So...I was delighted to see that HMV not only had compilation CDs in their current sale, but some 3 CD Boxsets too.
Heres what a got yesterday:
Reduced from £18.99 to £2.99
The Ultimate Reggae Party Album
Disc One
1. Mr Boombastic-Shaggy
2. Baby Come Back-Pato Banton With Ali & Robin Campbell
3. Twist & Shout-Chaka Demus & Pliers
4. One Step Beyond-Madness
5. It Keeps Rainin'-Bitty McLean
6. No Letting Go-Wayne Wonder
7. Head High-Mr Vegas
8. Here Cones The Hotstepper-Ini Kamoze
9. Shy Guy-Diana King
10. Uptown Top Rankin'-Althea & Donna
11. You Can Get It If You Really Want-Desmond Dekker
12. Brown Girl In The Ring-The Maytones
13. I Shot The Sheriff-Inner Circle
14. The Tide Is High-The Paragons
15. Pass The Dutchie-Musical Youth
16. A Little Love-Jimmy London [From The London Underground TV Ad]
17. You Don't Love Me (No No No)-Dawn Penn [Trojan Mix]
18. Compliments On Your Kiss-Red Dragon
19. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face-Easther Bennet
20. Sun Is Shining-Bob Marley
Disc Two
1. Double Barrel-Dave & Ansel Collins
2. Girlie Girlie-Sophie George
3. Young Gifted & Black-Bob & Marcia
4. Dedicated To The One I Love-Bitty McLean
5. Monkey Man-The Maytals
6. Good Thing Going-Sugar Minott
7. Everything I Own-Ken Boothe
8. Help Me Make Through The Night-John Holt
9. Suzanne Beware Of The Devil-Dandy Livingstone
10. Israelites-Desmond Dekker
11. Liquidator-Harry J. Allstars
12. Love Of The Common People-Nicky Thomas
13. Wonderful World Beautiful People-Jimmy Cliff
14. Long Shot Kick De Bucket-The Pioneers
15. Funky Chicken-Winston Groovy
16. Here I Stand-Bitty McLean
17. Elizabethan Reggae-Boris Gardnier
18. Pied Piper-Bob & Marcia
19. Monkey Spanner-Dave & Ansel Collins
20. It Mek-Desmond Dekker
21. Pressure Drop-The Maytals
22. Bonanza Ska-Carlos Malcolm
23. A Message To You Rudy-Dandy
24. Skinhead Moonstomp-Symarip
Disc Three - Bonus X-Rated CD
1. Mr Loverman-Shabba Ranks
2. Big Five-Judge Dread
3. Wet Dream-Max Romeo
4. Tease me-Chaka Demus & Pliers
5. Big Six-Judge Dread
6. Fatty Fatty-Clancy Eccles
7. Hey Fatty Bum Bum-Diversions
8. Big Seven-Judge Dread
9. Wreck A Buddy-Soul Sisters
10. Barbwire-Nora Dean
11. Rough Rider-Lloydie & Lowbites
12. You Sexy Thing-Delroy Williams
13. Cherry Oh Baby-Eric Donaldson
14. Let's Get It On-Ken Boothe
15. Reggae in Your Jeggae-Dandy
16. Big Eight-Judge Dread
Also, reduced from £18.00 to £1.99
Classic Emotions
RIGHT !!! Ignore the first two discs... skip straight to the 3rd one....
