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i don't listen to many comps but i do dig hitsville usa, flex your head and no new york

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

alan lomax's two disc collection of 1930s prison songs
library of congress' collection of folk and blues songs

Those are great.

Ninja Cuts - Funkjazztical Tricknology, Flexistentialism, Funkungfusion.

Has Sonic Youth, Polvo, lots of bands doing new wave covers.

Most of the Wire tappers are worth a dabble. As Mr & Bowels says, can't go wrong with the Trojan boxsets. I have a fair few of this series:

which are pretty indispensible if you're me.

This is awesome.

The bonkers compilations have a certain nostalgia value for me. If you like that sort of thing, you'll love any of them. If you don't - a) you're dead to me and b) they won't change your mind.

My all time favourite compilation is a British jazz record from the 40s called 'Homemade Jam vol 2'. No picture. If anyone sees volume 1 I will pay you for it. If you see vol 2, treat yourself, you're worth it.

Back From the Grave series
Trash Box
The Tyranny of the Beat
The Git Down! Raw and Rare Funk Jams 1967-1971
Trojan Box Sets
Space Box
Shamans and Possessed
Psychedelic Phinland
The Psychedelic Sounds of West Africa
Extreme Music Series
Prog Is Not A Four Letter Word
Mondo Beat - Masters of Percussion
Nagasaki Nightrider
Tapeworms Eat Bookworms
Love, Peace and Poetry Series
Kraut! Demons! Kraut!
Japanese Psychedelic Music of the 60's
Inside Deep Note - Music From 1970's Adult Movies
Insane Music For Insane People
I Dub You!
Horror Music Film
Hippie Goddesses
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Series
Doom Capital
Doo Wop Halloween Is A Scream
Doo Wop Box
Cowabunga!
Classic Mountain Songs
Audio Terrorism
African Voodoo Funeral - Drums of Death
Africafunk
A Storm of Drones
A Call For Unity Series
Elegy Box
Prayers From Hell - White Gospel and Sinners Blues
Space is No Place
Institute of Sonology

I love compilations!!

Sub Pop 200
Everything Is Nice
Kompilation ('98)

Anyone mention the Tokyo Flashback series? Not consistently great, but turned me on to a few things I wouldn't have known about when I was a young 'un. Before the interbox and all that.

First two Nuggets (obv.)
This Is Boston, Not L.A.
The Complete Peel Sessions (The Fall)
20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (James Brown)
The Kink Kronikles
Chronicles, Vol. 1 (CCR)
Singles Going Steady

I'm sure there's quite a few glaring omissions that aren't coming to mind now, but whatever.

love is a real thing
nigeria 70
arkology
messthetics
superrappin
beyond real expeience
sound bombing
aim high

No New York
Nuggets (I only have the original album, I'd like to get the box set, the box set of non-American stuff, and the box set of later stuff)
The Flying Nun label has a lot of good compilations, but the 25th anniversary box set is amazing.

the xpressway compilations are also good for NZ stuff

Give Peace a Dance
The Elephant Table Album
The Fight is On
Pillows and Prayers
Q.E.D. (N L Centrum)

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Originally Posted by krastian

Me too!! That's the best list of them on this thread so far. Those Africafunk ones are also priceless.

fuck i forgot this, the essential and greatest comp ever...