Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz b) “Little April Shower” from Bambi 3:32 Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, with Mark Bingham and The Roches c) “I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” from The Jungle Book 3:39 Los Lobos 2. “Baby Mine” from Dumbo 3:21 Bonnie Raitt and Was (Not Was) 3. “Heigh Ho (The Dwarf’s Marching Song)” from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves 3:30 Tom Waits 4. Medley Two (“The Darkness Sheds Its Veil”) a) “Stay Awake” from Mary Poppins 1:48 Suzanne Vega b) “Little Wooden Head” from Pinocchio 2:10 Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz c) “Blue Shadows on the Trail” from Melody Time 3:50 Syd Straw 5. Medley Three (“Three Inches Is Such a Wretched Height”) a) “Castle in Spain” from Babes in Toyland 2:37 Buster Poindexter and The Banshees of Blue b) “I Wonder” from Sleeping Beauty 3:22 Yma Sumac 6. “Mickey Mouse March” from The Mickey Mouse Club 2:13 Aaron Neville 7. Medley Four (“All Innocent Children Had Better Beware”) a) “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins 4:17 Garth Hudson b) “Whistle While You Work” from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves 2:22 NRBQ c) “I’m Wishing” from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves 4:20 Betty Carter d) “Cruella De Ville” from 101 Dalmatians 2:15 The Replacements e) “Dumbo And Timothy” from Dumbo 2:04 Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz 8. “Some Day My Prince Will Come” from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves 1:08 Sinéad O’Connor 9. Medley Five (“Technicolor Pachyderms”) a) “Pink Elephants On Parade” from Dumbo 4:54 Sun Ra & His Arkestra b) “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” from Song of the South 3:16 Harry Nilsson 10. ``` "Second Star To The Right" from Peter Pan 4:02 James Taylor ``` 11. ``` Pinocchio Medley ("Do You See The Noses Growing") ``` a) “Desolation Theme” from Pinocchio 2:02 Ken Nordine, with Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz b) “When You Wish upon a Star” from Pinocchio 3:46 Ringo Starr, with Herb Alpert ---
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Two of my all-time favorite tribute albums, based on the selection of songs represented, and the artists selected to perform them. In fact, both these albums would be included in my “Desert Island Discs!” “The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute” 1 “Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes” Performed by Bono 2 “Any Old Time” Performed by Alison Krauss and Union Station 3 “Waiting For A Train” Performed by Dickey Betts 4 “Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line” Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter 5 “Miss The Mississippi And You” Performed by David Ball 6 “My Blue Eyed Jane” Performed by Bob Dylan 7 “Peach Pickin’ Time Down In Georgia” Performed by Willie Nelson 8 “In The Jailhouse Now Performed” by Steve Earle and the V-Roys 9 “Blue Yodel #9 (Standin’ On The Corner)” Performed by Jerry Garcia; David Grisman; John Kahn 10 “Hobo Bill’s Last Ride” Performed by Iris DeMent 11 “Gambling Bar Room Blues” Performed by John Mellencamp 12 “Mule Skinner Blues” Performed by Van Morrison 13 “Why Should I Be Lonely” Performed by Aaron Neville 14 “T For Texas” Performed by Dwight Yoakam “Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons” 1 “She” (Chris Ethridge/Parsons) – Performed by The Pretenders and Emmylou Harris 2 “Ooh Las Vegas” (Rick Grech/Parsons) – Performed by Cowboy Junkies 3 “Sin City” (Chris Hillman/Parsons) – Performed by Beck and Emmylou Harris 4 “$1000 Wedding” (Parsons) – Performed by Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield 5 “Hot Burrito #1” (Ethridge/Parsons) – Performed by The Mavericks 6 “High Fashion Queen” (Hillman/Parsons) – Performed by Chris Hillman and Steve Earle 7 “Juanita” (Hillman/Parsons) – Performed by Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris 8 “Sleepless Nights” (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – Performed by Elvis Costello 9 “Return of the Grievous Angel” (Thomas Stanley Brown/Parsons) – Performed by Lucinda Williams and David Crosby 10 “One Hundred Years from Now” (Parsons) – Performed by Wilco 11 “A Song for You” – Performed by Whiskeytown 12 “Hickory Wind” (Bob Buchanan/Gram Parsons) – Performed by Gillian Welch 13 “In My Hour of Darkness” (Emmylou Harris/Parsons) – Performed by the Rolling Creekdippers ---
