The ILM Fan-made "BEST OF" PROJECT -- All are welcome! Pick your band, make your own Best Of or Anthology! (DON'T POST TRACK LISTS YET PLZ)

The way this works is simple. You pick a band you love and know the discography of very well. You create a best of album that could possibly fit on one or two CDs -- no more than two cds worth of tracks. This is about an anthology length compilation not a box set!

Firsties get dibs. The quick response gets the band. You want The Beatles or the Velvets? Better post first and call dibbs!

NO FILE SHARING.... Please post a tracklist when you are ready. OR BETTER YET -- A shared spotify playlist. I am willing to prepare one for anyone whose band and track choices are up on spotify but they personally do not have a spotify account.

You all have TWO WEEKS to devise your compilations - and you'd better come up with clever names for them.

Other rules:
1. You can have two compilations. So if you want to do a really obscure band comp and also one for a more well-known act that is ok. Or you can pick two well-known acts or two obscure ones. Its up to you! Just watch the thread and don't pick anyone else's band or artist choice.

2. Don't be lazy. Don't use the tracklist of some existing comp... use your own imagination and judgements. Its all up to you!

Does this make sense? Be sure to ask any questions you might have. And since I am starting this thing I get first choice! My two bands are:

-- Ween
-- Yo La Tengo

There you have it folks! If you think this is a stupid thing please don't bother posting. On Sept. 8, in a little over a week an a half now a new thread will be made for you all to go nuts and post your tracklists and everything. This thread is just for reserving artists you want to make comps of, please hold of posting tracklists until the new thread pops up in due time. Thank you so much.

Ready... set... GO!!!

I'm calling Joni Mitchell and uh -- I don't know. I'll think of my second later.

Screaming Trees
Redd Kross

Please post your choices using BOLD so others can easily tell whats been selected so far...

Joni Mitchell

i didnt choose husker du and funkadelic cuz i could never have limited myself to 2 cds each lol

gonna take outrageous cherry and for against

considered section 25 but my fandom is slanted against their first 2 albums so wouldn't be fair

gonna take outrageous cherry and for against

You mean:

For Against
Outrageous Cherry

right?

Spacemen 3

CD1
1. Take Me To The Other Side
2. Walkin' With Jesus
3. Honey
4. Rollercoaster
5. Hypnotized
6. Feel So Good
7. Things'll Never Be The Same
8. Revolution
9. Ode To Street Hassle
10. Losing Touch With My Mind
11. We Sell Soul
12. Call The Doctor
13. Ecstasy Sympathy / Transparent Radiation

CD2
1. Big City
2. How Does It Feel?
3. I Believe It
4. O.D. Catastrophe
5. When Tomorrow Hits
6. Sometimes
7. Billy Whizz / Blue 1
8. Drive / Feel So Sad
9. Little Doll
10. Suicide
11. Lord Can You Hear Me?

yes xpost

Arthur Russell - I'll probably do with- and without-Spotify versions because a lot of the great stuff isn't on there.

Does this have to be like a greatest hits, or can it be thematically organized?

Does this have to be like a greatest hits, or can it be thematically organized?

― Mordy, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:59 PM (15 seconds ago) Bookmark

It can be a best of, or an anthology -- an anthology can be based on different criteria, of course, and yes it can be done by "theme" or a b-sides collection or singles or whatever! Thanks for asking!

Monster Magnet

Man...ILM. Every band I think of, I just think "there's someone else here who knows waaaay more about this band than I do."

who cares if they do, just book it!

Jay-Z

Also complicating matters is that a lot of bands I like only seem to have 1-2 albums, so there's not much material to choose from.

WHY IS IT SO HARD?! *scrolls through iTunes*

it doesn't matter if someone knows more about a band, if you love them - choose them! your quick posting proves your dedication way more than some ephemeral academic knowledge.

my second is Charming Hostess

Alright, I'm going for (ILX-despised) The Microphones/Mt. Eerie

Blue Oyster Cult

The White Stripes

(lots of cover versions)

Jimmy the Exploder
The Big Three Killed My Baby
Cannon
St. James Infirmary Blues
You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)
Apple Blossom
Little Bird
I'm Bound to Pack It Up
Jolene
Party of Special Things to Do
Fell In Love With a Girl
Hotel Yorba
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Same Boy You've Always Known
Seven Nation Army
Hardest Button to Button
I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
You've Got Her in Your Pocket
Blue Orchid
Little Ghost
My Doorbell
The Denial Twist
As Ugly As I Seem
Take Take Take
Icky Thump
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You're Told)
Conquest
Catch Hell Blues
Sugar Never Tasted So Good

(think that'll fit into 80 minutes?)

(maybe not)

I'm also going to be a total asshole and call

Kraftwerk

XXP i don't know... will it? I'm not the compiler, you are!

Z_S you are attempting to choose 3 bands AFAIK...

think he's counting Microphones/Mt. Eerie as one

it's the same dude, so i guess that makes sense

Rasputina
The Police

Ok then... Abbott you only get 2, sorry.

lol and mod magic makes me look mad!

Yeah, sorry I am counting Microphones/Mt. Eerie as one because they're both the same dude (Phil Elvrum) playing more or less by himself with occasional help from friendz. Hope that's cool

yes that is fine Z S

The Roots
MF DOOM

mf doom now we are talkin!

sorry make that MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD

Talk Talk

BTW!!!

I'm not keeping track of who choose what just what's been taken, so you'd better remember what bands/artists you all chose.

Magic Dirt

Been thinking about this anyway.

Michael Hurley
Muslimgauze

og man this is too hard, don't have any space for any guest verses or breaks or anything off that dope Monster Island Czars album :(

CAN

You have two weeks to make your comp! settle down and think it through!

I've done The Grifters as three ~80min cds but I can knock it down to two
I would eventually like to tackle Motorpsycho unless someone else wants it

Pavement

Sleater-Kinney
The Blue Notes and all affiliated projects (Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai, Spear, Isipingo, etc.)

Magic Dirt

Been thinking about this anyway.

― dlp9001, Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:44 PM (18 minutes ago)

I did a super-duper Magic Dirt compilation a few years ago (before the most recent album came out). One double disc of album tracks, one double disc of b-sides. I'll be interested to compare and contrast when yours shows up.

xpost

(i haven't even heard all of the various Blue Note derivatives, but plenty to make up an anthology. which really needs to exist in real life, there's a staggeringly great boxset to be compiled.)

^^^ Remember this is a 2 cd limit thing so you have 160 minutes max to work with.

The Bonzo Dog Band

Good choice!

OK GUYS!

This thread is not for track lists or spotify links only for posting which bands you'll do.
In two weeks there will be a new thread for posting your tracklists and links, ok?

So just post the name of the band/artist you want to make a comp of in this thread. Thanks!

Sounds cool!

