VA - Rubaiyat, Elektra's 40th Anniversary [1990] (2 x CDs)

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VA - Rubaiyat, Elektra's 40th Anniversary [1990] (2 x CDs)

Rubáiyát is a compilation album, released in 1990 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Elektra record label. The concept was to feature present-day Elektra artists covering songs from the historic catalogue of recordings of Elektra Records and its sister label Asylum Records.

Two long-running Elektra artists -  Jackson Browne and the Cure were featured in a double capacity. They were featured as performing artists (covering songs from Elektra's early canon) and were also represented by having songs that they had recorded for Elektra, covered by newer Elektra artists. Carly Simon was the only solo artist to have two songs covered on the collection while the Eagles were the only group to share that distinction.

A promotional version was also released featuring not only the commercially released version of the album, but also a second version featuring each recording in its original incarnation. Another promotional release was a five-song EP consisting of songs from the album redone by John Oswald using his Plunderphonics techniques. The EP's first track, "O'Hell", combined snippets of the original version of "Hello, I Love You", the cover by the Cure contained on this release, plus 17 other songs by the Doors.

The double album was produced by Lenny Kaye, guitarist of the Patti Smith group, who also wrote the liner notes. Group Leaders of the New School, which included future hip hop star Busta Rhymes, was the lone rap act to be included on the compilation (Wikipedia)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Cure - Hello I Love You 3:27

02 Tracy Chapman - House of The Rising Sun 2:04

03 Billy Bragg - Seven & Seven Is 2:15

04 Jevetta Steele - I'd Like to Teach The World to Sing 4:13

05 Gipsy Kings - Hotel California 5:47

06 Black Velvet Band - Werewolves of London 3:40

07 Sugarcubes - Motorcycle Mama 3:44

08 Shinehead - One Meatball 4:38

09 Havalinas - Bottle of Wine 3:27

10 Pixies - Born in Chicago 2:11

11 Faster Pussycat - You're So Vain 4:11

12 Kronos Quartet - Marquee Moon 4:13

13 Phoebe Snow - Get Ourselves Together 4:17

14 Happy Mondays - Tokoloshe Man 4:18

15 Ernie Isley - Let's Go 4:41

16 Lynch Mob - Going Down 3:35

17 Ambitious Lovers - A Little Bit of Rain 3:15

18 Anita Baker - You Belong to Me 4:42

19 Howard Jones - Road to Cairo 5:34

CD2

01 Big F - Kick Out The Jams 4:03

02 Georgia Satellites - Almost Saturday Night; Rockin' All Over the World 4:05

03 Sara Hickman - Hello, I Am Your Heart 2:44

04 Teddy Pendergrass - Make it With You 5:32

05 Linda Ronstadt - The Blacksmith 2:41

06 Bill Frisell - Going Going Gone 5:59

07 Jackson Browne - First Girl I Loved 4:44

08 Ten Thousand Maniacs - These Days 3:27

09 Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy 2:17

10 Danny Gatton - Apricot Brandy 3:11

11 Shaking Family - Union Man 3:56

12 They Might Be Giants - One More Parade 2:22

13 Howard Hewett - I Can't Tell You Why 3:52

14 Leaders of The New School - Mt. Airy Groove 4:37

15 Shirley Murdock - You Brought The Sunshine 4:15

16 John Eddie - Inbetween Days 3:59

17 Beautiful South - Love Wars 4:36

18 Michael Feinstein - Both Sides Now 5:14

19 John Zorn - T.V. Eye 2:25

20 Cure - Hello, I Love You (Slight Return) 0:10

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