All-era compilation playlists

[Mr Scarrott]

I just wondered if any other fellow-ledgies had played around with making all-era compilation playlists. Rather than doing it chronologically, which has its own challenges and limitations, I try to put together songs that flow into each other well, or that have some common thematic, musical or lyrical link allowing for the occasional left-turn. Parts of this list work better than others, but what do you think? I set myself some basic rules.. include every studio album, have it less than four hours long, and try to avoid consecutive songs by the same writer. I play it with 8 seconds of cross-fade to make it flow. And yes, I realise that post-Tusk material is a little under-represented...

The Chain ~This is the Rock~Black Magic Woman~Rhiannon~Behind the Mask~Hypnotised~Sara ~Woman of 1000 years~Man of the World ~Landslide~Albatross~Although the sun is shining~Save me a place~The way I feel~Gold Dust Woman~Green Manalishi~Brown Eyes~I loved another woman~Smile at You~Tusk~Coming your way~The Ledge~Everywhere-Big Love~Sentimental Lady~Never going back again~Closing my eyes~Spare me a little of your love~Sad Angel~Oh Well (part 1)~Dust~Did you ever love me~Crystal~
Miss Fantasy~Gypsy~Bleed to lover her~Show me a smile~Second Hand News~Mission Bell~ Say you love me~Go your own way~Got to Move~Lazy Poker Blues~Don't Stop~Eyes of the World~Over my head~Beautiful Child~ Need your love so bad~Love that burns~ Dreams~ That's all for everyone~ Dragonfly~Without you (Nicks)~ Songbird~Say Goodbye~All over again~Storms~Hang on to a dream~ Without you (Kirwan)~Safe Harbour~Why~Caught in the rain

[seanthompson]

I love this idea and toyed with it myself but stopped because not all the albums are remastered. Great idea to add another section to include more Tango, SYW, etc.

[Mr Scarrott]

Hi Sean,

Thanks for replying. The thing about trying an exercise like this is that it confirms that Christine truly was the heart and soul of this band. I know its a ten thousand-to-one shot that you're reading this Chris, but thanks...

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

I just wondered if any other fellow-ledgies had played around with making all-era compilation playlists. Rather than doing it chronologically, which has its own challenges and limitations, I try to put together songs that flow into each other well, or that have some common thematic, musical or lyrical link allowing for the occasional left-turn. Parts of this list work better than others, but what do you think? I set myself some basic rules.. include every studio album, have it less than four hours long, and try to avoid consecutive songs by the same writer. I play it with 8 seconds of cross-fade to make it flow. And yes, I realise that post-Tusk material is a little under-represented...

The Chain ~This is the Rock~Black Magic Woman~Rhiannon~Behind the Mask~Hypnotised~Sara ~Woman of 1000 years~Man of the World ~Landslide~Albatross~Although the sun is shining~Save me a place~The way I feel~Gold Dust Woman~Green Manalishi~Brown Eyes~I loved another woman~Smile at You~Tusk~Coming your way~The Ledge~Everywhere-Big Love~Sentimental Lady~Never going back again~Closing my eyes~Spare me a little of your love~Sad Angel~Oh Well (part 1)~Dust~Did you ever love me~Crystal~
Miss Fantasy~Gypsy~Bleed to lover her~Show me a smile~Second Hand News~Mission Bell~ Say you love me~Go your own way~Got to Move~Lazy Poker Blues~Don't Stop~Eyes of the World~Over my head~Beautiful Child~ Need your love so bad~Love that burns~ Dreams~ That's all for everyone~ Dragonfly~Without you (Nicks)~ Songbird~Say Goodbye~All over again~Storms~Hang on to a dream~ Without you (Kirwan)~Safe Harbour~Why~Caught in the rain

What is the significance of the bolded songs?

[Mr Scarrott]

Hi ChiliD... there's no significance...I just did it that way to make it easier to read and avoid doing a long vertical list taking up lots of space!

Kind Regards

Mr Scarrott

[seanthompson]

So true, Mr. Scarrott. Come on, Christine, do a final Mac album!!!

[GJK]

About 10 years ago, I started to record all the (official) songs alphabetically on minidiscs, from A fool no more to You're the one.
But with a total number of about 368 officially released titles, that project turned out a bit too big; I stopped at the third disc...

GJK

[chiliD]

Ok, here's mine (in the long, vertical, acreage-consuming format)

3hrs, 43mins, 13 secs
From Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1967) to Extended Play (2013)

Coming Your Way
This Is The Rock
Black Magic Woman
Station Man
Shake Your Moneymaker
Love That Burns
Dragonfly
Underway
Hypnotized
Morning Rain
Revelation
Sands Of Time
Winds Of Change
Steal Your Heart Away
For Your Love
Sunny Side Of Heaven
Sisters Of The Moon
Green Manalishi
Brown Eyes
Thrown Down
Big Love
Smile At You
In The Back Of My Mind
Love Shines
Got No Home
Sad Angel
When The Sun Goes Down
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Miles Away
Woman Of 1000 Years
Rhiannon
Bermuda Triangle
Isn't It Midnight
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
World's In A Tangle
The World Keeps On Turning
Tell Me All The Things You Do
Gypsy
Night Watch
Tusk
Bad Loser
These Strange Times
Future Games
Oh Well
Caught In The Rain
Show-biz Blues
Why
The Chain
All Over Again
Albatross

Limited it to 50 songs. Quite a few of my faves left out. But, was still able to keep it under 4 hrs. (so no 20+ min versions of "Rattlesnake Shake" & which means the severely shortened "Underway" WAS. )

[Mr Scarrott]

Thanks ChiliD, I'll enjoy listening to this- very counter-intuitive (although not for you, I'm sure...). I can just imagine the rolling eyes if this was put forward to some record execs as a playlist for "An introduction to Fleetwood Mac" compilation product. I would also quite enjoy playing this to friends who only remember them singing Little Lies in a barn.

