Would You Buy This For Father's Day? (As Advertised On UK TV)

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The Best Prog Rock Album In The World... Ever!

Tracklisting:
1. Theme 1 - Van Der Graaf Generator
2. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis
3. Roundabout - Yes
4. Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earthband
5. Back Street Luv - Curved Air
6. Silver Machine - Hawkwind
7. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
8. Hocus Pocus - Focus
9. Hoedown - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
11. Child In Time - Deep Purple
12. Valentyne Suite - Colosseum
1. Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel
2. Tubular Bells (Part 1) (edit) - Mike Oldfield
3. Winter Wine - Caravan
4. May I? - Kevin Ayers
5. Sympathy - Rare Bird
6. Salty Dog, A - Procol Harum
7. Mocking Bird - Barclay James Harvest
8. Which Way The Wind Blows - Anthony Phillips
9. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. In Every Dream Home A Heartache - Roxy Music
11. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
12. Mumps - Hatfield & The North
1. Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
2. Rhayader - Camel
3. Pantagruel's Nativity - Gentle Giant
4. Germ Patrol - Egg
5. O Caroline - Matching Mole
6. Bedside Manners Are Extra - Greenslade
7. Meditation Of The Snake - Steve Hillage
8. Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
9. Ships In The Night - Be-Bop Deluxe
10. Keep On Crinting - Man
11. Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers, A - Van Der Graaf Generator

― The Atomic Rooster, Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

What really should be on a comp called "The Best Prog Rock Album In The World... Ever!"?

― The Atomic Rooster, Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Tubular Bells (Part 1) (edit)

Edit? SELLOUTS!

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

And I've now forgotten what Tubular Bells sounds like by muddling it with Oxygene...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i wouldn't buy it for my dad but i might buy it for me!!

is it one those "remember you can't get this in the shops" deals?

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Lots of great stuff there, very England-centric though... is this a Virgin Records release or something?

I love a very high percentage of the songs on that compilation, so yes, if my dad had any interest in getting albums, I wouldn't be against that one (though I'm an album person rather than compilation one)

Biggest surprise is the lack of Gong, but I guess they're making up for that with Steve Hillage.
Not a very good pick for a Hawkwind song...Awesome that they picked "Mumps" from Hatfield & the North!
There's definitely some songs I'd have scissored out and replaced with something more interesting, but overall a nice selection.

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Neither would I buy it for my dad - only a couple of songs on there he'd like, I'm sure.
On the other hand, it'll never dawn on my son to get it for me, I'm positive. (I wouldn't mind having it, actually)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It's available from Tower.co.uk,hmv.co.uk,amazon etc and any normal record shop(its being advertised on adverts for Asda & Tesco)
Yeah I'd imagine its part of the Virgin series.
Any songs that should be on the album that aren't?

― The Atomic Rooster, Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

only abt half those acts were on virgin, though

i'd drop one the elps ("lucky man") for starters and replace it with something henry cow ("nirvana for mice")

something SHORT by gong (haha possibly a problem): what's the song with a great bassline on camembert electrique, it wz totally their themetune

"ladies of the road" by king crimson (instead of barclay james harvest, who i always found unutterably dull and bland)

plus "the king will come" by wishbone ash!! — that can be instead of the steve hackett solo thingie, which i never heard i don't believe anyone else sane did either

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

"ladies of the road" is the ugliest song recorded by anyone ever btw, in a good AND a bad way

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

...some Univers Zero would be welcome on such a comp, or wot?!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 15 June 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought this was a joke at first. Van Der Graff Generator is very "obscure" in my world, and it's hard to imagine a comp. containing tracks from them being advertised on TV. I don't know enough of this stuff at a glance to comment. No Soft Machine?

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 15 June 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

certainly v.hard to imagine it being advertised WITH a vdgg track!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 15 June 2003 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Seconded for the Wishbone Ash track.
Perhaps we could compile a rival ILX triple cd Best Prog Rock Album In The World..ever!