I got a Melvins one ready

OK GUYS!

This thread is not for track lists or spotify links only for posting which bands you'll do.
In two weeks there will be a new thread for posting your tracklists and links, ok?

So just post the name of the band/artist you want to make a comp of in this thread. Thanks!

― Green Manalishi (Viceroy),

yeah, that sounds better.

thin white rope

thee oh sees (coachwhips, etc.)

okay, wait, scratch the oh sees (coachwhips, etc.)

band #2 = the kent 3

So just post the name of the band/artist you want to make a comp of in this thread. Thanks!

Fine then.

Brian Jonestown Massacre

I call The System (Murphy/Frank) and Erasure.

ALSO!!!

When posting your tracklists and such you are very much encouraged to include your own liner notes and thoughts about the tracks you choose and other info you might think is important!

Wait, no, forget about Erasure, they're well represented by existing Best Ofs. I could do a better one, but there would be lots of overlap. Instead, make my second band The Divine Comedy.

ok, Erasure is still available!

oh man my doom tape is nearly done! and now you are telling me to wait two weeks!

i've sorted youtube links and everything!

Sorry, fair's fair we have to give people some time...

:)

in 14 days time people will be posting asking for an extension or "oh i didn't see this thread until now"

Sparks
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers

Oh, can we do the best of a particular artist who has been in several different bands? Because I totally bagsy Dagmar Krause if we can.

Yes that is fine.

As long as they are the head of all the projects or the main artistic influence.

That's cool. I think Dagmar is joint head of most of the stuff she does, but she's such an overwhelming presence that she might as well be it.

(Also, will totally be grabbing the sound-making computer for sleeve's Muslimgauze comp over everything else - I love all that I know, but I know too little.)

There will be no links to mp3 comps on this thread... but that doesn't mean the won't exist. ;)

*they

Ah, actually, I was maybe overestimating spotify, there! I don't really use it so I forget it may not have literally everything in the whole world.

okay, wait, scratch the oh sees (coachwhips, etc.)

band #2 = the kent 3

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer),
Kinda wish you'd do the Oh Sees one anyway.

Doom sorted. Will crack out some liner notes and see if I can get it all on spotify tomorrow. :) Also have like a 45+ roots playlist being worked on, also wondering about ?estlove productions...

Excited about the brian jonestown one, as i downloaded a bunch of stuff by them and have never actually cracked through it. Also would love to see the S-K one, although god knows why you'd want to do such a thing considering they p much just made like 7 perfect records and taking anything away from them would just be ;_;

I'd call Velvets, but I don't have ALL the bootlegs & live recordings, so I will leave that up to someone who does - tho I will be the jerk that calls

Stereolab

I'd also like to do Galaxie 500, but since their discog is so small, I'll go w/

Luna

the pearlfishers
the able tasmans

no one will care.

I'm super-excited about an Able Tasmans one.

xpost to Johnny Fever on Magic Dirt: I'm going to do a real high-bar one CD comp, but will be very interested to see what you had come up with. They're definitely a band where you have to watch every b-side/live recording closely.

will do oh sees, too, so long as no one else claims them (i.e., yeah, they's still up for grabs)

I'm super-excited about an Able Tasmans one.

Me too! (though I already have all their albums, etc.)

will do oh sees, too, so long as no one else claims them (i.e., yeah, they's still up for grabs)

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:43 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oooh, i'd love to see this.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

the Kinks
Al Green

have nearly 20 oh sees records, so at least i'm well prepared

geez, mumbles, try something easy why doncha

i can do Stew/The Negro Problem (counted as one, can probably do a 2-discer) since i am reasonably certain no one else here will

YES, do that! have wanted a boiled down guide to stew for quite some time

OK!!! This is awesome! Thank you all for getting involved! I assume all of your comps will be completely awesome and epically great! I am going away for the night so I am now posting a list of the artists/bands already grabbed up! There are hundreds if not thousands of great acts still waiting to be chosen so don't get bummed out if some band you wanted to honor has already been snatched.

Remember this thread is now just for posting the bands you will do the comp. of, not spotify playlist links or tracklists. A new thread will be made for that in TWO WEEKS!! Again, you have the choice of two artists/bands and please post your choices in BOLD, thank you!

LIST OF ARTISTS ALREADY TAKEN

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
Charming Hostess
Dagmar Krause
The Divine Comedy
For Against
The Grifters
Jay-Z
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
The Kent 3
The Kinks
Kraftwerk
Luna
Magic Dirt
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Monster Magnet
Muslimgauze
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
The Pearlfishers
The Police
Rasputina
Redd Kross
The Roots
Screaming Trees
Sleater-Kinney
Spacemen 3
Sparks
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Ween
The White Stripes
Yo La Tengo

Oh and remember this is not a boxed set length comp you are making... the goal is to make a great one or two cd length "best of" or anthology (which can be arranged however you deem it).

i.e., anyone who actually uses two cd's worth is cheating, unless your tracks are like 15 minutes long or something

or maybe that isn't what you meant...

my second one will be Motorpsycho
it would be cool if someone could hook me up with this year's single and b-side (The Visitant)

and there will definitely be at least one 15 minute long track

i.e., anyone who actually uses two cd's worth is cheating, unless your tracks are like 15 minutes long or something

or maybe that isn't what you meant...

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 05:16 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Oh man I don't think I could do a 1 disc doom best of.

i wanna do a bangles one which would just a be a 60 minute edit of the "walk like an egyptian" dub

how to get killed

someone do a 'best of' 30 minutes or less

Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Momus

can I have

Swans
Peter Hammill

Autechre

*Sparklehorse*. I made an anthology that is precisely one hour with 18 tracks and I spent quite awhile thinking about sequencing (I'm pretty adamant that box of stars part 1 & 2 are the perfect way to open and close the anthology). I tried to give each album it's fair due and included some lesser known tracks like The Hatchet Song (off the Chords i've known EP) and Goodnight Sweetheart which is off the In The Fishtank collaboration he did with fennesz). I've decided to call the anthology 'Muted Thunderstorms' (a lyric from possibly my all time favourite Sparklehorse song 'More Yellow Birds'), which I think is nicely evocative of the sadness and inner turmoil of these fairly quiet, mid-tempo songs.

For those curious about the lack of Linkous' more abrasive rock stuff (besides King Of Nails that is) or unquestionably great tracks like Gold Day, Cow, Maria's Little Elbows, It's A Wonderful Life and sunshine.... I truly, madly deeply love that stuff. It just didn't suit the mood of the song cycle I wanted to make. I wanted it to be both a tribute to my favourite artist and a decent introduction for a friend of mine. She has really bad insomnia and she usually listens to music until she's too tired to keep her eyes open....I made this a kind of late night listening mix for her. An hour might seem like overkill, but I tried to sequence it in a 'build up and release' style, which will keep her listening, not drowsy. I gave it a test listen myself and managed to happily sit through the whole hour without skipping. I really hope she enjoys it and would be interested in any feedback (positive or otherwise) about the tracks and sequencing etc. Thanks.

