Curtis Fuller - The Complete Blue Note, UA Curtis Fuller Sessions [1996] (3 x CDs)

SUNDAY JAZZ

CURTIS FULLER

Curtis Fuller - The Complete Blue Note, UA Curtis Fuller Sessions [1996] (3 x CDs)

1996 release Curtis Fuller -The Complete Blue Note/UA Curtis Fuller Sessions was issued by Mosaic Records as part of their limited‑edition box‑set series. It gathers a body of work that often slips between the cracks of jazz history, not because it lacks quality, but because Fuller’s brilliance was usually framed in the context of others, Coltrane, Blakey, Silver, and the many giants he supported. This 1996 set restores the spotlight, presenting the trombonist’s late-1950s and early-1960s sessions for Blue Note and United Artists as a coherent, self‑contained chapter. What emerges is a portrait of a musician whose voice was already fully formed: warm, agile, harmonically adventurous, and unmistakably his own.

Across these recordings, Fuller leads ensembles that reflect the era’s shifting landscape. You hear the hard‑bop vocabulary he helped define, but also the beginnings of a more lyrical, spacious approach that would shape his later work. His tone, round, centered, and effortlessly expressive, anchors every session, whether he’s navigating brisk lines or unfolding a ballad with patient clarity. The remastering brings out the richness of his sound, giving the trombone a presence that earlier pressings sometimes softened.

The sidemen add depth without overshadowing the leader. Players like Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark, and Art Taylor bring their own sensibilities, but the music always bends toward Fuller’s melodic instincts. His writing, too, stands out: tunes that balance structure with openness, offering room for interplay without losing their shape. Tracks such as “A-Long Way From Home” and “Oscalypso” reveal a composer who understood how to craft memorable themes while leaving space for improvisation to breathe.

This set is essential because it gathers material that was scattered across short LPs and limited releases, presenting it with clarity and context. It shows Fuller not just as a sideman of historic importance, but as a leader with a distinct voice, one whose contributions to the Blue Note and UA catalogs deserve to be heard as a unified story. (B)

==========================================================

ALL 

OR

ALL

OR

ALL 

===========================================================

Track lists

CD1

01 Curtis Fuller - Lizzy's Bounce 5:23

02 Curtis Fuller - Soon 5:35

03 Curtis Fuller - A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening 6:51

04 Curtis Fuller - Here's to My Lady 6:43

05 Curtis Fuller - Oscalypso 5:39

06 Curtis Fuller - Hugore 6:43

07 Curtis Fuller - Algonquin 5:02

08 Curtis Fuller - Bone & Bari 6:18

09 Curtis Fuller - Nita's Waltz 6:56

10 Curtis Fuller - Again 7:20

11 Curtis Fuller - Heart and Soul 4:51

12 Curtis Fuller - Pickup 5:46

CD2

01 Curtis Fuller - Quantrale 6:11

02 Curtis Fuller - Two Quarters of A Mile 6:30

03 Curtis Fuller - Little Messenger 6:18

04 Curtis Fuller - It's Too Late Now 6:54

05 Curtis Fuller - Jeanie 6:48

06 Curtis Fuller - Carvon 6:56

07 Curtis Fuller - Pajama Tops 5:38

08 Curtis Fuller - Slide's Ride 3:59

09 Curtis Fuller - Loquacious Lady 4:11

10 Curtis Fuller - Mean Jean 5:40

CD3

01 Curtis Fuller - Fuss Budget 7:46

02 Curtis Fuller - Oatmeal Cookie 4:38

03 Curtis Fuller - Da-Baby 7:32

04 Curtis Fuller - Down Home 4:04

05 Curtis Fuller - Down Home (Alt. Tk.) 4:32

06 Curtis Fuller - C.T.A. 5:07

07 Curtis Fuller - When Lights Are Low 6:55

08 Curtis Fuller - I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone 5:51

09 Curtis Fuller - Bongo Bop 7:49

10 Curtis Fuller - Bit of Heaven 5:23

=============================================================

=============================================================

Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

=============================================================

=============================================================

MY COMPILATION SERIES VOL. 226

MY COMPILATION SERIES

Where visitors provide their self-made compilation.

(Please note, I will not be re-uploading any of the "My Compilations" created. So, visitors need pick up what you want ASAP.)

I want to thank all for sending in your submissions and following the Guidelines and new format. 

If you have a query on any compilation, leave a comment or contact the owner using the email link where provided.

I am pleased to be able to post the next MY COMPILATION series of submissions.  

Here are NEW compilations to choose from or simply take them all...These compilations below, are all great listens and I encourage all to pick up these as you won't be disappointed. 

Please thank the compilation owner if you like their work.

