Pop Kulcher

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Desert Island Discs:
The Conroy/Kulcher Collection

Artist Song
The Clash  Janie Jones
The Clash, 1977 (Rob Conroy's #8 album)  
The Beatles  You Never Give Me Your Money
Abbey Road, 1969 (Pop Kulcher's #3 album) 
The Velvet Underground  I'm Set Free
The Velvet Underground, 1969 (RC's #12, PK's #8) 
Big Star  In The Street
No. 1 Record, 1972 (PK's #4) 
Rolling Stones  Loving Cup
Exile On Main St., 1972 (RC's #4, PK's #11) 
R.E.M.  Sitting Still
Murmur, 1983 (PK's #2) 
The Beach Boys  You Still Believe In Me [mono]
Pet Sounds, 1966 (RC's #7) 
Joy Division  Disorder
Unknown Pleasures, 1979 (PK's #5) 
The Beatles  Here, There & Everywhere [mono]
Revolver, 1966 (RC's #1) 
Pavement  In The Mouth A Desert
Slanted And Enchanted, 1992 (PK's #9) 
Nick Drake  Pink Moon
Pink Moon, 1972 (RC's #10) 
The Feelies  High Road
The Good Earth, 1986 (PK's #6) 
The Kinks  Starstruck [mono]
Village Green Preservation Society, 1968 (RC's #6) 
Sonic Youth  Stereo Sanctity
Sister, 1987 (PK's #12) 
Bob Dylan & The Hawks  Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
The Basement Tapes, 1975 (RC's #11) 
The Clash  The Card Cheat
London Calling, 1979 (PK's #1) 
The Beatles  Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) [mono]
Rubber Soul, 1965 (RC's #2) 
Brian Eno  Everything Merges With The Night
Another Green World, 1975 (PK's #7) 
The Stooges  Down On The Street
Fun House, 1970 (RC's #5) 
The Who  Sea And Sand
Quadrophenia, 1973 (PK's #10) 
Van Morrison  Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks, 1968 (RC's #9) 
The Beatles  Long, Long, Long [mono]
The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album), 1968 (RC's #3) 

Comment:

Introductory notes (by Marc a.k.a. Pop Kulcher):

After Rob Conroy recently updated his 2-cd collection of his favorite songs (see here and here), he kindly invited me to join him in a combined effort at an alternating DJ mix or our respective favorites. However, inspired by his mixes, I instead opted to post my own 2-cd collection of my favorite tunes (see here and here). In the alternative, we opted to co-author a mix of selections from each of our dozen favorite albums. We had two overlapping picks (the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album and the Stones' Exile On Main Street, both of which I deferred to Rob in choosing the representative tracks), resulting in 22 tracks total. The selections are intended as songs we felt appropriate for the mix, rather than our assessments of the "best" tunes on each album.

A couple quick observations. First, as with our respective favorite song collections, Rob's approach is more purist - a favorite album is a favorite album, and if that means you have 3 Beatles albums on this list, then that's the mix you make. In contrast, I tend to prefer a more diverse mix, limiting myself to one album per artist (even if there's no question in my mind that Revolver is a better album than, say, Sonic Youth's Sister). Second, Rob's purism extends to preferring the mono versions of certain 60's classics, observing (correctly) that the mono mix was true to the artist's original intent. Me, I'm a sucker for stereo, even the primitive false-stereo found on some mid-60's work. But, as only Rob's picks were implicated, we went with those mono mixes.
The link on the first song should bring you to a zipped file with the mix + artwork. Naturally, this is done only for the enjoyment of those who already legitimately own the songs; if not, I trust you will preview the songs merely so that you can then run out and buy them.
image for mix

Feedback:

