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| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Length: | 01:05:08 |
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1. Sixties 2. album tracks 3. B sides |
| Created on | 12/03/06 09:45pm |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2920 |
| Total visitors | 66 |
| Unique visitors | 34 |
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Immers recent mixtape inspired me to do a mixtape made up of of tracks I like from the sixties which came out as 'B' sides of singles or album tracks, or songs that were only minor hits or flops. The 'A' side might have got all the glory, but the 'B' side had some class, and even in an era when album tracks were seen as mostly filler by some, there were still some gems out there, and as the dacade progressed, so the LP grew in importance.
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| 1 | The Beatles : I'm Down |
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Let's kick off with my favourite Beatles b side. Mcartney's voice was never better, and there is a desperation [...]
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Track 3 from Anthology 2 (Disk 1)
Length: 00:02:53 Year: 1996 |
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Let's kick off with my favourite Beatles b side. Mcartney's voice was never better, and there is a desperation about the playing that I really like. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Martha Reeves & The Vandellas : Nowhere To Run |
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We had this on the B side of Dancing In The Streets in the UK, but it must have been an A side in the US. If i [...]
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Track 4 from Dance Party
Length: 00:03:01 Year: 0000 |
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We had this on the B side of Dancing In The Streets in the UK, but it must have been an A side in the US. If it wasn't, it should have been. It moves like only classic Motown can! SHOW LESS
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| 3 | The Rolling Stones : Carol |
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A track from The Stones first and often overlooked first album from 1964. This is a faithful Chuck Berry cover [...]
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Track 8 from The Rolling Stones
Length: 00:03:38 Year: 1964 |
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A track from The Stones first and often overlooked first album from 1964. This is a faithful Chuck Berry cover from the time when The Stones were closer to a near authentic Chicago blues sound than anything. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Kinks : Stop Your Sobbing |
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A track from the Kinks first album, covered much later by The Pretenders. The Kinks were classy from the get g [...]
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Track 13 from The Kinks
Length: 00:02:07 Year: 1964 |
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A track from the Kinks first album, covered much later by The Pretenders. The Kinks were classy from the get go. When they moved to RCA, their former label, Pye, rereleased the heck out of their back catalogue, so I was able to get quite a few Kinks albums early on, and got to know some of their early album tracks. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The Pretty Things : Don't Bring Me Down |
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The Pretty Things went on to dabble in rock opera and all manner of pretentiousness, but they started as a swe [...]
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Track 2 from The EPCollection Plus
Length: 00:02:12 Year: 0000 |
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The Pretty Things went on to dabble in rock opera and all manner of pretentiousness, but they started as a sweaty R&B band in the style of The Stones. In fact Dick Taylor was a founder member of the Stones. My sister thought they were cute so I hated them at the time, but this is fun! SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Who : The Kids Are Alright |
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Originally on the first Who album, 'My Generation' this track was as good as anything they released as a singl [...]
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Track 3 from Then and Now: 1964-2004
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 2004 |
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Originally on the first Who album, 'My Generation' this track was as good as anything they released as a single in the 60s. The band are tight as a drum, and Townshends lyrics about teenage life are more real than most of what was being sung at the time. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Monkees : (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone |
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Written by Neil Diamond when he was a Brill Building staff writer, this was given to the manufactured Monkees, [...]
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Track 4 from Then And Now: The Best Of The Monkees
Length: 00:02:24 Year: 0000 |
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Written by Neil Diamond when he was a Brill Building staff writer, this was given to the manufactured Monkees, and I had it as a B side. It shouldn't be wonderful, but it is. The chintzy organ, the Mickey Dolenz vocal. It was all set up for The Pistols to make it their own a decade later. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | The Mothers of Invention : Who Are The Brain Police |
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I would quite like to live in a world where this could have been at the top of the US Top 40 and the UK Top Tw [...]
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Track 3 from Freak Out!
Length: 00:03:33 Year: 0000 |
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I would quite like to live in a world where this could have been at the top of the US Top 40 and the UK Top Twenty, but as it is, I can still dream! SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Bob Dylan : Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat |
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My sister had this on the B side of a single, and at the age of about 8, I became obsessed with it, even thoug [...]
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Track 7 from Blonde on Blonde
Length: 00:03:54 Year: 1966 |
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My sister had this on the B side of a single, and at the age of about 8, I became obsessed with it, even though I had no idea what a leopard-skin pillbox hat was. Even then, I liked the jerky movement of the song. Still do. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | David Bowie : In The Heat OfThe Morning |
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This is a track I discovered later on in the 70's when Bowie had made it big. He recorded from 1964, and had n [...]
