Thursday, July 30, 2009

Mystery Mix


This one is a bit of an oldie... I first compiled this mix 16 years ago while living in San Francisco. I never bothered to make a track listing for it, most of the songs were familiar to me, but some were dubbed from other friends' mixes (which were also missing any track listings). I've loved this mix for a long time, it never fails to remind me of that time and place in my life. I stumbled across the tape again recently and decided it was time to reveal the tracks. Luckily, I knew all the artists, so it just took a bit of dedicated Googling to finally reveal the track list. It has been recreated as an mp3 playlist/CD. Hope you like it.

WHERE IS MY MIND?

Side 1
TrackArtistTitle
1.4 Non BlondesWhat's Up
2.JellyfishI Wanna Stay Home
3.Paul McCartney & WingsUncle Albert/
Admiral Halsey
4.Dinosaur Jr.Muck
5.Kate BushThe Empty Bullring
6.The BatsBlock Of Wood
7.Don McLeanAmerican Pie
8.Robyn Hitchcock & The EgyptiansSerpent at the
Gates of Wisdom
9.BadfingerNo Matter What
Side 2
TrackArtistTitle
1.Jorma Kaukonen with Tom HobsonGenesis
2.Chris CornellSeasons
3.The Beach BoysGod Only Knows
4.The BucketsSeven Babies
5.Elton JohnBennie And The Jets
6.Ten Years AfterI'd Love To
Change the World
7.The TroggsWild Thing
8.Van MorrisonBrown Eyed Girl
9.Concrete BlondeLittle Conversations
10.Joni MitchellThe Circle Game
11.Roy OrbisonCandy Man
12.PixiesWhere Is My Mind?

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Mother's Day Special


I custom crafted a mix for my Mom this past Mother's Day. It's chock full of the kinds of tunes she loves to hear, and it makes me nostalgic whenever I listen to it.

A Gift of Song


1 Just For You- Sam Cooke

2 A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)- Marty Robbins

3 My Happiness- Connie Francis

4 When I Take My Sugar To Tea- Leon Redbone

5 Singin' In The Rain- Cliff Edwards

6 Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)- Peggy Lee

7 Ole Buttermilk Sky- Hoagy Carmichael

8 Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night- The Boswell Sisters

9 Something's Gotta Give- Mel Torme

10 I Love You, Honey- Patsy Cline

11 Harbor Lights- Elvis Presley

12 Oh, What A Dream- Johnny Cash

13 Mockin' Bird Hill- Les Paul & MaryFord

14 My Heart Skips A Beat- Buck Owens

15 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels- Kitty Wells

16 I'll Tell the Whole World That I Love You- Hank Snow

17 Send Me Some Lovin'- Buddy Holly & The Crickets

18 Right Or Wrong- Wanda Jackson

19 The Wings Of A Dove- Ferlin Husky

20 Where Will the Dimple Be- Rosemary Clooney & Thurl Ravenscroft

21 Baby Sittin' Boogie- Buzz Clifford

22 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?- Rick Nelson

23 I Love How You Love Me- Bobby Vinton

24 Unchained Melody- The Teddy Bears

25 Wonderful Wonderful- Johnny Mathis

26 My Special Angel- Bobby Helms

27 A Gift Of Song- The Sandpipers

28 Reverend Mr. Black- The Kingston Trio

29 This Land Is Your Land- Peter, Paul & Mary

30 Goodnight Irene- The Weavers

Catching Up


I've fallen a bit behind, so I'm going to post a bunch of mixes that I've been neglecting. Hope you like them!

Monday, May 18, 2009

My Hero ZeRO update


MISSING TRACKS

I've been informed that some of the tracks from the second half of the mix didn't come through on DL. I've upped the missing tracks to the same folder under "Missing MHZ", feel free to supplement your DL as necessary. I re-upped the second half adding Dick Dale (which for some reason wasn't included the first time) for anyone who hadn't gotten around to picking up the tracks yet.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mixathon Tribute


The Zero May Mixathon was a huge success, and to commemorate the event, I compiled a playlist that pays tribute to each mixer's contribution. The original post with liner notes can be found HERE.

1.

 

Ed's Redeeming Qualities

 

MORE BAD TIMES

Barrydali (Times)

2.

 

The Creation

 

TOM TOM

Mahdishain (Human Jukebox-Poptagious)

3.

 

The Tinkertones

 

ROBERT THE ROBOT

Robert Song (First of May)

4.

 

Cheech & Chong

 

FRAMED

Frame 313 (GeekMix - April09 - Famous People)

5.

 

Connie Francis

 

JOHNNY DARLIN'

Johnny Dark (May Day)

6.