=============================================================

=============================================================

MY COMPILATION SERIES VOL. 226

=============================================================

=============================================================

#01

Title: VA - After Hours 1 (320 Kbps)

Created By: Pol Inate

Contact: https://polinatewtc.blogspot.com/

=============================================================

=============================================================

#02

Title: VA - Get A Little Vol. 169 – Can’t Quit The Blues (320 Kbps)

Created By: John Angelatos

Contact: johnangelatos@gmail.com

=============================================================

=============================================================

#03

Title: VA - Berni's A-Z Vol.194 H (320 Kbps except tracks 17 & 25 192k)

Created By: Berni

Contact: Not proided

=============================================================

=============================================================

#04

Title: VA ~ Tripping Ballz 01.03 (VBR (V0))

Created By: Sam I.R. Davies

Contact: samirdavies@yahoo.ca

===========================================================

===========================================================

#05

Title: VA - For Minneapolis (Var)

Created By: Shankly

Contact: shankly1956@outlook.com

===========================================================

===========================================================

#06

Title: VA - The Rest of the Best (2023-25) [Disc 1] (320 Kbps)

Created By: DJ Mello Ell

Contact: djmelloell@gmail.com

=============================================================

=============================================================

#07

Title: VA - Two Hours With The Ex (320 Kbps)

Created By: Oniswa

Contact: Oniswa@proton.me

===========================================================

===========================================================

#08

Title: VA - Tracks From Soundtracks Vol.20: This IS A Love Song (320 Kbps)

Created By: MM

Contact: marpix57@gmail.com

===========================================================

===========================================================

#09

Title: VA - British Biscuits #14 N (Mostly 320 Kbps, 2@192)

Created By: lemonflag

Contact: Not provided

===========================================================

===========================================================

TRACK LISTS Vol. 226

===========================================================

===========================================================

#01

VA - After Hours 1 (320 Kbps)

01 Johnny Hartman - Unforgettable

02 re-SOUL - Baby Shark

03 Dean Martin - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

04 Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around

05 Don Nelson featuring Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar & Stan Levey - The Wind

06 Ray Charles - Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

07 Midnight Jazz - Velvet Corners

08 Sam Cooke - Lost And Lookin'

09 Mose Allison - Lost Mind

10 Raviel Blackthorne - Tonight, I'm A Little Too Broken

11 Sammy Davis Jr. - I'm A Fool To Want You

12 Sound Of Moc - She Wore Blue Under Streetlights

13 Chet Baker - Almost Blue

14 Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

15 Lee Hazlewood - Your Sweet Love

16 Electric Prunes - Too Much To Dream (After Hours Mix)

17 Zero Sugar - Love Is Like Lounging

18 Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues

19 Jack Jones - Here's That Rainy Day

20 Zero Sugar - Faux On The Run

21 Chris Connor - Lush Life

This pick drifts through a 1950s saloon haze — slow, smoky jazz wrapped in barroom quiet. Sparse piano and brushed snares sway around a thumping upright bass, while a low baritone croon leans close, all grit and midnight warmth. Some AI and some just I. And, yes, that's my dog in the tux.

===========================================================

===========================================================

#02

VA - Get A Little Vol. 169 – Can’t Quit The Blues (320 Kbps)  

01 Sittin' Here And Drinkin'- Muddy Waters                                                                           

02 Here In The Dark - T-Bone Walker                                                                                  

03 I Think My Time Is Here - Jimmy McCracklin’                                                                          

04 Have You Ever Loved A Woman - Derek and the Dominos                                                                

05 Ask Me No Question- B.B King                                                                                   

06 I Hate The Blues - Atlanta Rhythm Section                                                                     

07 A Married Mans’ A Fool - Blind Willie McTell                                                                   

08 Alimony - Tommy Tucker                                                                                            

09 Leavin' Here - J.B. Lenoir                                                                                          

10 Look-A-Here Baby - Howlin' Wolf                                                                                     

11 More Blues, More Beat - Paul Bascomb                                                                       

12 Squeaky Wheel - C.J Chenier & Red Hot Louisiana Band                                                 

13 Breakin’ Up Somebody’s Home – Supercharge                                                                   

14 Let The Four Winds Blow – Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats                                             

15 Black Nights - Big Mojo Elem and John Littlejohn                                                              

16 Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby - Esther Phillips                                                

17 Watergate blues - Bobo Jenkins                                                                                    

18 Going Down Slow - Magic Slim                                                                                         

19 I'm Sitting Here - Eddie Taylor                                                                                       

20 You Gotta Have Soul - Luther and Jimmy Johnson                                                        

21 Hound Dog - Hound Dog Taylor                                                                                     

22 I Have The Same Old Blues - Mighty Joe Young

23 Give Me One More Time - Built For Comfort Blues Band                                                        

24 If You Don’t Start Drinkin’ (I’m Gonna Leave) - George Thorogood & The Destroyers 

25 Can’t Quit The Blues – Tommy Castro

===========================================================

===========================================================

#03

VA - Berni's A-Z Vol.194 H (320 Kbps except tracks 17 & 25 192k)

