The Alternate Rules Tropical Island Music Draft Thread - Round 20

[Jespher]

copy cat...

 

[Bricklayer]

1967-1970 (Blue Album) - The Beatles - 1973

With 1 and box set already gone, I am gonna stake this one now before it is too late.

Yeah, I know what you mean -- was planning on doing that myself, but it was going to cost me 2 picks to get it done, and I am not really that huge a Beatles fanatic. Going to try to pick up a few of my favs later on through various saavy and sundry means instead.

 

[Bricklayer]

Okay, one of those picks where a little research has me taking a version I don't own over the one I do:

Tom Petty -Anthology: Through The Years (2000)

And still aiming at the big value roots rock greatest hits type collections, this one might even top the others I've taken. So easy to forget how long these guys were cranking out big songs, from Refugee & American Girl, to Don't Do Me Like That, Don't Come Around Here No More, Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down, Running Down a Dream, Mary Jane's Last Dance...and about a dozen etc.s -- the list is just enormous, but they finally get almost all of it in in the space of 34 tracks.

 

[atxrocker]

Tom Petty -Anthology: Through The Years (2000)

damn, and another one bites the dust.

 

[atxrocker]

The Best of The Ramones- 2004

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

Whew, I peeked in while I was out this afternoon and saw I was up here and got back home and saw that I was up in another draft...lemme quickly get stuff done...

Rolling Stones -40 Licks - 2002

Going back for more classics, good compilation, probably not the most definitive collection, but I can handle that because it has a lot of what I love.

Track list

 

[Jespher]

nuts...

 

[Kingzrool]

The Funk Box

disk 1
· James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine [full-length single version]
· Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
· James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose [unedited non-overdubbed version]
· Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
· War - Slippin' Into Darkness
· Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul [extended version]
· The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
· The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
· Billy Preston - Outa-Space
· Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) - Think (About It)
· Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby
· The J.B.'s - Pass the Peas
· Marvin Gaye - "T" Plays It Cool
· Cymande - The Message
· The New Birth - I Can Understand It
· Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby

disk 2
· Curtis Mayfield - Future Shock
· Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - The Bottle [12" mix]
· Tower Of Power - What Is Hip?
· James Brown - The Payback
· The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money
· Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
· Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
· Blackbyrds - Do It, Fluid
· B.T. Express - Do It (Till You're Satisfied)
· The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby
· Ohio Players - Skin Tight
· George McCrae - I Get Lifted
· The Temptations - Shakey Ground
· Average White Band - School Boy Crush
· Jermaine Jackson - Erucu

disk 3
· The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power - Pts. 1 & 2
· Graham Central Station - The Jam
· Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
· Brothers Johnson - Get the Funk Out Ma Face
· Brass Construction - Changin'
· Brick - Dazz
· Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover
· Bootsy's Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory
· Slave - Slide
· Patrice Rushen - The Hump
· Roy Ayers - Running Away [12" mix]
· The Commodores - Brick House [12" mix]
· Bar-Kays - Let's Have Some Fun

disk 4
· Rick James - You and I
· Fatback - I Like Girls
· Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance
· Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
· Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose [12" mix]
· Cameo - I Just Want to Be [12" extended mix]
· Pleasure - Glide
· Teena Marie - Behind the Groove
· Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
· Gap Band - Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
· George Clinton - Atomic Dog

I'll take that thank you.

 

[Kingzrool]

Eric Clapton - Crossroads

This is a very complete set. It's got all the Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, Cream and Blind Faith up to some pretty decent newer stuff. A great score with a lot of variety.


track listing

 

[VF21]

Eric Clapton - Crossroads

This is a very complete set. It's got all the Yardbirds, Derek and the Dominos, Cream and Blind Faith up to some pretty decent newer stuff. A great score with a lot of variety.


track listing

Have I mentioned lately that I hate you? I really thought this would be safe for one more round...

To quote G3, "grrrf."

 

[Monty'sBiggestFan]

O' Brother Where Art Thou (Soundtrack) - 2000

This soundtrack is wooooooooooooooooooonderful, just wonderful. Loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. Well put together, beautifully performed. I had heard the soundtrack before I ever saw the movie (somehow) seeing the movie only made it better because I loved that too. Just something about it.


Track list

 

[GoGoGadget]

O' Brother Where Art Thou (Soundtrack) - 2000

This one couldn't quite crack my top 20, but it's an amazing soundtrack.

 

[atxrocker]

The Cure- Greatest Hits 2001

More 80's for now.

