EMI Songbook Series

The EMI Songbook Series is a series of 10 compact disc compilation albums released by EMI in 1998 - 1999. Each disc features songs specifically chosen by a notable cult figure from 20th century popular culture. The sleeve work for each disc frequently includes essays, illustrations or other contributions from the featured individual. Clive Barker compiled a CD for this series which included music from Danny Elfman, Diamanda Galás... etc. Hunter S. Thompson and Robert Crumb provided two of the most acclaimed compilations in the series.

Albums

 * Hunter S. Thompson - Where Were You When the Fun Stopped?
 * Iain Banks - Personal Effects
 * Gerry Anderson - Evocation
 * Clive Barker - Being Music
 * Gilbert Shelton - Honky Soul, Race Music, Hard Bop & Anachronic Jazz
 * Peter Bagge - Rockin' Poppin' Favorites
 * Ralph Steadman - I Like It
 * Robert Crumb - That's What I Call Sweet Music
 * Savage Pencil - The Antiquack - Dead Duck Selection
 * Ivor Cutler - Cute, (H)ey?

Hunter S. Thompson's selections
Hunter S. Thompson's compilation album is titled Where Were You When the Fun Stopped? It contains eighteen tracks, listed below.


 * 1) Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
 * 2) I Smell a Rat - Howlin' Wolf
 * 3) Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
 * 4) The Hula Hula Boys - Warren Zevon
 * 5) Maggie May - Rod Stewart
 * 6) The Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Hank Thompson, Tanya Tucker, Kitty Wells
 * 7) Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 * 8) Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
 * 9) Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
 * 10) If I Had a Boat - Lyle Lovett
 * 11) Stars on the Water - Rodney Crowell
 * 12) Carmelita - Flaco Jimenez, Dwight Yoakam
 * 13) Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
 * 14) American Pie - Don McLean
 * 15) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
 * 16) The Weight - The Band
 * 17) Melissa - The Allman Brothers Band
 * 18) Battle Hymn of the Republic - Herbie Mann