Avocado Rabbit sent me (RetroJoe) an email about two months ago with an idea to do a mix together.
He wanted us to use songs from our 16th year, him choosing music from 1964 and myself having the year 1971. The reason for choosing the 16th year being that that was when he first started branching out musically from pop to less mainstream music. I told him that for me that would have been my 19th year and suggested we do a mix of music from 1964 & 1974. He thought about it and decided he might appreciate a mix of 1967 music as much or more than '64, so we settled on the present combination of music from our 19th year (with a seven year gap). I've done a few mixes that have included the year 1974, so I had to dig a bit to come up with my choices.
As a result I, for the most part, have picked songs that didn't do better than #52 on the pop ch_arts. Exceptions being tracks 11 and 19 (which I wasn't able to work into any earlier mixes) and track 21, which I have used on a prior mix, but it's an old favorite of mine. I jumped right in and chose the odd numbers, starting things off with a power song that implores the listener to explain what hipness is. Hopefully we get a good taste of what that was for both 1967 and 1974, without the contrasts of the two years clashing too much.
The mix strayed off the pure path a bit with the choice of the Beach Boys Heroes and Villains, since it was a 2002 stereo mix, but this longer version than the 2m55s mono cut, is so kick ass, it just had to be included (this choice was also partly responsible for the length of this mix which barely fits on to a CD at 79m56s in length).
A bit of a Contrast to this is track 17, which was a cover of a song that was a much bigger hit when it first came out (in 1930 when it hit #5 on the ch_arts). Songs that my fellow mixer picked that I'd used on prior mixes (and thus I like very much) are tracks 4, 8, 12, 14 (but not that particular take), 22, & 24.
However, there was a version to a song, track 20, that was a new one to me, but i liked it a whole lot. Well, this was a fun experience that I hope to repeat sometime with my fellow mixmeister.
1. Tower of Power – What Is Hip (1974 #91)
2. Love – A House Is Not A Motel (1967)
3. Billy Joel – Travelin' Prayer (1974 #77)
4. Soul Survivors – Expressway (To Your Heart) (1967 #4, R&B #3)
5. The Doobie Brothers – Eyes Of Silver (1974 #52)
6. Eric Burdon & The Animals – San Francisco Nights (1967 #9)
7. Bobby Bland – Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City (1974 #91)
8. Wilson Pickett – Funky Broadway (1967 #8)
9. Edgar Winter Group – Easy Street (1974 #83)
10. Willie Bobo – Juicy (1967)
11. Cheech & Chong (featuring Alice Bowie) – Earache My Eye (1974 #9)
12. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (1967 #10)
13. Linda Ronstadt – Silver Threads And Golden Needles (1974 #67)
14. The Beach Boys – Heroes and Villains [2002 Stereo Mix] (1967 #12)
15. Electric Light Orchestra – Daybreaker (1974 #87)
16. The Young Rascals – Groovin' (1967 #1)
17. Lou Christie – Beyond the Blue Horizon (1974 #80)
18. Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell – If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (issued late '67, peaked in1968 #10)
19. Eric Clapton – Willie And The Hand Jive (1974 #26)
20. Tim Hardin – If I Were a Carpenter (1967)
21. The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe (1974 #6)
22. Cream – Tales Of Brave Ulysses (1967)
23. The Who – The Real Me (1974 #92)
24. The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends (1967 #71)
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