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A Means to an End - The Music of Joy Division is brilliant.

All the AmRep compilations are great.

I’m sure there’s a million shit ones but I don’t listen to them.

Iancee wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:31 am

Anthony Flack wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 3:52 pm

Iancee wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 6:22 pm my NZ friends just turned me onto some great punk aligned 70s comp which they and all their peers know inside out, but it never spread beyond NZ.

You talking about AK79? That was the first thing that came to mind.

Nope (but that’s a great comp!) - “it’s bigger than both of us” - double LP of post punk - early 80s, but not comped until 1988…lots to like…

https://www.discogs.com/master/8647-Var ... les-197982

Speaking of New Zealand compilations, Xpressway’s Killing Capitalism with Kindness is an all time favorite of mine. Great snapshot of early 90s lo-fi NZ, mostly South Island/Dunedin.

https://www.discogs.com/master/443314-V ... h-Kindness

I have a preference for the V/A compilations (some cited here already), rather than the best of's or otherwise compilations that serve as a deep dive into one. But some examples of the latter that I really like GBV's Human Amusements at Hourly Rates, the Fall's Totally Wired Rough Trade Years, and the Clean's Compilation.

amar wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:00 am I have a preference for the V/A compilations (some cited here already), rather than the best of's or otherwise compilations that serve as a deep dive into one. But some examples of the latter that I really like GBV's Human Amusements at Hourly Rates, the Fall's Totally Wired Rough Trade Years, and the Clean's Compilation.

The Clean Anthology is a good one! My wife and I spent 10 days bouncing from campsite to campsite on Kauai listening to just that comp.

Definitely good for making random tracks accessible in the pre-filesharing era.

enframed wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:37 am

amar wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:00 am I have a preference for the V/A compilations (some cited here already), rather than the best of's or otherwise compilations that serve as a deep dive into one. But some examples of the latter that I really like GBV's Human Amusements at Hourly Rates, the Fall's Totally Wired Rough Trade Years, and the Clean's Compilation.

The Clean Anthology is a good one! My wife and I spent 10 days bouncing from campsite to campsite on Kauai listening to just that comp.

Yeah, I like Anthology too! The first disc largely overlaps the previous Compilation, but I started listening to Modern Rock because of the 2nd disc. Modern Rock is probably my favorite Clean album.

Picked-up a raw old school Memphis gospel comp a while back.

Not crap for VA compilations. Crap when it's a single aritst/band compilation. Just listen to them albums! Waffles for Steve Miller's Band Greatest Hits.

I beg to differ. Single-artist compilations can be great, especially when they're rounding up singles, unreleased material, or poorly documented bands. Flipper's Sex Bomb Baby!, Toiling Midgets' Dead Beats, and Swans' Body to Body Job to Job are all better than some of these bands' official studio LPs. (Hell, I've even put together a few such albums myself.)

I can't say I've paid attention to the Cure or New Order since my early teens, but Standing on a Beach and Substance were both far superior to whatever concurrent proper releases those postpunk dinosaurs were hawking at the time.

eliya wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:51 pm Not crap for VA compilations. Crap when it's a single aritst/band compilation. Just listen to them albums! Waffles for Sly and the Family StonesGreatest Hits.

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