 

[Bricklayer]

Pat Benatar -- Greatest Hits (2005)

Mentioned in another thread just how many hits, and how long this woman dominated the charts, and its another filled to the brim Greatest Hits package, with maybe three songs on the entire thing which did not go Top 40:

01 Heartbreaker
02 We Live For Love
03 Hit Me With Your Best Shot
04 Hell Is For Children
05 Treat Me Right
06 You Better Run
07 Fire And Ice
08 Promises In The Dark
09 Precious Time
10 Shadows Of The Night
11 Little Too Late
12 Looking For A Stranger
13 Love Is A Battlefield
14 We Belong
15 Ooh Ooh Song
16 Invincible (Theme From 'The Legend Of Billie Jean')
17 Sex As A Weapon
18 Le Bel Age
19 All Fired Up
20 One Love (Song Of The Lion)

 

[bozzwell]

New Order - Singles - 2005

Gotta have it.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Another favorite of mine, and another that I desperately wanted on my first island:

Sly & The Family Stone -- Greatest Hits (1970) -- As with my previous Al Green and Bob Marley picks, this is far from a comprehensive Sly collection. Some of their really good tracks, including one of my very favorite songs, weren't released until after this "greatest hits" album was released. What this is, however, is a fantastic party album. From beginning to end, "I Want to Take You Higher" to "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," I dare anyone to listen to this album and not at least tap a toe or two. It's also good "doin' stuff" music -- cleaning the house, getting ready for a date, cooking a big meal, road trip, whatever, all goes by faster when you've got this to sing along to.

 

[D-Mass]

Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits) - 2004

It's no secret that I'm a HUGE Pearl Jam fan. The "Live at the Gorge" pick was great...and something I considered...so I guess I'd better snatch this up while I can. It doesn't include all of my favorites, but most of the big hits are there.

 

[Kingzrool]

Another favorite of mine, and another that I desperately wanted on my first island:

Sly & The Family Stone -- Greatest Hits (1970) -- As with my previous Al Green and Bob Marley picks, this is far from a comprehensive Sly collection. Some of their really good tracks, including one of my very favorite songs, weren't released until after this "greatest hits" album was released. What this is, however, is a fantastic party album. From beginning to end, "I Want to Take You Higher" to "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," I dare anyone to listen to this album and not at least tap a toe or two. It's also good "doin' stuff" music -- cleaning the house, getting ready for a date, cooking a big meal, road trip, whatever, all goes by faster when you've got this to sing along to.

I figured that you would get to that before me, probably would have grabbed it with one of my next picks.

 

[VF21]

If I left this much longer, I know it would be gone. These are songs that still evoke very strong feelings and memories... songs that are truly the voice of my generation.

Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music - Box Set

Here's what Amazon.com has to say:

This four-disc album--like the famed August 1969 rock festival it chronicles--is something of a sprawling, disorderly, engaging mess. Issued as a box set 25 years after the counterculture tribal gathering, it amasses the original three-record Woodstock set from 1970, its two-LP 1971 sequel, Woodstock II, and a generous store of previously unreleased tracks from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, the Band, Jimi Hendrix, and others. There's plenty of chaff to go with the wheat (one is tempted to conclude John ("Far out!") Sabastian's blissed-out rant hasn't aged well, but it's just as likely most of the crowd at Yasgur's Farm would have gagged him if given half a chance, and Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, Stills & Nash clearly had better days). But Sly & the Family Stone, Joe Cocker, Santana, and Richie Havens shine, the stage patter has become part of the lexicon, and the whole package now stands as a remarkable account of a pivotal musical and cultural event.

Review and track list

 

[Jespher]

Pick #5, and sticking with the classics. As Forty Licks was ripped out of my grasp, I'm going to salvage the British classic rock genre and go with Pink Floyd here. What's not to love about the band, and this set...it's all inclusive as it contains 14 Cds of full album material Dark Side of the Moon, check, The Wall, check, Wish You Were Here, and then some.

Pick #5: Oh, By the Way (Pink Floyd) 2007

Wish You Were Here, Money, Goodbye Blue Sky

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_by_the_Way

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Sorry for the delay, waiting on a ruling from commish. I have 2 picks queued up to go pending approval.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Ok... ruling is in. I'm going with a couple audiophile grade vinyl box sets.

First up is
Metallica - Vinyl Box (2004)

I've already discussed at length my feelings on Metallica and that their first four albums are the only things worth owning (Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and ...and Justice for All). That's not entirely true because the original Garage Days Re-Revisited EP and Creeping Death EPs are also worth owning. Fancy that then that in 2004 Metallica put together this box set containing all 6 of those releases. The full length albums are presented on 180g virgin vinyl over two discs each. Not the most convenient way to listen but it sounds good. The two EPs are each on picture discs. Very nice set, limited to 5000. Mine is 4000 something but on my island I've got set #1.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Second is:
Beatles Collection (UK BC-13 "Blue Box") (1978)

There is another Beatles vinyl box out there that is arguably superior, but these records faithfully reproduce the original stereo recordings of the Beatles UK releases. I'll freely admit that I am not the world's biggest Beatles guy, but when you can get all their original recordings un-bastardized by their US label plus a rarities/B-side disc which isn't in the "other" sought after vinyl set I can spend a thorough amount of time re-evaluating my opinion. Plus they printed less copies of this one (I think 3000) so it has high collectible value in case I ever need to barter.