 

The White Stripes

 

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES

Mr. Mirage (Feeling A Little Strange)

7.

 

Outsiders

 

THE BEAR

Bear (Mayday)

8.

 

Squirrel Nut Zippers

 

WASH JONES

Doowad (Primer Prine- A Prine Primer)

9.

 

The Chambers Brothers

 

FUNKY

Funky Ratchet (Almost Every Penny)

10.

 

Little Richard

 

JENNY JENNY

Jenergy (Let Your Mind Roll On)

11.

 

The Rutles

 

PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE

plushpig (The Mary month of May)

12.

 

The Cramps

 

STRANGE LOVE

strange loop (Pail O' Innards)

13.

 

Architecture In Helsinki

 

FRENCHY, I'M FAKING

French Connection/Frenchy (Sam's Psychedelic Inveigled Interfusion)

14.

 

John Carter

 

BROWN AND PORTER'S LORRY

Bufo alvarius (yesterday I saw a girl)

15.

 

The Fire Escape

 

THE TRIP (Inside This House)

valis (KAPOW!)

16.

 

The Surfettes

 

SAMMY THE SIDEWALK SURFER

Sammyg123 (Secret Postcards)

17.

 

Mr. Ed

 

MISTER ED THEME

Mixxer (Bigger Is Always Better (Alt-DJ by khradioguy and Mixxer))

18.

 

Jimmy McGriff

 

AIN'tTIt FUNKY NOW

DJKaren Adams (Funky Satchel of Hits v.1)

19.

 

The Trashmen

 

A- BONE

kmbone (The thrown-together-in-a-hurry mix)

20.

 

Elliott Smith

 

A QUESTION MARK

Pet Rocks (Some of Us Drink Because We're Not Poets)

21.

 

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

 

DEANNA (Acoustic Version)

buglady (Melt Your Heart)

22.

 

Ramsey Lewis

 

WADE IN THE WATER

The Wad (Late, Smokey & Dark)

23.

 

Cab Calloway

 

HOT TODDY

Dead Man (Paul Is a Dead Man, Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him)

24.

 

Dick Dale

 

TIDAL WAVE

short wave radio (Oldies Mix)

25.

 

Generation X

 

ONE HUNDRED PUNKS

dafpunk (unvorhersehbarer frühling)

26.

 

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

 

RADIO, RADIO

Khradioguy (Comfort Music)

27.

 

Beulah

 

GRAVIT(at)Y's BRINGING US DOWN

gravitaty (The bridge between us is a rainbow)

28.

 

The Replacements

 

BASTARDS OF YOUNG

Salman (Never Let the Bastards Bite Back)

29.

 

The Delmonas

 

PETER GUNN LOCOMOTION

p the swede (Diggin' my popscene)

30.

 

Roy Clark

 

TEXAS TWIST

Texas Hobart (Still Livin' On)

31.

 

Dizzy Gillespie - Stan GETZ

 

SIBONEY (PART I)

Siobahn(Bending over backwards to please Stan Getz- Jazz in Britain)

32.

 

The Beatles

 

DOCTOR ROBERT

RobC (It's a Man Ray kind of sky.)

33.

 

The Kingsmen

 

KILLER JOE

retrojoe (Rhythm & Blues in 1947-1949, Part 1)

34.

 

Dale Hawkins

 

TORNADO

tornadoZ (When You Wish Upon a Satellite)

35.

 

John Barry

 

CITY 2000 A.D.

DJAbstract (Vapour City)

36.

 

Dudley Moore Trio

 

GOODBYE GEORGE

G-sphere (I Wanna Be Trash)

37.

 

X

 

WILD THING

wildthing (I WANT SOME GOOD MAN TO LOVE ME AND HEAVEN WHEN I DIE)

38.

 

Eileen

 

CES BOTTES SONT FAITES POUR MARCHER

John Marcher (Can An Admittedly Weak Mix Be Made Better By Adding A Bunch Of 60's Radio Ads?)

39.

 

Aztec Camera

 

ORCHID GIRL

Orchid (Juanita Sunrise)

40.

 

Hugo Largo

 

TURTLE SONG

thatturtle (Like Lines of Clean Dangling Limbs)

41.

 

The Dickies

 

MANNY, MOE & JACK

Moe (Mixathon!)

42.

 

Sheldon Allman & Stan Worth

 

TOM SLICK RACER

Nomates (On The Spot (Alt DJ with sammyg123)

43.

 

The Undertones

 

WHAT'S WITH TERRY

hemizen (The Sound of Young America)

44.

 

The Aquabats

 

ANTI- MATTER

Mattsheckatight (12 Tracks of Acoustic Indie Goodness)

45.

 

The Lemonheads

 

MY HERO, ZeRO