01 - Hank Williams Jr. - Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound

02 - Hank Williams III - You're The Reason

03 - The Harmed Brothers - Up Off The Ground

04 - Harvest Thieves - Friendly Fire

05 - The Hawkmen - Back Around

06 - Hayseed Dixie - Everybody Knows

07 - Head For The Hills - If 'n When

08 - Heather Little - Transistor Radio

09 - Henry & The Bleeders - No. 9 - 5

10 - Helltown Sinners - Hellfire

11 - The Hellbenders - The Gunman Left Standing

12 - Herb Pedersen - It's My Time

13 - Hicksville Bombers - Born To Be Wild

14 - Hillbilly Hellcats - White Trash

15 - Happydeadmen - Full Circle (with Joe Algeri)

16 - The Hillbilly Gypsies - Deep Dark Mine

17 - Hillbilly Casino - Tow Truck

18 - The Hi-Risers - With The One I Love

19 - The Hoodoo Tones - The Fool

20 - The Hooten Hallers - 40 Oz To Memphis

21 - Hot Buttered Rum - Swerving Inside The Lines

22 - Hot Rize - Country Blues

23 - The Hoyle Brothers - A Little Bit Of Buck

24 - The Hypochondriacs - Waitin'

25 - Huevos Rancheros - The Moth Dance

===========================================================

===========================================================

#04

VA ~ Tripping Ballz 01.03 (VBR (V0))

Track ~ Artist ~ Title ~ Album ~ Year ~ Kbps ~ Mode ~ Length

1 ~ Brewer & Shipley ~ One Toke Over The Line (with Johnny Depp) ~ Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas ~ 1998 ~ 232 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:43

2 ~ Bill Murray ~ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ~ Where The Buffalo Roam ~ 1980 ~ 247 ~ VBR ~ 00:01:27

3 ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ~ You Don't Know How It Feels [Live 2010] ~ Mojo Tour 2010 ~ 2010 ~ 251 ~ VBR ~ 00:06:27

4 ~ Townes Van Zandt ~ Cocaine Blues [Live 1973] ~ Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas ~ 1977 ~ 178 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:21

5 ~ Sluggy & Tuffest ~ So Many Spliff ~ Big Blunts V3 ~ 1996 ~ 269 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:01

6 ~ Eric Church ~ I'm Gettin' Stoned ~ Chief ~ 2011 ~ 275 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:02

7 ~ David Bowie ~ Ashes To Ashes [Live 2003] ~ A Reality Tour ~ 2010 ~ 271 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:46

8 ~ Lady Gaga ~ LoveDrug ~ MAYHEM ~ 2025 ~ 275 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:13

9 ~ Marilyn Manson ~ I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me) ~ Mechanical Animals ~ 1999 ~ 260 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:07

10 ~ Van Morrison ~ And It Stoned Me ~ Moondance ~ 1970 ~ 276 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:32

11 ~ Wayne Smith ~ Under Mi Sleng Teng ~ Big Blunts V1 ~ 1994 ~ 281 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:10

12 ~ Black Sabbath ~ Sweet Leaf [Live 1997] ~ Reunion ~ 1998 ~ 279 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:07

13 ~ The Beatles ~ Tomorrow Never Knows ~ Revolver ~ 1966 ~ 294 ~ VBR ~ 00:02:57

14 ~ Johnny Paycheck ~ (Stay Away From) The Cocaine Train ~ Take This Job & Shove It: The Definitive Collection ~ 2016 ~ 274 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:10

15 ~ Curtis Mayfield ~ Pusherman ~ Superfly ~ 1972 ~ 249 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:04

16 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Dead Flowers [Live 1995] ~ Stripped ~ 1995 ~ 287 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:11

17 ~ Tony Rebel ~ The Herb ~ Big Blunts V1 ~ 1994 ~ 249 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:37

18 ~ The Black Crowes ~ She Talks To Angels ~ Shake Your Money Maker ~ 1990 ~ 257 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:31

19 ~ Roxy Music ~ Love Is The Drug ~ Siren ~ 1975 ~ 272 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:11

20 ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Under The Bridge ~ Blood Sugar Sex Magik ~ 1991 ~ 264 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:25

21 ~ Eric Clapton ~ Cocaine ~ Slowhand ~ 1977 ~ 201 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:42

22 ~ Anthony Red Rose ~ Gi We The Weed ~ Big Blunts V2 ~ 1996 ~ 257 ~ VBR ~ 00:04:01

23 ~ Grinspoon ~ Drugs Don't Work [Live] ~ Triple J's Like A Version Vol. 01 ~ 2005 ~ 267 ~ VBR ~ 00:02:43

24 ~ Fleetwood Mac ~ Gold Dust Woman ~ Rumours ~ 1977 ~ 258 ~ VBR ~ 00:05:09

25 ~ Bruce McCulloch ~ Heroin Pig ~ Shame-Based Man ~ 1995 ~ 235 ~ VBR ~ 00:00:39

26 ~ Jefferson Airplane ~ White Rabbit (with Johnny Depp & Benicio Del Toro) ~ Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas ~ 1998 ~ 222 ~ VBR ~ 00:03:12

This is the next entry for my compilation that is a mix of some of the best songs that pertain to recreational drugs.