Muted Thunderstorms:

01. Box Of Stars (Part One) - Good Morning Spider (1998)

02. Saturday - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)

03. King Of Nails - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

04. The Hatchet Song - Chords I've Known EP (1995)

05. Spirit Ditch - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)

06. Comfort Me - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

07. Hey, Joe - Good Morning Spider (1998)

08. Most Beautiful Widow In Town - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)

09. Sea Of Teeth - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

10. Getting It Wrong - Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (2006)

11. Junebug - Good Morning Spider (1998)

12. Heart Of Darkness - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)

13. More Yellow Birds - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

14. All Night Home - Good Morning Spider (1998)

15. Eyepennies - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

16. Weird Sisters - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)

17. Goodnight Sweetheart - In The Fishtank/With Fennesz (2009)

18. Box Of Stars (Part Two) - Good Morning Spider (1998)

read the whole thread before you post tim, this thread is just for bagsy-ing, not for the tracklists themselves.

Well if you'd read the thread, Elvis Telecom and Ranked #12 amongst 'false metallers' had also posted possible tracklists. Also, two weeks is a long time to wait. Apologies though anyway.

The Clash

yes but they were told not to, and you still posted after viceroy made it clear that noone else was too. elvis t was told on aim not to do it as this would lead to others posting. WE TOLD YOU CHRIS!

Wait, does Spotify exist in the U.S. now? (Viceroy is American, no?)

he is but he is sneaky

Super Furry Animals

I think Grooveshark works worldwide?

Foetus/Foetus related

which should be about impossible to trim down to 2 cds, but i will try

I'll take Tom Waits thank you very much!

i.e., anyone who actually uses two cd's worth is cheating, unless your tracks are like 15 minutes long or something

or maybe that isn't what you meant...

― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Wednesday, August 25, 2010 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Oh my no... anyone can do a two-disc comp if they'd like to... but if you try to sneak in a 3 or 4 cd comp you are going against what I feel is the spirit of the challenge.

Tom Waits

"...Never could stand that dog..."
1983-2007

01 - Walk Away - Orphans (1997)
02 - Shore Leave - Swordfishtombones(1983)
03- Temptation - Franks Wild Years (1987)
04 - Tango Til They're Sore - Rain Dogs (1985)
05 - Who Are You - Bone Machine (1992)
06 - Bottom of the World - Orphans (2007)
07 - 16 Shells From A 30.6 - Swordfishtombones(1983)
08 - Hang On St Christopher - Franks Wild Years (1987)
09 - Goin' Out West - Bone Machine (1992)
10 - Make it Rain - Real Gone (2004)
11 - Yesterday is Here - Franks Wild Years (1987
12 - Dirt in the Ground - Bone Machine (1992)
13 - Way Down in The Hole - Franks Wild Years (1987)
14 - Anywhere I lay my Head - Rain Dogs (1985)
15 - Black Wings - Bone Machine (1992)
16 - Cold Cold Ground - Franks Wild Years (1987)
17 - Gun Street Girl - Rain Dogs (1985)
18 - Lucky Day - Black Rider (1993)
19 - Fawn - Alice (2002)
20 - Come On Up To The HouseMule Variations (1999)

Spotify links;

http://open.spotify.com/user/anotherdeadhero/playlist/2nw5WuBP9ku3vNvyJekqxF

spotify:user:anotherdeadhero:playlist:2nw5WuBP9ku3vNvyJekqxF

Knocked this one up quick as. Been reading a Waits biography (in itself a strange proposition). This is a mix of post-Swordfishtombones material only. It'll probably be disc 2 or a double set for Waits with the first disc focusing on the pre-Wild Years.

nah, was kidding. 140 minutes worth of 3 minute pop tunes does permit quite a bit of sprawl though...

x-post

XP Oh dear it seems this is unpreventable..

AnotherDeadHero that is fantastic but please save it for the NEW THREAD I will make in TWO WEEKS MINUS ONE DAY, and again, to all who may be reading this -- save your fun and exciting track lists, notes and spotify links for that thread.

Thanks!

contenderizer -- heh, agreed but some artists who fit that bill certainly have 2 cds worth of hits...

Album art would be a fun addition too, right? I mean I was never even considering submitting something without it, but that would definitely give people who've already gotten their tracklists together something to work on for the next 13 days.

Oh man if you wanted to design a cover for your comp that would be amazing and very welcome! Thanks for bringing that up Johnny!

Ok, oops. I'll take The Sound as a second choice then and keep my tracklist under lock and key for the new thread.

Cheers

XP But please, if you have to MS Paint it... maybe go to a friends house with Photoshop instead...

The Soft Boys

Nels Cline

viceroy, i said melvins, add it to yr list

Björk
Fugazi

I was thinking about Fugazi, but couldn't commit.

Cat Power

I should specify that I'll stick to Björk solo, in case anyone wants to do The Sugarcubes...

I was thinking about Fugazi, but couldn't commit.

Have been listening to them a bit again recently, had forgotten how much I loved them.

I will be the asshole that claims:

The Cure
Prince

Ride
The Beatles

Ride's a great one!

Btw, Elvis Telecom's Spacemen 3 comp looks FANTASTIC.

I'm doing Cat Power specifically because I don't listen to her albums as much as I should, so I'm using this as an opportunity to really get into them.

Ha, seems like I've been making Clash and Fugazi mixes my whole life.

Good luck merging lo-fi Cat Power with indie-pop Cat Power with soul-revue Cat Power with covers versions Cat Power (with hopefully nothing from Jukebox, all The Covers Record)... sounds tricky to make a cohesive track list.

xp

Kevin Ayers and Gong for me, please...

Surprised no one's claimed Daft Punk, Pet Shop Boys, Terius Nash...

I'm not claiming it, but I really hope someone does Unrest. Like, beginning to end.

I'd do Unrest if I had time to do one from scratch, but I don't.

Claiming Mary J. Blige: I've refined this since I posted a version on the POX thread, so I guess it's not too boring, but if there's a rule that says we can't reshuffle comps we've made, no big.

This series of threads was the same idea:

The Rough Guide Two...

I wonder if this thread might also be the place to present my vague yet useful and heavily tested theory of five songs. It goes like this: On better albums, all songs are 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s. The more shapely the album, the clearer this sequence becomes. More leisurely albums add extra 5s at the end, or another song within the sequence, but it usually feels like the pit stop it is. Often good bands cramming lots of songs onto records, like the Beatles, had seven songs to a side, but the first five songs often still felt like 1-5, while the next two were another 4 and 5, or whatever. Maybe I like this rule because it's practically ingrained in bands I like, like the Clash, but it applies really well to organizing mixtapes. You don't need to make the whole mix right away, just start with the first sequence of five songs. Obviously the rule applies more loosely as you go. You might have three sets of five and one set of four, and as long as that last set starts with a 1 and ends with a 5, you're good.

