A Dozen “Playlist” Sets Due in May

Love ’em or hate ’em, the various budget compilations that come from the major labels are quick, easy ways to get catalogue material out to the masses. Universal’s ICON and Sony’s Playlist series are probably the highest-profile of these series, but the latter is arguably the more beloved of the two, thanks to a concerted effort by some of the producers at Legacy to get rarer tracks on the Playlist discs, whether it’s a rare single version or bonus track from a previous reissue.

Legacy has 12 new Playlist titles ready to go for next month, and we have the track lists for all but one of them (a compilation for Dionne Warwick). As usual, the selection runs the gamut between genres, from ’80s indie rock (The The, The Psychedelic Furs) and blues (Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters – who ironically has an ICON release due out next month, too), soul (Teena Marie, recently also honored in the ICON series; early Philly-soul band The Intruders), power-pop (Matthew Sweet), jazz (Dave Brubeck) and even older country (Marty Robbins). There’s also a multi-artist ’80s metal compilation with a title (Now Hair This!) that someone at Sony better have gotten promoted for. (It certainly makes up for the fact that not all the tracks on said set are from the ’80s!)

It’s also nice to see the label group license a few tracks from other places; Janis Ian’s debut single for Verve and long latter-day indie career is represented on her Playlist entry, while Motown contributes one early track for Teena Marie’s set. All these sets will be available May 10; pre-order links can be found here and almost all the track lists can be found after the jump (we’ll post the Dionne one as soon as we have it!).

Muddy Waters, Playlist: The Very Best of Muddy Waters (Epic/Legacy 88697 58709-2, 2011)

1. Mannish Boy
2. Who Do You Trust
3. Mean Old Frisco Blues
4. Walking Through the Park
5. 33 Years
6. Baby Please Don’t Go (Live)
7. I’m Ready
8. I’m a King Bee
9. Screamin’ and Cryin’
10. The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll
11. Champagne & Reefer
12. I Wanna Be Loved #2
13. She’s Nineteen Years Old (Live)
14. Got My Mojo Working (Live)

Tracks 1, 10 and 12 from Hard Again (Blue Sky, 1977)
Tracks 2, 5, 7 and 9 from I’m Ready (Blue Sky, 1978)
Tracks 3, 8 and 11 from King Bee (Blue Sky, 1981)
Track 4 from reissue of Hard Again (Epic/Legacy, 2004)
Tracks 6 and 13 from Muddy “Mississippi” Waters – Live (Blue Sky, 1979)
Track 14 from Muddy “Mississippi” Waters – Live: Deluxe Edition (Epic/Legacy, 2003)

The Intruders, Playlist: The Very Best of The Intruders (Epic/Legacy 88697 80920-2, 2011)

1. Together
2. A Love That’s Real
3. (We’ll Be) United
4. Cowboys to Girls
5. Me Tarzan, You Jane
6. Friends No More
7. Slow Drag
8. (Love is Like a) Baseball Game
9. Sad Girl
10. When We Get Married
11. Jack Be Nimble
12. (You’d Better) Check Yourself
13. I’ll Always Love My Mama
14. Energy of Love

Tracks 1-3 and 12 from The Intruders Are Together (Gamble, 1967)
Tracks 4, 6 and 8-9 from Cowboys to Girls (Gamble, 1968)
Track 5 from Gamble single 225, 1969
Track 7 from Gamble single 221, 1968
Track 10 from When We Get Married (Gamble, 1970)
Track 11 from Music Voice single 504, 1964
Track 13 from Save the Children (Philadelphia International, 1973)
Track 14 from Energy of Love (TSOP, 1974)

Janis Ian, Playlist: The Very Best of Janis Ian (Columbia/Legacy 88697 81932-2, 2011)

1. Society’s Child
2. At Seventeen
3. Memphis
4. Take Me Walking in the Rain (Live @ Royal Festival Hall, London – 10/14/1995)
5. Honor Them All (Live @ Blue Note Club, Fukuoka, Japan – 3/21/1997)
6. My Tennessee Hills
7. Tenderness
8. Jenny (Iowa Sunrise)
9. Searching for America
10. The Last Train
11. All Those Promises
12. Paris in Your Eyes
13. She Must Be Beautiful
14. Fly Too High

Track 1 from Janis Ian (Verve Forecast, 1967)
Track 2 from Between the Lines (Columbia, 1974)
Track 3 and 13 from God & The FBI (Windham Hill, 2000)
Tracks 4-5 from Live: Working Without a Net (Rude Girl, 2003)
Tracks 6 and 12 from Billie’s Bones (Rude Girl, 2004)
Track 7 from Revenge (Beacon, 1995)
Tracks 8 and 14 from Night Rains (Columbia, 1979)
Track 9 from Hunger (Windham Hill, 1997)
Tracks 10-11 from Folk is the New Black (Rude Girl, 2006)

