Rock Samplers: Island Records





Cover
You Can All Join In
Island Records IWPS 2
(Spring 1969))

Side One
1. Song for Jeffrey Jethro Tull
2. Sunshine Help Me Spooky Tooth
3. I'm a Mover Free
4. What's That Sound Art
5. Pearly Queen Tramline
6. You Can All Join In Traffic

Side Two
7. Meet on the Ledge
Fairport Convention

8. Rainbow Chaser Nirvana
9. Dusty John Martyn
10. I'll Go Girl Clouds
11. Somebody Help Me
Spencer Davis Group

12. Gasoline Alley Wynder K Frog


Nice Enough To Eat
Island Records IWPS 6
(November 1969)

Side One
1. Cajun Woman Fairport Convention
2. At The Crossroads Mott The Hoople
3. Better By You, Better Than Me
Spooky Tooth

4. We Used To Know Jethro Tull
5. Woman Free
6. I Keep Singing That Same Old Song
Heavy Jelly

Side Two
7. Sing Me A Song That I Know
Blodwyn Pig

8. Forty Thousand Headmen Traffic
9. Time Has Told Me Nick Drake
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson

11. Gungamai Quintessence
12. Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
Dr Strangely Strange



Nice Enough To Join In
Island Records IMCD 150
(512 732-2) (August 1992)

1. Song for Jeffrey Jethro Tull
2. Sunshine Help Me Spooky Tooth
3. I'm a Mover Free
4. What's That Sound Art
5. Pearly Queen Tramline
6. You Can All Join In Traffic
7. Meet on the Ledge
Fairport Convention

8. Rainbow Chaser Nirvana
9. Dusty John Martyn
10. I'll Go Girl Clouds
11. Somebody Help Me
Spencer Davis Group

12. Gasoline Alley Wynder K Frog
13. Sing Me A Song That I Know
Blodwyn Pig

14. Forty Thousand Headmen Traffic
15. Time Has Told Me Nick Drake
16. Gungamai Quintessence
17. Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal
Dr Strangely Strange

18. At The Crossroads Mott The Hoople
19. Better By You, Better Than Me
Spooky Tooth

20. I Keep Singing That Same Old Song
Heavy Jelly


CD Reissue retains all of the first album, but cuts the tracks by Fairport, Free, King Crimson & Jethro Tull on the
second


 



Bumpers (2-LP Set)
UK Issue
Island Records IDP-1
(1970)


Side One
Every Mother's Son Traffic
Love Bronco
I Am The Walrus Spooky Tooth
Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga Quintessence

Side Two
Thunderbuck Ram Mott The Hoople
Nothing To Say Jethro Tull
Going Back West Jimmy Cliff
Send Your Son To Die Blodwyn Pig
Little Woman Dave Mason

Side Three
Go Out And Get It
John and Beverley Martyn

Cadence & Cascade King Crimson
Reaching Out On All Sides If
Oh I Wept Free
Hazey Jane Nick Drake

Side Four
Walk A While Fairport Convention
Maybe You're Right Cat Stevens
Island Renaissance
The Sea Fotheringay
Take Me To Your Leader Clouds

Bumpers (2-LP Set)
New Zealand / Australia issue
Island Records SIL-107/8
(1970)


Side One

All Right Now Free
Notting Hill Gate Quintessence
Empty Pages Traffic
I'm A Man Spencer Davis Group
Primrose Hill John and Beverley Martyn

Side Two
Mona Bone Jakon Cat Stevens
You Really Got Me Mott The Hoople
Lady D'Arbanville Cat Stevens
Wonderful World - Beautiful People Jimmy Cliff
Peace In The End Fotheringay

Side Three
I Am The Walrus Spooky Tooth
The Promised Land If
Somewhere Down The Line Tramline
Loosen Up Alan Bown
Crazy Man Michael Fairport Convention

Side Four
Wild World Jimmy Cliff
Love Really Changed Me Spooky Tooth
Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic
Shiva's Chant Quintessence
Anthem Amazing Blondel

Interesting variation which includes quite a few songs that were hits in the UK in an attempt to bolster sales down under.