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Rob Conroy
Date: 12/2/2007
This was a ton of fun and turned out fantastically, I think. Our tastes are certainly not that far apart, as I love pretty much every record in your top 12. Thanks for doing this, good sir.
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p the swede
Date: 12/2/2007
I really like your idea, it's brave and cool to see your favs but I can get that static myself, I can't even pick my 10 fav albums, it depens every month
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gobi
Date: 12/3/2007
well this has got to be a great listen ! I deliberate too much over my 'meaningless' mixes, however, to have time to do one of these. Good on you both !!
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sport !
Date: 12/3/2007
What's not to like??!!
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MarkSmith
Date: 12/3/2007
classic stuff :D
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doowad
Date: 12/3/2007
I agree with Sport!, great job guys.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 12/3/2007
Impeccable!
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sammyg123
Date: 12/3/2007
Pretty hard to argue with anything here. Timeless tracks. Great mix, great cover also..
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 12/3/2007
Excellent idea, grand result.
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G-Sphere
Date: 12/3/2007
Interesting exercise that makes for a great mix.
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hemizen
Date: 12/3/2007
You both have impeccable taste.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 12/3/2007
well if this isn't the ultimate dream collab, i dunno what the hell is - i've been mowing over the idea of a mix with a song from each of my top 20 favorite albums for a while, so this definitely appeals to me - every track is a gem, so picking favorites is fruitless - top job, fellas, my MOTW by far for sure
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Darth Pazuzu
Date: 12/3/2007
Now this is a pretty cool mix that Rob Conroy and Pop Kulcher have put together. Good job, you guys! In fact, I'm so impressed with what I see here that I'm going to forgive Rob Conroy for referring to my own mixes as "pathetic concoctions" (and in the comment section of somebody else's mix and not my own, no less). What can I say? I guess I'm the gracious type... :) :) :)
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Orchid
Date: 12/3/2007
So wait, Kim Gordon and Moe Tucker are the only women on this desert island? I predict webbed feet within three generations. Nice Kinks pick.
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Vlad the Accountant
Date: 12/3/2007
Clash, Beatles, Stooges, the Who...fuckin' amazing mix.
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Moe
Date: 12/3/2007
So this is what happens when a couple of my favorite music obsessives get together: a far from pathetic concoction of top-notch tunes and artists. Great to see the usual suspects and the lesser known Feelies and Big Star. You sure know how to pick 'em! The only thing missing is a double dose of Marc's artwork -- and a few more female artists ;)
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Myklanjlo
Date: 12/3/2007
Astral Weeks, Loving Cup, Janie Jones, Pavement, and The VU!? You know, it is considered cheating when you play with the All-Time All-Madden team. Well done!
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KathrynandRupert
Date: 12/4/2007
Got here a bit late on this one. I commend you both on this remarkable feat. Thanks to RC my favourite band appear frequently. But PK has Abbey Road as his favourite Beatles LP and I second that. Not too much to argue with here but I think I'd pick Who's Next over Quadrophenia and ditch Morrison altogether in favour of Love's Forever Changes, my favourite LP. My nitpicking notwithstanding this is sublime.
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French Connection
Date: 12/4/2007
I'm getting like a freakin parrot 21 from 22 ain't bad at all, guess whom I'd ditch? Great work guys.
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arktical
Date: 12/4/2007
Not a bad track on this. Great job you two, you have amazing taste.
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Sean Lally
Date: 12/4/2007
Great stuff. (Still, as our fave Swede noted on another mix - all white people. Interesting.)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 12/5/2007
Gee, I'd like to know how many non-Caucasians are represented in Lally's top 20 ALBUMS (*not* songs) of all-time. Wait, let me bet on this: very few to none.
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 12/5/2007
I've always been the first to admit that my taste in music is hardly racially/ethnically diverse. As one friend described it, I lean towards "jittery white boy music." True enough, I suppose. But when it comes to art, I don't think it's unusual to migrate towards something that speaks to you on a deeper level, so it's not entirely that a white suburban guy is going to find, say, Pavement somehow more personal than Marvin Gaye. Then again, my son listens solely to hip-hop and r&b, so who knows.
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 12/5/2007
Sorry... that should say "it's not entirely surprising" above.
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Sean Lally
Date: 12/5/2007
Geez - I said "interesting" - don't get all bent out of shape now.
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Sister ZoT Jarvis
Date: 12/6/2007
great effort. cannot wait to crack the seal on this one.
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SwankQueen
Date: 12/8/2007
Undeniable!