Dave Brubeck, Playlist: The Very Best of Dave Brubeck (Columbia/Legacy 88697 84157-2, 2011)

1. Blue Rondo a La Turk
2. Take Five
3. I Feel Pretty
4. Summer Song
5. It’s a Raggy Waltz
6. My Favorite Things
7. Bru’s Boogie Woogie
8. Autumn in Washington Square
9. Gone with the Wind
10. Koto Song
11. This Can’t Be Love
12. Something to Sing About
13. Night and Day
14. Theme from “Mr. Broadway”

Tracks 1-2 from Time Out (Columbia, 1959)
Track 3 from Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (Columbia, 1961)
Track 4 from 1994 Columbia/Legacy reissue of The Real Ambassadors (Columbia, 1962)
Tracks 5 and 7 from from Time Further Out (Columbia, 1961)
Tracks 6 and 11 from My Favorite Things (Columbia, 1965)
Tracks 8, 12 and 14 from Jazz Impressions of New York (Columbia, 1964)
Track 9 from Gone with the Wind (Columbia, 1959)
Track 10 from Jazz Impressions of Japan (Columbia, 1964)
Track 13 from Music from West Side Story (Columbia, 1962)

Marty Robbins, Playlist: The Very Best of Marty Robbins (Columbia/Legacy 88697 85425-2, 2011)

1. Singing the Blues
2. A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)
3. El Paso (Full-Length Version)
4. Red River Valley
5. Don’t Worry
6. Devil Woman
7. Beyond the Reef
8. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
9. Ruby Ann
10. On the Sunny Side of the Street
11. Faleena (from El Paso)
12. Ribbon of Darkness
13. Man Walks Among Us
14. El Paso City

Track 1 from Columbia single 4-21545, 1956
Track 2 from Columbia single 4-40864, 1956
Original version of Track 3 from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Columbia, 1959). This version was a bonus track on 1999 CD reissue (Columbia CK 65996)
Track 4 from More Greatest Hits (Columbia, 1961)
Track 5 from Columbia single 4-41922, 1960
Track 6 from Devil Woman (Columbia, 1962)
Track 7 from Song of the Islands (Columbia, 1957)
Track 8 from Portrait of Marty (Columbia, 1962)
Track 9 from Columbia single 4-42614, 1962
Track 10 from Marty After Midnight (Columbia, 1962)
Track 11 from The Drifter (Columbia, 1966)
Track 12 from Columbia single 4-43258, 1965
Track 13 from Return of the Gunfighter (Columbia, 1963)
Track 14 from El Paso City (Columbia, 1976)

Matthew Sweet, Playlist: The Very Best of Matthew Sweet (Volcano/Zoo Entertainment/Legacy 88697 86813-2, 2011)

1. I’ve Been Waiting
2. Girlfriend
3. Sick of Myself
4. Superdeformed (Demo)
5. The Ugly Truth
6. Walk Out
7. Faith in You
8. Where You Get Love
9. Time Capsule (Demo)
10. We’re the Same
11. Falling
12. Evangeline
13. Don’t Cry No Tears (Live)
14. Looking at the Sun

Tracks 1-2, 12 and 14 from Girlfriend (Zoo Entertainment, 1991)
Tracks 3, 6 and 10 from 100% Fun (Zoo Entertainment, 1995)
Track 4 from Girlfriend – The Superdeformed EP (Zoo Entertainment, 1992)
Tracks 5 and 11 from Altered Beast (Zoo Entertainment, 1993)
Track 7 from In Reverse (Zoo Entertainment, 1999)
Track 8 from Blue Sky on Mars (Zoo Entertainment, 1997)
Track 9 from “Time Capsule” single (Zoo Entertainment, 1993)
Track 13 from Son of Altered Beast (Zoo Entertainment, 1994)

The The, Playlist: The Very Best of The The (Epic/Legacy 88697 86815-2, 2011)

1. Uncertain Smile (12″ Remix)
2. That Was the Day
3. Giant
4. Sweet Bird of Truth
5. Infected
6. Heartland
7. Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)
8. The Beat(en) Generation
9. Kingdom of Rain
10. Jealous of Youth
11. I Saw the Light
12. Dogs of Lust (Germicide Mix)
13. Love is Stronger Than Death
14. Slow Emotion Replay

Track 1 from Epic 12″ TA-3588 (U.K.), 1983
Tracks 2, 10 and 12 from Solitude (Epic, 1993)
Track 3 from Soul Mining (Epic, 1981)
Tracks 4-6 from Infected (Epic, 1986)
Tracks 7-9 from Mind Bomb (Epic, 1989)
Track 11 from Hanky Panky (Epic, 1995)
Track 14 from Dusk (Epic, 1993)

