These are albums where you can still find old vinyl Island sampler tracks available on CD:
Italian and German versions substituted King Crimson with Traffic "John Barleycorn" and "Forty Thousand Headmen" respectively, Scandinavian version a one disc subset.
Traffic |
Every Mother's Son |
John Barleycorn Must Die |
Bronco |
Love |
Country Home/Ace of Sunlight (rare) |
Spooky Tooth |
I Am The Walrus |
Last Puff, Best of, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Quintessence |
Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga |
Quintessence |
Mott The Hoople |
Thunderbuck Ram |
Mad Shadows (The Bumpers version is on Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal) |
Jethro Tull |
Nothing To Say |
Benefit |
Jimmy Cliff |
Going Back West |
Struggling Man |
Blodwyn Pig |
Send Your Son To Die |
Getting to This |
Dave Mason |
Little Woman |
not available on CD |
John & Beverley Martyn |
Go Out And Get It |
Stormbringer |
King Crimson |
Cadence & Cascade |
In the Wake of Poseidon (slightly different version) |
If |
Reaching Out On All Sides |
If / Forgotten Roads (rare), |
Free |
Oh I Wept |
Fire and Water (the bonus track is the Bumpers version), |
Nick Drake |
Hazy Jane |
Bryter Layter |
Fairport Convention |
Walk Awhile |
Full House (the Bumpers version is on Fairport Unconventional) |
Cat Stevens |
Maybe You're Right |
Mona Bone Jakon |
Renaissance |
Island |
Renaissance, Island 40th Volume 3 (Compilation) |
Fotheringay |
The Sea |
Fotheringay |
Clouds |
Take Me To Your Leader |
Up Above Our Heads (Clouds 66-71) |
A fundamentally different track selection from in Europe.
Free |
All Right Now |
Fire and Water, Island Story 1962-1988, etc |
Quintessence |
Notting Hill Gate |
In Blissful Company, Epitaph for Tomorrow, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Traffic |
Empty Pages |
John Barleycorn Must Die |
Spencer Davis Group |
I'm A Man |
Best of |
John & Beverley Martyn |
Primrose Hill |
Road to Ruin |
Cat Stevens |
Mona Bone Jakon |
Mona Bone Jakon etc |
Mott The Hoople |
You Really Got Me |
Mott the Hoople |
Cat Stevens |
Lady D'Arbanville |
Mona Bone Jakon etc |
Jimmy Cliff |
Wonderful World - Beautiful People |
Jimmy Cliff (Wonderful World - Beautiful People in USA), Ultimate Collection |
Fotheringay |
Peace In The End |
Fotheringay, Global Roots - Island Folk (Compilation), Folk Routes (Compilation) |
Spooky Tooth |
I Am The Walrus |
Last Puff, Best of, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
If |
The Promised Land |
If / Forgotten Roads (rare), |
Tramline |
Somewhere Down The Line |
Somewhere Down the Line (rare), |
Alan Bown Sett |
Loosen Up |
Listen/Stretching Out (rare), |
Fairport Convention |
Crazy Man Michael |
Liege & Lief, Global Roots - Island Folk (Compilation) |
Jimmy Cliff |
Wild World |
Best of, Ultimate Collection etc, |
Spooky Tooth |
Love Really Changed Me |
It's All About |
Traffic |
Dear Mr Fantasy |
Mr Fantasy, Island 40th Volume 4 (Compilation) |
Quintessence |
Shiva's Chant |
Quintessence |
Amazing Blondel |
Anthem |
Evensong/Fantasia Lindum |
"Song for Suzie" replaced by "Auntie Aviator" by John & Beverley Martyn from "Road to Ruin" on Dutch/German issues
Traffic |
Empty Pages |
John Barleycorn Must Die |
Sandy Denny |
Late November |
North Star Grassman and the Ravens (Bonus track is El Pea version), |
Alan Bown Sett |
Thru The Night |
Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Heads Hands & Feet |
Song For Suzie |
Head, Hands & Feet (rare), Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Fairport Convention |
Lord Marlborough |
Angel Delight (the El Pea version is on Fairport Unconventional), |
Jethro Tull |
Mother Goose |
Aqualung |
Quintessence |
Dive Deep |
Dive Deep |
Amazing Blondel |
Spring Season |
Evensong/Fantasia Lindum |
McDonald & Giles |
Extract from Tomorrow's People, The Children Of Today |
McDonald & Giles (full version) |
Tir Na Nog |
Our Love Will Not Decay |
Tir Na Nog |
Mountain |
Don't Look Around |
Nantucket Sleighride, Best of |
Free |
Highway Song |
Highway |
Incredible String Band |
Waiting For You |
Be Glad for the Song has no Ending |
Cat Stevens |
Wild World |
