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3/16/2004
My annual birthday mix for my friend Steve, who this year hit the big four-five, hence the Elvis title track. Great FoW b-side, ne'er-to-be-forgotten powerpop by the Kings, a 60s pop run, a pair of 60s …
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12/12/2003
The beloved N'Awlins series continues with old faves, hits, lesser-known tracks by top artists -- it's pop, instro, magic piano, swamp pop, oldies but goodies and the battle of the crews. Two artists a …
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11/20/2003
More instros, perhaps slightly less wide ranging and a big sleazier 'n' cheesier than vol. 1. The Quincy track is better known as the Austin Powers theme and there's a whole Lalo Schifrin goin' on. Dig …
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10/25/2003
It had to happen. There was a bit of cheating, of course. For #1 I used the last Beatles cover I bought (give or take). For #7, my favorite band covering a Lennon McCartney song (Cilla Black had the hi …
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10/18/2003
Everyone's having just too much fun! Since I usually obsess over flow, it was completely freeing simply to follow the blueprint. 1. A song from the last record you bought 2. A blues: not a necessarily …
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9/23/2003
A variant on the record show mix, this is based on the big haul I brought back from our week on the beach in New Hampshire last week in August. A frantic day shopping in Boston/Cambridge has become tra …
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9/9/2003
After strong recent entries in this zany field from Ion and Thomas Mohr (great work on both -- copies please), I felt it necessary to replant the flag. So here's more from my believe me inexhaustible s …
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8/18/2003
Last year, I had the great good fortune to appear in a theatrical revue of the songs of Harold Arlen, and later made this mix as a cast gift. Arlen is the forgotten man of the Great American Songbook, …
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8/5/2003
Here's one to make even the record geeks roll their eyes. MOJO magazine, in its March '97 issue, inaugurated its Buried Treasure column, spotlighting an "Album That Time Forgot." (I believe I've previo …
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