Retro Potpourri
| Retro Potpourri | |
| Created by: | RetroJoe |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Length: | 01:02:05 |
| Keywords |
1. Mix Contest 23 2. Mix Contest 23 3. Mix Contest 23 |
| Created on | 9/21/08 7:53pm |
| Level | 3 |
| Points | 1712 |
| Total visitors | 56 |
| Unique visitors | 22 |
| This mix was ranked #17 out of 20 entries for this contest | |
description:
Not only am I relatively new to MTC, but this is my very first potpourri mix. Just hope by limiting myself to retro music, I haven't made it any less of a potpourri. Think I was on the right track though. Time will tell...
tracklist
| 1 | Derek : Cinnamon |
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Top of the set cooker... Who doesn't like the scent of cinnamon? (1969 #11).
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Length: 00:02:41 |
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Top of the set cooker... Who doesn't like the scent of cinnamon? (1969 #11). SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Graham Nash : Chicago |
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Like today, change was in the air back then (1971 #35).
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Length: 00:03:57 |
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Like today, change was in the air back then (1971 #35). SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Grateful Dead : One More Saturday Night |
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Guess this was never a single (should've charted if it was) (1972).
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Length: 00:04:43 |
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Guess this was never a single (should've charted if it was) (1972). SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Dave Clark Five : Can't You See That She's Mine |
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Cool sax solo in this chart topper (#4) from 1964.
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Length: 00:02:20 |
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Cool sax solo in this chart topper (#4) from 1964. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The Olympics : Dance by the Light of the Moon |
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What a difference just 4 years can make; this had a totally different sound from the last one (1960 #47; should've done better).
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Length: 00:02:13 |
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What a difference just 4 years can make; this had a totally different sound from the last one (1960 #47; should've done better). SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Ben Selvin's Knickerbockers : I Must Have That Man! |
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The way back machine has stopped at 1928 when this song reached #10 on the charts.
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Length: 00:03:27 |
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The way back machine has stopped at 1928 when this song reached #10 on the charts. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Queen : Seaside Rendezvous |
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An old style song performed almost 50 years ahead of the last one (1976).
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Track 7 from A Night At The Opera
Length: 00:02:15 Year: 1975 |
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An old style song performed almost 50 years ahead of the last one (1976). SHOW LESS
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| 8 | David Bowie : Young Americans |
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From the same time period as the last one but you may say that this one was ahead of it's time (1975 #28).
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Track 8 from Young Americans
Length: 00:05:10 Year: 1975 |
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From the same time period as the last one but you may say that this one was ahead of it's time (1975 #28). SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Bert Kaempfert : So What's New |
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A short intermission with an artist who wasn't in the MTC database, but who was instrumental in the early career of the Beatles (1967).
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Track 9 from Hold Me
Length: 00:02:14 Year: 1967 |
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A short intermission with an artist who wasn't in the MTC database, but who was instrumental in the early career of the Beatles (1967). SHOW LESS
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| 10 | The Doors : L.A. Woman |
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This song instantly turns up the heat (1971; didn't chart; don't think this long number was ever a single though).
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Track 10 from L.A. Woman
Length: 00:07:55 Year: 1971 |
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This song instantly turns up the heat (1971; didn't chart; don't think this long number was ever a single though). SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Del Shannon : Do You Want To Dance |
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So good it has a fake ending and encore (1964 #43).
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Length: 00:02:35 |
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So good it has a fake ending and encore (1964 #43). SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Five Man Electric Band : Absolutely Right |
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Veers into a hard rock edge on this hot song (1971 #26).
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Length: 00:02:21 |
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Veers into a hard rock edge on this hot song (1971 #26). SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Moody Blues : Story in Your Eyes |
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Taking it down a couple of notches with a mellow group (1971 #23).
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Track 13 from Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Length: 00:03:03 Year: 1971 |
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Taking it down a couple of notches with a mellow group (1971 #23). SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Michael Parks : Long Lonesome Highway |
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Moving into real mellow territory now with this theme song from a long forgotten TV show about a biker (1970 #20).
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Length: 00:02:09 |
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Moving into real mellow territory now with this theme song from a long forgotten TV show about a biker (1970 #20). SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Steve Miller : My Dark Hour |
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This early example of his work, works for me. The theme is dark, but it's a wild song (1969).
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Length: 00:03:14 |
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This early example of his work, works for me. The theme is dark, but it's a wild song (1969). SHOW LESS
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| 16 | The Beatles : I Am the Walrus |
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Much more tame, but rich in imagery (1967 #56).
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Track 16 from Magical Mystery Tour
Length: 00:04:37 Year: 1967 |
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Much more tame, but rich in imagery (1967 #56). SHOW LESS
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| 17 | ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra : My World Is Empty Without You |
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This was recorded 40 years after the original was a hit with the Supremes. The performing group used here was a hit in the San Francisco Bay Area back in the mid '80s.
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Length: 00:02:52 |
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This was recorded 40 years after the original was a hit with the Supremes. The performing group used here was a hit in the San Francisco Bay Area back in the mid '80s. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Pure Prairie League : Amie |
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Finish off with a song that is uniquely different from any other song on the mix; and an old favorite of mine (1975 #27).
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Length: 00:04:19 |
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Finish off with a song that is uniquely different from any other song on the mix; and an old favorite of mine (1975 #27). SHOW LESS
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Team Robot Member
Yeah, there were set guidlines, and you will get it next time, but this isn't the army, it's a place for music nerds to share their mutual love/obsession and this mix is intrigueing, like all your mixes. There is always someone there I don't know, songs I haven't heard of. I expect that more from contemporary mixes. I do listen to new stuff but my knowledge base is mired mostly in the past. Then you come along with names and songs that are new to me and I have new old music to research. It is so cool having you at MTC and I really like this mix!
9/24/08 5:08pm
The Level 10 Badge
I'll be downloading this. Track 5 intrigues me, great mix, Joe.
9/22/08 5:25pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Hey Retro,
We here at MTC like people to do what they want.
Keep on a rockin'!
We here at MTC like people to do what they want.
Keep on a rockin'!
9/21/08 10:58pm
The MLK Badge
You're a rebel, RetroJoe. Conventions won't keep you in. ;)
9/21/08 10:22pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
It's hard to fit so much good music into one concept mix, it's good...so fuck it.
9/21/08 9:44pm
The Level 15 Badge
Well, guess I'm disqualified... I realize now that there were set guidelines or rules for this mix (figured that out about a 1/2 hour after posting it). Obviously I thought it was a free form kind of mix that combined various styles of music. I debated whether to take it down, but I kind of like it so I'm keeping it up unless the management decides to take it down. Sorry about that. The rules kind of remind me of a mix I did called the Frankenstein Mix at the ArtOfTheMix.org site that I've been a part of for several years. Anyway, if anybody is interested in hearing the mix, here is a link to it: http://www.m egaupload.com/?d=DXIB1OP3
9/21/08 9:15pm