Reminder - Each download will have two folders: "Formatted" & "Original tags & artwork".

The music in each folder is identical - the only thing that differs is imbedded tagging and artwork.

===========================================================

===========================================================

#05

VA - For Minneapolis (Var)

01. Streets of Minneapolis - Bruce Springsteen

02. Resistance Bells - Seth Staton Watkins

03. Three Shots: A Song for Renee Good - The Midnight Republic

04. We Rise as One - Charon the Ferryman

05. Melt the ICE - ReasonPlusOne

06. Minnesota Anthem: The Rise of the North - Marc Skjervem

07. Battle Hymn of the Empire - Marsh Family

08. City of Heroes - Billy Bragg

09. Get the ICE out - John D Cundle

10. One Dead in Minneapolis: Justice is Coming - Kevin Conner

11. Her Name was Renee - Out of Tune

12. We're from Minnesota - Michael Shynes

13. Come Out Ye Cowards ICE - Ben Grosscup

14. Go On Home, ICE Agents - Canadian Dominion

15. Singing Resistance - Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church

16. Minnesota - Chad Elliott

17. Not One More: A Song for Alex Pretti - The Midnight Republic

18. Join ICE - Jesse Welles

19. Killing in the Name Of - Tom Morello

20. ICE, Fuck You - Scared Ketchup

21. We Stand - Minneapolis MN Real Estate

22. Heart of America - Willie Nelson

23. GTFO - Gus the Bard

24. Is This Who We Are Now? - Songs of Reckoning

25. Streets of Minneapolis - Ethan Gontar

It's hard to believe that in a western democracy, state sponsored armed gangs are killing civilians. Musicians singing will not stop the killing, but will shine a light on those responsible.

============================================================

============================================================

#06

VA - The Rest of the Best (2023-25) [Disc 1] (320 Kbps)

1 Usher and H.E.R. - Risk it All

2 Fridayy - When it Comes to You

3 Dreamville, Arin Ray, Mereba and Omen - Hate Me Now

4 Jae Skeese - 1 of 1

5 El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Hollow Way

6 Keyon Harrold featuring Malaya - Don't Lie

7 Rhyan Douglas - Last Page

8 Torae & Marco Polo - Life Behind Bars

9 eLZhi and Boldy James - Lion Hearted

10 Michi - If You Want Me

11 Norah Jones - Swept Up in the Night

12 Joe Leone - Over Under

13 Brother Ali & Ant - Deep Cuts

14 Benny the Butcher & 38 Spesh - Jesus Arms

15 Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Big Sean - Ya Don't Stop

16 Common & Pete Rock - All Kind of Ideas

17 Eric Benét and Ledisi - Right Time

18 Kehlani - Folded

19 JoJo - Start Over

20 DJ Premier & Roc Marciano - Good to Go

21 Benny the Butcher - Supernatural

22 Coast Contra - Woman

23 Moonchild and PJ Morton - Fear (Hey Friend)

Since 1978, DJ Mello Ell created a "Best of" compilation for each year, consisting of his favorite R&B and hip-hop tracks (and occasionally tracks of other genres). But sometimes, he runs out of room or discovers a new favorite after he completes his compilation! Hence, "The Rest of the Best" was born.

===========================================================

===========================================================

#07

VA - Two Hours With The Ex (320 Kbps)

01    Ahmad Jamal - Excerpts From The Blues (3:04)

02    Aretha Franklin - Exactly Like You (Remastered) (2:34)

03    Better Oblivion Community Center - Exception to the Rule (2:51)

04    Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (live) (11:32)

05    Cécile McLorin Salvant - Expanse (2:11)

06    Chuck E. Weiss - Exile On Main Street Blues (4:52)

07    Duke Robillard - Exalted Lover (4:57)

08    Endless Boogie - Executive Focus (11:33)

09    Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (13:13)

10    Great Lake Swimmers - Expecting You (3:52)

11    Jakob Dylan & Regina Spektor - Expecting To Fly (3:32)

12    Kevin Kline - Experiment (2:34)

13    Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - External Combustion (4:11)

