My "Sweet Tunes" tape/CDR, what's yours?

[DanG]

I made this CDR recently, I'm really enjoying it.

1. Ooh La La Rod Stewart
2. Giving You the Best That I Got Anita Baker
3. Best of My Love Eagles
4. Not the Only One Bonnie Raitt
5. Good Times Edie Brickell
6. Amie Pure Prairie League
7. Just My Imagination Temptations
8. Forever Mine O'Jays
9. Mr. Wrong Sade
10. Her Town Too James Taylor
11. Thin Line Between Love and Hate Pretenders
12. Never as Good as the First Time Sade
13. Harvest Moon Neil Young
14. New Blue Moon Traveling Wilburys
15. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying Sting
16. Feel Flows Beach Boys
17. Ooh Baby Baby Lind Rondstadt

[PsychFan]

Jeez ... I must have a couple hundred mix tapes and CD-Rs sitting around, but here's one of my all-time faves (a CD-R):

1. Boys Keep Swinging, David Bowie
2. Like Dylan in the Movies, Belle & Sebastian
3. All I Have to Do is Dream, The Everly Brothers
4. Ridin' in My Car, NRBQ
5. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her, XTC
6. No Reply (stereo), The Beatles
7. Perfect Day, Lou Reed
8. Laid, James
9. If I Was Your Girlfriend, Prince
10. Thinking About You, Radiohead
11. I'm on Fire, Bruce Springsteen
12. I Can't Reach You, The Who
13. Dumb, Nirvana
14. God Give Me Strength, Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
15. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend, Pet Shop Boys
16. Don't Worry Baby, The Beach Boys
17. Late in the Day, Supergrass
18. If You Belonged to Me, The Traveling Wilburys
19. Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones
20. Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Elton John
21. Far, Far Away, Wilco
22. Family Affair, Sly & the Family Stone

[Grant]

All too mellow for me! I mix up all of my CD-Rs (and in the old days, tapes) with fast and slow songs, the way commercial albums USED to be secuenced.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Grant
All too mellow for me! I mix up all of my CD-Rs (and in the old days, tapes) with fast and slow songs, the way commercial albums USED to be secuenced.

Ditto, and always start with a "potboiler" to get things moving! Never two slow songs in a row.

[PsychFan]

Wow. I apologize for breaking the rules. I'll report to the office tomorrow morning to have my knuckles whacked ...

Sorry I said anything ...

[Kym]

1. Ambrosia, "For Openers (Welcome Home)"
2. Deep Purple, "Hush"
3. A3, "Woke Up This Morning (Theme from 'The Sopranos')"
4. Elastica, "Connection"
5. Rockets, "Oh Well"
6. James Gang, "Funk #49"
7. Aerosmith, "Sweet Emotion"
8. Tommy Bolin, "Bustin' Out for Rosey"
9. Aerosmith, "Last Child"
10. Heart, "Magic Man"
11. Blue Oyster Cult, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
12. Nazareth, "Hair of the Dog"
13. Urge Overkill, "Sister Havana"
14. Blue Oyster Cult, "Burnin' for You"
15. Diesel, "Sausalito Summernight"
16. Depeche Mode, "Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)"
17. Ministry, "Jesus Built My Hot Rod"

[CM Wolff]

With the warm weather finally hitting Detroit, I just burned the following 2 volume set, with the emphasis on fun, mostly upbeat summertime-feeling soul classics.

Volume 1

Money - Barrett Strong 02:35
I Count The Tears - The Drifters 02:11
What A Wonderful World - Sam Cooke 02:05
Last Night - Mar-Keys 02:37
The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells 02:25
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs 02:55
Shake A Tail Feather - The Five Du-Tones 02:23
Fingertips - Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder 03:09
The Monkey Time - Major Lance 02:46
Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye 02:46
Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas 02:44
You're No Good - Betty Everett 02:21
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones 02:11
Leaving Here - Eddie Holland 02:31
Selfish One - Jackie Ross 03:17
Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown 02:40
Too Many Fish In The Sea - Marvellettes 02:26
Bar-B-Q - Wendy Rene 02:30
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - The Velvelettes 02:31
Yes, I'm Ready - Barbara Mason 03:03
I Do - The Marvelows 02:26
Agent Double-O-Soul - Edwin Starr 02:43
First I Look At The Purse - The Contours 03:04
Shake - Otis Redding 02:38
Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 02:48
Get Ready - The Temptations 02:35
Cool Jerk - The Capitols 02:32