― The Atomic Rooster, Sunday, 15 June 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

did geir compile this?

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 16 June 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

More worrying is that "Darkside of the 80s" appeared to be out for Fathers Day too. Does this mean that the Robert Smith generation now all have kids? I guess that would figure...

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 16 June 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

YES!!!! YESYESYESYESYES!!! HSA and I keep seeing these ads on the telly and threatening to buy it for each other. It looks great, doesn't it? Certainly better than the "Worlds Best Power Rock Ballads" which is also advertised for Fathers Day gifting.

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 10:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Does this mean that the Robert Smith generation now all have kids

yes and i have both compilations, the prog one was a present - i have a few kids on detention tonight and will torture them with it.

― s.r.w. (s.r.w.), Monday, 16 June 2003 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't wait till we have kids. "Oh, dear, has daddy been playing you his CRASS records again?"

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

The K-Tel Most Unlistenable Experimental Noise Album In The World, Ever!

Now available on 8-track, cassette, and sandpaper-covered LP!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 10:55 (twenty-two years ago)

This album , Kate?
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Power Ballads - Various

Track Listing:
1. Hero - Chad Kroeger
2. We Are The Champions - Queen
3. Best, The - Tina Turner
4. Because The Night - Patti Smith
5. One I Love, The - R.E.M.
6. I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison
7. Power Of Love, The - Huey Lewis & The News
8. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
9. Alone - Heart
10. Is This Love - Whitesnake
11. Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
12. Died In Your Arms, (I Just) - Cutting Crew
13. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - Meat Loaf
14. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
15. China In Your Hand - T Pau
16. Bitch - Meredith Brooks
17. How You Remind Me - Nickelback
18. Love Hurts - Nazareth
19. Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison
20. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
1. Drive - Cars (The)
2. Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
3. Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
4. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins
5. To Be With You - Mr. Big
6. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
7. Living Years, The - Mike & The Mechanics
8. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
9. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
10. We Belong - Pat Benetar
11. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
12. Missing You - John Waite
13. Isn't It Time - Babys (The)
14. When I See You Smile - Bad English
15. It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
16. Eternal Flame - Bangles (The)
17. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
18. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
19. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf

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― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"Oh, dear, has daddy been playing you his CRASS records again?"

All children should be introduced to Crass as early as possible in their development and should definitely know all the lyrics to "Big A Little A" before they go to either school or church for the first time.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Dark Side Of The 80s - Various
Label: Telstar TV
Studio
Pieces in Set: 2
Catalog#: TTVCD3322
Desc: Boxed Set
As Advertised On Tesco TV Ad.

Track Listing:
1. Lullaby - Cure (The)
2. She Sells Sanctuary - Cult (The)
3. This Corrosion - Sisters Of Mercy
4. Wasteland - Mission (The)
5. Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees
6. Eloise - Damned (The)
7. Killing Moon, The - Echo & The Bunnymen
8. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
9. April Skies - Jesus & Mary Chain
10. Never Take Me Alive - Spear Of Destiny
11. Beat(en) Generation, The - The The
12. Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
13. Moonchild - Fields Of The Nephilim
14. No Rest - New Model Army
15. Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs (The)
16. Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
17. Mr. Pharmacist - Fall (The)
18. Brassneck - Wedding Present (The)
19. Christine - House Of Love (The)
20. Martha's Harbour - All About Eve
1. Tower Of Strength - Mission (The)
2. Dominion - Sisters Of Mercy
3. Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop
4. Peaches - Stranglers (The)
5. True Faith - New Order
6. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
7. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
8. Reward - Teardrop Explodes (The)
9. Today - Talk Talk
10. Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow
11. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
12. 68 Guns - Alarm (The)
13. Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
14. Wish Away, A - Wonder Stuff
15. E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
16. Shine On - House Of Love (The)
17. There She Goes - La's (The)
18. Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole
19. Sexuality - Billy Bragg
20. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Cocteau Twins

Anyone seen the Tesco TV Ads for this album? Just what is the world coming to...

― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

That Dark Side record is just a mish-mash, isn't it? Lloyd Cole and Billy Bragg on a GOFF record? Fuck AWF!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Nothings as bad as that power ballads album. Who selects the tracks for these things?

― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Dark Side Of The '80's.... track 14....

"My god what is this evil that we've done?"

I'm surprised they haven't included "One Way" by The Levellers while they were at it - in fact I imagine they'd have quite happily put something by Crass / FOPI / The Mob / Rudimentary Peni / Subhumans / Zounds on there too if they could have licensed it easily.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)

re Kids. the dayt my son picks up my Foetus collection out of choice will be the day I know I have been a Good Father.
somehow though i suspect that his will never happen ... personally i was a bit taken aback by both the comps.
presents for Fathers Day .. frag off, cheesy compilation cashin's always make me break out in a nasty rash .. the packaging for both comps (80's Goth one aswell_ is particularly nasty .. no doubt in 6 months they will be in the cheap bins for £4.99 and i'll pick em up and have a blast ..
What no Red Lorry Yellow Lorry on the Goth one .. sacriledge ..
onwards .. m.e/ireallylovemusic

― mark e (mark e), Monday, 16 June 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe there will be a ' Best Krautrock Album In The World...Ever!' cd out in time for Xmas.

― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 13:30 (twenty-two years ago)

How great would that be? Of course, they'd get it all wrong and put, like "Da Da Da" on it and ridiculous things with nought to do with Krautrock at all...

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

And The Scorpions, no doubt. :-(

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I can imagine some marketing genius putting "winds of change" on it to help it shift a few hundred thousand copies. Bastards.

They would probably still put Phil Collins on an album like "The Best Field Recordings Album...Ever!"

― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

You can see some scary compilation albums here.
Virgin's 'Best Albums In The World...Ever!' Series Classic Or Dud?

― The Atomic Rooster, Monday, 16 June 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Coming soon: "The Best Avant-Garde and Free Jazz Album In The World.... Ever!"

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Now That's What I Call SKRONK!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The Smash Hits Shoegazers Party Album Vol 3!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Best Avant-Garde and Free Jazz Album In The World.... Ever!"

haha! that'll be one ÜBER-fkn-BIG BoXoR set, y'bet!
cd1-track1: Lennie Tristano, "Intuition"... (etetetcetera); cd2: O'Coleman, Free Jazz; cd3: Joe Harriott, Free Form; ... ...

*boggles mind*

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

20 All Time Anarcho-Punk Tearjerkers!

The Death Metal Chillout Album.

Old Skool Psychedelia.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

The Best Drone Rock Album In The World...Ever!
What would you have on those 3cds , Kate? ;o)

― Dirty Drone Rock Boy, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

That Dark Side record is just a mish-mash, isn't it? Lloyd Cole and Billy Bragg on a GOFF record? Fuck AWF!

That's dreadful, but everyone should have a copy of shine on by house of love in their collection, so that makes up for it a bit...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Best Rotterdam Gabba Album In The World ... Ever!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

The Best Drone Rock Album In The World...Ever!
What would you have on those 3cds , Kate? ;o)

It already exists... it is called "Rocket Girls' Tribute To Spacemen 3"

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

"haha! that'll be one ÜBER-fkn-BIG BoXoR set, y'bet!"

Well I'm not so sure, I reckon it would be more like:
Side 1:
1. John Coltrane - Ascension (edit) [3:12]
2. Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (edit) [2:58]
3. The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - No. 1 (edit) [3:04]
4. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (edit0 [2:53]
5. Charles Mingus - Love Chant (edit) [3:08]
6. Sun Ra - The Magic City (edit) [2.47]

They'll get everything they want onto one CD, no sweat!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a free jazz album I might actually buy!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

...don't, kate!
;-)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

(My friends have definitely been reading ILM too much, as at a party I was at, they tortured me all night long, first with Free Jazz, and then with The Shaggs, until HSA rescued me by using this weird electrical glowy thing to turn the stereo into a make-shift theremin.)