And what are 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s? If you don't have any idea, check out those numbers on your favorite albums or mixes. Short definition is 1s feel like the beginning of something and 5s feel like the end of something. If your 2, 3, and 4 aren't somehow energizing or a "hit," you're probably placing them wrong, unless they're a digression, which can be cool too. It's not exactly scientific.

XTC
Rain Parade Plz..

Ok, I want Underworld post Beaucoup Fish and New Order After Factory.

Happy to do XTC 1983-2005 someone can do the touring era.

xxpost - Pete I know exactly (kind of) what you're talking about, and I think there was even a thread referencing it, except I always tended to think in groups of 4 rather than 5.

Anyway, I suppose it's inevitable that I tackle

MX-80 (Sound)

I think I have made four or five of these of XTC for various people throughout my life.

Kevin Ayers and Gong for me, please...

― mike t-diva, Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:06 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Fantastic! Looking forward for these

"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
(Already working on a best-of 2cd, continuously mixed)

Dang! I was all set to call Stew/Negro Problem too!

Instead, I'll call...

Fountains of Wayne
[b]Steely Dan[/i]

Whoops, messed up my tags. I meant Steely Dan.

I have another one but I am not ready to commit just yet

This series of threads was the same idea:

The Rough Guide Two...

― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:14 AM (7 hours ago)

Those rough guide threads were great. There was also a website dedicated to all of the guides iirc. I wonder if it still exists

I'll also have Todd Rundgren. Downloaded his full discography a few months ago....this could take awhile.

I haven't got a clue what Spotify is, but if this just involves making a list of songs for a CD-700, I would happily do the Shoes and/or Jefferson Airplane/Great Society/post-Airplane projects. I've got a Yo La Tengo compilation I've made for a few friends, but that one's been taken.

Since the other two were too easy to do, I'm going to arbitrarily take one more because it'll be a challenge for me...

Curve

gonna take outrageous cherry

I'm really looking forward to this, as I'm much more familiar with The Volebeats.

I will be the jerk that chooses

Bardo Pond (and perhaps all million affiliated side projects)

Elivs that doesn't count. If you want to do Curves and at the end of the two weeks no one has taken it then you can do that one too, ok?

*Elvis

gonna take outrageous cherry

I'm really looking forward to this, as I'm much more familiar with The Volebeats.

i'm whittling it down at the moment, but it will represent all of their records except the covers album (which is good too but my shortlist is already 50 songs long)

Bardo's a fantastic one, I wouldn't know where to start personally!

Oh, I know exactly where to start.

Really great I can't wait to see how you guys decide to tackle or otherwise uniquely organize some of these bands; its what really makes a limit of 160 minutes or less a challenge and a reward in itself!

Anyway, here is the list of artists already baggsied/dibbsed/snatched up and otherwise "taken":
(If something you chose isn't on the list its probably because you didn't BOLD it)

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
Autechre
Bardo Pond
The Beatles
Björk
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
Cat Power
Charming Hostess
The Clash
The Cure
Dagmar Krause
The Divine Comedy
Foetus/Foetus related
For Against
Fountains of Wayne
Fugazi
Gong
The Grifters
Jay-Z
Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Great Society/Etc
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
The Kent 3
Kevin Ayers
The Kinks
Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Kraftwerk
Luna
Magic Dirt
Melvins
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
Momus
Monster Magnet
Motorpsycho
Muslimgauze
MX-80 (Sound)
Oh Sees
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
The Pearlfishers
Peter Hammill
The Police
Prince
Rain Parade
Rasputina
Redd Kross
Ride
The Roots
Screaming Trees
Shoes
Sleater-Kinney
Spacemen 3
Sparks
The Soft Boys
The Sound
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
Super Furry Animals
Swans
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Tom Waits
Ween
The White Stripes
XTC
Yo La Tengo

I'm probably going to regret this next one, but...
PJ Harvey

By the way -- Viceroy, are there any minimum bitrate requirements, or have years of oink and #it made me anal?

Since there's no requirement to assemble audio files of any sort, there cannot be a minimum bitrate requirement. (Unless you're asking whether it's okay to choose tracks that have only been circulated in lofi formats, such as concert bootlegs???)

Since there's no requirement to assemble audio files of any sort

I know there's no requirement, but I've been a bit confused over whether or not it's cool to do it at all. I'd like to, if possible!

haha well officially there are no mp3s! But I imagine most people accept the sound quality of a high quality 192vbr track. If you think otherwise than well, do what thou wilt...

If its about sound quality in general, obviously your liner notes will hopefully indicate why a lo-fi track was used when other higher quality mixes were available. If it is a low-fi band/artist in general than obviously people have to accept that as part of the qualia of the music.

You can make a mix or whatever but don't post links to it on this or the next thread; no posting copyrighted material you don't own the rights to!

Unless it is in a sanctified and DRMed/open access manner such as youtube links with all your tracks and/or a spotify playlist.

I hope that is clear enough.

xxxpost Ah, ok! Wasn't sure if we were going to up anything. I was more concerned about possibly including tracks that I have that, uh, a friend downloaded, and having that mixed in with the tracks I burned personally. All that's moot, though.

And I just realized I cannot do PJ Harvey justice, anyone else can pick her.

i know the answer is probably already in this thread but need to ask? i'm American and can't access Spotify, what are us Yanks using instead? i want people to hear mine.

Viceroy said he'd Spotify if the band is available on it, or something.

I'd love to get some helpers on that if anyone wants to volunteer... but yes I will do my best to make spotify tracklists for as many comps as I can.

but is there an American equivalent?

i'm not sure...
Last.fm has a lot of full tracks that you can make a playable tracklist from. and thats free.

ledge, I know you picked Autechre but if you don't have all my favorite songs you fail just like everyone else who has ever made an Autechre mix

I think I'm going to throw Cat Power back in the pond and consider something else. As ilxor pointed out, it's really tough to make a cohesive mix in any other order than chronological due to her moving from one sound to another. So if anyone else can do it, I look forward to the results.

Arthur Russell is a bit of a challenge that way too, dunno yet how I'm going to structure it.

i know the answer is probably already in this thread but need to ask? i'm American and can't access Spotify, what are us Yanks using instead? i want people to hear mine.

― Bee OK, Friday, 27 August 2010 05:47 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Isn't this a whole nod nod wink wink situation where we obviously cannot post illegal links on ilm but you know, this is the internet and we have all known ways to find music before?

