Rubáiyát

Since Jac Holzman is being inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, I thought it would be apropos to post the out of print 1990 Rubaiyat collection from Holzman's Elektra label. The set features Elektra artists at the time covering Elektra artists from (mostly) the 60s and 70s. While it's not a perfect collection, the choice cuts, interesting oddities and guilty pleasures outweigh the dross (I'll let the listeners decide which is which. :) It's a two disc collection, but just one (large) download.

Late update: http://try-to-be-amused.blogspot.com has Rubaiyat: The Originals which is the versions by the original Elektra artists. Nice!

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Hello I Love You The Cure

House Of The Rising Sun Tracy Chapman

Seven & Seven Is Billy Bragg

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Jevetta Steele

Hotel California Gipsy Kings

Werewolves Of London The Black Velvet Band

Motorcycle Mama Sugarcubes

One Meatball Shinehead

Bottle Of Wine The Havalinas

Born In Chicago Pixies

You're So Vain Faster Pussycat

Marquee Moon Kronos Quartet

Get Ourselves Together Phoebe Snow

Tokoloshe Man Happy Mondays

Let's Go Ernie Isley

Going Down Lynch Mob

A Little Bit Of Rain Ambitious Lovers

You Belong To Me Anita Baker

Road To Cairo Howard Jones

Kick Out the Jams The Big F

Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World The Georgia Satellites

Hello, I Am Your Heart Sara Hickman

Make it With You Teddy Pendergrass

The Blacksmith Linda Ronstadt

Going Going Gone Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz & Bill Frisell

First Girl I Loved Jackson Browne

These Days 10,000 Maniacs

Stone Cold Crazy Metallica

Apricot Brandy Danny Gatton

Union Man Shaking Family

One More Parade They Might Be Giants

I Can't Tell You Why Howard Hewett

Mt. Airy Groove Leaders Of The New School

You Brought The Sunshine Shirley Murdock

Inbetween Days John Eddie

Love Wars The Beautiful South

Both Sides Now Michael Feinstein

T.V. Eye John Zorn

Hello, I Love You [Slight Return] The Cure