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Looking for compilation suggestions

As of late I find myself listening to compilation albums and soundtracks more and more. Right now I'm listening to "These Times We're Living In, A Red House Anthology" which is very good. Other favorites are kd lang's "Songs from the 49th Parallel," the soundtrack from "Dead Man Walking" and the newly released "Instant Karma - The campaign To Save Darfur." Albums such as these provide me an opportunity to hear new artists or well known artists performing music somewhat out of their element.
Any recommendations appreciated and I'll probably pick up a few of them.
timrhu
qdrone
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A lost 70's Classic in the vein of covers or a compilation of songs from various artists Todd Rundgren's Faithful. On side one he does some Dylan,Hendrix,Beach Boys and other artists and then on side two he does all original stuff that is some of his best work. He just nails all the covers,in fact he took great pride in how many hours of studio time it took him to get the songs to SOUND like the originals. And if that isn't enough you can pick it up on CD new for under 10.00 shipped on Amazon.
Enjoy.
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sbank
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Check out the Live At The World Cafe series which culls intimate well-recorded performances from the radio show of the same name. This is a prime way to find great artists.

As for movie soundtracks, the one I always go back to is The Committments, featuring an Irish band playing 60's American black soul music. Cheers,
Spencer
reubent
3,587 posts
 
Some of the MTV Unplugged Compilations are actually pretty good too. If you like stripped down acoustic versions of some classic rock tunes, there is plenty of good stuff available in the Unplugged series.

I'm not really thrilled about promoting MTV, but IMHO they had a real winner in the Unplugged series.

TIC
slothman
311 posts
 
Agree with Sbank - some big market radio stations put out some nice live studio performance compilations. Some that I have enjoyed have been released by KFOG (Live from the Archives) and WBCN ("Naked" series from the Naked Lunch show). Plenty of them for sale on EBay.
timrhu OP
2,778 posts
 
WBCN - Now that takes me back. I lived in New Hampshire 69-72. WBCN was the station to listen to then, if the radio would pick it up. Haven't been to New England in years.
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