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

why were people listening to free jazz at a party!??!?!????!!!!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

We were in Stoke Newington.

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, i see... crouch end folks do cool jazz, hackney people hard-bop, it all makes sense now...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Stoke Newington is known for Free Jazz. Free Jazz and lesbians.

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I think there's a specific point in any formal or semi-formal gathering where you definitely should listen to jazz - usually for about half an hour immediately after you've eaten, while you're still feeling mellow and reflective and before you're actually pissed enough to start reaching for Dub War / Killing Joke / Pop Will Eat Itself....

I don't think I'll be inviting Kate 'round 'though anuyway - if anyone were to start using a "weird electrical glowy thing to turn [MY] stereo into a make-shift theremin" then I'm afrais I'd be compelled to fuckin' deck 'em!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, don't blame me! It's my boyfriend! I mean, you're talking about a man who makes music out of the hum generated by the National Grid and insists that we listen to radio static in bed because it helps him "get to sleep at night"! It's not me that turned our bedroom into a Camera Obscura! I am house-trained! ;-)

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Stoke Newington is known for Free Jazz. Free Jazz and lesbians.

sounds like you could have a wonderful evening in in stoke newington...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

oh dear, sounding vaguely like calum...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, not even close. More like:

THIS IS THE THREAD WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'D LIKE TO WANK OVER FREE JAZZ LESBIAN HOTTIES AND THAT CHARLES MINGUS, WHAT A MINGER, EH?!?!?!?

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

good... was slightly worried for a minute... FREE JAZZ LESBIAN HOTTIES = best film in the world evah!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

You forgot to mention Alice Coltrane's tits.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, for God's sake, is nothing sacred?!?!?!?!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

The new Dario Argento film...

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the degeneration of this thread is all your fault (again) kate!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Or what about "You're in a train compartment with Meredith Monk and Barbara Thompson and the train's going through a tunnel when suddenly all the lights go out and you feel a stray hand on your thigh...."

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

HEY!!! THIS FREAKING THREAD WAS ABOUT A K-TEL PROG ROCK COMPILATION!!! IT DIDN'T NEED ME TO DEGENERATE IT!!!!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

just shaking head...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"the degeneration of this thread is all your fault (again) kate!"

Hang on Dave, what about my contributions? Credit where credit's due eh?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i didn't say degeneracy was a bad thing did i? no, just ask Jean Genet...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Taking Sides: K-Tel Prog Rock compilations vs. Free Jazz Lesbian Orgies. You decide!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry stewart, in spite of your sterling efforts, i still think kate was where it all started... cf above post! r which one would you rathger get on father's day?!?!?!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, that depends if yer dad is C*l*m or Pashmina!

― kate (kate), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

What about 'The Best Geir Hongro Album In The World...Ever!'
'Now That's What I Call Geir Hongro Music'
'The Best Calum Porn Film Music Album...Ever!'

― K-Tel Marketing Man, Monday, 16 June 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

i want this cd

k-tel marketing man's offerings look okay too (well, maybe not no.3)

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

(...HSA ...using this weird electrical glowy thing to turn the stereo into a make-shift theremin. -- Got it now, ha! HSA is a Jedi Knight!)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i want ALL of these

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 June 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Taking Sides: K-Tel Prog Rock compilations vs. Free Jazz Lesbian Orgies. You decide!
K-Tel presents "Felecia's Greatest Hits"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Got it now, ha! HSA is a Jedi Knight

He lied to me! That's not the National Grid; that's The Force!

I got him back with my E-Bow last night. Heh. He'd never seen one before and spent the rest of the night E-bowing random things around the flat. :-)

― kate (kate), Tuesday, 17 June 2003 07:20 (twenty-two years ago)

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