Best Ever Albums

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 12:00:21 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/09/2018 17:00

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

PurpleHazel wrote:

videoheadcleaner wrote:

Has a compilation ever been more important to a genre/subgenre than this and No Wave?

I'd say that IDM and the Artificial Intelligence Series by Warp Records would come close. I can't believe how lowly rated this album is.

Artificial Intelligence by Various Artists

That is absolutely right. No Wave and No New York defined that whole thing. Just hearing those names again conjures up the whole thing in my mind. Heh heh. And you're right on about artificial intelligence too. There's one other I could think of. The series Logical Progressions is practically synonymous with drum and bass for a lot of people. And one other album that was important to a genre was The Harder They Come.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Tha1ChiefRocka — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:44:30 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/09/2018 16:44

PurpleHazel wrote:

videoheadcleaner wrote:

No New York by Various Artists

Has a compilation ever been more important to a genre/subgenre than this and No Wave?

I'd say that IDM and the Artificial Intelligence Series by Warp Records would come close. I can't believe how lowly rated this album is.

Artificial Intelligence by Various Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

PurpleHazel — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 03:57:16 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 02/09/2018 08:57

videoheadcleaner wrote:

No New York by Various Artists

Has a compilation ever been more important to a genre/subgenre than this and No Wave?

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 9 Feb 2018 00:42:38 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 02/09/2018 05:42

An Afflicted Man's Musica Box by Various Artists

If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't Please Your Soul by Various Artists

Lethal Weapons by Various Artists

No New York by Various Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

CharlieBarley — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 19:39:23 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 02/09/2018 00:39

bobbyb5 wrote:

If anybody has a curiosity about disco music, these are the best Disco comps in the universe. . At least on these volumes here, there's no filler whatsoever. Some of the later volumes might make you want to say "Disco sucks', but not these ones here. They are the best records to play at a party ever. Well, at a certain type of party anyway.

The Disco Years (On The Beat) (1978-1982) Volume Two by Various Artists

The Disco Years (Turn The Beat Around) (1974-1978) Volume One by Various Artists

The Disco Years (Lost In Music) Volume Four by Various Artists

I love me a bit of disco Bobby bud. These comps have very good track lists.

In the UK in the 90s we had a couple of compilations called Rhythm Divine 1 and 2 which were great disco compilations. They were double CDs. I think they sell them cheap on Amazon UK. Well worth checkin out although there is some crossover from The Disco Years.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 05:00:53 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/08/2018 10:00

If anybody has a curiosity about disco music, these are the best Disco comps in the universe. . At least on these volumes here, there's no filler whatsoever. Some of the later volumes might make you want to say "Disco sucks', but not these ones here. They are the best records to play at a party ever. Well, at a certain type of party anyway.

The Disco Years (On The Beat) (1978-1982) Volume Two by Various Artists

The Disco Years (Turn The Beat Around) (1974-1978) Volume One by Various Artists

The Disco Years (Lost In Music) Volume Four by Various Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

PurpleHazel — Thu, 8 Feb 2018 03:58:09 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 02/08/2018 08:58

The 2000s were a golden age for Afrobeat compilations:

World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's A ...us Artists

Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story Of 1970s Funky Lagos by Various Artists

African Scream Contest by Various Artists

Ghana Soundz: Afro-Beat, Funk And Fusion In 70's Ghana by Various Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

LittleM1971 — Wed, 7 Feb 2018 03:26:42 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 02/07/2018 08:26

C86 by Various Artists

^some even created scenes^.

I also used to love those Creation Records compilations, this one was especially good and as it was priced so well it seemed everyone had a copy.

Doing It For The Kids by Various Artists

This one from Cherry Red was also seen as important.

Pillows And Prayers by Various Artists

Then of course I must come to those brilliant Sarah Records compilations as I’m such a fan of the label. Whilst Sarah released a few studio albums from the bands themselves the whole ethos of the label was geared towards the 7” single so these comps are the perfect way of getting to the heart of the label. The first 3 are especially good...

Shadow Factory by Various Artists

Temple Cloud by Various Artists

Glass Arcade by Various Artists

The most recent compilation I bought was this 3 LP compilation from last year...

The Test Of Time - A Turntable Friend Records Compilation by Various Artists

Then of course you used to get all those free cassettes & CD’s with magazines, I remember a particularly good Creation one from Select magazine and Uncut have done some really great ones, the 4AD one was a great look at the label.