Volume 2

Barefootin' - Robert Parker 02:30
Hot Dog - Four Shells 02:10
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - The Supremes 02:54
It's A Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown 02:47
Sunny - Bobby Hebb 02:45
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett 02:25
But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson 02:51
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - James Carr 02:39
I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles 02:33
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley 02:20
Soul Finger - Bar-Kays 02:19
Seven Rooms Of Gloom - Four Tops 02:32
Get On Up - The Esquires 02:21
Expressway To Your Heart - Soul Survivors 02:20
Soul Man - Sam & Dave 02:37
If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Marvin & Tammi 02:20
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells 02:38
Big Bird - Eddie Floyd 03:01
Able Mable - Mable John 02:40
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin 03:32
Ain't Nothin' But A House Party - The Show Stoppers 02:40
The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co 02:52
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder 02:49
Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis 02:47
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker 02:28
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Supremes/Mary Wilson 03:12
Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone 02:36

[Jimbo]

I've got a thing for that late 70s/early 80s new wave power pop. My own favorite tape comp is called Rock Candy.

We Got the Beat--Go-Go's
What I Like About You--Romantics
Surrender--Cheap Trick
Driver's Seat--Sniff n the Tears
Starry Eyes--Records
What Do All the People Know?--Monroes
Baby Blue--Badfinger (fits right in)
Hold On--Ian Gomm
So It Goes--Nick Lowe
2-4-6-8- Motorway--Tom Robinson
That Was Then, This Is Now--Monkees
Sunday Girl--Blondie
Break-Up Song--Greg Khin
Straight Lines--New Musik
My Sharona--Knack
Solid Rock--Goanna
Rock & Roll Love Letter--Bay City Rollers
Girl Of My Dreams--Bram Tchaikovsky
Working Girl--Members
Going' Down To Liverpool--Bangles
I Melt With You--Modern English
Feels Like Heaven--Fiction Factory

This was way before Rhino stole my idea and did the Just Can't Get Enough series of new waves hits. They're always stealing my ideas for compilations, and not just Rhino...they must be spying on me!

[Grant]

CM Wolf, that's a damn fine list!

A couple of years ago I made a five-volume CD set of favorite summer tunes called Summer Fun". It is virtually all 70s songs of all styles.

I'll list one or two of them later. i'm on a lunch break.

[CM Wolff]

Grant - thanks for the compliment - I look forward to some of your favorites.

I like burning comps and have come up with some enjoyable ones. However, without fail, I always think of something after-the-fact that I should have included. For instance, in regards to the 2 CD soul comp I just listed, I am kicking myself for not finding room for Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher, the Spinners' It's a Shame, and a handful of others. No matter how hard I try, I end up never being satisfied. I can only imagine what it would feel like to be a professional record company producer/compiler and have to live with your own (inevitably imperfect) creations in the marketplace.

Never having been satisfied with the first Hitsville Motown box (for having left off too much essential, core material), I have been trying to compile a four or five CD Motown comp on-and-off for months now; I just can't get the damn thing right. I guess in the end, my home burning has really caused me to appreciate the fine job some compilers really do and symphathize with those hamstrung by the limitations that probably always exist (e.g. licensing difficulties, inadequate masters, lack of label support, etc.)

[Ken_McAlinden]

As radio is getting worse and worse, I have been relying more and more on mix CD-Rs to make my commute bearable. Here's the latest one to get me through the summer as well as an all 70s mix I made at almost the same time for my sister that has become a fixture in my car. I usually use an MP3 ripping program (Realjukebox lately), but rip them as uncompressed "WAV" files so I can mix and match them in a playlist and then burn them directly from the hard drive with no disc swapping.

