Home-made compilations

[AKA]

Okay, music geeks. Time to put your music geekdom to test.

In the '70s, '80s, and '90s, we had mix tapes. Now we're in the CD burner era. Has anyone created any CD-R masterpieces they're particularly proud of? Post the tracklists here!

Since I'm on a steady income with a lot of time on my hands, I'd like to share with you some of my best creations.

[AKA]

I've reached a new low in lameness - creating a thread about burning CD-Rs.

Anyway, proceeding with my lameness. This is a Tom Petty compilation I burned for a friend, who only had Greatest Hits. This goes a bit deeper into his catalog, including both the MCA and Warner Bros. years.

Of course, like I always do, I kept a copy for myself.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
1976-2002

Disc One:
1. Breakdown
2. Hometown Blues
3. American Girl
4. I Need To Know
5. You're Gonna Get It!
6. Listen To Her Heart
7. Refugee
8. Here Comes My Girl
9. Don't Do Me Like That
10. Even The Losers
11. The Waiting
12. A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)
13. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [with Stevie Nicks]
14. You Got Lucky
15. Change Of Heart
16. Rebels
17. Don't Come Around Here No More
18. So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star (live)
19. Jammin' Me
20. Waiting For Tonight
21. Free Fallin'

Total running time - 77:00

Disc Two:
1. I Won't Back Down
2. Yer So Bad
3. Runnin' Down A Dream
4. Learning To Fly
5. Into The Great Wide Open
6. Mary Jane's Last Dance
7. You Don't Know How It Feels
8. Wildflowers
9. You Wreck Me
10. It's Good To Be King
11. Walls (Circus)
12. Free Girl Now
13. Echo
14. Room At The Top
15. Surrender
16. The Last DJ
17. Money Becomes King
18. Joe
19. Have Love, Will Travel

Total running time - 78:09

[musicradio77]

Here's one:

SONGS FROM TV SHOWS & SPECIALS

1. "Baby Love" - The Supremes ("Full House")
2. "Motown Medley" - The Temptations & the Four Tops ("Motown 25")
3. "What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong ("Family Matters")
4. "Rhythm of Life" - The Temptations & the Supremes ("On Broadway")
5. "Motownphilly" - Boyz II Men ("Full House")
6. "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" - The Beatles ("Life Goes On")
7. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Diana Ross ("Diana!")
8. "Marvin Gaye Medley" - Marvin Gaye ("Motown 25")
9. "The Stripper" - David Rose ("Match Game")
10. "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul ("Family Matters")
11. "If I Were a Bell" - Miles Davis ("The Cosby Show")
12. "Low Rider" - War ("The George Lopez Show")
13. "Medley: Let the Sunshine In/Funky Broadway" - The Temptations & the Supremes ("On Broadway")
14. "There's Nothing Than Love Can Fix" - Joey Lawrence ("The Olsen Twins' Mother's Day Special")
15. "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" - Britney Spears ("Christmas in Rockefeller Center '99")
16. "The Sign" - Ace of Base ("Full House")
17. "Somebody's Keeping Score" - The Temptations featuring Kaye Stevens and George Kirby ("The Temptations Show")

[AKA]

I came up with this compilation the week The Police were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Lacking creativity, though, I stole the title of the band's official compilation.

The Police
Every Breath You Take: The Classics

1. Roxanne
2. Can't Stand Losing You
3. Truth Hits Everybody
4. So Lonely
5. Message In A Bottle
6. Reggatta de Blanc
7. Walking On The Moon
8. The Bed's Too Big Without You
9. Don't Stand So Close To Me
10. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
11. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
12. Man In A Suitcase
13. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
14. Invisible Sun
15. Too Much Information
16. Spirits In The Material World
17. Every Breath You Take
18. King Of Pain
19. Wrapped Around Your Finger
20. Synchronicity II

Total running time: 79:51

[AKA]

For people who like John Lennon's 1980 recordings (Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey), but don't want to have to wade through the Yoko Ono stuff.

I've also included period tracks from The John Lennon Anthology.