Various artist compilations used to be hugely important for labels especially to get their lesser known artists some exposure but I guess once ‘streaming music’ arrived there was really not the need so much for them. I do really enjoy a well compiled various artist compilation though and over the years have discovered so much great music through the format.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Tap — Wed, 7 Feb 2018 03:00:41 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 02/07/2018 08:00

look into compilations here

https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

RoundTheBend — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 23:08:02 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 02/07/2018 04:08

I remember discovering 311 through one of these when I bought a pair of chucks.

It was like Chuck's All Stars comp. It mostly sucked to be honest.

Sometimes the Grammy comps are ok. I think they still do those?

I remember discovering this song from one:

Link

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 21:01:39 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 02/07/2018 02:01

Tap wrote:

they're still cool, this one from last year is a cool look at this electronic music scene in Tanzania

Nyege Nyege Tapes: Sounds Of Sisso by Various Artists

I agree, they're still around, but not quite as prevalent, or talked about.

That one is pretty great, I enjoyed it.

Tilly, that is one of the best for sure.

I'm going to be attempting to put more compilations on here that are unique, I've been listening to a lot lately.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 20:36:59 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/07/2018 01:36

These are the best compilations in the whole universe.

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 by Various Artists

Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts...us Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 19:50:53 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/07/2018 00:50

Stover75 wrote:

Yes! It was the right one!

PS I found this very NOW 1 on vinyl last year for £3.00. In good nick. You can pay at least 10 times that for it on Amazon, for a decent copy. Was well chuffed!

I think the NOW albums are up to Volume 30 or something now. They were really popular for some reason. When I was a kid they had something called K-tel albums. And they used to advertise them on Saturday morning TV. Like while you were watching cartoons. I had a shitload of them. At the time I thought they were totally awesome.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

CharlieBarley — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 19:31:03 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 02/07/2018 00:31

Yes! It was the right one!

PS I found this very NOW 1 on vinyl last year for £3.00. In good nick. You can pay at least 10 times that for it on Amazon, for a decent copy. Was well chuffed!

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

CharlieBarley — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 19:28:23 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 02/07/2018 00:28

Now That's What I Call Music by Various Artists

Now that is what I remember as a good compilation when I was a kid. It has no cool points but its great fun

PS I hope this is the British album and not the American one as they are very different albums, different decades too I think. I am sure the U.S, version is great too but I am on about the UK version from 1983, I think.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 04:01:23 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/06/2018 09:01

You know what kind of compilation I always thought were the best? Label samplers. Nowadays they're usually just promotional only, but at one time record labels used to put out regular releases of samplers. Big labels, small labels, Punk labels, alternative labels, reggae labels, disco labels, foreign labels. I had all kinds of shit. Most of them you have to get at the used CD store because they were just promos. And they were usually stamped "Not For Resale" or "promotional only" . Heh heh. But it's amazing how many of them were pretty good. It's a good way to find out about types of music that you don't know shit about.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

bobbyb5 — Tue, 6 Feb 2018 03:32:00 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 02/06/2018 08:32

Kool Keith Sweat wrote:

Clicks + Cuts and Staedtizism come to mind, and Substance 1987 and Anthology of American Folk Music (in fact, most folk musics are exposed through great compilations (I <3 u, Smithsonian Folkways))

Clicks + Cuts is awesome. I just recently found out that they're all the way up to Clicks + Cuts 5. I thought there was only two of them. Imagine my surprise when I found out there's 5. Can't wait to listen to em.

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Repo — Mon, 5 Feb 2018 23:43:14 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 02/06/2018 04:43

Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volume 1-3 by Various Artists

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Anonymous — Mon, 5 Feb 2018 23:06:25 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/06/2018 04:06

Clicks + Cuts and Staedtizism come to mind, and Substance 1987 and Anthology of American Folk Music (in fact, most folk musics are exposed through great compilations (I <3 u, Smithsonian Folkways))

Re: When Compilations Were Cool

Tap — Mon, 5 Feb 2018 22:52:45 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 02/06/2018 03:52

they're still cool, this one from last year is a cool look at this electronic music scene in Tanzania

Nyege Nyege Tapes: Sounds Of Sisso by Various Artists