Bumpers (2-LP Set)
Other European Variations
Island Records (1970)

Italy: This issue has the same track listing as the original UK issue shown on the sleeve and record label. However on Side 3 Track 2 which should be "Cadence & Cascade" by King Crimson - it is in actual fact "John Barleycorn" by Traffic

Germany: This issue has the same track listing as the original UK issue but substitutes "Cadence & Cascade" by King Crimson with Roamin' Thru' The Gloamin' With 40,000 Headmen by Traffic

Scandinavia: This issue reduces the double LP set to a single album:

Side One
Every Mother's Son Traffic
I Am The Walrus Spooky Tooth
Walk A While Fairport Convention
Oh I Wept Free
Send Your Son To Die Blodwyn Pig

Side Two
Love Bronco
Cadence & Cascade King Crimson
I'm Reaching Out On All Sides If
Maybe You're Right Cat Stevens
Thunderbuck Ram Mott The Hoople



 
Friends - Cover



The Album - Cover

Friends
US Release
A&M Records SP-8021 (1970)

Side One
Walk A While Fairport Convention
Trouble Cat Stevens
It Ain't Easy Ron Davies
Mr Bojangles Lambert & Nuttycombe
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Quincy Jones

Peace In The End Fotheringay

Side Two
I'll Be Creeping Free
Son Of Your Father Spooky Tooth
Games Lee Michaels
Trouser Snake Rumba Humble Pie
Drive Me Blodwyn Pig
Hello Susie (Abridged) The Move

The Island Rock Samplers were primarily a British Phenomenon and this title does not fall within the regular releases featured on the rest of this page. However it was an attempt to create a similar buzz in the US.

Additionally, because of US licensing it's
a mixture of Island and A&M artists,
plus the Move, which were on Regal Zonophone (EMI) in Britain !

El Pea (2-LP Set)
Island Records IDLP-1(1971)



Side One

Empty Pages Traffic
Late November Sandy Denny
Thru The Night Alan Bown
Song For Suzie Heads Hand & Feat
Lord Marlborough Fairport Convention

Side Two
Mother Goose Jethro Tull
Dive Deep Quintessence
Spring Season Amazing Blondel
Extract from Tomorrow's People - The Children Of Today McDonald & Giles
Our Love Will Not Decay Tir Na Nog
Don't Look Around Mountain

Side Three
Highway Song Free
Waiting For You Incredible String Band
Wild World Cat Stevens
Sudden Street Bronco
Feast Of Stephen Mike Heron

Side Four
Knife Edge Emerson, Lake & Palmer
One Of These Things First Nick Drake
Original Mixed-Up Kid Mott The Hoople
Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving Jimmy Cliff
Greyhound Bus Mick Abrahams

The Album Sampler (2-LP Set)
A&M Records SP8096 (1972)

You Got the Power Jim Price
I Think I See The Light Cat Stevens
Good Times Marc Benno
Most Likely You Go Your Own Way
Rita Coolidge
John Babbacombe Lee Fairport Convention
Blackwaterside Sandy Denny

SIDE TWO:
That's Enough For Me Paul Williams
Moonshine - Armed Shawn Phillips
Save Me Jim Carroll
Carolina Mimi & Tom
Don't Be Afraid The Carpenters

SIDE THREE:
Thumbs Lee Michaels
I Wrote A Simple Song Billy Preston
Mystic Lady Hookfoot
Lonesome Mary Chilliwack
Tickler Earthquake

SIDE FOUR:
Fog & Spice Tim Weisberg
Hitchcock Railway Joe Cocker
Boss Walk Tom Scott
Stand For Our Rights Gary Wright
You Got The Power (Reprise) Jim Price

Another of the anglo American Island/A&M compilations - not really up to the standard of the British releases, only 3 Island acts are featured, and it even includes the Carpenters for pity's sake !!!