Car Mix #9
Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby - Emmylou Harris, Allison Krause, & Gillian Welch
I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby (single edit) - Barry White
Mr. Rabbit - Paul Westerberg
The Rare Ould Times - Flogging Molly
From Head to Toe - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Original Detroit Mix) - Marvin Gaye
Something - Musiq
Next Year - Foo Fighters
Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
Moonshiner - Uncle Tupelo
World Where You Live - Crowded House
Silent Film Star - Grandpaboy
Monday Morning Rock - Marshall Crenshaw
The Dark End of the Street - James Carr
Dio - Tenacious D
Add Some Music To Your Day - Beach Boys
Last Day of June - Finn Brothers
Missundaztood - Pink
All Day All Night - Wailers
Only Lie Worth Telling - Paul Westerberg
Down to the River to Pray - Allison Krause

70s Mix
No Matter What – Badfinger
Hey Pocky A-Way – The Meters
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Al Green
Funk #49 - James Gang
Bend Down Low - Bob Marley & the Wailers
Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren
Bell Bottom Blues - Derek and the Dominos
September Gurls - Big Star
What is Life - George Harrison
Rocks Off - Rolling Stones
It Makes No Difference - The Band
Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin
Too Many People - Paul McCartney
Loose Booty - Sly & the Family Stone
Pure and Easy - The Who
I Wanna Know if it's Good to You (single mix) - Funkadelic
Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons

Regards,

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Jimbo
I've got a thing for that late 70s/early 80s new wave power pop. My own favorite tape comp is called Rock Candy.

We Got the Beat--Go-Go's
What I Like About You--Romantics
Surrender--Cheap Trick
Driver's Seat--Sniff n the Tears
Starry Eyes--Records
What Do All the People Know?--Monroes
Baby Blue--Badfinger (fits right in)
Hold On--Ian Gomm
So It Goes--Nick Lowe
2-4-6-8- Motorway--Tom Robinson
That Was Then, This Is Now--Monkees
Sunday Girl--Blondie
Break-Up Song--Greg Khin
Straight Lines--New Musik
My Sharona--Knack
Solid Rock--Goanna
Rock & Roll Love Letter--Bay City Rollers
Girl Of My Dreams--Bram Tchaikovsky
Working Girl--Members
Going' Down To Liverpool--Bangles
I Melt With You--Modern English
Feels Like Heaven--Fiction Factory

That tracklisting kicks some serious arse!:)

[Bob Lovely]

Friends,

All fun programs and I really enjoy the sequencing....here are a couple of mine:

Biggest Hits Of AM Top 40 Radio Vol. 11

1) Sounds Of Silence--Simon & Garfunkel (Stereo)
2) Shapes Of Things--Yardbirds (Mono)
3) Ain't Too Proud Too Beg-Temptations (Stereo)
4) Reflections--Diana Ross & the Supremes (Mono)
5) Good Lovin--Young Rascals (Mono)
6) Barefootin'--Robert Parker (Mono)
7) But It's Alright--JJ Jackson (Mono)
8) Soul & Inspiration--Righteous Bros. (Stereo)
9) Opus 17 (Don't Worry 'Bout Me)--Four Seasons (Mono)
10) I Heard It Through The Grapevine--Gladys Knight & the Pips (Mono)
11) Kicks--Paul Revere & the Raiders (Stereo)
12) Pushin' Too Hard--Seeds (Mono)
13) I'm Ready For Love--Martha & the Vandellas (Mono)
14) We Could Be Happy--Cryan' Shames (Mono)
15) Tell It Like It Is--Aaron Neville (Stereo)
16) Eight Miles High--Bryds (Stereo)
17) I Saw Her Again--Mamas & Papas (Mono)
18) Poor Side Of Town--Johnny Rivers
19) Good Vibrations--Beach Boys (Mono) (mastered by SH)
20) Knock On Wood--Eddie Floyd (Mono)
21) Dirty Water--Standells (Mono)
22) Everybody Needs Somebody To Love--Wilson Pickett (Mono)
23) Summertime--Billy Stewart (full length version) (Stereo) (mastered by SH)



Party Hits Of The 70's Vol. #2

1) Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)--Jacksons (12" version)
2) Dance, Dance, Dance--Chic (full length version)
3) Don't Bring Me Down-- Electric Light Orchestra
4) Fool In The Rain--Led Zeppelin
5) Native New Yorker--Odyssey
6) Rock Your Baby--George McCrae
7) The Hustle--Van McCoy
8) Fill Me Up (Heart To Heart)--Andrea True Connection (Long Version)
9) Do Ya Think I'm Sexy--Rod Stewart
10) Rock N' Me--Steve Miller Band (mastered by SH)
11) Got To Give It Up--Marvin Gaye (edit from the full length version)

