Other Mixes By sammyg123
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Not A Hit Single In Sight
| Artist | Song | |
| Montrose Avenue | She's Lookin' For Me | |
| Grass-Show | Out Of The Void | |
| The Delgados | Under Canvas Under Wraps | |
| Livingstone | Good Intentions | |
| Ed Ball | The Mill Hill Self Hate Club | |
| Super Furry Animals | Organ Yn Dy Geg | |
| Denim | Summer Smash | |
| Lodger | I'm Leaving | |
| King Adora | Smoulder | |
| Eric Matthews | Fanfare | |
| Tip Top Planets | Go Go Pepper | |
| Goya Dress | Crush | |
| Big White Stairs | Non Star | |
| Out Of My hair | Mr Jones | |
| The Bigger The God | Shagged | |
| Octopus | Magazine | |
| Salamanda | 2 Wheels Clever | |
| Posh | Mermaid | |
| Warm Jets | Autopia | |
| Brassy | Straighten' Out | |
| Shiner | We'll Make You Famous Honey | |
| Dweeb | No Hit Wonder | |
| Comfort | The Proof Of You | |
| Perfume | Lover | |
| BMX Bandits | That Summer Feeling | |
| Madder Rose | The Love You Save | |
| Stina Nordenstam | Little Star | |
Comment:
All tracks here were released between 1992 - 1997. My Indie Kid years, when I had Baggy Jeans, Long Blond Hair & not a care in the world. Every Monday morning I'd visit my local Independent record store to see what was new, and at 99 pence per 7" single it wasn't uncommon for me to come back with 20 or 30 singles a time. I ended up with a lot of rubbish, but I was happy to sit through them knowing the next one I listen to may be the perfect pop song.This mix features the cream of the crop. A few bands featured went on to have moderate success ( Delgados, Madder Rose, BMX Bandits ) the Super Furries even released a best of. The majority though disappeared as quickly as they surfaced.
Fancy winning a couple of mixes of your choice. Then here's a quick quiz..
1) Name the 2 cover versions featured here
2) Which band on this mix named themselves after a classic album?
3) One track here received substantial airplay & was tipped as a hit but it's release was pulled due to unfortunate circumstances. Which one?
Be the first to answer all three and mail will appear on your doorstep faster than you can say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgoger-ychwyndrobwllantysil-iogogogochynygofod (in space) EP.
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How about 1) Mr. Jones, The Love You Save 2) Lodger after the David Bowie lp and 3)?
Great idea and great execution. I'll be downloading this.
Wonderful stuff. THANKS for the share!!!!
wondeful, thanks for the links
Excellent looking mix. As for the quiz, my answers are:(1) 2 covers: 20,26 (Stranglers and Jackson 5). (2) Classic album: 19 (Brian Eno). (3) Unfortunate circumstances: 7. Death of Princess Diana.
XYZ, you're so close. Q's 2 & 3 are spot on. Denim's single 'Summer Smash' was due for release on the 1st September 1997, but was pulled due to the events of the proceeding weekend. Warm Jets were named after the Eno classic 'Here Come..'. The Madder Rose is a Jackson 5 cover, but no20 was an original..
The only other potential cover I can see at the moment without resorting to google is 14 (Counting Crows).
Afraid not :)
There was a hit single called Crush in the 90s by someone whose name I don't recall. I think it may well be too late for your time frame though.
gotta admit most of this is totally over my head, but this certainly looks like an all-around great & well executed idea -- will check this one out
I'm quite a bit in the dark with this one (I was in the midst of discovering and falling in love with jazz in the 90s), but if you're offering up the download to this, I'd love to hear what I missed out on.
It's not Crush either XYZ. You can have some mixes anyhow for being close, but I can see you're after the full house!
bmx bandits are covering jonathan richman. I never was a single or 7 in buyer... my loss!
Yeah! Good to see Ed Ball around AotM! (...and Denim, too!) Brilliant sammyg...
I know alarmingly little on here, but it sure looks fantastic - looking forward to listening to this once my computer agrees to either play mp3s without skipping or to burn CDs again. Until then, I have your CDs which arrived today to keep me company - thanks!
Well, this certainly is obscure - all very interesting, so danke for the link.
Excellent stuff! A seriously wonderful collection of tracks here and I'm looking forward to hearing 'em all together. Love the BMX Bandits and Super Furries - always thought it was a shame Goya Dress weren't bigger! And you've put me in the mood to go and blow all my hard-earned cash round Oldham Street now ;)
It's the opposite of Nothing But the Hits. Luckily for us! Thx Sammy.
I just recently got turned on to Grass-Show, so it's a retro fave of mine for that era. I'm surprised that I don't know a lot of this since those years were prime record buying years and music mag reading years for me.
I just recently got turned on to Grass-Show, so it's a retro fave of mine for that era. I'm surprised that I don't know a lot of this since those years were prime record buying years and music mag reading years for me.
Yeah, I'm sure you were hoping I'd post the same comment twice.
I should have learned by now, but you know how it is. You think you've got a handle on something or someone, then BAM! -- surprise surprise. Sammy has the gift, of that you may be sure. The beauty part is that he shares his gift with us. Hit-schmit, this is more entertaining than a barrel of assorted entertainers.Lovin' it, Sammy -- cheers.
very nice ! sometimes the best discoveries are the serendipitous ones in the bottom of the bin ...
I'm losing the plot coulda sworn I'd commented already! Not a crap song in sight either.
Mixers block he says to me, mixers block me arse. Downloading now.
Heavily. I think I've heard 2 of these songs. My kind of mix.
the whole thing maintains a wonderful energy, then comes to rest on two soft little pillows. those last two are a couple of my favorites here, along w/ the 3-8 stretch and no. 13. it's a little treasure chest you've cultivated here.
Sorry I missed this one. This is that period of time immediately pre-Napster, immediately post-moving overseas and trying to deal with the economic changes in my salary and compact discs. There is indeed a lot of stuff here I would prefer to know about.