Sunday, December 17, 2023

VA - BEST Song Intros (A Butterboy Compilation) + Best of (7 x CDs)

BEST OF THE BEST SONG INTROS

VA - BEST Song Intros (A Butterboy Compilation) + Best of (7 x CDs)

Every now and then the beginning of a song makes the whole track, or at least prepares us for what is to come. Intros that don't just encourage but require you to keep listening. Without a good intro we would probably just turn the song off all together.  The songwriter tries to build expectation and lead us into something great. Sometimes they just have a hook so barbed that even if you stopped the track the hook would remain in your head days later.

Some song intros take their time and slowly pull you in. Others simply grab your attention and slap you with a sound that says, wake up here I am.  This set of 150 songs is a mixture of both. I hope you can agree these tracks are great because of their classic intros. 

As a bonus, included is a Best of version is a condensed version of the much larger Best Song Intros compilation with 26 tracks. 

Enjoy!


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Track lists

CD1

01 Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 3:33

02 Tommy James and the Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion 4:02

03 Small Faces - Tin Soldier 3:21

04 Doobie Brothers - China Grove 3:16

05 Who - Baba O'riley 5:08

06 Faces - On the Beach 4:19

07 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag 3:24

08 Coldplay - Clocks 5:07

09 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way 5:15

10 Beatles - Day Tripper 2:50

11 Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 5:59

12 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name 4:36

13 Chicago - Beginnings 6:27

14 Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere 4:01

15 Supertramp - Bloody Well Right 4:32

16 Steely Dan - Do it Again 5:56

17 Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Get it On 4:26

18 John Mellencamp - I Need a Lover 5:37

19 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 4:36

20 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 2:30

21 Doors - L.A.Woman 7:55

22 Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water 5:40

23 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (Single Edit) 3:18

24 Cream - White Room 4:53

25 Chris Rea - Auberge 7:17


CD2

26 Hollies - Long Cool Woman 3:19

27 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle 3:07

28 Chicago - 25 Or 6 to 4 4:53

29 Pink Floyd - Time 6:48

30 Beatles - Come Together 4:19

31 Sensational Alex Harvey Ba - Faith Healer 7:11

32 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 9:02

33 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 7:28

34 Roxy Music - Love is the Drug 4:06

35 Who - Pinball Wizard 2:59

36 Wishbone Ash - The King Will Come 7:06

37 Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 3:30

38 Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks 7:10

39 Doug Parkinson - Dear Prudence 4:25

40 Deep Purple - Lazy 7:22

41 Keith - 98.6 3:07

42 Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain 3:52

43 Doors - Touch Me 3:13

44 Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances 2:22

45 Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends 5:11

46 Michael Jackson - Black Or White 3:23

47 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze 2:37

48 Eagles - Hotel California 6:31

49 Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 5:56

50 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 4:32


CD3

51 Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 2:31

52 Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train 9:02

53 Billy Joel - Prelude, Angry Young Man 5:16

54 Kinks - You Really Got Me 2:16

55 Supertramp - Fool's Overture 10:52

56 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 5:28

57 Ides of March - Vehicle 2:56

58 George Harrison - What is Life 4:27

59 Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving 2:44

60 Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz 4:02

61 Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years 4:23

62 Human Beinz - Nobody But Me 2:18

63 Chicago - Colour My World 3:01

64 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 4:20

65 Doors - Light My Fire 7:06

66 Pulp - Common People 5:50

67 Raspberries - Go All the Way 3:22

68 Friends of Distinction - Grazing in the Grass 2:56

69 Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling (B. J. Thomas) 2:53

70 Roxy Music - Manifesto 5:29

71 Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo 2:44

72 Status Quo - Caroline 3:43

73 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever 3:40

74 Pilot - Magic 3:06

75 Kingsmen - Louie Louie 2:42


CD4

76 Van Halen - Jump 4:01

77 Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth 2:38

78 Uriah Heep - Gypsy 6:37

79 Nazareth - Hair of the Dog 4:10

80 Rod Stewart - Stay With Me 4:38

81 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 5:11

82 Peter Gabriel - Red Rain 5:41

83 Rainbow - Tarot Woman 5:58

84 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil 6:18

85 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 3:40

86 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl 3:33

87 Ac/Dc - Back in Black 4:15

88 Zz Top - La Grange 3:54

89 Derek and the Dominos - Layla 7:06

90 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On 4:51

91 Jethro Tull - Locomotive-Breath 4:23

92 Black Sabbath - Iron Man 5:55

93 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love 4:06

94 Free - All Right Now 4:15

95 Animals - House of the Rising Sun 4:24

96 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 2:41

97 Inxs - Never Tear Us Apart 3:05

98 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 4:40

99 Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer 6:30

100 Ride - Leave Them All Behind 8:17


CD5

101 Canned Heat - On the Road Again 5:01

102 Santana - Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac) 1968 3:21

103 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 6:10

104 The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone 7:12

105 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 4:54

106 Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) 3:19

107 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 5:50

108 Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen 5:29

109 Metallica - Enter Sandman 5:31

110 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker 4:14

111 Cult - Fire Woman 5:08

112 Yes - Roundabout 8:36

113 Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Cowgirl in the Sand 10:06