14    Nathaniel Rateliff - Expecting to Lose (3:54)

15    Old 97's - Ex of All You See (2:52)

16    Pavid Vermin - Excremental Feast on the Decomposing Remnants of Humanity (2:26)

17    Peter Gabriel - Excuse Me (3:19)

18    Robert Fripp - Exposure (4:25)

19    Shonen Knife - Explosion! (4:09)

20    Signe Marie Rustad - Explicit (6:20)

21    Tico & The Triumphs (aka Paul Simon, April 1961) - Express Train (2:14)

22    Umphrey's McGee - Example 1 (12:43)

23    Bonny Light Horseman - Exile (3:34)

24    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Exclusive Grave (3:46)

25    McGough & McGear - Ex-Art Student (feat. Jimi Hendrix) (6:18)

26    Dead Indian - Exodus (3:29)

===========================================================

===========================================================

#08

VA - Tracks From Soundtracks Vol.20: This IS A Love Song (320 Kbps)

1 A Smile Like Yours - Natalie Cole - (A Smile Like Yours_Soundtrack)

2 Angel Eyes - Tamara Walker - (Angel Eyes)

3 City Of Love [Edited Version] - Persephone's Bees - (Bewitched - Music From The Motion Picture)

4 Let It Be Me - Jackson Browne & Timothy B. Schmit - (Bye Bye Love (Original Soundtrack Album))

5 Dream Lover - Mandy Barnett - (Traveller)

6 I Will - Ben Taylor - (Bye Bye Love (Original Soundtrack Album))

7 Love Is Here to Stay (Soundtrack Version) - Billie Holiday - (Forget Paris - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

8 You Belong To Me - Tori Amos - (Mona Lisa Smile: Music From The Motion Picture)

9 Don't Worry Baby (Featuring The Beach Boys) - The Everly Brothers Feat. The Beach Boys - (Bye Bye Love (Original Soundtrack Album))

10 Good Morning Beautiful - Steve Holy - (Angel Eyes)

11 Bye Bye Love - The Proclaimers - (Bye Bye Love (Original Soundtrack Album))

12 Can't Help Falling In Love - David Keith & The T Graham Brown Band - (Heartbreak Hotel)

13 Here In My Heart - Nicol Smith - (Angel Eyes)

14 Kiss From A Rose - Seal - (Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture)

15 Love Me - David Keith - (Heartbreak Hotel)

16 Nobody Lives Without Love - Eddi Reader - (Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture)

17 Besame Mucho - Chris Isaak - (Mona Lisa Smile: Music From The Motion Picture)

18 L-O-V-E - Natalie Cole - (Bewitched - Music From The Motion Picture)

19 Sweet Nothin's - Tina & the B-Side Movement - (Traveller)

20 Heart On A Chain  - The Souvenirs - (Soundtrack: The Gift)

21 Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. - (Bandits: Music From The MGM Motion Picture)

22 Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) - Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross - (Bridget Jones's Diary)

23 I've Got The World On A String - Lisa Stansfield - (Mona Lisa Smile: Music From The Motion Picture)

24 Love and Happiness - Al Green - (Traveller)

25 You May Feel Me Crying - Roy Orbison - (The End Of Violence)

We all know that "Love Is All Around", "All You Need Is Love" and that "Love Is In the Air". There are literally millions of love songs out there whether directly about love or related in some way. So for this collection I've gathered a few love themed songs from several soundtracks to add a little love to your day.

===========================================================

===========================================================

#09

VA - British Biscuits #14 N (Mostly 320 Kbps, 2@192)

1 Seven Days   New Barbarians

2 Abergavenny   Nancy Marano

3 I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass   Nick Lowe

4 Got To Get Away   New York Public Library

5 I'll Be Doggone BBC   Nashville Teens

6 I've Got Nothing To Lose   Neil Landon

7 Knockin' On Heaven's Door   Nazareth

8 Life Is A Dream   Noel Harrison

9 Gabrielle   Nips

10 Cruel To Be Kind Original   Nick Lowe

11 Pocket Full Of Sunshine   Natasha Bedingfield

12 I'm Gonna Love You Baby   Neil Christian

13 Love, Love, Love, Love, Love   Nite People

14 Mayfair   Nick Drake

15 My Colour Is Blue   Nicky James

16 Only a Fool   New Hearts

17 How Can They Know   Nancy Garr

18 Rainbow Chaser   Nirvana UK

19 Sandman    Neat Change

20 Urban Ways   Neon Pearl 

21 The Scientist   Natasha Bedingfield

22 Love Hurts   Nazareth

23 Lately I've Let Things Slide   Nick Lowe

24 Happy Ending   Neil Innes

25 Private Lives   Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence 

1) We kick off with Keith Richards side job. 2) Pop song about a village in Wales (Left hand side of England). 3) My intro to Nick, loved this album. 5) The Beeb used to intro this way on almost everything. 7) Classic guitar classic song. 8) Can you get more 60s than this? 10) Nick's original version. 15) Sounds like somebody? 17) Ditto #8. 18) The other Nirvana. 21) Great cover of the Coldplay tune. 22) Best version IMOP. 23) This should hit home with most of you old farts. 24) Ex-Bonzo Ex-Rutle Mr Innes. 25) A piece of England long gone. Listen past the accents. Brilliant lyrics. Play the whole thing. C U next week

===========================================================

===========================================================

GUIDELINES.

