todd33rpm
07-30-2008, 08:30 AM
A sequel/companion to this thread: http://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=671
Here's the premise, slightly modified from the other thread for this one. It's rooted in a game that friends and I have played periodically, a bit of a response to those Lists of Favorite CDs That Must Accompany Me Everywhere I Go. The difference is the self-imposed limitation of doing it in a different format.
You don't have a CD player in the car, and you have a "travel case" of cassettes (like one of those that Maxell and TDK would give you with the purchase of four or five tapes) to take on the road with you for a long trip - going mountain climbing, moving to another state, heading off to an amusement park, whatever. The case can hold 15 tapes. What do you take?
Best-ofs, later repackagings (two-fers), live albums and mixtapes are fine. If you include any homebrewed comps or mixtapes, that's alright too...just give us a sense of what's on the tape. It doesn't have to be a comprehensive songlist unless you want, just the "flavor" of it. (For example: "Rain and Snow - a mixtape of songs to drive in inclement weather, with music by Van Morrison, Del McCoury, Led Zeppelin and others.")
On the mixtapes, although you don't have to do this yourself unless you want to, I've included the tape type and length.
So, here's mine. Looking forward to your selections!
PAT METHENY 80/81.
JOE JACKSON Big World.
FLEETWOOD MAC Tusk.
Homebrews and mixtapes:
VARIOUS ARTISTS Appetizers - this is a straight dub of the Warner Loss Leader two-record comp, assembled by Barry Hansen (later known as Dr. Demento) circa 1972. 90 minutes, no-name Cro2 equivalent (a sample sent from a bulk tape manufacturer to my workplace), Harman/Kardon deck from the late 1990s. (To my knowledge, the early seventies, at least, were never issued officially on cassette.)
PAT METHENY AND LYLE MAYS As Falls Witchita, So Falls Witchita Falls b/w PAT METHENY GROUP Offramp. 90 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC deck from the early 1980s.
STEVE TIBBETTS Northern Song b/w Safe Journey. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo deck from the early 1990s.
OTIS REDDING Champagne and Wine. Spawned by reading that "The Dock of the Bay" was supposed to be the initial song as part of a concept album, I built one out of a selection of his 1967 recordings (24 tracks, equating to a two-record set), plus threw in some live material as fill. 110 minutes, Maxell High Bias Capsule, Nakamichi deck from early 1990s.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Stax Concentrate - a 1992 homebrew compilation tape lifting favorite songs from the first Complete Stax Singles box set. 110 minutes, Maxell MX, Onkyo.
NRBQ Crazy Like a Fox. A 1991 comp covering their career to that time, building from the Peek-a-Boo collection and augmenting as needed. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo.
XTC Then She Appeared. A 1996 comp covering favorite songs from Mummer up to Nonsuch, my preferred period. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo.
BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND Going, Going, Gone. A 1996 comp including all of Planet Waves, favorite songs from Before the Flood and The Basement Tapes, and a few from the first Bootleg Series. 110 minutes, Maxell MX, Nakamichi.
STEELY DAN Aja b/w Gaucho. 90 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC.
THE BEATLES Here, There and Everywhere - a 1997 comp, my favorite tracks from everything up to and including the Anthology collections. 110 minutes, Maxell Metal Capsule, Nakamichi.
JONI MITCHELL Hejira b/w Night Ride Home. 110 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Windfall - a 1996 mixtape of Cosmic American Music, including Son Volt, Wilco, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Michael Nesmith, New Grass Revival, the Byrds etc. 110 minutes, TDK CD-ing II, Nakamichi.
Here's the premise, slightly modified from the other thread for this one. It's rooted in a game that friends and I have played periodically, a bit of a response to those Lists of Favorite CDs That Must Accompany Me Everywhere I Go. The difference is the self-imposed limitation of doing it in a different format.
You don't have a CD player in the car, and you have a "travel case" of cassettes (like one of those that Maxell and TDK would give you with the purchase of four or five tapes) to take on the road with you for a long trip - going mountain climbing, moving to another state, heading off to an amusement park, whatever. The case can hold 15 tapes. What do you take?
Best-ofs, later repackagings (two-fers), live albums and mixtapes are fine. If you include any homebrewed comps or mixtapes, that's alright too...just give us a sense of what's on the tape. It doesn't have to be a comprehensive songlist unless you want, just the "flavor" of it. (For example: "Rain and Snow - a mixtape of songs to drive in inclement weather, with music by Van Morrison, Del McCoury, Led Zeppelin and others.")
On the mixtapes, although you don't have to do this yourself unless you want to, I've included the tape type and length.
So, here's mine. Looking forward to your selections!
PAT METHENY 80/81.
JOE JACKSON Big World.
FLEETWOOD MAC Tusk.
Homebrews and mixtapes:
VARIOUS ARTISTS Appetizers - this is a straight dub of the Warner Loss Leader two-record comp, assembled by Barry Hansen (later known as Dr. Demento) circa 1972. 90 minutes, no-name Cro2 equivalent (a sample sent from a bulk tape manufacturer to my workplace), Harman/Kardon deck from the late 1990s. (To my knowledge, the early seventies, at least, were never issued officially on cassette.)
PAT METHENY AND LYLE MAYS As Falls Witchita, So Falls Witchita Falls b/w PAT METHENY GROUP Offramp. 90 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC deck from the early 1980s.
STEVE TIBBETTS Northern Song b/w Safe Journey. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo deck from the early 1990s.
OTIS REDDING Champagne and Wine. Spawned by reading that "The Dock of the Bay" was supposed to be the initial song as part of a concept album, I built one out of a selection of his 1967 recordings (24 tracks, equating to a two-record set), plus threw in some live material as fill. 110 minutes, Maxell High Bias Capsule, Nakamichi deck from early 1990s.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Stax Concentrate - a 1992 homebrew compilation tape lifting favorite songs from the first Complete Stax Singles box set. 110 minutes, Maxell MX, Onkyo.
NRBQ Crazy Like a Fox. A 1991 comp covering their career to that time, building from the Peek-a-Boo collection and augmenting as needed. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo.
XTC Then She Appeared. A 1996 comp covering favorite songs from Mummer up to Nonsuch, my preferred period. 110 minutes, TDK MA, Onkyo.
BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND Going, Going, Gone. A 1996 comp including all of Planet Waves, favorite songs from Before the Flood and The Basement Tapes, and a few from the first Bootleg Series. 110 minutes, Maxell MX, Nakamichi.
STEELY DAN Aja b/w Gaucho. 90 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC.
THE BEATLES Here, There and Everywhere - a 1997 comp, my favorite tracks from everything up to and including the Anthology collections. 110 minutes, Maxell Metal Capsule, Nakamichi.
JONI MITCHELL Hejira b/w Night Ride Home. 110 minutes, Maxell XL II, BIC.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Windfall - a 1996 mixtape of Cosmic American Music, including Son Volt, Wilco, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Michael Nesmith, New Grass Revival, the Byrds etc. 110 minutes, TDK CD-ing II, Nakamichi.