Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1985 - (page 203)

OB1 said:
The 1969 playlist is officially closed to additions.

I think it has turned out rather well.
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When you added the later songs, did you change the order? I kept jumping back in to catch up on those I'd missed only to find out that some I'd not heard were much earlier in the list whereas the one at the end I'd already heard.
 
RobMCFC said:
When you added the later songs, did you change the order? I kept jumping back in to catch up on those I'd missed only to find out that some I'd not heard were much earlier in the list whereas the one at the end I'd already heard.
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Yes, Rob, as curator I believe in trying to sequence the playlist deliberately rather than just have a random order.

Very annoying if you have to play hide and seek but hopefully there will be a pleasing flow for those that have waited until it is closed to listen. I think i could improve the sequencing further but I will leave it alone now.
 
OB1 said:
Yes, Rob, as curator I believe in trying to sequence the playlist deliberately rather than just have a random order.

Very annoying if you have to play hide and seek but hopefully there will be a pleasing flow for those that have waited until it is closed to listen. I think i could improve the sequencing further but I will leave it alone now.
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No that's fair enough and a good point. Takes me back to agonising what tracks fitted well together when making a C90 cassette mixtape :)
 
OB1 said:
Yes, Rob, as curator I believe in trying to sequence the playlist deliberately rather than just have a random order.

Very annoying if you have to play hide and seek but hopefully there will be a pleasing flow for those that have waited until it is closed to listen. I think i could improve the sequencing further but I will leave it alone now.
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I caught that early on too, and I was actually wondering if it was just me who noticed it.

I said to myself, OB1 is really taking control of this, and look, he's decided to keep Nilsson in too! ;-)

Everybody might be talking at him
but he don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of his mind
Wah, wah-wah-wah-wah... ;-)
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
I caught that early on too, and I was actually wondering if it was just me who noticed it.

I said to myself, OB1 is really taking control of this, and look, he's decided to keep Nilsson in too! ;-)

Everybody might be talking at him
but he don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of his mind
Wah, wah-wah-wah-wah... ;-)
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Yeah, Harry had to stay in. Some songs will be appropriate in more than one year. There’s always the skip button if something is too familiar.
 
threespires said:
My first nomination is another one that is a possibility for when the crem curtain closes.

Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes

I've never quite managed to find the right adjectives to describe Denny's vocal or Thompson's (I believe) mostly extemporised guitar so beautiful are they together. The 5 minutes of this song are some of my absolute favourites in music.

Unhalfbricking is a great album too.
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Tis a good call. I prefer 'What we did on our Holidays' as an Album, which contains a stunning Dylan cover, "I'll keep it with mine", showcasing Denny's vocal splendour.
 
Creedence Clearwater Revival released three albums (!) in 1969: Bayou Country, Green River and Willy and the Poor Boys.
As did Fairport Cinvention, despite being involved in a road traffic accident in which their drummed died: What We Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbrickng and Liege & Lief.
Remarkable albums!
 
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Notes on the 1969 playlist

Thanks to @OB1 for curating a great playlist that contains some amazing classics of the rock era.

Highlights as follows:-
  • Fantastic choice from Abbey Road: "Something" once again underlines George Harrison's skill as a songwriter.
  • "Jingo" by Santana - I never knew that the 1980s version by John "Jellybean" Benitez was a cover (and that Santana's version is a cover!). Great song nonetheless.
  • Anything by CCR is fine by me.
  • "Ramble On" - one of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs.
  • "Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young - Despite my claim that I've not listened to the radio since the 90s, I must have heard this on the radio about 20 years ago because I loved it so much, it was one of a select few tracks I bought on iTunes.
  • "Twenty Five Miles" - Edwin Starr - so good, it was nominated twice! I've never heard this song before but really enjoyed it.
  • "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" - John Barry - an iconic instrumental (better than the Bond theme IMO).
 
RobMCFC said:
Notes on the 1969 playlist

Thanks to @OB1 for curating a great playlist that contains some amazing classics of the rock era.

Highlights as follows:-
  • Fantastic choice from Abbey Road: "Something" once again underlines George Harrison's skill as a songwriter.
  • "Jingo" by Santana - I never knew that the 1980s version by John "Jellybean" Benitez was a cover (and that Santana's version is a cover!). Great song nonetheless.
  • Anything by CCR is fine by me.
  • "Ramble On" - one of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs.
  • "Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young - Despite my claim that I've not listened to the radio since the 90s, I must have heard this on the radio about 20 years ago because I loved it so much, it was one of a select few tracks I bought on iTunes.
  • "Twenty Five Miles" - Edwin Starr - so good, it was nominated twice! I've never heard this song before but really enjoyed it.
  • "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" - John Barry - an iconic instrumental (better than the Bond theme IMO).
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‘Something’ is the most sophisticated song by any Beatle imho. It is genius.
 
RobMCFC said:
No that's fair enough and a good point. Takes me back to agonising what tracks fitted well together when making a C90 cassette mixtape :)
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The number of likes of your note warms me that I wasn't alone in "agonizing" over this too.

Something tells me there were lots of us who became experts at figuring this out and making those "perfect C90 cassettes". I had a few C60s that fit just right that I was proud to not waste any precious recording tape on too. Those WERE the days.
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
The number of likes of your note warms me that I wasn't alone in "agonizing" over this too.

Something tells me there were lots of us who became experts at figuring this out and making those "perfect C90 cassettes". I had a few C60s that fit just right that I was proud to not waste any precious recording tape on too. Those WERE the days.
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I never called them mix-tapes back then but I made plenty of compilation tapes, mostly on C90. Both from vinyl and then cd sources. What hard work it was compared to making a playlist on iTunes (or Spotify). I only use Spotify for these threads.

I still occasionally make a playlist to burn onto a cd for playing in the car. I inherited a load of blank cds years ago and still have some that have not been recorded onto.
 
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