Tea for the Tillerman, Best of, Ultimate Collection etc, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Bronco |
Sudden Street |
Country Home/Ace of Sunlight (rare), |
Mike Heron |
Feast Of Stephen |
Smiling Men With Bad Reputations, Global Roots - Island Folk (Compilation) |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
Knife Edge |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Nick Drake |
Northern Sky |
Bryter Layter (credited on LP as "One of These Things First"), Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation), Serendipity (Soundtrack), Fever Pitch (US version Soundtrack) |
Mott The Hoople |
Original Mixed-Up Kid |
Wildlife |
Jimmy Cliff |
Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving |
Struggling Man |
Mick Abrahams |
Greyhound Bus |
Mick Abrahams |
Jethro Tull |
A New Day Yesterday |
Stand Up, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Spooky Tooth |
That Was Only Yesterday |
Spooky Two, Best of |
Free |
Woman |
Free |
Blodwyn Pig |
Dear Jill |
Ahead Rings Out, All Said and Done, Almost Famous (Soundtrack) |
Clouds |
Make No Bones About It |
Up Above Our Heads (Clouds 66-71) |
Traffic |
Medicated Goo |
Traffic (versions), |
Fairport Convention |
Mr Lacey |
What we Did on our Holidays |
White Noise |
Love Without Sound |
An Electric Storm |
Mott The Hoople |
Rock And Roll Queen |
Mott The Hoople, Best of� Island Years, Into the Past with the Future (Compilation) |
Quintessence |
Gungamai |
In Blissful Company (Gange Mai) |
Renaissance |
Wanderer |
Renaissance |
Fairport Convention |
Cajun Woman |
Unhalfbricking |
Mott The Hoople |
At The Crossroads |
Mott The Hoople, Best of� Island Years, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation) |
Spooky Tooth |
Better By You, Better Than Me |
Spooky Two, Best of, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation), Island 40th Volume 4 (Compilation) |
Jethro Tull |
We Used To Know |
Stand Up |
Free |
Woman |
Free, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation) |
Heavy Jelly |
I Keep Singing That Same Old Song |
Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation), Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Blodwyn Pig |
Sing Me A Song That I Know |
Ahead Rings Out, All Said and Done, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation), Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Traffic |
Forty Thousand Headmen |
Traffic, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation), Island 40th Volume 3 (Compilation) |
Nick Drake |
Time Has Told Me |
Five Leaves Left, Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation) |
King Crimson |
21st Century Schizoid Man |
In the Court of the Crimson King |
Quintessence |
Gungamai |
In Blissful Company (Gange Mai), Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation) |
Dr Strangely Strange |
Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal |
Kip of the Serenes (rare), Nice Enough to Join In (Compilation), Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Issued as "The Best of Island" in Holland. All tracks available on the Island CD compilation �Nice Enough to Join In�
Jethro Tull |
Song for Jeffrey |
This Was, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Spooky Tooth |
Sunshine Help Me |
It's All About, Best of, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Free |
I'm a Mover |
Tons of Sobs |
Art |
What's That Sound |
Supernatural Fairytales (rare) |
Tramline |
Pearly Queen |
Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Traffic |
You Can All Join In |
Traffic, Feelin' Alright |
Fairport Convention |
Meet On The Ledge |
What We Did on our Holidays and innumerable compilations including Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal |
Nirvana |
Rainbow Chaser |
All of Us, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
John Martyn |
Dusty |
The Tumbler, Strangely Strange but Oddly Normal (Compilation) |
Clouds |
I'll Go Girl |
Scrapbook/Watercolour Days, Up Above Our Heads (Clouds 66-71) |
Spencer Davis Group |
Somebody Help Me |
Best of |
Wynder K. Frog |
Gasoline Alley |
Out of the Frying Pan (rare) |
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