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150 songs. Just under 9 and a half hours. Surely, plenty of omissions, mistakes, etc. but i worked my ass off to sequence this fucker. (note the seperate 8 parts that each become their own audio CDR). But, feel free to dish me the "Why no XXXXXX?" posts. I'm ready to take all you fuckers on. Go!

CD1

01 Public Image Limited "Public Image" (from Public Image)
02 Kraftwerk "The Robots" (from The Man * Machine)
03 Amii Stewart "Knock On Wood" (from Knock On Wood(?))
04 Blondie "Heart Of Glass" (extended version from Parallel Lines)
05 XTC "This is Pop?" (single version from White Music, also on Waxworks compilation and others)
06 The Rezillos "Top Of The Pops" (from Can't Stand The Rezillos)
07 Magazine "Give Me Everything" (A-side and from compilation Scree)
08 Funkadelic "One Nation Under A Groove" (from One Nation Under A Groove)
09 Soul Brothers "Bayeza" (from v/a compilation No Easy Walk to Freedom)
10 Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) "Listen To The Sirens" (from Tubeway Army)
11 Van Halen "Jamie's Cryin'" (from Van Halen)
12 Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City" (from City Nights)
13 Kleenex "Hedi's Head" (from Kleenex ep, also from compilation Kleenex/Liliput)
14 Nina Hagen Band "TV Glotzer (White Punks On Dope)" (from Nina Hagen Band)
15 Pere Ubu "Street Waves" (from The Modern Dance)
16 Wire "Outdoor Miner (piano version)" (A-side, from compilation On Returning: 1977-1979 and various European issues of Chairs Missing)
17 The Commodores "Three Times A Lady" (from Natural High)

CD2

01 ABBA "Take A Chance On Me" (from ABBA - The Album)
02 The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" (from Road To Ruin)
03 Ace Frehley (Kiss) "New York Groove" (from Ace Frehley)
04 Hot Chocolate "Every 1's A Winner" (from Every 1's A Winner)
05 Giorgio Moroder "Chase" (from Midnight Express)
06 La Dusseldorf "Geld" (from Viva!)
07 Bob James "Taxi" [TV theme song] (from v/a compilation Television's Greatest Hits 70s & 80s)
08 The Stranglers "Curfew" (from Black And White)
09 Japan "Adolescent Sex" (single version and from compilation Assemblage)
10 The Normal "Warm Leatherette" (from single Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D.)
11 Adam And The Ants (feat. Jordan) "Lou" (from Adam And The Ants: Peel Sessions)
12 The Cramps "Human Fly" (from compilation Gravest Hits)
13 Essential Logic "Aerosol Burns" (from v/a compilation Rough Trade Shops: Post Punk Vol 01)
14 Crass "Asylum/Do They Owe Us A Living?" (from The Feeding Of The 5000)
15 The Slits "FM" (from The Slits: Peel Sessions)
16 Squeeze "Take Me, I'm Yours" (from U.K. Squeeze, also compilation Singles 45 And Under)
17 Lou Reed "Real Good Time Together" (from Street Hassle)
18 Alex Chilton "My Rival" (from Like Flies On Sherbert)
19 Television "Glory" (from Adventure)
20 Suzi Quatro "If You Can't Give Me Love" (from If You Knew Suzi)

CD3

01 Foreigner "Hot Blooded" (from Double Vision)
02 Frankie Valli "Grease" (from Grease soundtrack)
03 The Police "Peanuts" (from Outlandos d'Amour)
04 The Mekons "Where Were You?" (from Where Where You)
05 The Residents "Constantinople" (from Duck Stab)
06 Devo "Mongoloid" (from Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!)
07 Prince "Soft And Wet" (from For You)
08 Queen "Fat Bottomed Girls" (from Jazz)
09 AC/DC "What's Next To The Moon" (from Powerage)
10 Bootsy Collins "Hollywood Squares" (from Bootsy? Player Of The Year)
11 Andy Gibb "Shadow Dancing" (from Shadow Dancing)
12 Talking Heads "Take Me To The River" (from More Songs About Building And Food)
13 The Fall "Various Times" (from compilation early Fall: '77-'79)
14 Rosa Yemen "Larousse Baron Bic" (from v/a compilation N.Y. No Wave, The Ultimate East Village 80's Soundtrack)
15 D.N.A. "Size" (from v/a compilation No New York)
16 Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band "The Floppy Boot Stomp" (from Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
17 Marvin Gaye "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" (from Here, My Dear)
18 Rose Royce "First Come, First Serve" (from Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!)
19 T Connection "On Fire" (from On Fire)
20 The Saints "Know Your Product" (from Eternally Yours)