John Lennon
Starting Over

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Sean's "Little Help"
3. Cleanup Time
4. I'm Losing You
5. Serve Yourself - my own edit
6. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
7. Watching The Wheels
8. Woman
9. Dear Yoko
10. I'm Stepping Out
11. Sean's "Loud"
12. I Don't Wanna Face It
13. Help Me To Help Myself
14. (Forgive Me) My Little Flower Princess
15. I'm Losing You (with Cheap Trick) - my own edit
16. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him
17. Sean's "In The Sky"
18. Watching The Wheels (demo)
19. Nobody Told Me
20. "Central Park Stroll"
21. Grow Old With Me
22. Borrowed Time

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Oh God, I've made like 748832 CD's, but I dont have any on hand. Most of the ones I'd make are ones of songs I like on the radio, but am too damn cheap to buy the CD because I only like one song from the artist. However, sometimes if I DL more than one song from the artist, it makes me want to buy their CD. Like Outkast. I've liked all 3 singles so far, so now I will buy the album.

Anyways, my 3 most recent CD-R's have been Clay related. I only have one memorized at the top of my head.

Basically all I did was start from his first American Idol audition and end it with his last performance and put it in order. Whoo.

I'm currently working on downloading the medleys off American Idol so I can make a chronological order of songs on a CD or 2. I find myself making CD's with pretty much the same songs because I somehow always manage to scratch them in my car.

[AKA]

Two more:

The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks 1963-1971

Disc One:
1. Come On
2. I Wanna Be Your Man
3. Not Fade Away
4. It's All Over Now
5. Good Times, Bad Times
6. Tell Me
7. Time Is On My Side
8. Heart Of Stone
9. The Last Time
10. Play With Fire
11. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
12. As Tears Go By
13. Get Off Of My Cloud
14. I'm Free
15. Lady Jane
16. Mother's Little Helper
17. 19th Nervous Breakdown
18. Paint It, Black
19. Under My Thumb
20. Out Of Time
21. Miss Amanda Jones
22. Sittin' On A Fence
23. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
24. Ruby Tuesday
25. Let's Spend The Night Together

Disc Two:
1. We Love You
2. Dandelion
3. She's A Rainbow
4. 2000 Light Years From Home
5. In Another Land
6. Jumpin' Jack Flash
7. Child Of The Moon
8. Street Fighting Man
9. No Expectations
10. Sympathy For The Devil
11. Honky Tonk Women
12. Let It Bleed
13. Gimme Shelter
14. Midnight Rambler (live)
15. You Can't Always Get What You Want
16. Brown Sugar
17. Wild Horses

The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks 1971-1981

Disc One:
1. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
2. Bitch
3. Sister Morphine
4. Rocks Off
5. Tumbling Dice
6. Torn And Frayed
7. Happy
8. Shine A Light
9. Dancing With Mr. D
10. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
11. Angie
12. Star, Star (Star****er)
13. If You Can't Rock Me
14. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
15. Short And Curlies
16. It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It)

Disc Two:
1. Hot Stuff
2. Hand Of Fate
3. Memory Motel
4. Fool To Cry
5. Miss You
6. When The Whip Comes Down
7. Beast Of Burden
8. Shattered
9. Dance (Pt. 1)
10. Send It To Me
11. Emotional Rescue
12. She's So Cold
13. Hang Fire
14. Little T&A
15. Waiting On A Friend
16. Start Me Up

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by AKA
I came up with this compilation the week The Police were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Lacking creativity, though, I stole the title of the band's official compilation.

The Police
Every Breath You Take: The Classics

1. Roxanne
2. Can't Stand Losing You
3. Truth Hits Everybody
4. So Lonely
5. Message In A Bottle
6. Reggatta de Blanc
7. Walking On The Moon
8. The Bed's Too Big Without You
9. Don't Stand So Close To Me
10. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
11. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
12. Man In A Suitcase
13. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
14. Invisible Sun
15. Too Much Information
16. Spirits In The Material World
17. Every Breath You Take
18. King Of Pain
19. Wrapped Around Your Finger
20. Synchronicity II

Total running time: 79:51

I'd buy this, though I'm not familiar with tracks #3, 8, 10 or 12. One World (Not Three) and Demolition Man were always favorites of mine so I'd probably include those.

I used to love making compilations (now I mostly just load everything onto the ipod.) Here's one that I did a couple years ago. I wanted an essential Madonna box set and this is what I came up with.