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Clay Dog Records released two albums of street musicians, one Chicago, one NYC, both were excellent: Street Dreams New York: Music from the subways of New York City 1. Mta (MTA 2. Slide (Simon 7 & Paul Clements 3. Saddest Day Of My Life (Asheba & The One Vibe Band) 4. Radio Rodney (Paul Clements) 5. Touch Your Hair (Kathleen Mock) 6. End Of The Line (Herman Ferman) 7. A Stitch In Time (Didjworks) 8. Rock It Baby (Asheba & The One Vibe Band) 9. You Should Know (Kathleen Mock/Roger Ridley) 10. Rolling Dice (Simon 7 & Paul Clements) 11. Summertime (Roger Ridley) 12. Nothing (Herman Ferman) 13. Rosetta Pierce (Mecca Bodega) 14. It Must Have Been An Angel (Kathleen Mock) 15. My Man (Tan Ridley) Street Dreams: Chicago 16. C.T.A. 17. Stand by Me - 78 Cents 18. Sweet Home Chicago - Chicago Brother & Sister Blues Band 19. El Condor Pasa - Ch’uwa Yacu 20. I Can See Clearly Now - Fritz Legros 21. Cupid - 78 Cents 22. I Got My Mojo Workin’ - Chicago Brother & Sister Blues Band 23. Djembe Jam - John Smith 24. Anniversary Waltz - Yuan Wei/Bogdan Pokrzywnicki 25. Ch’uwa Yacu - Ch’uwa Yacu :: Clear Water - Ch’uwa Yacu 26. Route 66 - Chicago Brother & Sister Blues Band 27. Yardbird Suite - Michael Barber 28. Jamaican Drums - Yambe & The Hartisan Brothers 29. Wonderful - 78 Cents 30. Jesus, My Brother - Fritz Legros 31. Lift Every Voice - Flow 32. Amazing Grace - Samson Reeves Jr. \*\*It’ll Come to You: The Songs of John Hiatt \*\* Patty Griffin’s cover is worth the price of admission alone, the rest completes the full show 1 Paper Thin- Buddy & Julie Miller / Buddy Miller / Julie Miller 2 Take It Down- Patty Griffin 3 It’ll Come to You- Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise 4 When We Ran- Linda Ronstadt 5 Riding with the King- Eric Clapton / B.B. King 6 Feels Like Rain- Buddy Guy 7 Thing Called Love - Bonnie Raitt 8 Icy Blue Heart - Emmylou Harris 9 She Loves the Jerk - Rodney Crowell 10 The Way We Make a Broken Heart - Rosanne Cash 11 The Most Unoriginal Sin - Willie Nelson 12 She Don’t Love Nobody- Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit 13 Across the Borderline - Freddy Fender ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438/17 "2015-05-21T20:27:37Z")
I was a big fan of the [Heavy Metal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_(film)#Soundtrack)cartoon soundtrack. The film was pretty silly but the music was great. I had it on vinyl but because of rights issues it took forever for it to be finally released on CD. 1. “Heavy Metal” (Original Version) Sammy Hagar 2. “Heartbeat” Riggs 3. “Working in the Coal Mine” Devo 4. “Veteran of the Psychic Wars” Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Reach Out” Cheap Trick 6. “Heavy Metal (Takin’ a Ride)” Don Felder 7. “True Companion” Donald Fagen 8. “Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)” Nazareth 9. “Radar Rider” Riggs 10. “Open Arms” Journey 11. “Queen Bee” Grand Funk Railroad 12. “I Must Be Dreamin’” Cheap Trick 13. “The Mob Rules” (alternate version) Black Sabbath 14. “All of You” Don Felder 15. “Prefabricated” Trust 16. “Blue Lamp” Stevie Nicks ---
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I bought [The Great British Rock Invasion](http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Great-British-Rock-Invasion-Volumes-1-2-3/release/5230085), a triple album compilation of British bands from the 60s and 70s when I was 15 in 1984, and it was instrumental in shaping my musical tastes {although Side 6 was pretty useless, in hindsight. Well, The Jam and Nazareth were good.} ---
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I think you almost have to omit movie soundtracks just to keep the topic under control (good call on _Heavy Metal_ though **Hail Ants** ). There are many, many to cite in that category: **Saturday Night Fever, American Graffiti, Dazed & Confused, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction,** and so on. Thinking up non-soundtrack comps is an interesting challenge. A label called Sympathy 4 the RI came out with an excellent comp called **Alright This Time Just the Girls** , featuring all female artists or women-fronted bands. (Here are track lists to [Volume I](http://www.amazon.com/Alright-This-Time-Just-Girls/dp/B00000IJOF) and [Volume II](http://www.amazon.com/Alright-This-Time-Just-Girls/dp/B000CCBBTA).) Some really terrific stuff by bands I’d mostly never heard of before (or since). Rhino Records had a nice line in decade-spanning compilations, including [Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box](http://www.amazon.com/Have-Nice-Decade-70s-Culture/dp/B000006OIT) and [Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)](http://www.amazon.com/Like-Omigod-80s-Culture-Totally/dp/B000068ZVP). These things always suffer because the REALLY big artists never license their stuff (the 70s box has no Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones of Paul McCartney; the 80s set has no Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson), but within those limitations, they’re about as good as you’re going to get. And arguably the greatest comp of the rock era: [Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era](http://www.amazon.com/Nuggets-Original-Artyfacts-Psychedelic-1965-1968/dp/tracks/B00000AFWZ/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1), featuring some amazing hit singles and forgotten gems. ---
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I was a big fan of the first few [Punk-o-Rama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk-O-Rama) compilations from the 90’s. Some great stuff there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-compilation-albums-cds-various-artists/720438.md?page=2)