title: EMI Songbook Series
text: # 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
  