Disc One - Relaxing Classics
1. Canon-Pachelbel [From The Movies ''Ordinary People'' And ''Father Of The Bride
2. Air On A G String-Bach [From The Hamlet Cigar Commercial]
3. Clair De Lune-Debussy [From The Movie ''Ocean's Eleven'']
4. Moonlight Piano Sonata (Adagio)-Beethoven [From The Movie ''Immortal Beloved'']
5. Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana-Mascagni [From The Movies ''Godfather III'' And ''Raging Bull'']
6. Nocturne In E Flat-Chopin [From The Movie ''Sleep With Me'']
7. Violin Concerto In E Minor (2nd Movement)-Mendelssohn [From The Movie ''A Month In The Country'']
8. Piano Concerto No. 21 (2nd Movement)-Mozart [From The Movie ''Elvira Madigan'']
9. Meditation From Thais-Massenet [From The Movie ''Titanic'']
10. Pavane-Faure
11. Clarinet Quintet (2nd Movement)-Mozart [From The Movie ''Funny Games'']
12. Gymnopedie No. 1-Satie [From The Movie ''My Dinner With Andre'']
13. The Swan From Carnival Of The Animals-Saint Saens
14. Berceus-Chopin [From The Movie ''Still Breathing'']
15. Concerto For Two Violins (2nd Movement)-Bach [From The Movie ''Hannah And Her Sisters'']
Disc Two - Uplifting Classics
1. Romeo And Juliet - Fantasy Overture-Tchaikovsky [From The Movies ''Wayne's World'' And ''Romeo & Juliet'']
2. Bolero-Ravel [From The Movie ''10'']
3. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini (Variation 18)-Rachmaninov [From The Movie ''Groundhog Day'']
4. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Romanza)-Mozart [From The Movie ''There's Something About Mary'']
5. Elegy Op.58-Elgar
6. Fantasie Impromptu-Chopin
7. Prelude And Love Theme From Tristan Und Isolde-Wagner [From The Movie ''Excalibur'']
8. Piano Concerto No. 2 (2nd Movement)-Rachmaninov [From The Movie ''Brief Encounter'']
9. Liebstraum-Liszt [From The Movie ''Colonel Red'']
10. Piano Concerto No. 1 (2nd Movement)-Tchaikovsky [From The Movie ''The Music Lovers'']
11. Concerto De Aranjuez-Rodrigo [From The Movie ''Brassed Off'']
12. Adagio-Barber [From The Movie ''Platoon'']
Bonus Disc - Popular Love Songs On Classical Piano
1. My Funny Valentine
2. My Heart Will Go On [From The Movie ''Titanic'']
3. The Lady In Red
4. Take My Breath Away [From The Movie ''Top Gun'']
5. I Will Always Love You [From The Movie ''The Bodyguard'']
6. Unchained Melody [From The Movie ''Ghost'']
7. Angels
8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) [From The Movie ''Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves'']
9. Up Where We Belong [From The Movie ''An Officer And A Gentlemen'']
10. Yesterday
11. The Power Of Love
12. When I Fall In Love
13. Wonderful Tonight
14. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
15. One Day I'll Fly Away
16. Hero
17. Baby Can I Hold You Tonight
18. Nothing Compares 2 U
19. Always On My Mind
20. Endless Love
21. Love Is All Around [From The Movie ''Four Weddings & A Funeral'']
22. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
This purchase is worth it purely for disc 3 - which is entirely a classical piano pleasantly tinkling out the above well known tunes in a upper class cocktail lounge kinda way... perfect for the guests coming in, checking their coats in at the cloakroom, mingling at the bar, pre-seating/during meal type tunes, and at £1.99....
And... not so much of a bargain - £5.99 reduced from about £16 - but will be useful in about 6 weeks time.
Phil Spector Christmas Album.
CD1
1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
2. Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes
3. Bells Of St. Mary - Bobb B. Soxx & Blue Jeans
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Crystals
5. Sleigh Ride - Ronettes
6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes
8. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
10. Parade Of Wooden Soldiers - The Crystals
11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bobb B. Soxx & Blue Jeans
13. Silent Night - Phil Spector/Various Artists
(As with the vinyl LP, watch out for track 13...its basically a Christmas message from Mr Spector....and its awful "Hullo...this is Phil Spector, and I'm here to say thank you for buyng this album and ......" )
All the above...7 CD's (5 very usable) for under £11.