Those rough guide threads were great. There was also a website dedicated to all of the guides iirc. I wonder if it still exists

http://base58.com/music/roughguide/

bunch of 'em made it to spotify too

My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

Wow, I don't remember those happening at all. Have a feeling I was away from ilx for a lot of '04. That's an awesome resource (though thankfully it doesn't impinge on my own best of, or I'd feel like I was cheating).

ledge, I know you picked Autechre but if you don't have all my favorite songs you fail just like everyone else who has ever made an Autechre mix

drop $50 in unmarked emusic vouchers behind Aeon Flux Top Level at 10pm GMT and i'll see if i can 'skew' the results in your favour

I think I'm going to throw Cat Power back in the pond and consider something else. As ilxor pointed out, it's really tough to make a cohesive mix in any other order than chronological due to her moving from one sound to another. So if anyone else can do it, I look forward to the results.

That's not to say it can't be done. I mean, I claimed The Cure and Prince... both also v. diverse sounds.

is it OK to choose a newer band with only a few releases?

I ask because I'm considering either Kurt Vile or The Fresh & Onlys or both.

(If something you chose isn't on the list its probably because you didn't BOLD it)

You forgot mine.

_______, I know you picked __________ but if you don't have all my favorite songs you fail just like everyone else who has ever made a ___________ mix.

Requests:

Nico
Smog/BC

I'd love for somebody to do Jacques Brel or Jorge Ben, as my knowledge of both is enthusiastic but very patchy.

someone should do Strapping Fieldhands

I'd love for somebody to do Jacques Brel

Agree, I know this guy mainly because of the Scott Walker association but would love a solid career overview.

I can't wait for your Dagmar one, e.mily!

xp to ilxor - I have a stunningly good 2CD Brel best of called Infiniment which I'd recommend to anyone who's curious. Brel wrote hundreds of songs though so there are must be lots I'm missing out on.

I'll take Modest Mouse

I hope someone does

M@riah Carey

D@niel Myer (Haujobb, Cleaner/Cleen/Clear Vision, Destroid, Architect, etc.)

8O8 State (one disc focusing on collabs with vocalists, another for the purely instrumental side)
-- if this one is unclaimed, I may brave the wrath of Viceroy and do a third comp

OK Cat Power and PJ Harvey are still available folks!

I want someone to do a really good PJ Harvey, as I've only got about 1/3 of her albums but I really love her

Marissa Marchant

would Ornette Coleman be acceptable or is this not open to the jazz? if so, i'll do a single disc of him

Ornette Coleman would be great!

I could also do a Serge Gainsbourg if there's any interest...

I'll take Roxy Music if Soto doesn't want it...

am also excited abt ornette coleman edition of this!

Ha, seems like I've been making Clash and Fugazi mixes my whole life.

Ditto--with me, three genres: doo-wop, early-'70s soul, and power pop.

well I'll take a shot at Smog/Bill Callahan.

ooh, that's a fun one, clay...wish i thought of it!

A Beach Boys retrospective -- and by retrospective, I mean EVERY STUDIO ALBUM. Have done this before, just need some tweaking.

Since I'm just really delving into the band, would totally love for someone to put together one for Amon Duul II.

Would love to take part, but two problems, 1) most of the bands I'd pick are either boring ones that no one on ilm would be interested in or ones that someone else could do much better and more importantly, 2) starting a new job on Monday means I won't have much time to devote to this.

I don't believe Ornette Coleman would even be questioned! That's such a good one to do.

for real. some more jazz ones would be appreciated tbh, not that I'm capable

I think Grooveshark works worldwide?

― Simon H., Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:42 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Last night, I experimented a bit w/ GS & set up rough versions of my mixes. Spotify will not let you set up an account if you are in the US. Whatever the relative appeal of Spotify, I think Grooveshark could at least be a suitable alternative for those of us stateside. It can be a bit buggy (I had some trouble with text fields adding random spaces & such), but then again it kept wanting me to update a JavaScript plugin, so that might be the source of the quirks. Overall, it is pretty efficient and easy to use & yeah u can upload & organize yr own streaming playlists (at whatever bitrate you prefer - tho I don't know how much the servers downgrade the files).

Going to take Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, kthx!

I could totally do a comprehensive PJ Harvey but I've already got a couple (big) artists on my plate...

xp to ilxor - I have a stunningly good 2CD Brel best of called Infiniment which I'd recommend to anyone who's curious. Brel wrote hundreds of songs though so there are must be lots I'm missing out on.

That looks like a great starting point -- thanks for the tip!

The Chameleons

My worry with compiling a PJ Harvey best of is that I kind of hate ROM, which I figure would disqualify me in the eyes of all other PJ fans.

well I'll take a shot at Smog/Bill Callahan.
― "guitar hero mosque" (Clay), Friday, August 27, 2010 6:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

sorry he was already taken up before your post...

Will post an update list shorty.

LIST OF ARTISTS ALREADY TAKEN

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
Autechre
Bardo Pond
The Beatles
Björk
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
The Chameleons
Charming Hostess
The Clash
The Cure
Dagmar Krause
The Divine Comedy
Foetus/Foetus related
For Against
Fountains of Wayne
Fugazi
Gong
The Grifters
Jay-Z
Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Great Society/Etc
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
The Kent 3
Kevin Ayers
The Kinks
Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Kraftwerk
Luna
Magic Dirt
Marissa Marchant
Melvins
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
Modest Mouse
Momus
Monster Magnet
Motorpsycho
Muslimgauze
MX-80 (Sound)
Nico
Oh Sees
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ornette Coleman
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
The Pearlfishers
Peter Hammill
The Police
Prince
Rain Parade
Rasputina
Redd Kross
Ride
The Roots
Roxy Music
Screaming Trees
Serge Gainsbourg
Shoes
Sleater-Kinney
Smog/BC
Spacemen 3
Sparks
The Soft Boys
The Sound
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
Super Furry Animals
Swans
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Tom Waits
Ween
The White Stripes
XTC
Yo La Tengo

Spoon Les Savy Fav

I finished the Ride one last night and it's sounding good. Kind of regretting choosing The Beatles as my popular artist now - obv they don't do spotify, and no matter how clever I manage to be it's not like anyone's ever going to use/need my comp as an introduction to them.

Actually, I should have more of a separation
spoon
les savy fav

you aren't counting my smog/bc request are you vic?

Not that anyone cares, but there won't be any Starship on my Jefferson Airplane/Great Society/post-Airplane projects CD--not at 80 minutes. By post-Airplane, I meant Hot Tuna, solo Jorma Kaukonen, etc. A longer compilation, I'm sure I would include some early Jefferson Starship.

you aren't counting my smog/bc request are you vic?

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, August 28, 2010 1:47 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no, I signed up for smog/bc soon after you requested.

but who did viceroy call shorty? lee , winston or clay?