The Psychedelic Furs, Playlist: The Very Best of The Psychedelic Furs (Columbia/Legacy 88697 86820-2, 2011)

1. Pretty in Pink
2. Sister Europe
3. Dumb Waiters
4. President Gas
5. Love My Way
6. Here Come Cowboys
7. Heartbreak Beat
8. Should God Forget
9. So Run Down
10. Entertain Me
11. The Ghost in You
12. Sleep Comes Down
13. All About You
14. Torch

Tracks 1, 3 and 9 from Talk Talk Talk (Columbia, 1981)
Track 2 from The Psychedelic Furs (Columbia, 1980)
Tracks 4-5 and 12 from Forever Now (Columbia, 1982)
Tracks 6 and 11 from Mirror Moves (Columbia, 1984)
Track 7 from Midnight to Midnight (Columbia, 1987)
Tracks 8, 10 and 14 from Book of Days (Columbia, 1989)
Track 13 from World Outside (Columbia, 1991)

Various Artists, Playlist: The Very Best of ’80s Metal: Now Hair This! (Columba/Epic/Legacy 88697 86910-2, 2011)

1. Cherry Pie – Warrant
2. Balls to the Wall – Accept
3. Cum On Feel the Noize – Quiet Riot
4. Teas’n, Pleas’n – Dangerous Toys
5. The Final Countdown – Europe
6. Poison – Alice Cooper
7. Kiss Me Deadly – Lita Ford
8. Turn Up the Radio – Autograph
9. I Wanna Be Loved – House of Lords
10. Girlschool – Britny Fox
11. Naughty Naughty – Danger Danger
12. Wait for You – Bonham
13. Love of a Lifetime – FireHouse
14. Midnite Maniac – Krokus

Track 1 from Cherry Pie (Columbia, 1990)
Track 2 from Balls to the Wall (Lark (DE), 1983/Portrait (U.S.), 1984)
Track 3 from Metal Health (Columbia, 1983)
Track 4 from Dangerous Toys (Columbia, 1989)
Track 5 from The Final Countdown (Epic, 1986)
Track 6 from Trash (Epic, 1989)
Track 7 from Lita (RCA, 1988)
Track 8 from Sign In Please (RCA, 1984)
Track 9 from House of Lords (Simmons/RCA, 1988)
Track 10 from Britny Fox (Columbia, 1988)
Track 11 from Danger Danger (Epic, 1989)
Track 12 from The Disregard of Timekeeping (WTG/Epic, 1989)
Track 13 from FireHouse (Epic, 1990)
Track 14 from The Blitz (Arista, 1984)

Johnny Winter, Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Winter (Columbia/Legacy 88697 86946-2, 2011)

1. I’m Yours and I’m Hers
2. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
3. Hustled Down in Texas
4. I’ll Drown in My Tears
5. Self Destructive Blues
6. Miss Ann
7. Prodigal Son
8. Highway 61 Revisited
9. TV Mama
10. Still Alive and Well
11. Johnny B. Goode
12. Be Careful with a Fool
13. Mean Town Blues (Live @ the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, – 8/18/1969
14. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Live)

Tracks 1, 4 and 12 from Johnny Winter (Columbia, 1969)
Tracks 2 and 7 from Johnny Winter And (Columbia, 1970)
Tracks 3, 6, 8 and 11 from Second Winter (Columbia, 1970)
Track 5 from John Dawson Winter III (Columbia, 1975)
Track 9 from Nothin’ But the Blues (Blue Sky, 1977)
Track 10 from Still Alive and Well (Columbia, 1973)
Track 13 from The Woodstock Experience (Columbia/Legacy, 2009)
Track 14 from Live Johnny Winter And (Columbia, 1971)

Teena Marie, Playlist: The Very Best of Teena Marie (Epic/Legacy 88697 88055-2, 2011)

1. Can’t Last a Day (featuring Faith Evans)
2. Irons in the Fire
3. Dear Lover
4. Opus III (The Second Movement)
5. My Dear Mr. Gaye
6. The Once and Future Dream
7. Ooo La La La
8. Sunny Skies
9. Just Us Two
10. If I Were a Bell
11. Lovergirl
12. Shadow Boxing
13. Casanova Brown
14. Out on a Limb

Track 1 from Congo Square (Stax/Concord, 2009)
Track 2 from Irons in the Fire (Gordy, 1980)
Tracks 3 and 12-13 from Robbery (Epic, 1983)
Tracks 4, and 6-7 from Naked to the World (Epic, 1988)
Tracks 5, 11 and 14 from Starchild (Epic, 1984)
Track 8 from Emerald City (Epic, 1986)
Tracks 9-10 from Ivory (Epic, 1990)

Dionne Warwick, Playlist: The Very Best of Dionne Warwick (Legacy 88697 88056-2, 2011)