- John Denver & The Muppets – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
- Tammy Wynette – “Blue Christmas”
- Hickoids – “We’ve Got The Eggnog If You’ve Got The Whiskey”
- Los Straitjackets – “Marshmallow World”
- Ventures – “Sleigh Ride”
- Beach Boys – “Little Saint Nick”
- Elmo & Patsy – “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”
- Elvis Presley – “Santa Claus is Back in Town”
- Darlene Love – “White Christmas”
- The Temptations – “My Christmas Tree”
- Donnie Hathaway – “This Christmas”
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “It’s Christmas Time”
- Bob B Sox & The Blue Jeans – “The Bells of Saint Mary”
- The Supremes – “Little Bright Star”
- The Clark Sisters – “Silent Night”
- Connie Francis – “Auld Lang Syne”
Live vinyl mix of seasonally appropriate sounds.
Moderately melancholy, starts off a little psych folky, ends up somewhere around Americana classic rock deep cuts, with some scratchy randomness in between.
- The Tree People – “Space Heater”
- Nick Drake – Rider on the Wheel
- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – “I Scare Myself”
- Jefferson Airplane – “Embryonic Journey”
- Leonard Cohen – “Suzanne”
- The Freeborne – “Visions of My Own”
- Donovan – “Get Thy Bearings”
- Simon & Garfunkel – “El Condor Pasa”
- Love – “Alone Again Or”
- Neil Diamond – “Solitary Man”
- Buffy Sainte Marie – “Helpless”
- The Band – “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
- The Rolling Stones – “Winter”
- George Harrison – “All Things Must Pass”
- JJ Cale – “Don’t Go To Strangers”
- Bob Dylan – “Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others )
- Quincy Jones & Valerie Simpson – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
As I creep into my mid-40’s here’s an age appropriate live vinyl mix of some easy listening jams for lazy weekends. Mix of 70’s/early 80’s classic dad rock standards with some deep cuts mixed in. Played the wrong record copies on a couple tracks so don’t mind the extra dust and vinyl pops:)
- Fleetwood Mac – “Albatross”
- Gordon Lightfoot – “Sundown”
- Waylon Jennings – “I’ve Always Been Crazy”
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – “Still The Same”
- Van Morrison – “Caravan”
- The Alan Parsons Project – “Eye in the Sky”
- Ace – “How Long”
- Gerry Rafferty – “Right Down the Line”
- JJ Cale – “I’ll Kiss the World Goodbye”
- Grateful Dead – “Althea”
- Roxy Music – “Avalon”
- David Bowie – “Win”
- Hall & Oates – “One on One”
- Squeeze – “Tempted”
- Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer”
- Terence Trent D’Arby – “Wishing Well”
Norman Jay inspired Live Vinyl mix of some discofunkjazzgrooveism to get the blood flowing on a cold winter weekend. Starts off with some horn infused disco funk, closed out with a Giorgio Moroder three piece.
Don’t mind the rough blends, the headphone output on my mixer stopped working so I’m flying blind.
