EMI Songbook Series
# 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.

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