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This page contains the complete track lists of CD's which were included in The Essential Album Guide series of MusicHound and VideoHound books published by Visible Ink Press. For some reason no editions of this series has been published since 2002. Contact the Publisher at Visible Ink Press (contact form), to request they publish future editions of these books.
t = Complete list of track titles appears in the Full Discography Various Artists Collections (in genre alphabetical order) #01)t 1998 #hb MusicHound Blues, 1st ed. 2002 #ip MusicHound Blues, 2nd ed. had no CD 2004 MusicHound Classical with CD (WANTED) #02)t 1997 #ge MusicHound Country #03)t 1998 #fq MusicHound Folk #04)t 1998 #hy MusicHound Jazz #05)t 1998 #la MusicHound Lounge #06)t 1998 #lb MusicHound R&B 1997 MusicHound R&B, 2nd ed. (WANTED) 1996 MusicHound Rock, 1st ed. #07)t 1999 #lc MusicHound Rock, 2nd ed. #08)t 1999 #le MusicHound Swing! #09)t 2000 #lf MusicHound World #10)t 1998 #ld VideoHound's Soundtracks Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) Owners #01) 1998 MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide, 1st ed. --- "House Of Blues Sampler" --- #01. 1 4:38 You Can't Always Get What You Want Luther Allison --- From "Paint It Blue: Songs of the Rolling Stones" #01. 2 4:24 Piece of My Heart Otis Clay --- From "Songs of Janis Joplin: Blues Down Deep" #01. 3 3:50 Somebody's Gone The Blind Boys of Alabama --- From "Holdin' On" #01. 4 4:22 The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow Cissy Houston --- From "Face To Face" #01. 5 6:51 Gamblers Blues Luther Allison --- From "Where Have You Been? Live in Montreux 1976-1994" #01. 6 3:23 All My Money Back Blues Brothers And Friends --- From "Live from Chicago's House of Blues" #01. 7 4:17 Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style Taj Mahal --- From "Taj Mahal: An Evening of Acoustic Music" Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #02) 1997 MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide --- with an CD from Mercury Records --- "Mercury Nashville: New Music Sampler 1997" --- #02. 1 4:09 455 Rocket Kathy Mattea #02. 2 5:06 Patiently Waiting Kathy Mattea #02. 3 3:07 Boy She Did Harley Allen #02. 4 4:26 Between The Devil And Me Harley Allen #02. 5 3:18 She's Somewere In Love John & Audrey Wiggins #02. 6 5:33 The Dream John & Audrey Wiggins #02. 7 3:28 To Tell The Truth Kim Richey #02. 8 4:03 I'm Alright Kim Richey Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #03) 1998 MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide --- with an CD from Rounder Records --- #03. 1 : You'll Get No More Of Me Hazel Dickens #03. 2 : Shortening Bread The Freight Hoppers #03. 3 : J'ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard Et La Belette Balfa Toujours #03. 4 : Reel Beatrice Natalie MacMaster #03. 5 : 75 Septembers Cheryl Wheeler #03. 6 : These Cold Fingers Bill Morrissey #03. 7 : Common Bond The Kennedy's Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #04) 1998 MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide --- The Blue Note Jazz Profile Series --- #04. 1 8:26 One for Daddy-O Cannonball Adderley #04. 2 3:04 Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas Bud Powell #04. 3 4:15 Caravan Duke Ellington #04. 4 3:36 I Wanna be Around Dinah Washington #04. 5 6:12 Along Came Betty Art Blakey #04. 6 6:11 Empty Pockets Herbie Hancock #04. 7 5:45 Open Country Gerry Mulligan #04. 8 3:04 That Old Feeling Chet Baker #04. 9 6:56 Twilight Mist Lee Morgan #04. 10 4:16 Certified Senior Citizen Mose Allison Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #05) 1998 MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide to Martini Music and Easy Listening --- Free Music From Capitol Records --- [my copy of the CD is cracked in two and unplayable] --- #05. 1 2:14 The Munsters Theme Jack Marshall #05. 2 2:39 Mr. Lucky Si Zentner #05. 3 4:52 One Step Beyond/The Twilight Zone The Ventures #05. 4 2:23 My Three Sons Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra #05. 5 2:14 So Nice (Somba De Verao) Wanda de Sah & Sergio Mendes #05. 6 2:50 The Look of Love Billy May and his Orchestra #05. 7 2:44 Misirlou Laurindo Almeida #05. 8 2:14 Que Sabe Voce De Mim Walter Wanderley #05. 