CD4

01 Chic "Le Freak" (from C'est Chic)
02 Parlet "Pleasure Principle" (edit from Pleasure Principle)
03 T. Wells And H. Wilson "WKRP In Cincinnati" [TV theme song] (from v/a compilation Television's Greatest Hits 70s & 80s)
04 Cristina "Disco Clone" (from v/a compilation Mutant Disco)
05 Ultravox "Quiet Men" (from Systems Of Romance)
06 Siouxsie And The Banshees "Hong Kong Garden" (from compilation Once Upon A Time: The Singles)
07 X-Ray Spex "Genetic Engineering" (from Germ Free Adolescents)
08 The Germs "Lexicon Devil" (A-side)
09 The Weirdos "We Got The Neutron Bomb" (from compilation We Got The Neutron Bomb)
10 X "Adult Books" (A-side)
11 Scritti Politti "Skank Bloc Bologna" (from v/a compilation Rough Trade Shops: Post Punk Vol 01)
12 Althea and Donna "Uptown Town Ranking" (from Uptown Top Ranking)
13 Mahmoud Ahmed "Bèmen Sèbèb Letlash" (from compilation Éthiopiques Volume 7)
14 Barry McGuire "Cosmic Cowboy" (from Cosmic Cowboy)
15 Kenny Rogers & Dottie West "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (from Every Time Two Fools Collide)
16 Gino Vannelli "I Just Wanna Stop" (from Brother To Brother)
17 The Jacksons "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" (extended version from Destiny)
18 Capitol Records Studios "Fun With Jack & John" (from Capitol Records Open House 1978, a promotional record for Capitol Record Studios)

CD5

01 ADC : Accutrac 4000 Demonstration "Welcome To The Accutrac 4000" (from Seeing Is Believing. Acccutrac 4000, a peripheral/demonstration record for specialized random access turntable released in 1978)
02 The Cars "Bye Bye Love" (from The Cars)
03 The Buzzcocks "Real World" (from Love Bites)
04 Cabaret Voltaire "Nag Nag Nag" (from A-side and compilation The Living Legends -- Cabaret Voltaire)
05 Theoretical Girls (Glenn Branca) "You Got Me" (from Glenn Branca's Glenn Branca Songs '77-79)
06 Warsaw (Joy Division) "Leaders Of Men" (from Ideal For Living EP and Joy Division's compilation Substance and box set compilation Heart and Soul)
07 The Screamers "122 Hours Of Fear (demo)" (from Screamers Demos '77-78)
08 Plastic Bertrand "Pogo Pogo" (from An 1)
09 Daryll Hall & John Oates "Alley Katz" (from Along The Red Ledge)
10 Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Radio, Radio" (A-side and from reissue of This Year's Model)
11 Swell Maps "Read About Seymour" (A-side and from compilation International Rescue and others)
12 The Clash "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" (A-side and from way too many Clash compilations to list)
13 Bob Marley & The Wailers "Easy Skanking" (from Kaya)
14 Rod Stewart "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (from Blondes Have More Fun)
15 Parliament "Liquid Sunshine" (from The Motor Booty Affair)
16 Telex "Maxi Moskow Diskow" (from Looking For Saint Tropez)
17 Number One de Dakar "Nongui, Nongui" (from v/a compilation The Music In My Head)
18 Tom Waits "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" (from Blue Valentine)
19 Toru Takemitsu "Empire Of Passion (excerpt)" (from Empire Of Passion - Soundtrack)

CD6

01 Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street" (from City To City)
02 Larry Graham & Graham Central Station "Pow" (from My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me)
03 Fatback "Freak The Freak The Funk (Rock)" (from 12" single and later on Brite Lites/Big City)
04 Ralph Lundsten & The Andromeda All Stars "Luna Lolita" (from Discophrenia)
05 Jean-Michel Jarre "Equinoxe -- Part 6" (from Equinoxe)
06 Throbbing Gristle "Hamburger Lady" (from D.o.A. -- The Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle)
07 Chrome "Chromosome Damage" (from Alien Soundtracks)
08 The Urinals "You Piss Me Off (live)" (from compilation Negative Capability Check It Out)
09 Gang Of Four "Love Like Anthrax" (from Damaged Goods EP)
10 James Chance & The Contortions "Dish It Out" (from v/a compilation No New York)
11 Mars "Helen Fordsdale" (from v/a compilation No New York)
12 Black Flag "Wasted" (from Nervous Breakdown EP)
13 Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, and Al Burton "Diff'rent Strokes" [TV theme song] (from v/a compilation Television's Greatest Hits #6 -- Remote Control)
14 The Meditations "Much Smarter" (from v/a compilation Arkology)
15 Chris Stamey & The dB's (The dB's) "Ash" (from compilation Ride The Wild Tom Tom)
16 George Jones (with James Taylor) "Bartender's Blues" (from Bartender's Blues)
17 Frankie Miller "Darlin'" (A-side and later from Perfect Fit)
18 The O'Jays "Use Ta Be Me Girl" (from So Full Of Love)
19 Willie Nelson "September Song" (from Stardust)
20 Alice Cooper "How You Gonna See Me Now" (from From The Inside)

