Compilation-Only Releases

Aside from releasing albums, the Caretaker has also released tracks under compilation albums, some of which were under the V/Vm Test Records label. As of now, there have been 11 of these compilation-only tracks, ranging from 2001 to 2012. For the purposes of this wikia, only Caretaker releases will be listed, however Discogs links will be provided for every compilation album to allow for further reading.

Hate You (2001)
Hate You is a compilation album released under the V/Vm Test Records label and features 12 tracks from various artists. The release was made with the intention of bringing back the "attitude" that was lost in today's music industry

Hurts So Good (2003)
Released under the V/Vm Test Records label, Hurts So Good is a 99-track compilation album focusing on harsh noise. Most of the tracks in the compilation are less than a minute long and are relatively short. The compilation also features 88 artists.

While it is heavily out of place for the Caretaker name to be associated with such a release, it is important to know that the Caretaker moniker was just originally another aspect of V/Vm, and that the brand still didn't know itself.

Zatsu Ongaku (2004)
Released under the V/Vm Test Records label, Zatsu Ongaku is meant to act as a follow-up to It's Fan-Dabi-Dozi!, another V/Vm Test Records compilation album released a year earlier. Zatsu Ongaku was manufactured to be a Japan exclusive however.

Hiver : Résultat (2005)
Being the first Caretaker track to be released on a label that wasn't V/Vm Test Records, hiver : résultat released in February of 2005 and as its name suggests, is meant to be the end result of what was created during the winter of that period ("winter result"). Featured with the mini CDr was a small sprig of pine sewn into the sleeve. The Caretaker's track, Cerebral Haemorrhage, is also the first time the Caretaker moniker depatures from "the haunted ballroom."

Past, Present and Forever (2006)
Past, Present and Forever is a compilation album made in collaboration with The Juda Kiss magazine. Some of the contributing artists had portions of their interviews conducted in the past that provide insight into the works shown.

''"It comes from the track title of the same name from the 30's. It's always a struggle to name projects but this is a perfect project title for this project because 'we'll all go riding on a rainbow' to me implies that we're looking forward to that time when things will be good again. As the release is quite dark and depressing in that sense it's possibly looking forward to lighter times." - James/the Caretaker''

Excerpt taken from the Caretaker interview originally printed in issue 10

WTUL Songs from the Basement Floor Volume Four (2006)
Being the fourth installment of New Orleans independent radio station WTUL Songs from the Basement Floor series, WTUL Songs from the Basement Floor Volume Four is a compilation CD, with it fundraiding for WTUL's relocation after Hurricane Katrina hit the United States of America in late 2005.

Exercises in Obscurism (2008)
Coincidentally releasing a day before the release of Persistent repetition of phrases (2008), Exercises in Obscurism is a compilation album of various artists, with the focus on experimental music.

May the Plague Be with You... {remiXes} (2009)
may the plague be with you... {remiXes} acting as a remixed version of May the Plague Be with You (2006) was meant to be released physically in 2007, however due to "administrative entanglements" the album never saw the light of day until in May of 2009, when it was released online for free by Plague Recordings.

Bonus Tracks 1 (2011)
Bonus Tracks 1 is a compilation album of Leyland Kirby's first set of bonus tracks released to digital subscribers of the History Always Favours The Winners label. It is also the only set of bonus tracks released via said label. The final two tracks, "Fleeting dreams" and "Their story is lost," are outtakes of An empty bliss beyond this World (2011).

The Ad Hoc Comp (2012)
The Ad Hoc Comp is a compilation album of 48 artists, each of them releasing a previously unreleased work of theirs. It should be noted that "end detections" originally appeared in 2011's BBC Radio 6 Interview / Guest Mix with Tom Ravenscroft.