Please use this template for future MY COMPILATION submissions.

https://krakenfiles.com/view/cqZ74xNodO/file.html

Only Various Artists compilations will be accepted.

Only one compilation per week from each contributor with a limit of 25 tracks per track list per submission. (Total 25 tracks only). You can submit a new track list the following week.

The Topic is your choice, Genre is your choice and any music is acceptable. (If readers don't like the topic or choices then they don't have to pick them up)

 When presenting your submission, the Topic of your compilation should be Noted as well as the sound quality of the compilation. (i.e., 320Kbps MP3, Flac, etc).

Whilst most would prefer MP3's @ 320 kbps all I request is a good sound quality. 

A track list must be supplied together with a LINK for your Compilation.  (Please do not send the compressed file)

Artwork is not necessary but would be welcomed. All submissions need to arrive via email to:  

        BUTTER2020ap@protonmail.com 

Entries must be received by Midnight, Wednesday. (Wherever you are in the world.)

Once received, your entries will be checked for content matching the track lists provided. If an entry is considered unsafe or different to the track list provided it will be deleted. If your submissions are outside the guidelines they will not be included (No questions asked and no reply)

============================================================

============================================================

VA - 70s Rock Down [2020] (3 x CDs)

ROCK ANTHEMS

VA - 70s Rock Down [2020] (3 x CDs)

70s Rock Down takes a different path through the decade, steering away from the usual FM giants and instead focusing on the deep‑cut energy that shaped how the seventies actually sounded day to day. This 2020 three‑disc set released by Xploded TV / Xploded Music leans into the spaces between hard rock, melodic rock, bar‑band grit, and early AOR, those tracks that lived on late‑night radio, in record‑shop bins, and on well‑worn home stereos. It’s a portrait of the era built from the ground up rather than from the headlines.

The flow across the discs mirrors the decade’s natural progression. Early‑70s blues‑rock muscle gives way to mid‑decade melodic punch, before settling into the smoother, more polished textures that closed out the era. The guitars have bite, the rhythm sections lean forward, and the vocals carry those unmistakable seventies warmth, equal parts swagger and storytelling. These aren’t museum pieces; they’re songs built for real rooms, real nights, and real volume.

What gives the set its character is the balance between familiar names and strong tracks from artists who never quite broke through commercially. That mix keeps the listening experience grounded and surprising at the same time. The mastering preserves the analogue feel without dulling the edges, letting the music breathe in a way that suits the material.

Taken as a whole, 70s Rock Down offers a vivid snapshot of the decade’s working‑class rock heart. It highlights the bands and songs that filled the spaces between the blockbusters, music that carried the same spark, the same drive, and the same sense of possibility. It’s a reminder that the seventies were built not just by giants, but by countless groups chasing their own version of the sound. (B)