Madonna Box

Disc 1 (78:43)
101Everbody
102Physical Attraction
103Burning Up
104Holiday
105Borderline
106Lucky Star
107Like A Virgin
108Material Girl
109Crazy for You
110Into the Groove
111Angel
112Dress You Up
113Gambler
114Live To Tell
115Papa Don't Preach
116True Blue
117Open Your Heart

Disc 2 (78:30)
201La Isla Bonita
202Who's That Girl
203Causing A Commotion
204Like A Prayer
205Express Yourself
206Cherish
207Oh Father
208Keep It Together
209Vogue
210Hanky Panky
211Justify My Love
212Rescue Me
213This Used To Be My Playground
214Erotica
215Deeper And Deeper
216Bad Girl

Disc 3 (76:16)
301Rain
302I'll Remember
303Secret
304Take A Bow
305Bedtime Story
306Human Nature
307You'll See
308You Must Love Me
309Don't Cry For Me Argentina
310Frozen
311Ray Of Light
312The Power Of Good-Bye
313Beautiful Stranger
314American Pie
315Music
316Don't Tell Me

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by AKA
Two more:

The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks 1963-1971

The Rolling Stones
Hot Rocks 1971-1981

I still haven't completed my Stones compilation. I'm pretty much just familiar with the singles, so I figued a two-disc comp. would be perfect for me. There's a bunch of stuff not included on "Forty Licks" that I thought should be there, so I decided to put my own collection together. As I said, I haven't done it yet.

[diezman]

1. SLING SHOT JEFF BECK 3:08
2. THE BRAZILIAN GENESIS 4:50
3. BRON-YR-AUR LED ZEPPELIN 2:08
4. BUCK’S BOOGIE BLUE OYSTER CULT 6:53
5. CHASE THE ACE AC/DC 3:02
6. YYZ RUSH 4:26
7. CINEMA YES 2:09
8. I ROBOT ALAN PARSONS 6:01
9. ROMEO & JULIET E L P 3:41
10. YOUNG BOY BLUES TRIUMPH 3:39
11. THE MOVIE AEROSMITH 4:01
12. JESSICA ALLMAN BROTHERS 7:29
13. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING TUNA TROT REO SPEEDWAGON 2:19
14. HOEDOWN E L P 3:45
15. SATCH BOOGIE JOE SATRIANI 3:15
16. BONZO’S MONTREUX JOHN BONHAM 4:20
17. STEAMER LANE BREAKDOWN DOOBIE BROTHERS 3:27
18. SAMBA PI TA SANTANA 4:45

One of my favorite instrumental comps I made

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by AKA
For people who like John Lennon's 1980 recordings (Double Fantasy and Milk And Honey), but don't want to have to wade through the Yoko Ono stuff.

lol, I actually have made myself a "Yoko Ono's Greatest Hits" cd a few years ago, so it didn't have anything off 2001's Blueprint For A Sunrise, or her recent forays into dance music. Most of it spans Double Fantasy through 1985's Starpeace

Yoko Ono's Greatest Hits
1. Don't Worry Kyoko
2. No Bed For Beatle John
3. Midsummer New York
4. Yes I'm Your Angel
5. Beautiful Boys
6. I'm Moving On
7. Kiss Kiss Kiss
8. Walking On Thin Ice
9. No No No
10. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him
11. My Man
12. Loneliness
13. Never Say Goodbye
14. Let The Tears Dry
15. It's Alright
16. Let Me Count The Ways
17. You're The One
18. O'Sanity
19. Hell In Paradise
20. Children Power
21. I Love All Of Me
22. Ask The Dragon

[AKA]

Nice tracklists!

[AKA]

Nirvana
Verse Chorus Verse: 1989-1994

1. School
2. Love Buzz
3. Blew
4. Sliver
5. Dive
6. Polly
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Come As You Are
9. Drain You (live; 10/31/91)
10. Lithium
11. In Bloom
12. Aneurysm
13. Dumb
14. Heart-Shaped Box
15. Rape Me
16. Pennyroyal Tea (Scott Litt remix)
17. All Apologies
18. About A Girl (unplugged)
19. The Man Who Sold The World (unplugged)
20. Where Did You Sleep Last Night (unplugged)
21. Verse Chorus Verse
22. You Know You're Right

[Dean Winchester]

like I just posted on the 1980's thread... I've been working on my very own "80's box set" compilation to end all of them. Taking tracks from studio albums, mp3's and 80's compilations (but NEVER tracks I own on "Greatest Hits" albums by the artists... the ones I listed in here on GH cd's.... I don't have the GH albums... so for example, Prince songs like Sexuality and Mountains will be here... but NOT 1999 or Little Red Corvette)

MEGA-80's disc 1

1. Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star. 1979 #40
granted, this song peaked in late 1979... what the song was about, and what it launched makes it very 1980's... a perfect way to start a collection. From The Age Of Plastic. Source, MP3

2. Gary Numan - Cars. 1980 #9
Gary's biggest hit from summer 1980. From The Pleasure Principal. Source, 80's compilation.