- Exit 9 – “Jive Man”
- Christopher Michael Band – “You Make Me Happy”
- Style X – “No Secret Affair”
- Hi Tension – “Power & Lightning”
- Chic – “I Want Your Love”
- Simply Red – “Money$ Too Tight (To Mention)”
- Slave – “Smokin”
- Boiling Point – “Let’s Get Funktified”
- Grace Jones – “On Your Knees”
- Cloud One – “Happy Music”
- Munich Machine – “Space Warrior”
- Donna Summer – “I Feel Love”
- Sparks – “Number One Song in Heaven”
- The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated to the One I Love (Slow & Steady mix)
- The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You
- Elvis Presley – One Night (Slow & Steady mix)
- Harriet Scott – Lover Beware
- The Delfonics – La La Means I Love You
- Al Green – Wish You Were Here
- The Intruders – Cowboys To Girls
- Barbara Lewis – Make Me Belong To You
- The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby
- The Ronettes – Baby, I Love You
- Sam & Dave – Something Wrong With My Baby
- King Curtis – I Was Made To Love Her
- Chakachas – Jungle Fever
- Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
- Neil Diamond – Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon
- The Cure – Catch
- Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
- Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne
- Violent Femmes – Good Feeling
- Wreckless Erik – (I’d Go) The Whole Wide World
- Leon Russell – A Song For You
- Mountain Goats – “Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton”
- Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “Monkberry Moon Delight”
- The Mothers – “Camarillo Brillo”
- Unit 4 Plus 2 – “Concrete & Clay”
- Tyrannosaurus Rex – “Cat Black
- Conway Twitty – “Lonely Blue Boy”
- Earl Lett Quartet – “Now Is The Time”
- The Box Tops – “I’m Your Puppet”
- The Fugs – “I Want To Know”
- Free Creek – “Lay, Lady Lay”
- Cat Stevens – “Trouble”
- Shangri-La’s – “Out In The Street”
- Lou Reed – “Street Hassle” (radio edit)
- Leadbelly – “Death Letter Blues #1”
- Harold Alexander – Mama Soul
- Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself
- The Meters – Cissy Strut
- Booker T. & The MG’s – Sunny
- Rotary Connection – Respect
- Aretha Franklin – Young Gifted & Black
- Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger
- Johnny Hallyday – Amour D’ete
- Elvis Presley – That’s Alright Mama (Live)
- Muddy Waters – I Just Want to Make Love to You
- The Kinks – Sitting in the Midday Sun
- David Bowie – Janine
- Nazz – Hello It’s Me
- 10cc – Not in Love
- Grateful Dead – Fire On The Mountain
- JJ Cale – You Got Something
- John Costanzo – Sir Duke
- The Beach Boys – Funky Pretty
- The Supreme Jubilees – It’ll All Be Over
Finally got the chance to sort through a few boxes of cheap 45’s I couldn’t refuse last year, and found some bangers in there!
Part 1 with some R&B, early rock & roll, doo-wop, and pop off cuts from the late 50’s to early 60’s.
- Bill Doggett – Buttered Popcorn
- Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City
- Sarah Vaughan – One Mint Julep
- Lavern Baker – Tweedle Dee
- Ernestine Anderson – A Lover’s Question
- The Cardinals – Choo Choo
- The Ramblers – Bad Girl
- Fats Domino – Are You Going My Way
- The Pastel Six – Bandido
- The Sapphires – Who Do You Love
- Bobby Darin – Dream Lover
- Mickey & Sylvia – Dearest
- Doris Troy – Just One Look
- Jackie Wilson – Haunted House
- Marv Johnson – Don’t Leave Me
- The Drifters – There Goes My Baby
- The Shields – You Cheated
- Jerry Butler – He Will Break Your Heart
- Ricky Nelson – Poor Little Fool
- Dion – Somebody Nobody Wants
- Frankie Valli – This Is Goodbye
- Skeeter Davis – The End of The World
- Santo & Johnny – Long Walk Home
Live vinyl mix of some of my favorite female voices from the 80’s. Think of it like side A and side B on a mixtape:
- Side A:
- Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing
- Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette
- Kate Bush – Suspended in Gaffa
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – Swimming Horses
- Cocteau Twins – Orange Appled
- The Sugarcubes – Birthday
- Anita Baker – Sweet Love
- Sade – Is it a Crime?
- Pretenders – I Go to Sleep
- Side B:
- 10,000 Maniacs – Like The Weather
- Tracy Chapman – Mountain O’ Things
- Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – What I Am
- Blondie – The Tide is High
- Cyndi Lauper – She Bop
- Pat Benetar – Invincible
- Eurythmics – There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
- Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
- Janet Jackson – What Have You Done For Me Lately?
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- Heart – These Dreams
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
- The Beach Boys – Merry Christmas Baby
- The Ventures – Snow Flake
- The Ronettes – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
- The Chipmunks – The Chipmunk Song
- Border Brass Band – We Three Kings
- Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad
- The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick (Instrumental Take)
- The Temptations – Little Drummer Boy
- The Clark Sisters – Hark The Herald
- Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa
- Stevie Wonder – One Little Christmas Tree
- The Supremes – My Christmas Tree
- Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Eagles – Please Come Home For Christmas
- Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
- Jackie Wilson – Silent Night
- Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Extended Mix)