Bob :)

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bob Lovely

9) Do Ya Think I'm Sexy--Rod Stewart


Bob :)
I know it's probably stupid, but why does everyone call it "DO Ya Think I'm Sexy", when the title is DA Ya Think I'm Sexy"? I recall a little comment on that in the booklet of Rod Stewart's box set.:D

[Highway Star]

I took my favorite tracks from SPLHCB and MMT and intertwined them together on one disc, mostly the more 'psychedelic' tracks. Also, I like ending it with "Sgt. Pepper's...reprise", unlike the original. I guess I was just longing for something a little different in the Beatle scheme of things. I'm still experimenting with the track order though.

Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (shortened)
Magical Mystery Tour
A Day In The Life
All You Need Is Love
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
Baby You're A Rich Man
She's Leaving Home
Penny Lane
Fixing A Hole
Strawberry Fields Forever
Getting Better
I Am The Walrus
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Blue Jay Way
With A Little Help From My Friends
The Fool On The Hill
Hello Goodbye
Sgt. Peppers (reprise)

Another one I'm working on is "Let It Beatle", which is taking my favorite tracks from "Let It Be" and working in other tracks from early '69 and making an album a little closer to what I would have liked "Let It Be" to have been (pre-Abbey Road and also less Spector-ish). Burned one, but I'm still trying to get the right tracks going.

(burned one as in CD-R, LOL) :rolleyes:

[Bob Lovely]

Originally posted by Grant

I know it's probably stupid, but why does everyone call it "DO Ya Think I'm Sexy", when the title is DA Ya Think I'm Sexy"? I recall a little comment on that in the booklet of Rod Stewart's box set.:D

Grant,

Not unlike Dinah Washington's 1960 hit that is actually titled What A Difference A Day Made versus "Makes"...

Bob

[Bob Lovely]

All,

Here are two more than I enjoy...

Biggest Hits Of AM Top 40 Radio Vol. 14

1) There is A Mountain--Donovan (Stereo)
2) Over, Under, Sideways Down--Yardbirds (re-channeled garbage)
3) Magic Bus--Who (Mono)
4) Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It--Buffalo Springfield (Mono)
5) Ain'T No Mountain High Enough--Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Stereo)
6) Expressway To My Heart--Soul Survivors (Mono)
7) I'm Just Waitin' and Anticipatin' For Her To Show Up--New Colony Six (Stereo)
8) It Could Be We're In Love--Cryan' Shames (Mono)
9) Gospel Zone--Shadows Of Knight (Stereo)
10) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy--Buckinghams (Stereo)
11) The Whole World Is A Stage--Fantastic Four (Mono)
12) She's Lookin' Good--Roger Collins (Mono)
13) Since You've Been Gone--Aretha Franklin (Stereo)
14) Summer In The City--Lovin' Spoonful (Stereo)
15) Till We Kissed--Guess Who (Stereo)
16) You Got To Me--Neil Diamond (Mono)
17) Land Of Milk And Honey--Vogues (Stereo)
18) Shake A Tail Feather--James & Bobby Purifoy (Mono)
19) Show Me--Joe Tex (Mono)
20) Sunshine Of Your Love--Cream (Stereo)
21) To Sir With Love--Lulu (Stereo)
22) You're All I Need To Get By--Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Stereo)
23) A Girl Like You--Young Rascals (Mono)

And one my girlfriend really likes...

Cocktail Lounge Mix Vol. 3

1) L.O.V.E.--Nat King Cole
2) Cry Me A River--Julie London
3) One For My Baby--Frank Sinatra
4) What A Difference A Day Made--Dinah Washington
5) Misty--Johnny Mathis
6) That's All-Sarah Vaughn
7) Baby, Won't Yo Please Come Home--Shirley Horn
8) I Fall In Love Too Easily--Chet Baker
9) The Way You Look Tonight--Frank Sinatra
10) Shiny Stockings--Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
11) The Exciting Life--Julie London
12) My One And Only Love--John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
13) I'm Through With Love--Marlene Cord
14) God Bless The Child--Lou Rawls
15) Walkin' My Baby Back Home--Nat King Cole
16) Just One More Chance--Carmen Lundy
17) It's Just A Matter Of Time--Brook Benton
18) Blues In The Night--Frank Sinatra

I encourage others to post more!