Oh wait I didn't see viceroy's shoot down. Now I am confused.

should I count your request or not a hoy hoy?

if you don't want to do it it goes to clay. I had it already listed when clay requested it.

a hoy hoy asked if someone would do it, clay said he would. A hoy hoy wasny bagsy-ing it

oh lol ok

my bad... Clay you can do it!

but which one did you call shorty!

I didn't call anyone shorty!

lol I meant "shortly"

well I'll take a shot at Smog/Bill Callahan.
― "guitar hero mosque" (Clay), Friday, August 27, 2010 6:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

sorry he was already taken up before your post...

Will post an update list shorty.

― Mr. John "Manalishi" Abbott (Viceroy), p

Clay he called you shorty!

The Able Tasmans--
a clever name? how about 'shared visions of heaven are so hard to come by', i always loved that lyric...

Miles 0:39
Sweet State 2:56
Theory of Continual Disappointment 5:13
The Shape Of Dolls 3:48
Michael Fay 4:25
And We Swam The Magic Bay 2:47
The Point of No Return 2:10
School Is No Good For You 6:43
Dog Whelk 2 3:37
Wednesday (She's Coming 'round) 3:31
Fault In The Frog 3:27
Little Hearts 4:03
Angry Martyr 3:32
The Cliff 1:40
That's Why 2:52
Grey Lynn 2:41
You Too 3:53
Mayfly May 4:20
Mary Tyler Moore 4:59
I See Now Where 2:03
The Klingon National Anthem 5:18
The End of the Golden Weather 4:43

i just looked up the flying nun best of and it turns out I picked many of the same songs, ah well, but then I cheated and included songs from Humphreys&Keen since it is essentially an Able Tasmans record and like practically all of the Able Tasmans played on it. God I love this band, my favorite flying nun band. And I know, no 'what was that thing' but it doesn't really flow with the rest of the songs, 'little hearts' does much better.

My Bloody Valentine is mine.

no they are not, but you can borrow them for a minute

just make sure to include lots of Dave Conway trax

Neil Young
Boards Of Canada

2 CDs for Neil, 1 for BoC.

an anthology can be based on different criteria, of course, and yes it can be done by "theme" or a b-sides collection or singles or whatever

Neil Young has 30+ albums from which to choose so I'll limit my selection to songs not on his Greatest Hits album. Doesn't mean there won't be familiar songs though, just not any from his GH.

Someone should do Low

I submit that ilxor abandon his Beatles dalliance & refocus his energies on the more urgent matter of the Low discog.

just make sure to include lots of Dave Conway trax

this!!!

Alright I've got smog/Callahan.

Also I AM a shorty. The rev will attest to this.

I'll do Genesis then.

can we switch? i'd like to do Pram instead of the Pearlfishers.

ok so I am doing/done pram, anyone else may pick up the pearlfishers if you like, really david scott is a genius but the pram one was more fun
title "are remixes allowed?"
Bewitched (Plone Remix) 2:27 Pram
Chrysalis 3:57 Pram
Gravity 4:41 Pram
Cumulus 6:35 Pram
El Topo 3:43 Pram
A Million Bubbles Burst (Sir Real Remix) 6:55 Pram
Salva (Throwing Toys Into The Pram) 3:52 Pram
Space Siren 5:21 Pram
Cape St. Vincent 3:33 Pram
The Mermaid's Hotel (Sub-Aquatic Refrain) 4:01
Marianna Deep 3:38 Pram
Carnival Of Souls 5:00 Pram
Play of the Waves 7:26 Pram
Radio Freak In A Storm 3:49 Pram
Sirocco 4:26 Pram
Dead Piano 3:42 Pram
Sea Swells And Distant Squalls 6:12 Pram

you are supposed to not post your playlists until viceroy starts the new thread after 2 weeks.

Jesus. People are seriously shitty at reading comprehension.

(a modification to the name of thread indicating that this is only to claim artists, not post playlists, would be helpful!)

Or instead of "All are welcome!" it could say, "All are welcome (except the illiterate)!"

but...the illiterate won't be able to heed the warning!

ok, what is obviously needed is a pop-up window on ILX that automatically plays an audio message warning everyone to please hold off on posting playlists in this thread.

that won't address people who can't hear, but tbh, those people should post playlists immediately anyway because their anthologies will probably be v v creative

but...the illiterate won't be able to heed the warning!

D'oh! You're right. You've obviously given this a lot of thought.

it is a passion of mine. :)

that won't address people who can't hear, but tbh, those people should post playlists immediately anyway because their anthologies will probably be v v creative

John Cage joke to thread.

I'll do the UK subs back off wankers

I submit that ilxor abandon his Beatles dalliance & refocus his energies on the more urgent matter of the Low discog.

I didn't choose the Beatles! But I could totally do Low. But then I'd have to give up the Cure and/or Prince. BAH...

ismael took beatles, no?

Really he should have chosen a band from his home town

Please post a tracklist when you are ready

please translate this for me.

coz i kant reed

Any loving mods want to help by updating the thread title or OP do include the information that this thread is for calling artists only and not posting tracklists? It would be a god send!

thanks you magical mod masters!

So the deadline is Wednesday 8 September, for people like me who aren't good at figuring out dates in their heads.

I think by deadline it means you cant post it before then but any time after is fine.

Is it? I thought it was, don't jump before Viceroy says so, but be ready to jump no later than 8 September (?)

I mean, the idea can't be that January 2014 is fine.

well im guessing its within reason but its up to viceroy. But i assumed there would maybe be a week or 2 where people would post tracklists and there would be discussion on it rather than it just being an entire list thread.

Dionne Warwick

if people stop requesting bands we can jump it up but right now this thread is set to expire on that day, and is also the day you can start posting your tracklists. Hopefully you'll have them completed, but of course people will choose bands on the last day, Spet. 7 & prob the 8th too as always happens, and in this case they just will be a little late posting their tracklists on but hopefully not by weeks or months... right?

Thanks, clear.

Would I be able to claim Liz Fraser's non-Cocteaus stuff (which would inevitably include Massive Attack tunes)?

plenty of Conway? you guys are nuts. obscurity does not equal quality. maybe one or two but i'm definitely have a butcher-era emphasis.

actually my shits already kind of set out for me, an mbv best of is really not hard to do. soon, only shallow, glider, honey power, thkw, cigarette in ur bedz... eazy, eazy, eazy.

obscurity does not equal quality.

new record by and SSS are my favourite MBV records, nothing to do with obscurity. but w/e

My Genesis Best Of is here. 3 CDs because most of the best stuff takes up a lot of space minute-wise:

CD 1:
The Knife
The Musical Box
Return Of The Giant Hogweed
Watcher Of The Skies
Supper's Ready
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
Dancing With The Moonlight Knight
Firth Of Fifth

CD 2:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Counting Out Time
The Carpet Crawlers
Entangled
Mad Man Moon
Ripples
Your Own Special Way
One For The Vine
Afterglow
Inside And Out
Follow You Follow Me
Burning Rope

CD 3:
Turn It On Again
Misunderstanding
Duchess
Abacab (edit)
No Reply At All
Mama
That's All
Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea
Invisible Touch
Land Of Confusion
Domino
No Son Of Mine
I Can't Dance
Jesus He Knows Me

I sort of regret not having space for "Happy The Man" on the first CD, but didn't want to sacrifice any of the longer ones.