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Track 23 from The Deram Anthology: 1966 -68
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 1997 |
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This is a track I discovered later on in the 70's when Bowie had made it big. He recorded from 1964, and had no success for some years. A lot of his early stuff is very quirky, but this song shows signs of what was to come with a killer hook and real power in his delivery of it. There is a killer live version of this on 'Bowie At teh Beeb' complete with strings and rinky dink keyboard! SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Cream : Rollin' and Tumblin' |
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Cream did release singles, but it was on albums and on stage that they shone. This original take on a blues st [...]
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Track 9 from Fresh Cream
Length: 00:04:43 Year: 1966 |
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Cream did release singles, but it was on albums and on stage that they shone. This original take on a blues standard is full of energy, sexual and otherwise. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience : 51st Anniversary |
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This was the Uk B side of Purple Haze. It has a very live in the studio sound, and features lyrics which give [...]
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Track 13 from Smash Hits
Length: 00:03:19 Year: 0000 |
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This was the Uk B side of Purple Haze. It has a very live in the studio sound, and features lyrics which give a jaundiced view of the grand old institution of marriage. Oh, and there is of course a wonderful guitar break. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Hollies : Rain On The Window |
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As the sixties progressed, The Hollies developed as a band and as writers. Graham Nash wrote some great stuff [...]
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Track 7 from Evolution
Length: 00:03:16 Year: 0000 |
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As the sixties progressed, The Hollies developed as a band and as writers. Graham Nash wrote some great stuff for them before leaving for CSNY, and album tracks like this one are so worth a visit. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Earl Vince & The Valiants : Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight |
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This showed up on the B side of Fleetwood Mac's Man Of Teh World single, credited to Earl Vince & The Valiants [...]
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Track 4 from The Story Of White Blues
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 0000 |
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This showed up on the B side of Fleetwood Mac's Man Of Teh World single, credited to Earl Vince & The Valiants. It was in fact Fleetwood Mac in rock and roll parody mood. "The band were rocking, everybody screaming for more, there's gonna be a pool of blood on the dancehall floor. Someone's gonna get their head kicked in tonight." Sweet. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Eric Burdon & The Animals : I'm An Animal |
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When I first bought records, I had little to no money, soI used to trawl the bargain bins. I found a copy of E [...]
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Track 2 from Love Is
Length: 00:05:33 Year: 1968 |
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When I first bought records, I had little to no money, soI used to trawl the bargain bins. I found a copy of Eric Burdon and The Animals doing a cover of 'Ring Of Fire'. It wasn't a hit, not in England anyway, which is why I probably got it for 10 pence. The B side though, that was different. This is part chant, part hippy dippy groove, all wrapped up in one of the great rock voices. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | The Velvet Underground : What Goes On |
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Some music of the decade was never meant for top 40 consumption, but it made an impact anyway. The oergan on t [...]
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Track 2 from The Velvet Underground
Length: 00:04:55 Year: 1969 |
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Some music of the decade was never meant for top 40 consumption, but it made an impact anyway. The oergan on this track keeps it going even when it seems logical it should stop. Compulsive strange music. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Procol Harum : The Devil Came From Kansas |
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Known for the over played Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Harum did some good other stuff, such as this rockier a [...]
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Track 4 from A Salty Dog
Length: 00:04:38 Year: 1969 |
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Known for the over played Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Harum did some good other stuff, such as this rockier album track from 1969. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Led Zeppelin : Dazed and Confused |
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Zep put one of the first nails in the coffin of the 45rpm release when they launched their career determined t [...]
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Track 4 from Led Zeppelin
Length: 00:06:28 Year: 1969 |
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Zep put one of the first nails in the coffin of the 45rpm release when they launched their career determined to be an album only band. The times were changing already. 7 inches of vinyl could not contain a blues rock explosion like this one. Nor would it want to, probably! SHOW LESS
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I know most of these groups, can dig 2/3s of them and personally know 1/4 of the tracks, so this looks like an interesting mix indeed. I've done a few similar mixes myself. I've a series called "Less Used Grooves" where, so far, I've chosen songs from 1967, 1968 & 1988. I think you even suggested a contest where people pick songs that did no better than #41 on the charts for a given year, but unfortunately your idea got passed over (too bad, I would have dug doing a mix for '66).
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good ending note. classicly great!
and i agree 1000% about the dylan track. he had fun on blonde on blonde.
and i agree 1000% about the dylan track. he had fun on blonde on blonde.
12/04/06 09:50pm
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You understand me.
12/04/06 05:40pm
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Proving once again, you probably know more about most music than anyone here. Classic.
12/04/06 08:15am
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Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
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Oh yes
once again....better than mine :)
once again....better than mine :)
12/04/06 06:07am