Bob :)

[Jimbo]

I'm enjoying this thread as well. Interesting to see what others put together. Here's one of my favorite "theme" tapes:

"THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS"

My Generation--The Who
Angry Young Man--Billy Joel
I'm 18--Alice Cooper
Teenage Wildlife--David Bowie
All the Young Dudes--Mott the Hoople
Me and the Boys--NRBQ
Your Generation--Generation X
Teenage Depression--Eddie & the Hot Rods
Frustrated--Joan Jett
19 Forever--Joe Jackson
Teenage Rampage--Sweet
Rough Boys--Pete Townshend
Young Turks--Rod Stewart
Trouble Boys--Dave Edmunds
Smells Like Teen Spirit--Nirvana
Teenage Lobotomy--Ramones
Runaway Boys--Stray Cats
Blank Generation--Richard Hell
The Sixteens--Sweet
At 17--Janis Ian
Department of Youth--Alice Cooper
White Punks on Dope--Tubes
Rat Trap--Boomtown Rats

...I guess it's not easy being a teenager, no matter what decade you grew up in!

[Bob Lovely]

Jimbo,

That is a fun thematic program...thanks for sharing!

Bob :)

[Grant]

Good job, Jimbo!

[CM Wolff]

I recently did a two-volume Modern Blues comp, for the occasion of having friends over than only want to hear more upbeat recent blues, mostly of the guitar-slinging variety (I usually steer away from the monster guitarists, preferring the tight ensemble interplay of, say, Muddy's classic bands, but I aim to please...):

Volume One

Cherry Red Wine - Luther Allison
Heartbroken Man - Booba Barnes
Laundromat Blues - Carey Bell
Bon Ton Roulet - Brooks/Hunter
Georgia Women- RL Burnside
I'm Tore Down - Clapton
Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
One Hundred Dollar Bill - Sue Foley
Midnight Train - Buddy Guy
I Don't Care - Long John Hunter
Catfish Blues - Big Jack Johnson
Serves Me Right To Suffer - Jimmy Johnson
Rob & Steal - Paul Jones
I've Got To Leave This Woman - BB King
Diamonds at Your Feet - Big Bill Morganfield
Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yveline - Joe Louis Walker

Volume Two

I'm Back - Luther Allison
Snake Drive - RL Burnside
Days of Old - Clapton/King
Pardon - Robert Cray
Walkin Home - Sue Foley
Trouble on the Line - Long John Hunter
L Word - Candye Kane
Jr. Blues- Junior Kimbrough
Ask Me No Questions - Albert King
Mellow Down Easy - Smokin' Joe Kubek
Sloppy Drunk - Big Bill Morganfield
Stop Draggin' That Chain Around - John Primer
Cut You Loose - Angela Strehli
You Took My Baby - Dave Thompson
Taxman - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Every Girl I See - Joe Louis Walker
Messin' With The Man - Muddy Waters Tribute Band

[Jimbo]

Originally posted by CM Wolff
I recently did a two-volume Modern Blues comp, for the occasion of having friends over than only want to hear more upbeat recent blues, mostly of the guitar-slinging variety (I usually steer away from the monster guitarists, preferring the tight ensemble interplay of, say, Muddy's classic bands, but I aim to please...):



Yo CM:

Yikes!! Smokin'!! How do you keep your speakers from spontaneously combusting while playing those?!?!:cool:

[CM Wolff]

Jimbo - thanks, there are some smokers in there...do you collect blues to the extent you do every other genre on the planet? If so, I will say I am jealous even before you hint at the size of your collection...

[Bob Lovely]

CM,

Great sounding Blues programs there...my girlfriend would love them...she likes what she calls Smokey Blues...thanks for posting your programs!

Bob :)

[Jefhart]

Lots of great comps here. Particularly like Jimbo's late 70's/early 80's power pop stuff. I have a great fondness for this music and have done a couple of comps myself. To make it seem like a really great radio station I cross-faded all of the songs. I made them all one track so that you can't pick out individual songs, however, I enjoy the experience of listening to the whole thing, start to finish.

Anyone else use cross-fading?

Jeff