9 2:23 The Boy From Ipanema Peggy Lee #05. 10 1:48 Charade Bobby Darin #05. 11 3:23 Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby Dinah Washington #05. 12 4:44 Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody Louis Prima #05. 13 1:45 Beat Girl John Barry #05. 14 2:28 Cool Martin Denny #05. 15 2:49 Moon River Henry Jerome #05. 16 2:54 The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Leroy Holmes #05. 17 3:39 Brazil Tina Contreras #05. 18 5:41 Deep Night/Softly As In A Morning Sunrise Terry Snyder #05. 19 2:02 Balinese Bongos Les Baxter #05. 20 1:59 The Inch Worm Jack Constanzo #05. 21 3:28 Potluck The John La Salle Quartet #05. 22 2:05 Squatty Roo The John Buzon Trio #05. 23 4:24 Big Noise From Winnetka/Midnight Swim Al Caiola #05. 24 1:47 Hot Toddy Julie London Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #06) 1998 MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide --- Free Music From Mercury Records --- #06. 1 2:41 The Great Pretender The Platters #06. 2 2:22 Smooth Operator Sarah Vaughan #06. 3 2:25 Out Of Sight James Brown #06. 4 2:37 Only The Strong Survive Jerry Butler #06. 5 4:35 Fire The Ohio Players #06. 6 5:57 Mama Used To Say Junior #06. 7 5:47 Flashlight Parliament Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #07) 1999 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, 2nd ed. --- Free Rock Music From Capitol Records --- #07. 1 4:19 Monster Truck Plastilina Mosh #07. 2 5:37 Pack Up And Leave Sonichrome #07. 3 4:32 I See The Sun Tommy Hendriksen #07. 4 2:57 Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding Less Than Jake #07. 5 4:12 Soft Second Coming #07. 6 3:53 Rhinoceros Block #07. 7 4:14 Honest Kendall Payne #07. 8 3:52 Have A Little Faith In Me John Hiatt #07. 9 3:07 Bus Stop Weston #07. 10 5:32 A Secret Place Megadeth #07. 11 3:43 Fortunate Fat Amy #07. 12 2:26 Everything Shines The Push Stars Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #08) 1999 MusicHound Swing!: The Essential Album Guide --- Free Music From Rounder Records --- #08. 1 3:39 Ay La Bas Michelle Willson #08. 2 5:50 House Of The Blues Jimmy "T-99" Nelson #08. 3 4:29 Twist Top Duke Robillard #08. 4 3:08 If It's News To You The Johnny Nocturne Band #08. 5 2:48 You Knock Me Out Sax Gordon #08. 6 2:28 Rockin' At The Doghouse The Love Dogs #08. 7 3:25 '59 Tweedle Dee Rosie Flores Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #09) 2000 MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide --- Wicklow Records Sampler --- #09. 1 5:47 Alpha Yaya Diallo Duniya #09. 2 2:48 Juan Carlos Formell Palo De Guayaba #09. 3 5:12 Mary Jane Lamond A Mhairi Bhoidheach #09. 4 2:56 Varttina Neitonen #09. 5 2:40 Yat-Kha Kaldak-Khamar #09. 6 4:31 Laurel MacDonald Aran Na H-Eala #09. 7 10:1 Sacred System Black Lotus #09. 8 5:11 Alpha Yaya Diallo Badenma #09. 9 3:34 Varttina Laulutytto #09. 10 3:18 The Bulgarian Voices Angelite Hei Lassie #09. 11 7:12 Bill Laswell Dejala En La Puntica/Habanna Transmission #2 #09. 12 7:42 Juan Carlos Formell Mango Manguey #09. 13 5:39 La Bottine Souriante Le Lys Vert Summary Discography (top/bottom of page) #10) 1998 VideoHound's Soundtracks: Music from the movies, broadway and television --- "Son of Hollywood Records Goes Hollywood [Disc 2]" --- #10. 1 4:07 Forever Young (Prefontaine) Pistoleros #10. 2 3:40 In a Broken Dream (Breaking the Waves) Python Lee Jackson #10. 3 3:50 Mrs. Robinson (Mother) Steve Lively #10. 4 3:22 Two Little Sisters (Marvin's Room) Carly Simon #10. 5 5:45 Believe in Angels (The Crow: City of Angels) Graeme Revell #10. 6 1:17 The Dance (Emma) Rachel Portman #10. 7 3:02 Hamara Haath (Ghost And the Darkness) The Worldbeaters #10. 8 3:33 You & Me & Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Swingers) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy #10. 9 6:25 Hummel Gets the Rockets (The Rock) Nick Glennie-Smith #10. 10 2:45 Up Close (Up Close And Personal) Thomas Newman #10. 11 5:28 Love is a Beautiful Thing (The Pallbearer) Al Green #10. 12 5:54 Spit (The Crow: City of Angels) The New York Loose #10. 13 2:24 Return to Me (Donnie Brasco) Dean Martin #10. 14 3:21 The Crying Game (The Crying Game) Boy George #10. 15 3:06 Rats (Ransom) Billy Corgan
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