Side A
Artist	Song
Devendra Banhart	A Sight to Behold
Grant Lee Buffalo	Stars n' Stripes
M. Ward	Undertaker/Duet for Guitars #3
Beck	Paper Tiger
Joanna Newsom	Book of Right On
Joan Baez	Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
Funkadelic	Can You Get to That
O.V. Wright	Let's Straighten It Out
Rufus Wainwright	One Man Guy
Stina Nordenstam	People Are Strange
Jimi Hendrix	(Have You Ever Been to) Electric Ladyland (Instrumental Studio Outtake)
Jeff Buckley	Je N'en Connais Pas Le Fin (Live at Sin-T)
The Shins	Weird Divide
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
The Doors	Back Door Man
The Beatles	Helter Skelter
Iggy & The Stooges	Penetration
Captain Beefheart	Abba Zabba
Neil Young	For the Turnstiles
Dr. John	I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Tom Waits	Clap Hands
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell On You
Pixies	Hey
Bibio	It Was Willow
Radiohead	Everything In Its Right Place (Live Acoustic)
Peter Ivers	In Heaven
Boards of Canada	Olson
Silence	(45 Seconds)
The Beatles	Cry Baby Cry (outro)

Comment:

Cassette Spirit: Me On a Tape

Part of a Valentines Day mixtape exchange, the point was to try and distill my essence down in music form and after much delibeation and careful preparation, I think these - some of my favourite all-time tracks - have successfully accomplished that.

Notes:
-I put together the playlist on computer before dubbing onto tape. I edited each track individually to remove as much silence as possible from the end of tracks or trimmed tracks where I felt it was appropriate. Not only does this make the tape flow better, but it ensures that Side A fits to 45 minutes to the very second.
-I put M.Ward's "Undertaker/Duet" together because for me it's always been one perfect piece.
-I'm not a fan of Radiohead but "Everything In Its Right Place" clicks with me for some reason. I found this live "acoustic" version online.
Hendrix's "(Have You Ever Been to) Electric Ladyland" is a solo instrumental piece available on disc 2 of the boxset "The Jimi Hendrix Experience." (Studio chat edited out).
-The Beatles' "Cry Baby Cry" consists only of the lovely Paul-sung piece at the end, and follows an intentionally left 45 second gap of silence.

Even if you know some or all of the songs, give it a try! Hope you enjoy.

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