Always loved this one in the Lifestyles series:
Bugz In The Attic - Life:Styles (Compiled By Bugz In The Attic)
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Most of the Strut, BBE, Soul Jazz and going right back to the Charley comps were pivotal to a young me. But before that maybe Streetsounds and of course Mastersounds. In fact thinking back, comps were a decent chunk of my early listening world, especially the more night clubby stuff.
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Came here to post the ambient dub series - so fucking good.
these were ace as well, and they’re still going all these years later with a recent vol.15
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The Ambient Dub series on Beyond changed my life.
I particularly like Volume 3.
Also a big fan of the Select Cuts series on Blood & Fire remixes.
Tough to pick a favourite.
And, of course, the King Size Dub series on Echo Beach is strong, if a little inconsistent - but more hits than misses.
But, for the source of it all, On.U Sounds’ Pay It All Back series is unbeatable.
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Indeed, both the Classic Jazz Funk and Classic Rare Groove series of double albums introduced me to a lot of music I’d never otherwise have heard at that particular time.
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The Mimoid Strawberry track on vol 1 was a huge favourite.
Yeah, i never picked up the 4th one as it was released a couple of years later. Some good artist LPs on Beyond too- Higher Intelligence Agency, Electronic Eye, A.P.L. (can’t believe he only did one album/ one 12" which i picked up on the reissue A Positive Life - Synaesthetic | re:discovery records
Or the first Trance Europe Express one with the massive (196page) cd size booklet 
Trance Europe Express² (1994, Vinyl) - Discogs
I suppose thats the art of a good comp- its a value jumping in/off point for great music
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Good shout these really opened my ears. Nice designs too.
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Took these of my brother who picked them up when he lived in tokyo. Put me onto some great tunes. Gutted not to go Yellow when I visited him.
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I got quite a few of the Back to Mine series over the years.
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Big love for the Talvin Singh & Orb ones of this series.
Yep! Feel like they started the whole ‘yeah but what else do you like?’ format
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Yes! They’re both excellent.
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How about the Real Ibiza compilations? Especially this one.
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I’m not embarassed to say I got into House music through a selection of Hed Kandi and Ministry of Sound compilations from 2002-2005. A lot of those are cheesy, but there are some nice tunes. I especially liked that the Hed Kandi CDs were unmixed because that’s how I sort of learned to listen to intros and outros. Owe a lot to those.
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Oh man Hed Kandi … the artwork was a bit cringe even then. I will own up to rinsing this one:
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Speaking of artwork which may or may not have aged well … the Naked Music various comps - the sweeter side of deep house and jazzy downtempo
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f comm put out some beauties
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(slightly) more recent but i love throne of blood’s “moon rock” series:
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Loved the Naked CD’s. Such a great sound. They were the start and ending of many good nights 2000-ish
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