What'd you put on a Summer Compilation?

There's yr 1st track.

And then, a personal choice, I'd also use:

Animal heroes - "Passion for life"
Hawke - "3 nudes in a purple garden"
Nightcrawlers - "Push the feeling on" (mk mix)

because summer always reminds me of outdoor bay area parties...

Disc 1
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Ian Pooley - Venasque
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Chris Rea - Josephine
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Super Maria - Au Sommaire De Tricatel
M - Onde Sensuelle
Nicola Conte - Bossa Per Due
Arling & Cameron - Voulez-Vous
Serge Gainsbourg - Ce Grand Mechant Vous
Baden Powell and his Orchestra - Samba Saravah
Elis Regina & Jobim - Aguas De Marco
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Labi Siffre - I Got The
Ramp - Daylight
Jill Scott - Slowly Surely
Morphine - Cure For Pain
David Bowie - In The Heat Of The Morning (BBC Radio)
Rainy Day - I'll Keep It With Mine

Disc 2
De-Phazz - Radio Sol
Daft Punk - Voyager
Frankie Knuckles - The Whistle Song
The Imperials - Who's Gonna Love Me?
Wookie - Back Up Back Up Back Up
Mondo Grosso - Tree, Air, and Rain on Earth
Soul Quality Quartet - Toda Tersafeira (Jazzanova Rework)
De-Phazz - The Mambo Craze
Tamba Trio - Mas Que Nada
Cesaria Evora - Carnaval De Sao Vicente
Papo Luca & La Sonora Poncena - Algo Facil
Karen Ramirez - Troubled Girl
Da Lata - Rio Vida
Astrud Gilberto & Jobim - Agua De Beber
Orlandivo - Onda Anda A Meu Amor
Nat King Cole - Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
Rainy Day - Sloop John B
Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know About Us
Joy Zipper - Transformation Fantasy
The Beach Boys - Unreleased Backgrounds

I bought the CD reissue of On the Beach and finally heard this song with pristine sound. It is so fucking goreous. That gentle organ sound gets me deep, deep down inside.

...and any strummy acoustic guitars with lots of major 7ths.

Seconded - is that the demos, or Paint a Picture? The 'Sun' demo fits the bill perfectly.

Just looking through my "summer" titled songs.
The Troggs - Summertime
Grandaddy - Summer Here Kids
You could end a tape with Luna's cover of Indian Summer...

2. "Summer in the City" as covered by Eat - Pretty much anyone's rendition would do (Joe Jackson did a live one a year or so back that was pretty cool). Just a cool depiction of Summer in....er....the city. I prefer Eat just because they're cooler than the Lovin' Spoonful.

3. :"Too Hot" by the Specials - Not actually about temperature but about the social climate of late 70's Britain, methinks, but still a great song that made it onto every similarly-themed "summer compilation" of my youth, along with....

4. "Ninety-Six Degrees in the Shade" by Third World - Another no brainer. Something about reggae music forbids me to listen to it when the thermomenter dips below 60.

5. "There's a Riot in Tompkins Square" by the Undead - Released in the early 90's, this admittedly stupid song by Bobby Steele's Undead loosely depicts the squatter riots of the summer of....`89 and, to my mind, captured the mood of the East Village at the time.

6. "My Beach" by the Surf Punks - Speaking of stupid songs, this makes the Undead track sound like Philip Glass. An idiotic ode to surfer territorialism. Glorious.

7. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy - I can't hear this without thinking of the sweaty vibe of Spike Lee's angry summer flick, "Do the Right Thing", which strikes a similar chord to "There's a Riot in Tompkins Square". Busy, sweaty, agoraphobic, while I prefer "Welcome to the Terrordome" and/or "Bring the Noise," this is a perfect angry summer anthem by PE.

8. "The Chad Who Loved Me" by Mansun
9. "Dirty Water" by the Standells
10. "I'm Straight" by the Modern Lovers
11. "Push" and "A Night Like This" by the Cure
12. "Get the Balance Right" by Depeche Mode

'Give It To You', 'Boys Of Summer', 'Pass The Plugs' and 'Hey Ladies' are perennial faves.

Joy Zipper – Sunstroke
Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime
Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
Skee-Lo – I Wish
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
Blondie – Denis
Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
Phoenix – Too Young
2 Many DJs – The Magnificent Romeo
The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer In The City
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Margo Guryan – Sunday Morning
Max Romeo – Chase The Devil
The Chemical Brothers – Chico’s Groove
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Curtis Mayfield – People get Ready
Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime

i like that mungo jerry song. a lot. i feel sort of guilty bout that.

Neutral Milk Hotel-In the Aeroplane over the sea is usually stuck in my cd player for the whole summer and has been for a couple of years now. AM/FM is also really good summer music. I have a tendency to listen to alot of folk/accoustic stuff during summer

i can't believe their gonna release the next alec bathgate album too, very exciting!

Chris Stamey, "Summer Sun"
Dressy Bessy, "Lipstick"
Fuzzy, "Dead End Day"
Bananarama, "Cool Summer"
Apples In Stereo, "Seems So"

B:
counting blue cars
just a girl
i ¢¾ U always 4ever
glycerine
da crossroads
crazy
fast macarena
alien
don't look back in anger

CD1
1. sparkle city - shuggie otis
2. back to the world - curtis mayfield
3. voz d'amor - cesaria evora
4. it's alright now - eddie harris
5. reasons - minnie ripperton
6. strawberry letter 23 - shuggie otis
7. upside down - carol cool
8. clean up woman - betty wright
9. express yourself - charles wright & the watts 103rd street rhythm band
10. give me your love - sisters love
11. turned on to you - eighties ladies
12. be thankful for what you've got - one blood
13. ain't no time fa nothing - the futures
14. moonshadow – labelle
15. easy money - dee dee sharpe gamble
16. light my fire - shirley bassey

CD2
1. want ads - the honey cone
2. expressway to your heart - margo thunder
3. how can you live without love - jean terrell
4. you got the love - rufus with chaka khan
5. a toda cuba le gusta - afro-cuban all stars
6. he venido a decirte - omara portuondo
7. who is he and what is he to you - bill withers
8. no letting go - wayne wonder
9. my sensitivity (gets in the way) - luther vandross
10. star - earth wind & fire
11. what are we gonna do about it - mercy mercy
12. annie mae - natalie cole
13. disposable society - esther phillips
14. primavera - mariza
15. solid air - john martyn
16. chelsea morning - joni mitchell
17. l-o-v-e (love) - al green
18. make me believe in you - patti jo
19. cucurrucucú paloma - caetano veloso

The Go! Team - Ladyflash
Underground Lovers - Star Signs
Beyonce Feat. Ghostface - Summertime (duh)
Orishas - Que Vola
Downsyde - El Questro
NTM - La Fievre
Koolism - The Season

Brazilian girls - Don't Stop
Avalanches - Since I left You
R Kelly - Happy Summertime
Royksopp - Only This Moment
Camron - Down and Out
MIA - Sunshowers
Phoenix - If i ever feel better/Everything is everything
Spoon - Everything Hits at Once/The Way we get By

Some totally random choices:

"Summertime, Summertime," The Jamies
"Alo," Plastilina Mosh
"Tell It to the Rain," The Four Seasons
"Cantor de Mambo," Os Mutantes
"I'm Against It," Ramones
"I Get Lifted," George McCrae
"Get It Together," James Brown
"Today," The Ponys
"Move Over and Let Me Dance," The Isley Brothers
"Dreaming a Dream," Crown Heights Affair
"Eat That Chicken," Charles Mingus