Geir - learn to fucking read and/or stop trolling.

Hahaha - that only needs an illegal link to be perfect

Sorry Geir, there were many warnings and discussions... I'm afraid I have no choice but to SB and I don't do that for just any little thing.

Your free to pair that down to 2cds and repost it in a week and a half...

ON THE NEW THREAD I'VE MENTIONED COUNTLESS TIMES NOW

Leee you can choice a singular artist that has been in several bands as long as they are the/a main creative force for all of them... I'll put you down for Liz Fraser -- you're free to do as you wilt with her comp.

And now for the big list!

LIST OF ARTISTS ALREADY TAKEN

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
Autechre
Bardo Pond
The Beatles
Björk
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
The Chameleons
Charming Hostess
The Clash
The Cure
Dagmar Krause
Dionne Warwick
The Divine Comedy
Foetus/Foetus related
For Against
Fountains of Wayne
Fugazi
Genesis
Gong
The Grifters
Jay-Z
Jefferson Airplane/Great Society/Etc
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
The Kent 3
Kevin Ayers
The Kinks
Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Kraftwerk
Les Savy Fav
Liz Fraser
Luna
Magic Dirt
Marissa Marchant
Melvins
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
Modest Mouse
Momus
Monster Magnet
Motorpsycho
Muslimgauze
MX-80 (Sound)
Nico
Oh Sees
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ornette Coleman
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
Peter Hammill
The Police
Pram
Prince
Rain Parade
Rasputina
Redd Kross
Ride
The Roots
Roxy Music
Screaming Trees
Serge Gainsbourg
Shoes
Sleater-Kinney
Smog/BC
Spacemen 3
Sparks
spoon
The Soft Boys
The Sound
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
Super Furry Animals
Swans
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Tom Waits
Ween
The White Stripes
XTC
Yo La Tengo

Viceroy, you forgot to include the 2 artists I submitted above (Neil Young & Boards of Canada). I notice you also forgot My Bloody Valentine & UK Subs. Perhaps others too?

thanks bad fog for catching those. I might have missed others I'll go back over the thread in a bit. Sorry if I left anyone's choices out its obviously by mistake!

can I do a Neptunes one for my other one?

yep Neptunes is yours, Whiney!

No one is takin on Bob Dylan and the Stones? I need some post-74 and '81 help respectively!

Did anyone take Low yet? If not, I'll give them a go. If they're taken, I guess (with some trepidation) I could attempt PJ Harvey.

And if so, my other choice would be The Gun Club.

PJ Harvey is open if you want to make a choice.

I have you down for Low - you've got one more, go with your heart!

I'd like to do one of these on The Mekons, if mere lurkers can participate....

Might regret this, but I'll go with Peej.

(Just to be clear: that's Low and PJ Harveyfor me, right? If someone wants to jump in and grab one of those, I won't mind and I'd go for The Gun Club instead.)

Hey, who's doin' Low?

In case you missed, I picked Sparklehorse and Todd Rundgren.

I choose Roots Manuva and Mike Patton

I'll do Husker Du cause I've already made a 2cd best of for myself. Similarly I'll post a Simple Minds pre-commercial comp of everything before New Gold Dream.

I'd really love to do Robyn Hitchcock but I'm travelling most of the next couple of weeks and his massive catalog would take lots and lots of thought. Same with The Fall - heck I recently was asked to make a good overview for a friend and it was a struggle to keep it under 4 hours long!

Knowledge and Overstanding: The Best of Roots Manuva

1. Movements
2. WItness (1 Hope)
3. Let the Spirit
4. Double Drat
5. Nobody's Dancing
6. Do Nah Bodda Me
7. Check It (Remix)
8. Grown Man
9. Colossal Insight
10. Soul Decay
11. A Haunting
12. A Man's Talk
13. True Skool (with Coldcut)
14. Chin High
15. Toothbrush
16. Clockwork
17. Thinking
18. Fever
19. Stone the Crows
20. Dreamy Days

Comes in about 1 minute too long for a single CD, but that's as much pruning as I'm willing to do.

Oops sorry, didn't clock the part about not posting tracklists yet.

everyone is gonna yell at you now.

and you will be banned from ilx forever. nice knowing you.

AND it's one minute too long!!

Oh the humanity!

*shuffles out*

fuck it

Saint Etienne (excluding singles)

Sorry Geir, there were many warnings and discussions... I'm afraid I have no choice but to SB

New board description!

Saint Etienne (excluding singles)

Also, what is the point of this???

a) i don't see the point of doing a collection where most of the tracks are gonna be on one of the band's hits comps
b) they have a lot of great tracks that aren't/couldn't be singles and delve into areas they are less associated with

i hope that explains it all

in that spirit, I will try to do The Rolling Stones excluding any songs from: Hot Rocks, More Hot Rocks, or Forty Licks.

just make it out of songs from sucking in the 70's and made in the shade.

and rolled gold. and time waits for no one. and solid rock. and slow rollers. and metamorphosis.

and no stone unturned. and rock 'n' rolling stones. and milestones. and gimme shelter. and stone age. and through the past darkly. and big hits (high tide and green grass).

haha... they do have a ridiculous amount of hits collections. These seem to be the bestselling though... maybe the Big Hits collections too.

Who's doing Waits? I would find that extremely hard to even narrow down to two discs.

LIST OF ARTISTS ALREADY TAKEN

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
Autechre
Bardo Pond
The Beatles
Björk
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
Boards of Canada
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
The Chameleons
Charming Hostess
The Clash
The Cure
Dagmar Krause
Dionne Warwick
The Divine Comedy
Foetus/Foetus related
For Against
Fountains of Wayne
Fugazi
Genesis
Gong
The Grifters
Husker Du
Jay-Z
Jefferson Airplane/Great Society/Etc
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
The Kent 3
Kevin Ayers
The Kinks
Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Kraftwerk
Les Savy Fav
Liz Fraser
Low
Luna
Magic Dirt
Marissa Marchant
The Mekons
Melvins
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
Mike Patton
Modest Mouse
Momus
Monster Magnet
Motorpsycho
Muslimgauze
MX-80 (Sound)
My Bloody Valentine
Neil Young
Neptunes
Nico
Oh Sees
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ornette Coleman
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
Peter Hammill
PJ Harvey
The Police
Pram
Prince
Rain Parade
Rasputina
Redd Kross
Ride
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
Roots Manuva
Roxy Music
Saint Etienne
Screaming Trees
Serge Gainsbourg
Shoes
Simple Minds
Sleater-Kinney
Smog/BC
Spacemen 3
Sparklehorse
Sparks
Spoon
The Soft Boys
The Sound
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
Super Furry Animals
Swans
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Todd Rundgren
Tom Waits
UK Subs
Ween
The White Stripes
XTC
Yo La Tengo

I hope I caught everyone so far. If you can't remember what artists you snagged I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but my tracklists ain't 2 or even 1.

