Artist	Song
The Ronettes	Be My Baby
Dion & The Belmonts	I Wonder Why
The Velvet Underground	Venus In Furs
MC5	Borderline
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Hot Burrito #1
The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Iggy & The Stooges	Search And Destroy
The Modern Lovers	Roadrunner
Led Zeppelin	Black Dog
Big Star	September Gurls
Patti Smith	Gloria
The Ramones	Rock n Roll High School
The Buzzcocks	Ever Fallen In Love?
The Undertones	Teenage Kicks
Joy Division	Shadowplay
Neil Young	My My Hey Hey (Into The Blue)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force	Planet Rock
The Smiths	This Charming Man
Jane's Addiction	Mountain Song
Sonic Youth	Teenage Riot

Comment:

The idea behind this mix was to provide a starting point for someone who has no idea about music which exists outside the cynical "Pop Idol/music made with the sole purpose of making someone famous" ethos and who has no reference points regarding soulful, sexy pop and rock n roll music. It's not really a catch-up as much as something to whet the appetite and dust off the third eye. Each of these songs is meant to show just what is possible with music and to demonstrate the life enhancing power of a great song. This mix should showcase the soaring beauty, passion and truth contained in music at its very best. If someone asked me why I love music so much then I'd just hand them this CD.

There were about a million songs I wanted to put on, but I wanted to make it short enough to fit on to an 80 minute CD. So, it's not definitive by any means and there is nothing earlier than late 1950s or later than the late 1980s but that's why it's called Part One...:-)

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