Various Artists - Perfect Day

Really loved this at the time and it still sounds good, one of the better charity records.

01 - Perfect Day 97
02 - Perfect Day 97 (Female Version)
03 - Perfect Day 97 (Male Version)

VA - Essential Soundtracks

Nice collection of tracks used in movies.

Disc 1
01 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
02 - Dick Dale And The Del Tones - Misirlou
03 - James Brown - The Payback
04 - The La's - There She Goes
05 - Stereophonics - Just Looking
06 - Leftfield - Shallow Grave
07 - Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
08 - Al Green - Let's Stay Together
09 - Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
10 - Bjork And David Arnold - Play Dead
11 - Bedrock And Kyo - For What You Dream Of
12 - Orbital - The Saint
13 - Stone Roses - Fools Gold
14 - Ash - A Life Less Ordinary
15 - Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
16 - Velvet Underground - Heroin
17 - Santana - Oye Como Va
18 - Kool And The Gang - Jungle Boogie
19 - Commodores - Machine Gun
20 - Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Disc 2
01 - Underworld - Born Slippy
02 - George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
03 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
04 - Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
05 - Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
06 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt (Main Title)
07 - Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
08 - Johnny Mercer - Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive
09 - Roger Miller - King Of The Road
10 - Lavern Baker - Soul On Fire
11 - Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything
12 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
13 - Emotions - Best Of My Love Boogie Nights
14 - Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
15 - Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
16 - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
17 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
18 - Booker T And The Mg's - Green Onions
19 - Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (Instrumental)
20 - Lou Reed - Perfect Day

Various - Hanging with the Strokes

Another NME compilation album, this one's entitled Hanging with the Strokes (14 new tracks and classic influences by Julian and the boys).
This one has a really diverse tracklisting including Bob Marley, Duran Duran!, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Iggy Pop amongst others.

01 Kings Of Leon - Spiral Staircase
02 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
03 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
04 New York Dolls - Trash
05 The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
06 The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock
08 Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man
09 Iggy Pop With Ric Ocaesk - Old Mule Skinner
10 Blondie - One Way Or Another
11 Duran Duran - Rio [Us Edit]
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
13 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
14 The Strokes - Is This It [Demo]
(NME Essentials)
15 Jet - Get Me Outta Here
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - In Like The Rose
17 Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight [Home Demo]
18 The Cooper Temple Clause - Music Box
19 The Coral - Boy At The Window

Various - Sound Of The Suburbs

The cover says 20 New Wave hits from the 70's and 80's and it's true the tracks are from those decades, but not sure if some of the tracks are really new wave?
Still it's a pretty good collection of tunes including a few compilation standards and some that rarely get a mention.
I think Lou Reed got star billing as his "Perfect day" remake was riding high in the charts at the time.





01 - Jam Going Underground
02 - Blondie Denis
03 - Eddie And The Hot Rods Do Anything
04 - Stranglers Peaches
05 - Boomtown Rats Rat Trap
06 - Echo And The Bunnymen The Killing Moon
07 - Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side
08 - Kirsty Maccoll A New England
09 - Vapours Turning Japanese
10 - Generation X King Rocker
11 - XTC Making Plans For Nigel
12 - Dr Feelgood Milk And Alcohol
13 - Pretenders Talk Of The Town
14 - Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love
15 - Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
16 - Pil This Is Not A Love Song
17 - Joy Division Transmission
18 - Velvet Underground Pale Blue
19 - Mc5 Kick Out The Jams
20 - Billy Idol Rebel Yell

CBGB's And The Birth Of US Punk

A British compilation from about 2002, includes a few of the more obvious artists like the Ramones, Blondie and the Velvet Underground while missing some you would expect on a CBGB's comp like the Talking Heads and Patti Smith.
But this makes it a good comp as it includes some artists which are unexpected, such as the excellent Pere Ubu and Suicide plus the best version of Roadrunner.





01 Velvet Underground And Nico - Waiting For The Man
02 Sonics - Louie Louie
03 Seeds - Excuse Excuse
04 Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
05 New York Dolls - Trash
06 Iggy And The Stooges - Tight Pants
07 Electric Eels - Agitated
08 Suicide - Speed Queen
09 Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness
10 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
11 Television - Friction (Live At CBGB's)
12 Wayne County And The Electric Chairs - I Had Too Much To Dream
13 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
14 Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
15 Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (Original Mix)
16 Ramones - Judy Is A Punk (Original Demo 75)
17 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
18 Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)