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I don't think I made many mixtapes in the form of compilations back when I still had a tapedeck. I usually prefer to hear the complete album rather than various songs. What I did do about 12 years ago is to create a compilation for my sister, 3CD's in total before I got too bored with it. It was really fun to make, but very time-consuming. I'll just copy/paste the original notes to save myself from writing it all down again in some other way that basically still states the same.

This project started in January 2008, when my sister asked me to look for a couple of versions of the song Over The Rainbow. Her baby twins fall asleep to this song every night, and she wanted to use it as background music for video compilations of them. So I searched Dime and some other sites (TTD, etree, Zomb, Archive.org), and was quite surprised with the wide variety of artists that have played this song during their live performances. Some of them have only played it occasionally, sometimes even as a short tease, for other artists it is the final song of their concerts every night. There's even artists that have named their band after this song! (or so I thought, Wikipedia tells a different story though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(band) )

After listening to over a hundred versions, I got fed up with it and kept it aside until Christmas came near. In mid-December I searched the same sites again and found some more versions, and have now enough to fill 3 audio-CD's and a few more to continue with a fourth volume. [...] I've listened to many artists I had never heard of before. Some of them I probably never will listen to again, but of others I would love to hear some more.

The following criteria were used:
- Artists may feature more than once if the versions are significantly different
- Teases are welcome, but must have a significant duration
- Sound quality must be good (preferably FM/SBD or good audience)
- No disturbances (loud clapping, screaming or other strange noises)

I used Audacity to edit some of the files (fade in and/or out, cut away banter or other songs). No equalizing or normalizing was done though, so there may be some volume differences between tracks. MP3Tag was used to tag the files. Trader's Little Helper was used to convert .shn files to flac-format, fix SBE errors and create the .ffp file. (So all files will be in flac-format, except if it was taken from a direct webstream (mp2))

If you want to find out more on the history of this song, here's the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow

and these were the three compilations:

Volume 1:

01. Rainbow, 1995-11-17 Nagoya, JP
02. Jeff Beck, 2005-07-15 Tokyo, JP
03. The Happenings, 2007-12-15 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
04. Phish, 1996-08-13 Deer Creek Amphitheatre, Nobelsville, IN
05. San Francisco Allstars, 1984-05-15 Adams 21, Washington, DC (late show)
06. John Martyn, 1986-04-23 Fabrik, Hamburg, DE
07. Bob Schneider and Mitch Watkins, 2002-12-07 Antone's, Austin, TX
08. Keith Richards, 1981-03-xx Eldorado Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
09. Eric Clapton & the Impressions, 2001-05-21 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
10. Jewel, 2007-10-20 Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL
11. Calvin Russell, 2000-02-11 Skihutte, Oberwangen, CH
12. Art Pepper, 1981-05-24 Stuttgart, DE
13. Les Paul Trio, 1985-10-07, Fat Tuesday's, NYC, NY
14. Bob Walkenhorst, 2006-03-01 Toto's Coffee House, Mission, KS
15. Carl Palmer Band, 2007-10-22 Uhlenspiegel, Leonberg, DE
16. Ben Rudnick and Friends, 2005-10-08 Long Island Children's Musem, Garden City, NY
17. Flaming Lips, 2000-04-26 The Metro, Chicago, IL
18. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, 2006-12-01 Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
19. Rainbow, 1979-11-30 Calderone Hall, NY


Volume 2:
201. Rainbow, 1980-05-15 Festival Hall, Osaka, JP
202. Bob Schneider and Mitch Watkins 2000-08-05 Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
203. Shawn Colvin, 2001-08-09 The Mann Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
204. Rufus Wainwright, 2007-11-06 Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon, PT
205. Rio Reiser, 1988-06-18 Platz der Republik, Berlin, DE
206. Afghan Whigs, 1999-02-24 Bohager's, Baltimore, MD
207. Buena Vista Social Club, 1999-11-22 Centennial Hall, Tucson, AZ
208. Cartoons In Jazz, 2007-12-26 Sala Santa Cecilia, IT
209. Papa John Creach 1978-10-07 My Father's Place Roslyn, NY
210. Leon Russell and Edgar Winter Band, 1986-11-20 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA
211. Tori Amos, 2005-06-28 Alte Oper, Frankfurt, DE
212. Moe, 2000-10-31 Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA
213. Animal Liberation Orchestra, 2005-06-18 SB Historic Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
214. Michael Hurley and Forest Bloodgood, 2008-04-09 Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria, OR
215. Jake Shimabukuro, 2007-11-13 Soho Bar & Restaurant, Santa Barbara, CA
216. Keith Jarrett, 1991-07-11 Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
217. Ingrid Michaelson, 2008-11-14 Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
218. Sun Ra, 1990-07-17 Restaurant Kaudleuten, Zurich, CH
219. Impellitteri, 1988-07-17 Power Station, Tokyo, JP
220. Buckethead, 2006-03-16 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
221. Dave Brubeck Quartet, 2006-09-17 Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA

Volume 3:
301. Leftover Salmon & Friends, 2000-08-19 Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garretsville, OH
302. Wank, 2003-10-18 Higher Grounds Coffee House, Hollywood, CA
303. Loose Ties, 1993-08-08 Rockygrass BGF, Lyons, CO
304. Global Kryner, 2008-11-28 Kongresshaus, Bad Lippsringe, DE
305. Jerry Lee Lewis, 1986-02-28 Palomino Club, North Hollywood, CA
306. Jefferson Starship, 1992-06-14 Theatre Of The Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
307. Keith Richards, 1985-07-12/13 Learning The Game Sessions
308. Marshall Crenshaw, 1992-06-03 Bimbo's, San Francisco, CA
309. Jewel, 2008-03-26 Northern Lights Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
310. Richard Thompson, 2007-12-08 Carriage House Theatre, Saratoga, CA
311. Soulive, 2000-8-12 BerkFest (Early Set), Great Barrington, MA
312. Rainbow, 1979-11-16 Denver, CO
313. Tim Palmieri, 2008-04-30 BAR, New Haven, CT
314. Tommy Emmanuel, 2008- 02-09 Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
315. Joe Jackson, 1999-08-11 Joe's Pub, NYC, NY
316. Stanley Jordan, 1994-10-30 Jazz Jamboree Festival, Warsaw, PL
317. Keith Jarrett, 1982-10-23 Staatsoper, Hamburg, DE
318. Les Paul, xxx-xx-xx Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
319. Jeff Beck, 2006-09-13 Hampton Beach Casino, NH
320. Smashing Pumpkins, 1993-10-03 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
321. Phish, 1998-08-09 Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, VA
322. Eric Clapton, 2001-12-11 Budokan Theater, Tokyo, JP

I've played with the idea of some other compilations, especially live versions of one particular song, e.g. Pissing by Low, or Sonic Youth' Diamond Sea but never gotten around to actually do it.


Totally offtopic, but reading about Bytor's tape mixing technique, it reminded me of this album that was made in the seventies by a German guy named Günter Schickert. The album is called Samtvogel and you can read about it here (see especially the last paragraph), and listen to it here on YT. Especially the last song (that lasts 20 minutes) is very cool, ultra-trippy krautrock [edit: it's even on bandcamp]