The full contents are :
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (a.k.a. "The White Album")
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let It Be
Rarities
Poster (showing enlargements of the four pictures from The White Album)

The "Rarities" record was supposed to be unreleased but then they issued it a year later.

 

[Jespher]

Pick #6 time, and here's to U2. This set was the first digital set released, as it was the entire works of U2 through 2004. It was made available in itunes as a complete set 1978-2004 with 446 songs, and accompanied by a 33 minute compilation of live performances and interviews with the band. Too bad it is now no longer for sale...I'm taking my iPod with me to the island for sure.

Pick #6: The Complete U2 (2004)

Beautiful Day, Pride (In the Name of Love), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_U2[/url]

 

[VF21]

To continue with my selection of music sure to cement my last-place position in the voting to come:

War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne - Boxed set collector's edition

From Amazon.com:

In hindsight, it seems almost incredible: 27 years ago, a young musician named Jeff Wayne (who at the time primarily wrote music for commercials) fell in love with H.G. Wells' much-loved book The War of the Worlds, and decided to make a musical version of it. Star Wars had just put people's minds into outer space, musical theatre was hugely successful, and long, anthemic orchestral prog-rock was all the rage. Wayne was inspired by all these elements and decided to gather together his peers and make a musical-mixed-with-spoken-word album, with the script taken directly from the famous book. This was by no means a soundtrack to a movie; in fact, all of the visuals were to come straight from the listener's minds (hard to imagine in today's video-oriented world.) The two-LP set featured Sir Richard Burton as frontman, along with some of the leaders of the progressive rock world who joined in on the fun. Moody Blues' Justin Hayward, "Rock On" vocalist David Essex and Thin Lizzy lead Philip Lynott each did more than sing on the record, they took a part in the musical play, performing key roles alongside the aforementioned dramatist Burton.

Amazingly, the eccentric project was a massive success, selling over 13 million copies and staying on the U.K. charts for over 260 weeks straight. DJs and bands--including the Orbital and Todd Terry--still use WOTW samples to inspire their own works. Unquestionably, the genesis of electronica can (in part) be mapped back to the War of the Worlds' use of sound experimentation and synthesized grooves.

While for many, the War of the Worlds remastered double CD and 48 page booklet set will provide enough prog rock fun, true aficionados will be filled with intergalactic glee when they see how many goodies accompany the collector's edition--a whopping seven CDs that start with the two remastered discs, then disc 3, which contains the best club/DJ remixes sampled from the original recording (including N-Trance's club-y version of the hit "Forever Autumn" and a take on "Brave New World" from famed house producer/DJ Todd Terry. Discs 4 through 6 deserve awards for unprecedented attention to fandom: three full CDs of outtakes, ranging from the original 1975 radio commercial, to acoustic demos of songs, to an additional 37 minutes of previously unheard Richard Burton narrative. Many of the best add-ons, however, exist on disc 7, a 92-minute DVD documentary featuring "The Making of" as well as a full album deconstruction, narrated by Jeff Wayne himself. The whole shebang is packaged in a hardcover 76-page book which features a written history, HG Wells' bio, and a plethora of full-color artwork. --Denise Sheppard

And I won't even mind not being able to view the DVD on my island. I'll use it as a coaster for my pina coladas as I sit back and enjoy this box set. I wore out my vinyl copy of this work years ago and was elated to receive it as a gift on CD a few years back. If you're not familiar with it, you might want to look into it. I guarantee you won't forget it.

 

[VF21]

FYI - My bad. I sent the PM to the wrong person last night. D-Mass is on the clock but I didn't send him the PM until about two minutes ago.

...sigh...

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I actually PM'd him for you last night

 

[D-Mass]

Ugh...long day.

Next up:

The Ultimate Collection - The Who - 2002

The Who has been a staple of my other two music drafts and I see no reason to change that now. There a few Who compilations out there...this just happens to be the one that I own.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Considering the startling lack of mentions this artist has received in the other music threads (seriously, what's wrong with you people?), I still think it's in my best interest to snag this one now rather than letting it wait:

Van Morrison -- The Best of Van Morrison (1990) -- Tons of good memories and feelings associated with this album for me, and with Van Morrison in general. Van Morrison was one of the favorite artists of a family friend (one of the most important people in my life) who passed a few years ago, and this particular CD was a favorite in my first dorm room, so I get lots of happy nostalgia moments whenever I listen to it. Also, if there is ever a set of circumstances that force to me listen to "Sweet Thing" day and night on a continuous loop, I think it would take a solid five years for me to get sick of that song. And, no, that's not an exaggeration.

 

[bozzwell]

Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards - 2006

I could not fit Tom Waits on either of other two music drafts, but this album is almost perfect for the alternate draft. 3 discs, 56 songs, some new, some old, some old but published here for the first time.