3. Devo - Whip It. 1980 #13
Devo were a cult sensation, this is their defining hour. From Freedom Of Choice. Source, 80's compilation.

4. Vapors - Turning Japanese. 1980 #36
One of the biggest one hit wonders of the decade. Not sure the album it came from. Source, 80's compilation.

5. Paul McCartney - Coming Up. 1980 #1
all of Macca's GH compilations use the live version of this song. I actually like the "Chipmunk" original version. So I decided to use this since the GH albums use the other. From McCartney II. Source, McCartney II CD.

6. Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All). 1980 #40
Alice scored his last top 40 hit for nearly a decade with this new wave turn, he sounds a lot like Jeff Lynne in this. Smashing Pumpkins remade it several years ago. From Flush The Fashion. Source, Flush The Fashion CD.

7. Air Supply - Lost In Love. 1980 #3
Air Supply's first big hit, one of their best. The GH cd I have of theirs isn't official but a bootleg self-burned one, so I went ahead and added it here. From Lost In Love

8. Christopher Cross - Sailing. 1980 #1
Christopher won a Grammy for this beautiful song. Definately the highlight of his career. From Christopher Cross. Source, Christopher Cross CD

9. Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say. 1980 #2.
Leo had a huge hit at the end of 1980 with this song. Great early 80's soft rock. From Living In A Fantasy. Source, MP3.

10. Kenny Rogers - Lady. 1980 #1
Lionel Richie wrote this song for Kenny, spending 6 weeks at #1, this haunting ballad became one of the biggest country singles of all time. From Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits. Source, MP3.

11. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over. 1980 #1
What was to be the biggest comeback of 1980 wound up the most tragic. While this track was climbing the charts, John Lennon was gunned down. I think this song would've still been as big regardless. He showed that he was moving into the 80's yet also had some 50's into his song, and it worked great. From Double Fantasy. Source, Double Fantasy CD.

12. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long. 1980 #35
While only peaking in the 30's, 1980's You Shook Me All Night Long is one of the biggest hits of AC/DC's career, a mainstay on classic rock channels. It's easy to see why, the song is irresistable. From Back In Black. Source, Back In Black

13. Journey - Any Way You Want It. 1980 #23
Journey were perhaps the biggests arena rock band of the 1980's, this being their first hit of the decade. From Departure. Source, MP3

14. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore. 1980 #7
Released in 1979, this song actually peaked in 1980. Cliff is in a league with Elvis and the Beatles in his homeland, but in America, the hits are quite a bit fewer. This being one that was big here. A very pretty new wave song. From We Don't Talk Anymore. Source, MP3.

15. Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy. 1980 #36
Always convieniently left out of Billy Joel's countless Greatest Hits collections, I feel that this song is one of his most underrated. From the catchy "oh-oh-oh-oh"'s in the chorus to the guitar hooks. How this one wasn't bigger is one of life's great mysteries. From Glass Houses. Source, Glass Houses CD

16. The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On. 1980 #18
Disco was dead, but this song still did good in the US. Unfortunately probably better known for being sampled by Will Smith, this song still lives on. Source, MP3.

17. Spinners - Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl. 1980 #2
The Spinners took a classic Four Seasons oldie and made it into a dance smash. One of their last big hits. Source, MP3.

18. S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right). 1980 #3
a timeless r&b/dance classic. Source, MP3.

19. Rod Stewart - Passion. 1980 #5
Rod's reputation had been shot after doing disco in the late 1970's and he wasn't caring. The lead single to the followup album was another disco record, yet more subtle and has aged better. From Foolish Behavior. Source, MP3.

20. Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue. 1980 #3
Emotional Rescue isn't quite regarded as one of the best Stones albums, but this song is one of the few that reached a large audience. More disco-oriented than Miss You, the song went to #3 even tho disco was dying out at the time. Accompinied by a strange music video, the success of this song and it's parent album tends to be forgotten because it was in between two blockbusters, Some Girls and Tattoo You, but Emotional Rescue spent 7 weeks at #1 on the album chart itself. From Emotional Rescue. Source, Emotional Rescue CD.

[AKA]

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