helfer1

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Member Since: 4/16/2002
Total Mixes: 136
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Spirograph

Side A
Artist Song
Pat Zackovich + His Orch.  Rain Rain Polka 
Terry Snyder  Puttin' on the Ritz 
Perry Como  Like Young 
spoken  "...Strictly squaresville..." 
Ken Nordine  Jazz Club 
Korla Pandit  Nautch Dance 
Dave Brubeck  Take Five 
The Carpenters  Only Yesterday 
Henri Rene + His Orch.  Hansel and Pretzel 
Vince Guaraldi Trio  Cast Your Fate to the Wind 
Jimmy Scott  It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream 
Rosemary Clooney  Come on-a My House 
Esquivel  Foolin' Around 
Pat Zackovich + His Orch.  Charley was a Boxer 
Jack Wild  Fish and Chips 
Sauter-Finnegan Orch.  Swingcussion 
Les Baxter + His Orch.  Saturday Night on Saturn 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Chet Baker  Let's Get Lost 
Josh Redman  Turnaround 
Don Morrow  Kerouazy 
spoken  "Crazy! I knew you'd think of somethin' cool..." 
Ken Nordine  Down the Drain 
Nelson Riddle  Route 66 Theme 
John Coltrane  Syeeda's Song Flute 
Kenneth Patchen + the Chamber Jazz Sextet  The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon-colored Gloves 
Esquivel  Boulevard of Broken Dreams 
Chet Baker  Alone Together 
David Rose + His Orch.   Gay Spirits 
Bobby Hammack Combo  Powerhouse 
Alvino Rey  Blues in the Night 
Vince Guaraldi Trio  Alma-ville 
   
   
   

Comment:

Made a few years back at the height of the cocktail craze, this tape was a bear to transcribe. It was made mostly from borrowed CDs, and most of the songs are instrumentals. Had I known I was going to post it on a website, I would have written everything down at the time. I'm still not sure I got a few of the tunes right, so if someone asks for a copy, you might notice the mistake, or be upset the song you wanted isn't correct. But the feel of decadent lounginess is there. I chickened out on making the crassest tape possible, so a couple of respectable jazz tunes raise the credibility of this mix from where I originally meant for it to rest. Martinis, anyone?
P.S. Nothing clears out a room like that Jack Wild tune. His atonal, cockney singing needs to be heard to be believed.

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Ben McCormick
Date: 12/14/2002
Very good mix. John Coltrane and the Carpenters being on the same tape should probably make the world explode, but in a good way.
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Moe
Date: 3/11/2003
Jack Wild is God
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helfer1
Date: 3/12/2003
Now that I think of it,
most of the folks on this website know what Jack Wild sounds like.
But I digress; it's still pretty unpleasant!