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Remember the mix tapes you used to make in the 80s and 90s, before recordable CDs and mp3s? Compiling a mix tape, as Nick Hornby pointed out in "High Fidelity" (and later on, John Cusack, in the film version), is definitely an art form. I wouldn't say I ever mastered the art of mix-taping, but I would say I've created some interesting ones.
I've kept some of my tapes and I've thought of re-creating them as CD-mixes, but I've never got round to doing so.
I thought I would re-construct one of my tapes as a podcast episode, just for something a little different. I've kept the order of songs exactly as I added them to the cassette, as well as any spoken-word/comedy bits. There's none of my jibba-jabba in between tracks in this episode, as I never used to do that on my tapes.
I hope you enjoy it - I may make this an on-going series. I'm aware that there are literally hundreds of excellent psych tunes I've left off - but then it wouldn't be a "mix tape", it would be 20 mix-tapes. This episode is for a friend of the show, John Cole, whom I was in an on-line course with a couple of years ago at the Maybe Logic Academy. I track-listed this mix and told him I would get him a copy. Here you are, John - sorry for the delay! :)
The tracklisting for this episode is:
Intro.
Duckman - "...but spacey nonetheless..." - (taken from the "Not-So-Easy Riders" episode - first broadcast in 1993)*
Jefferson Airplane - Wild Tyme (H) (from the "After Bathing At Baxter's" album - released in 1967)
The Moody Blues - Sun Is Still Shining (extended version) (from the "To Our Children's Children's Children" - released in 1969 - deluxe edition rel. in 2006)
The Beach Boys - I Know There's An Answer (from the "Pet Sounds" album - released in 1966)
The Who - I Can See For Miles/'Charles Atlas' advert (from the "Who Sell Out" album - released in 1967)
The Beatles - Rain (B-side of 1966 single release)
Country Joe & The Fish - Eastern Jam (from the "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die" album - rel. in 1967)
The Doors - Strange Days (from the album of the same name - released in 1967)
Sly & The Family Stone - Fun (from the "Life" album - released in 1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - You Got Me Floatin' (from the "Axis: Bold As Love" album - rel. in 1968)
Pink Floyd - Let There Be More Light (from the "A Saucerful Of Secrets" album - released in 1968)
Spirit - Ground Hog (from the "Clear" album - released in 1969)
The Soft Machine - Spaced Six (sessions recorded in 1969 - officially released on the "Spaced" CD in 1996)
George Harrison - Guru Vandana (from the "Wonderwall" film soundtrack - released in 1968)
Caravan - Hello Hello (from the "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You" album - released in 1970)
Simon & Garfunkel - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (from the "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" album - rel. in 1970)
Kevin Ayers - Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (from the "Whatevershebringswesing" album - released in 1971)
Funkadelic - I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing (from the debut self-titled album - released in 1970)
Gentle Giant - Wreck (from the "Acquiring The Taste" album - rel. in 1971)
Can - Mushroom (from the "Tago Mago" album - released in 1971)
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - Part 1 (opening section) (from the "Tubular Bells" album - released in 1973)
Brian Eno - Needles In The Camel's Eye (from the "Here Come The Warm Jets" album - released in 1973)
Cheech & Chong - The Strawberry Revival Festival (excerpt) (from the "Los Cochinos" album - rel. in 1973)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Trilogy: Part 1 - The Sunlit Path (live) (from the "Between Nothingness And Eternity" album - released in 1973)
Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like (from the "Dark Side Of The Moon" album - released in 1973)
Gong - Love Is How Y Make It (from the "Angels Egg" album - released in 1973)
*On the tape - the 'Duckman' bit is much longer, but I couldn't be bothered to hook up the tape deck to the hard drive and record the entire thing. I could only find the much shorter wav clip on the interwebnets. If you get a chance to see that particular episode - the 'trip' scene is well worth watching.
Artwork: Hapshash & The Coloured Coat ('Albion' magazine cover - 1968) - Lettering added by The Purple Gooroo
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John Cole
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Great mix Sean! I really enjoyed that. Thanks for taking the time to reconstruct it for us.
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