114 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica 7:28

115 David Bowie - Changes 3:28

116 Faces - Miss Judy's Farm 3:39

117 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 3:50

118 Marc Bolan - 20th Century Boy 3:37

119 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom 2:28

120 Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger 9:30

121 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge 4:24

122 Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Needle and the Spoon 3:53

123 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 5:01

124 Caravan - Nine Feet Underground 22:44

125 Black Keys - Weight of Love 6:50


CD6

126 Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville 2:45

127 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 3:00

128 Abba - Dancing Queen 3:51

129 Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself 3:19

130 Deep Purple - April 12:05

131 Foo Fighters - Everlong 4:10

132 Supergrass - Tales O Endurance (Parts 4,5 and 6) 5:31

133 New Order - Blue Monday '88 4:04

134 Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This Before 3:32

135 Hawkwind - The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke) 6:50

136 Moody Blues - The Story in Your Eyes (Original  Version) 3:33

137 Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword 5:56

138 Genesis - Watcher of the Skies 7:23

139 Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart 8:25

141 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man 7:23

141 Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond 11:05

142 Pavement - Summer Babe 3:16

143 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 8:04

144 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name 4:36

145 Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star 2:54

146 Guns 'n' Roses - November Rain 8:57

147 Arcade Fire - Wake Up 5:35

148 Blur - Song 2 2:02

149 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad 3:52

150 Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone 6:13


Bonus Best of...

00 Human Beinz - Nobody But Me 2:18

01 Small Faces - Tin Soldier 3:21

02 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag 3:24

03 Tommy James and the Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion 4:02

04 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through the Jungle 3:07

05 Hollies - Long Cool Woman 3:19

06 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way 5:15

07 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 4:20

08 Canned Heat - On the Road Again 5:01

09 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name 4:36

10 Steely Dan - Do it Again 5:56

11 Santana - Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac) 1968 3:21

12 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 4:32

13 Ides of March - Vehicle 2:56

14 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 3:40

15 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 6:10

16 Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 5:56

17 David Bowie - Changes 3:28

18 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 8:04

19 New Order - Blue Monday '88 4:04

20 Moody Blues - The Story in Your Eyes (Original  Version) 3:33

21 Metallica - Enter Sandman 5:31

22 White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 3:50

23 John Mellencamp - I Need a Lover 5:37

24 Chris Rea - Auberge 7:17

25 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 4:36

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19 comments:

  1. BB: That's funny and mystical at the same time. When I read the headline (and hadn't read anything else from this post), I immediately thought of "Start me up" as the perfect intro for an intro collection ... and there it was! Cosmic coincidences, what else. Thank you so much and Best from: TC

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    1. Don't start me up, TC.
      Cosmic coincidences happen all the time.

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  2. Thanks, BB, great concept for a collection! But you left off a truly bad song with a truly great intro - Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy.

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    1. Hi Gummo,
      No one of my favourites I'm afraid. But I like the idea of Bad Songs with Great inros.
      Cheers.

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  3. Thanks, perfect compilation. you're the best.

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    1. Thank you, george.
      I appreciate the compliment.
      Cheers.

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  4. You had me at Best Intros!
    To the best of my recollection the choir start on You Can't Always Get was not on the single in England. When I first heard it in the States I thought it was a cover version.
    Great Compo BB, one I will treasure. Thanks

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    1. I hope you will enjoy this, lemonflag.
      So many wonderful tracks. It's a good one for those morning walks.
      Cheers.

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  5. Thanks BB - Great concept and collection but no California Girls?

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    1. Hi Dr Robert.
      Pity that. There is always another volume.
      Cheers.

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  6. lemonflag, if I recall correctly, the single of You Can't Always Get What You Want was approximately 2 minutes shorter than the album version - here in America, too.

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  7. Another great selection of songs, thank you.

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    1. You're welcome, antony harrington.
      Enjoy.
      Cheers.

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  8. BB this is a fantastic collection - thank you! "Bad Songs with Great Intros" is an intriguing concept! Have a fantastic weekend.

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    1. Glad you are enjoying this set, davidmulhouse.
      Cheers.

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  9. What a rock hit list, can't wait to get this, already way over monthly "unlimited data"

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    1. Enjoy these, Victor.
      Glad to see you are finding music you like.
      Cheers.

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