==========================================================

ALL 

OR

ALL 

OR

ALL 

===========================================================

Track lists

CD1

01 Queen - Killer Queen 2:59

02 KiSS - I Was Made for Lovin' You 4:00

03 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 5:14

04 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll 3:12

05 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die 3:11

06 Free - All Right Now 5:32

07 Argent - God Gave Rock & Roll to You 3:16

08 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 3:48

09 Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son 3:26

10 Golden Earring - Radar Love 3:45

11 Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 3:16

12 City Boy - 5.7.0.5. 3:13

13 Yes - Wonderous Stories 3:48

14 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for The Common Man 2:56

15 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 3:36

16 Ram Jam - Black Betty 2:29

17 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 2:34

18 Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways 3:20

19 Jethro Tull - Life is A Long Song 3:18

20 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 9:07

CD2

01 Status Quo - Down Down 3:48

02 Who - Who Are You 5:06

03 Focus - Hocus Pocus 6:40

04 Deep Purple - Black Night 3:25

05 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town 3:10

06 Rainbow - Since You Been Gone 3:17

07 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 4:36

08 Bad Company - Can't Get Enough 4:14

09 ZZ Top - La Grange 3:47

10 Taste - What's Going On 2:47

11 Heart - Barracuda 4:22

12 Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny 4:00

13 Slade - Cum on Feel The Noize 4:24

14 Knack - My Sharona 4:53

15 McGuinness - When I'm Dead and Gone 3:40

16 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle 3:01

17 America - Ventura Highway 3:30

18 Stealers Wheel - Stuck in The Middle With You 3:23

19 Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right 3:16

20 Canned Heat - Let's Work Together 3:13

CD3

01 Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop 3:10

02 Alice Cooper - School's Out 3:29

03 Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally 3:49

04 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes 3:31

05 Faces - Stay With Me 4:38

06 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good 4:39

07 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 3:48

08 Foreigner - Cold as Ice 3:18

09 Santana - Black Magic Woman 3:14

10 Python Lee Jackson feat. Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream 3:40

11 Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' 2:36

12 Dr. Feelgood - Roxette 2:55

13 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica 4:09

14 Moody Blues - Question 4:55

15 Mink Deville - Spanish Stroll 3:36

16 Roger Daltrey - Giving it All Away 3:29

17 Nazareth - Love Hurts 3:52

18 10CC - Rubber Bullets 4:40

19 Rick Wakeman - Catherine of Aragon 3:44

20 John Miles - Music 5:52

=============================================================

=============================================================

Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

=============================================================

=============================================================

VA - Haunting Ballads & Melancholic Masterpieces (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

HAUNTING AND MELANCHOLIC

VA - Haunting Ballads & Melancholic Masterpieces (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

When I call this box set Haunting Ballads & Melancholic Masterpieces, I’m not reaching for drama, I’m naming the feeling that threads through every track I’ve chosen. These songs linger. They move with us, shadow us, and refuse to fade once heard. The set exists because I wanted to capture that elusive quality, music that unsettles and comforts at the same time, that makes silence feel charged after the last note dies away.

Each track here was chosen not for popularity, but for resonance. Some are rare, tucked away on forgotten labels, others are more familiar but reframed in this context. Together they form a dialogue across decades and genres, proving that “haunting” is not confined to minor keys or ghostly atmospheres, it can be found in a fragile vocal, a drifting synth line, or a lyric that cuts deeper than expected.

The title Haunting Masterpieces elevates the idea beyond mood. These aren’t just songs that sound eerie, they are works that master the art of staying with us. They haunt because they move, through memory, through motion, through the spaces we carry inside. The compilation is more a journey, a moody, evocative selection spanning genres. Each CD flows into the next, building a landscape where melancholy and beauty coexist.

I wanted listeners to explore further, to hear how these tracks converse with one another. Notice how a spectral ambient piece can sit beside a stark ballad, how a pulsing rhythm can still ache with longing. This set is my attempt to map the terrain of haunting, not as a genre, but as an emotional state. If you let it, the music will follow you long after the box is closed.  

The set follows these themes:

CD1 - Ethereal Voices & Acoustic Shadows     Whispers and fragile tones drift through this opening disc. Voices dissolve into acoustic textures, creating presence and absence at once. These tracks haunt by intimacy, lingering in silence. Ethereal Voices & Acoustic Shadows begins the journey with music that feels near yet impossibly distant, setting the box set’s spectral tone.

CD2 - Gothic Echoes & Chamber Despair     Dark chords and solemn atmospheres define this disc. Gothic echoes reverberate like candlelight in stone halls, while chamber pieces embody confinement and sorrow. Each track was chosen for its shadowed beauty, revealing haunting as grandeur in decay. Gothic Echoes & Chamber Despair deepens the mood with elegance carved from loss.

CD3 - Melancholy in Motion     Explores haunting as movement. Ambient landscapes and pulsing rhythms drift forward yet remain tethered to sadness. Each track embodies journeys that ache, motion that never escapes memory. Melancholy in Motion reminds us haunting is not static, it follows, pursues, and moves with us through time and feeling.

CD4 - Soul Wounds & Lyrical Ghosts     Closing the set, these tracks reveal haunting as vulnerability. Lyrics echo like scars, voices carry wounds that never heal. Each song lingers because it speaks from pain and beauty intertwined. Soul Wounds & Lyrical Ghosts ends the journey with music that feels deeply human, leaving listeners changed by its resonance.

