Side A
Artist	Song
Ennio Morricone	Pazuzu (Theme From Exorcist II: The Heretic) (instrumental) (1977)
Tool	The Grudge (2001)
Yes	America (1972)
The Yardbirds	Over Under Sideways Down (1966)
The Monkees	(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (1966)
The Smiths	Sheila Take A Bow (1987)
The Rolling Stones	Live With Me (1969)
Jane's Addiction	Had A Dad (1988)
Accept	Up To The Limit (1985)
The Ramones	My Back Pages (1994)
Manic Street Preachers	La Tristesse Durere (Scream To A Sigh) (1993)
Television	Marquee Moon (1977)
At The Drive-In	Incetardis (2000)
King Crimson	Fallen Angel (1974)
Patti Smith Group	Radio Ethiopia (1976)
Patti Smith Group	Abyssinia (1976)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Soundgarden	Searching With My Good Eye Closed (1991)
Iron Maiden	The Trooper (1983)
Thin Lizzy	Soldier Of Fortune (1977)
Fabio Frizzi	Verso L'Ignoto I (instrumental) (from The Beyond) (1981)
Bob Dylan	Foot Of Pride (1983)
Queen	She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos) (1974)
The Dead Boys	3rd Generation Nation (1978)
Aerosmith	Monkey On My Back (1989)
Hanoi Rocks	Until I Get You (1983)
Van Der Graaf (Generator)	Mirror Images (live version) (1978)
The Beatles	Glass Onion (1968)
Kings Of Leon	California Waiting (2003)
Led Zeppelin	Ozone Baby (1979)
Ted Nugent	Stranglehold (1975)
Screaming Trees	Gospel Plow (1996)
The Moody Blues	The Night: Nights In White Satin / Late Lament (1967)

Comment:

"Breathe deep the gathering gloom...!"

You may have noticed that that the title of the o-pening number just so happens to share my user name! Well, I figured it had been quite a while since I used an instrumental horror-movie theme as an o-pener (last time being my Halloween mixes, MIX #27 and #28), so I figured it was about time! In addition to Ennio Morricone's theme from the highly underrated Exorcist II: The Heretic, I also used an instrumental composed by Fabio Frizzi that was used in the late, great Lucio Fulci's 1981 splatter masterpiece The Beyond.

You'll also notice that I've been quite consistently including Bob Dylan songs ever since Christmas. Well, I've been getting way heavily into the Dylan catalogue lately and I've discovered a treasure trove of musical riches! This time around, I included an Infidels-era outtake from The Bootleg Series, a bit of fire-and-brimstone surrealism called Foot Of Pride. (If anyone remembers the 30th Anniversary concert special from 1992, they'll remember that Lou Reed performed that particular song.) I also included the Ramones' raucous cover of Dylan's My Back Pages (which can also be heard in the oddball 2003 Dylan film vehicle Masked And Anonymous).

This time around, I kind of en-ded both discs on a dark note. Disc #1 concludes with Patti Smith and her band's tempestuous Radio Ethiopia / Abyssinia, while Disc #2 concludes with the Moody Blues ushering in the evening gloom with Nights In White Satin, part of the finale of their 1967 epic Days Of Future Passed. I'm usually not in the habit of closing a mix on such a somber note. Usually, I conclude an either a note of rocking triumph or of quiet contentment, not on one of lowering gloom. On MIX #49, I came close, almost concluding with The Doors' The En-d, followed by Nirvana's En-dless, Nameless (ha, ha!), but I sort of hedged by instead opting to tack on a San Francisco radio jingle from the Zodiac soundtrack at the en-d!

Elsewhere, what have we got? Well, we've got Yes doing a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel hit...a pair of war stories, one from Iron Maiden and one from Thin Lizzy...an At The Drive-In B-side...and a whole lot more!

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