Placing CODA tracks to original albums

[Rock Historian]

Has anyone ever wondered what the albums would sound like with the unreleased tracks put in?

 

Has anyone tried it and if so, what order did you place them?

 

Example: I think ITTOD would have ended well with Wearing and Tearing.

[John M]

I have tried this out, including the PG tracks, with varying degrees of success.  One playlist I made for Houses of the Holy worked well, mainly because it showed (to my ears anyway) how well "Houses of the Holy" the song fits on House of the Holy the album, in terms of mood, sound, etc.

I slotted in

The Rover after Over the Hills

Houses of the Holy to kick off Side 2 before Dancing Days

Black Country Woman after Dancing Days, or maybe now that I think about it some more, maybe put Black Country Woman between Houses of the Holy and Dancing Days to break them up with an acoustic number.

Walter's Walk after NQ and before The Ocean, although the 1982 vocal in this track never really worked for me, and that becomes more apparent when listening to it in the context of the 1972 vocals on Houses.  

 

[Rock Historian]

Yes I can see your point about Walters Walk. 

 

As for the rest of what you tried, I think it is a great placement order

 

[The Only Way To Fly]

7 hours ago, John M said:

Houses of the Holy to kick off Side 2 before Dancing Days

I wish HOTH would have made the album in 1973 and performed live. Imagine pushing The Song Remains The Same and Rain Song to Physical Graffiti while keeping Houses Of The Holy (I would have placed at track one, side one).  

[Walter]

Here’s my most recent playlist for ITTOD/CODA

 

[Rock Historian]

I like that order

[William Austin]

The only album I listen to differently than it was released is ITTOD. I incorporate tracks from Coda to make it a double album. 
 

Side 1

In The Evening

Ozone Baby

South Bound Saurez 

 

Side 2

Hot Dog

Fool In The Rain

Wearing and Tearing

 

Side 3

Carouselambra

Walter's Walk

Bonzo's Montreux 

 

Side 4

Darlene

All My Love

I'm Gonna Crawl
 

Now, Physical Graffiti it isn't, but it makes for a much stronger, more complete album. Not to mention cohesive since it was mostly all recorded together. 
 

The original tracks pretty much all appear in the same order, and the albums begins and ends the same way as originally. I actually sometimes forget that it was really a single album and not a double. 😄

[Rock Historian]

👍

 

I think it's too late to re-release these albums with the added tracks, but it sure would be cool.

 

I like your placement