I hope this set is enjoyed and opens an avenue for further exploration. (B)

==========================================================

ALL 

OR

ALL 

OR

ALL 

===========================================================

Track lists

CD1 Ethereal Voices & Acoustic Shadows

01 Nick Drake - Riverman 4:18 1969

02 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars 2:22 1997

03 Bon Iver - Re- Stacks 6:29 2008

04 Marissa Nadler - Drive 5:36 2014

05 Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 3:19 2005

06 Iron and Wine - Naked as We Came 2:32 2004

07 Agnes Obel - Riverside 3:48 2010

08 Laura Marling - What He Wrote 4:07 2010

09 Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats 2:40 2006

10 Mazzy Star - Fade Into You 4:57 1993

11 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 6:53 1994

12 Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter 4:46 2025

13 Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral 3:52 2017

14 Aldous Harding - Imagining My Man 5:52 2017

15 Cat Power - Metal Heart 3:59 1998

16 Lisa Germano - Into Oblivion 4:10 2006

17 Low - Lullaby 9:50 1994

18 Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - You Missed My Heart 5:40 2013

19 Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds 9:55 2006

20 Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day 1:47 1970

CD2 Gothic Echoes & Chamber Despair

01 Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone 4:42 2005

02 Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim 6:16 1988

03 This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren 3:30 1983

04 Scott Walker - It's Raining Today 4:01 1969

05 Nico - These Days 3:33 1967

06 Leonard Cohen - A Singer Must Die 3:22 1974

07 Kate Bush - This Woman's Work 3:36 1989

08 Julee Cruise - Falling 4:12 1990

09 Lisa Gerrard - Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow) 3:51 1995

10 Tindersticks - Don't Look Down 4:19 1997

11 David Sylvian - Orpheus 4:51 1988

12 Cocteau Twins - Otterley 3:59 1984

13 Bat for Lashes - If I Knew 4:16 2016

14 Rufus Wainwright; Anohni - Going to A Town 4:16 2007

15 Perfume Genius - Choir 2:28 2017

16 Susanne Sundf r - Undercover 4:19 2017

17 Anna Von Hausswolff - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra 6:08 2017

18 Soap&Skin - Spiracle 2:48 2009

19 Julia Holter - Sea Calls Me Home 3:07 2015

20 Chelsea Wolfe - The Way We Used To 2:47 2012

CD3 Melancholy in Motion

01 Sigur R s - Untitled #3 (Samskeyt)i 6:33 2002

02 Explosions in The Sky - First Breath After Coma 9:40 2003

03 Max Richter - On The Nature of Daylight 6:11 2004

04 A Winged Victory for The Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears 4:25 2011

05 Stars of the Lid - Requiem for Dying Mothers Part 2 7:37 2001

06 J hann J hannsson - Englaborn 5:09 2002

07 Rachel s - Water From the Same Source 6:18 2003

08 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dead Flag Blues (Edit) 3:01 1997

09 Balmorhea - Remembrance 5:49 2009

10 Eluvium - Ostinatio 6:10 2007

11 Tim Hecker - Seasick 4:31 2021

12 William Basinski - Tear Vial 4:47 2020

13 Low Roar - I'll Keep Coming 5:52 2014

14 Hammock - Turn Away and Return 5:13 2016

15 Helios - Emancipation 2:34 2006

16 Mogwai - Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home 5:56 1997

17 MONO - Ashes in the Snow 11:45 2009

18 Biosphere - Blue Monday 5:27 2011

19 Ryuichi Sakamoto - solari 3:51 2017

20 Akira Kosemura - Someday 4:33 2016

CD4 Soul Wounds & Lyrical Ghosts

01 Johnny Cash - Hurt 3:38 2002

02 Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 3:11 1939

03 Pearl Jam - Black 5:43 1991

04 Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely 5:56 2000

05 National - About Today 4:10 2004

06 Fleetwood Mac - Storms 5:30 1979

07 Tracy Chapman - Behind The Wall 1:49 1988

08 Lou Reed - Perfect Day 3:39 1972

09 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence 3:09 1965

10 Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet 6:27 1997

11 PJ Harvey - The Dancer 4:05 1995

12 Mark Lanegan - One Hundred Days 4:36 2004

13 Tom Waits - Time 3:56 1985

14 Beth Gibbons; Rustin Man - Funny Time of Year 6:48 2002

15 Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind 2:34 2021

16 Travis - The Humpty Dumpty Love Song 5:03 2001

17 Damien Jurado - Ohio 3:41 1999

18 Sharon Van Etten - Love More 5:14 2010

19 Keaton Henson - You 4:42 2013

20 Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep 6:29 2001

=============================================================

=============================================================

Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

=============================================================

=============================================================

REUPLOADS # 124

REUPLOADS # 124

NEW LINKS for reuploads can be found here:

Click on the links and it will take you to the requested page.

Bill Withers - Complete Sussex & Columbia Albums Collection [2012] (9 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2023/10/bill-withers-complete-sussex-columbia.html

VA - Marshmallow Skies, 60's Pop Stars Flirt With Psychedelia [2017]

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2019/09/va-marshmallow-skies-60s-pop-stars.html

VA - Je n'aime toujours pas le jazz, mais ça j'aime bien! [2013] (4 x CDs)

https://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2022/02/va-je-naime-toujours-pas-le-jazz-mais.html

===============================================================

===============================================================

Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

=============================================================

=============================================================