I haven't got "Got no home" though, which I'll have to find. Are we allowed unofficial releases? Oh, why not...

And you remembered the Blues Jam in Chicago album, which I always seem to forget. You've made my playlist look really quite straight and conservative, which is great!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

I haven't got "Got no home" though, which I'll have to find. Are we allowed unofficial releases? Oh, why not...

It's the best Rick Vito song from the BTM sessions (IMO). Why they left it in the can is beyond the scope of my understanding. To my ears, it would've been a great single...I can definitely hear (in my mind's ear) tons of radio airplay. Even "Intuition" (which he eventually used on his first solo album) was better (again, IMO) than "Stand On The Rock". I think it was a government conspiracy!

My list easily burns to 3 discs...the only problem is exactly where to do the cut-off of each disc. Disc 1, could stop at "Sunny Side Of Heaven" or lengthened to end with "Green Manalishi". Then it kind of throws off the other two discs' running order.

[Mr Scarrott]

Well, cheers to ChiliD. I've just spent a very enjoyable 3 3/4 hours listening to his playlist (barring the yet-to-be found Got no home). When you get over the audacity of only including five songs from those three albums and democratising the amount of tracks given to individual members then the entire body of work does make some more kind of mysterious sense- even Sands of Time segueing into Winds of Change (and I was a little sceptical about that, truth be told).

Chiffonheads of the world could do no worse than the lady herself.. get all the pre-Year Zero albums and listen to them back-to-front or whatever and then see what you come up with. I may die before I hear her a mash-up of Sisters of the two-pronged crown but I live in hope.

I am yours, just a dream
And go on dreaming
May this joy of ours
Never ever cease
My love, my love
Pregnant sweet
Love is tender

Mr Scarrott

[chiliD]

Thank you for taking the time to listen through that playlist.

Upon listening back to it myself, I think it would've been better to flip-flop this pair: "Smile At You" & "In The Back Of My Mind"

And, move "These Strange Times" to AFTER "Oh Well"

And, while we're at it, squeeze in "You Make Loving Fun" in between "Steal Your Heart Away" & "For Your Love". It was just an inadvertant oversight not including YMLF initially (despite it being from THAT album )

Also, I WANTED to include "Go Your Own Way", but just couldn't find a place for it that made sense.

That would've pushed it to almost the 4 hr mark.

[Mr Scarrott]

You could just lull everyone into a false sense of familiarity by starting with GYOW before exploring those seven mid-period tunes before the Rumours crowd return...you would then also have the joke of not knowing whether you were coming or going your (own) way...

A bit cheesy? Perhaps... but it's the sort of thing I would end up doing! Coming your way is such a strong opener in its own right that it might be a shame to relegate it, but GYOW doesn't really work following it, somehow and it doesn't really elide into This is the Rock either...

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

You could just lull everyone into a false sense of familiarity by starting with GYOW before exploring those seven mid-period tunes before the Rumours crowd return...you would then also have the joke of not knowing whether you were coming or going your (own) way...

A bit cheesy? Perhaps... but it's the sort of thing I would end up doing! Coming your way is such a strong opener in its own right that it might be a shame to relegate it, but GYOW doesn't really work following it, somehow and it doesn't really elide into This is the Rock either...

Ok, I've got it...

As previously stated...move "These Strange Times" to after "Oh Well". Put "Go Your Own Way" where it was between "Bad Loser" & "Future Games".

Ta-DAAAA!!

[chiliD]

REVISED LIST (couldn't resist a few additions plus the aforemention switcheroos):



Coming Your Way
Honey Hi
This Is The Rock
Black Magic Woman
Station Man
Love That Burns
Shake Your Moneymaker
Rattlesnake Shake
Dragonfly
Underway
Hypnotized
Morning Rain
Revelation
Sands Of Time
Landslide
Winds Of Change
Steal Your Heart Away
You Make Loving Fun
For Your Love
Sunny Side Of Heaven
Green Manalishi
Sisters Of The Moon
I Loved Another Woman
Brown Eyes
Thrown Down
Big Love
In The Back Of My Mind
Smile At You
Love Shines
Got No Home
Sad Angel
When The Sun Goes Down
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Miles Away
Woman Of 1000 Years
Rhiannon
Bermuda Triangle
Gypsy
Isn't It Midnight
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
Illume
World's In A Tangle
The World Keeps On Turning
Tell Me All The Things You Do
Night Watch
Tusk
Bad Loser
Go Your Own Way
Future Games
Oh Well
These Strange Times
Caught In The Rain
Show-biz Blues
Why
The Chain
All Over Again
Albatross