What are your "gotta have" Comps?

[Fritz Krieg]

After Mr. Koppers, of course, what are the ones you would sell your Nana's O2 cylinder for?

[Jesus E. Tarazon]

Bloodstains Across Spain.  Haven't been able to find it for a reasonable price.

[electrocute your cock]

BFTG and KBD obviously. I only have a couple of them so far but I love The Big Itch.

[Reyes o Rodriguez]

To start with, my immediate wants!

Back From The Grave lp's series, the original ones! i have only vol. 2

Texas Flashback lp's, Original too, have vol. 1 and 2

Boulders series.

 

trying to think what else.......

[Greg Gutbezahl]

Back from the Grave, Pebbles, Highs in the Mid Sixties, Cleveland Confidential, Scum of the Earth, Hipsville 29BC, Maximum R&R, Chocolate Soup for Diabetics, Battle of the Garages 1 & 2, Ear Piercing Punk, Shakin' Fit, Swing for a Crime, Mind Blowers Vol 1... but the most essential... What a Way To Die! Go baby, go!

[Live Unsigned]

For some unknown reason I tend to only buy industrial compilations, and I prefer to get my punk in band releases. Thanks for bringing a previously unreflected-on idiosyncrasy to my attention. So yeah, Endzeit Bunkertracks: expensive, but I buy each one on release.

[MikeL]

Most of these I already have, but I just thought I'd mention them here as my favorites.

 

"All The Stuff And More," Volumes One and Two, by the Ramones.

 

"Up And Around The Bend:  Definitive Collection," by Hanoi Rocks.

 

"20th Century Boy," by T-Rex.

 

"Gems"  by Aerosmith (I used to have a cassette tape, and lately I've been meaning to get the CD).

 

"Nuggets" and "Children of Nuggets" boxed sets.

 

"Wide Awake In The Spirit World" by Outrageous Cherry.

 

"Sweet Originals" by the Sweet.

 

"Barbarella Girl God" by the Chevelles.

 

 

 

 

[Michael Draine]

The Cramp-themed BORN BAD 1-5 is probably my favorite compilation series, though many of the tracks have subsequently been issued with upgraded sound. The packaging and liner notes haven't been surpassed, even by the ROCKIN' BONES box. Getting each gatefold BORN BAD lp as it was released was an education for me.

More recently, THE CRAMPS’ JUKEBOX CD is a knockout mix of late 50s rockabilly, pre-surf instrumentals, stripper music, R&B, and exotica.  

[Tommy Careless]

It Came From Canada on OG Records, not sure how many there are 5 or 6  (I'm loooking at you Whatwave ! )

Really cool Canadian stuff from the 80's. I bring 1 and 2 every time I DJ.

 

~T

[KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas]

Has anybody mentioned Lux and Ivory's Favorites?

aka - LAIF

 

If you search online, you can get most of these volumes as free download (I think there are like 14 or more).

They are great. They are literally the tunes that The Cramps said directly influenced their music and motif, based on years of research and piecing together interviews with them.

 

It is kind of a history of the rock and roll underbelly.

 

 

[Ben Travers]

The Rough Trade Rock'N'Roll 1 (was there ever a 2?) comp

Brings back happy memories of listening to it in the car driving back and forth to the hospital when my eldest child was born.

[whatwave dave]

Quit looking at me Tommy, i'm getting paranoid...LOL...

 

There were 5 volumes of It Came From Canada....then we put out (with OG Records)) Mr Garager's Neighbourhood, which some people group in with the It Came From Canada series as there is a little bit of overlap. 

Tommy Careless said:

It Came From Canada on OG Records, not sure how many there are 5 or 6  (I'm loooking at you Whatwave ! )

Really cool Canadian stuff from the 80's. I bring 1 and 2 every time I DJ.

 

~T

[Hamster]

The Radio Birdman compilation from Sub-Pop Records is tops.