I have a question..should we be trying to get in the ballpark length-wise of existing best-of's for our chosen artist? Mine's coming in at just under 2 hours, but I keep thinking if there is already a best of release extant that can get on one cd, I should try to make it roughly the same length.
(Also, Scott and Soto, would you consider providing me with a you-send-it file of the Same Old Scene b-side "Lover"? I don't have it, can't get it, and remember loving it but can't put it on my list until I hear it in my sequence...if not, no worries)

My Beach Boys dibs didn't make the list. Can't wait to hear Fountains of Wayne and YLT.

For my second list I pick:

Squeeze

I can't decide whether to do a single-disc companion to Singles: 45s and Under, or succumb to my weakness and do a full-fledged double.

single-disc companion

I do this sort of thing frequently, especially when I pick up a compilation and want more, but not the artists entire catalog. Maybe I'll post some of those, too.

I'm not going to be able to doThe Soft Boys so throw it back in the pool.

plenty of Conway? you guys are nuts.

twas a joek, tho if it were me, I might make room for "Lovelee Sweet Darlene"

i wasn't joeking ;_;

Really want to do a Peter Murphy solo best-of but I've already claimed two artists... ;_;

Louis Philippe

I'll do Nas, but I gotta warn that I'm kinda a herb when it comes to the dude.

Fuck it, I'll do Pearl Jam too, cuz I've been feeling nostalgiac for that shit lately.

I'll do Nas, but I gotta warn that I'm kinda a herb when it comes to the dude.

― Parenthetical Grillz, Sunday, 5 September 2010 19:23 (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

1 - 10. Illmatic
11. Nas is Like
12. Made You Look
13. Stillmatic - the one that didn't make it through sample clearance

(Not thaaaat much of a herb.)

Magma

Elvis Presley

Felt

Ok-pixies is mine can&pixies. yeah!!

Stone Roses

Nah just kidding... I'll pick um...

Jorge Ben
The Zombies

I was going to request Jorge Ben, ty!

omg anticipation the day approacheth ladz

Damn excited about Louis Phillippe, Swans, Oh Sees!

I pick

US Maple

Who's doing Dagmar?

The Clientele

Cool, I'll have a a final list up soon and then tomorrow morning (US time) I'll start the new thread! I'm so glad so many decided to participate this is gonna be fun. The more effort you put into it the more enjoyment you will get from showing off your cool/perfect/odd/revisionist/conceptual/etc. compilations!

Oh by the way, any straglers have 1 hour to choose artists/bands... This ends at 12 o'clock Sedona Time Rift Standard Time (Arizona Standard Time Zone). So that should be 12:00 PST. Which is GMT -8:00.
Check out http://www.worldtimezone.com/ if you really want to know when this thing closes down in your area.

My Beach Boys dibs didn't make the list. Can't wait to hear Fountains of Wayne and YLT.

― skip, Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:47 PM (1 week ago)

sorry skip that's been fixed...

Here's the big list, everybody!

The Able Tasmans
Al Green
Arthur Russell
Autechre
Bardo Pond
Beach Boys
The Beatles
Björk
The Blue Notes (and all affiliated projects)
Blue Öyster Cult
Boards of Canada
The Bonzo Dog Band
Brian Jonestown Massacre
CAN
The Chameleons
Charming Hostess
The Clash
The Clientele
The Cure
Dagmar Krause
Dionne Warwick
The Divine Comedy
Elvis Presley
Felt
Foetus/Foetus related
For Against
Fountains of Wayne
Fugazi
Genesis
Gong
The Grifters
Husker Du
Jay-Z
Jefferson Airplane/Great Society/Etc
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Joni Mitchell
Jorge Ben
The Kent 3
Kevin Ayers
The Kinks
Kleenex Girl Wonder/Graham Smith
Kraftwerk
Les Savy Fav
Liz Fraser
Louis Philippe
Low
Luna
Magic Dirt
Magma
Marissa Marchant
The Mekons
Melvins
MF DOOM + All side projects + KMD
Michael Hurley
The Microphones/Mt. Eerie
"M.I.K.E." Dierickx
Mike Patton
Modest Mouse
Momus
Monster Magnet
Motorpsycho
Muslimgauze
MX-80 (Sound)
My Bloody Valentine
Nas
Neil Young
Neptunes
Nico
Oh Sees
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ornette Coleman
Outrageous Cherry
Pavement
Peter Hammill
Pearl Jam
Pixies
PJ Harvey
The Police
Pram
Prince
Rain Parade
Rasputina
Redd Kross
Ride
The Rolling Stones
The Roots
Roots Manuva
Roxy Music
Saint Etienne
Screaming Trees
Serge Gainsbourg
Shoes
Simple Minds
Sleater-Kinney
Smog/BC
The Soft Boys
The Sound
Spacemen 3
Sparklehorse
Sparks
Spoon
Squeeze
The Sound
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Stew/The Negro Problem
Super Furry Animals
Swans
The System
Talk Talk
Thin White Rope
Todd Rundgren
Tom Waits
UK Subs
US Maple
Ween
The White Stripes
XTC
Yo La Tengo
The Zombies

If you posted a claim on a band and it isn't on it, better speak up before I post the new thread in the morning.

Perhaps some mod could update the title indicating that THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED, at least for NEW DIBBS/BAGSIES.

This is totally going to be fun. Looking forward to a lot of these!

Who's doing Dagmar?

― The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.)

I am, although I haven't finished yet (whoops). I believe I read on twitter you were doing a collaboration with her - can't wait!

Go on then, I'll risk the absurd task of doing The Fall. Utter hubris of course.

uh, I'll put that in bold - The Fall.

It's already past the deadline! Do HMHB as well though. I'll take Six By Seven and uh lol FINE Cardiacs if we're allowed to sneak in last-minuters.

ugh, i didn't see that somehow, apologies. only just noticed the thread. I'll do one anyway, and whack it up on spotify.

I have already done a rival Fall Spotify playlist. We will duel. :D

I'm doing my Screaming Trees one now, and it's looking damn great.

whens kick off then?

The ILM Fan-made BEST OF/ANTHOLOGY Compilation project -- POST Tracklists, Cover Art, Liner notes, editorials, spotify links and/or otherwise LEGALLY obtained streaming album lists HERE!

about 45 minutes ago

a mod should lock this thread

well since you asked so nicely