CD7

01 The Salsoul Orchestra "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (from Up The Yellow Brick Road)
02 Earth, Wind, & Fire "September" (A-side and from various compilations)
03 Rick James "Be My Lady" (from Come Get It!)
04 A Taste Of Honey "Boogie Oogie Oogie" (from Taste Of Honey)
05 Peaches & Herb "Shake Your Groove Thing" (extended 12" version from 2 Hot!)
06 Yellow Magic Orchestra "Computer Game/Firecracker" (from Yellow Magic Orchestra)
07 Boney M "Painterman" (from Nightflight To Venus)
08 Jerrold Immel "Dallas" [TV theme song] (from v/a compilation Television's Greatest Hits 70s & 80s)
09 Johnny Cash "I Will Rock & Roll With You" (from Gone Girl)
10 Television Personalities "Part Time Punks" (from Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP)
11 Sham 69 "Borstal Breakout" (from Tell Us The Truth)
12 Generation X "Ready Steady Go" (from Generation X)
13 The Soft Boys "(I want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" (A-side)
14 The Royals "Promised Land" (from compilation Pick Up The Pieces)
15 The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes" (from Minute By Minute)
16 Dolly Parton "Heartbreaker" (from Heartbreaker)
17 Ambrosia "How Much I Feel" (from Life Beyond L.A.)
18 Marshall Hain "Coming Home" (from Free Ride)
19 Steve Martin "King Tut" (from Wild And Crazy Guy)
20 Jim Henson "The Muppets Closing Theme" (from compilation The Muppets: Music, Mayhem and More! The 25th Anniversary Collection)

CD8

01 The Village People "Y.M.C.A." (from Cruisin')
02 Sweet "Dream On" (from Level Headed)
03 Betty Wright "Tonight Is The Night (Part 1 excerpt)" (excerpt from Betty Wright Live)
04 The Undertones "Teenage Kicks" (from Teenage Kicks EP and various compilations)
05 Alternative TV "Action Time Vision" (from The Image Has Cracked)
06 Still Little Fingers "Suspect Device" (A-side)
07 Cookie Monster And The Girls "C Is For Cookie" (from Sesame Street Fever)
08 Barry Manilow "Copacabana" (from Even Now and various compilations)
09 Prince Far I "So Long" (from Long Life)
10 The Pointer Sisters "Fire" (from Energy and various compilations)
11 Michael Johnson "Bluer Than Blue" (from The Michael Johnson Album)
12 Black Sabbath "Never Say Die" (from Never Say Die!)
13 Cheap Trick "Auf Widersehen" (from Heaven Tonight)
14 Donna Summer "Last Dance" (from Thank God It's Friday soundtrack)
15 Gene Simmons (Kiss) "When You Wish Upon A Star" (from Gene Simmons)

...

Can i saw "Phew!"?

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, you COULD put those one one disc.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

(many many thanks to good folks, especially Matos, lom/gaz, Arthur, nick, Dougo, Fredsy, job, and the good folks at Jive Time records, Jam records, and Easy Street records in Seattle, for making this possible)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenan, I know. I burned the disc. (did i miss something?)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I think i need to clarify myself a bit.. the "CD1", "CD2", stuff above is so just in case you are masochistic enough to make this compilation (hell, box set really) for someone who is Mp3/iPod unabled, and you wanted to separate these into redbook CDRs.. hence..

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

oh.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

granted, i think shuffle mode on the entire fucker would produce the greatest sequence of course. :)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

other possible inclusions:

the Go Betweens "Lee Remick" (or "Karen", i'm easy)
the Victims "Television Addict"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

shit, forgot to add to the last part..

09 Bohannon "Let's Start The Dance" (12" single)
and shift the rest up one each

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Three nitpicky gripes:
1) There's an alarming amount (well, okay, a small handful of tracks) of crossover between this and my '79/'77 comps. But we're probably using different criteria anyways.
2) Dammit, where's Onyx's "Break It Loose (Part 2)"? Granted, it's one of those ridiculous rare groove things that's only available on cratedigger nerd compilations, but whine whine whine I want my obscure funk mope mope I'll shut up now.
3) Radio Birdman, "Burn My Eye '78". Because it always helps when making one of these to have a song with the actual year in it.

Other than that, fuckin' amazing. I'm posting my '77 within an hour so you can pick that apart and get yr payback.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, I politely demand an explanation of why "Painterman" over "Rasputin".

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

i was wondering the same thing. otherwise: killah!

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:54 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the earliest comp that's been done?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 November 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Three nitpicky gripes:
1) There's an alarming amount (well, okay, a small handful of tracks) of crossover between this and my '79/'77 comps. But we're probably using different criteria anyways.

Mainly, i stuck to things that said "(c) 1978" on the record. To me, it's the most straightforward way to mark something as "1978". Of course, much of the above was recorded in 1977 of course, and much of the above didn't get POPULAR until 1979. So there's what whole gray area that's inevitable.

Amii Stewart, in particular, was a borderline case. Her ALBUM with her hit single didn't get released until 1979, but the 12" I have for "Knock on Wood" (a weird split with Patti Brooks) and some other promotional disco 2LP for radio, both listed the track as "(c) 1978", so i went with it. So I think the single just released just days before New Years 1979 or something.

So, difference in criteria, and of course, on-line info mistakes on dates, we were sure to have overlap. I'm surprised it has been pretty small myself. and if not, so what?

Other mistakes I've only know noted. Plastic Bertrand's "Pogo Pogo" turned out to be the B-side to 1977's "Ca Plain Pour Moi". (HINT HINT WINK WINK, if you haven't already notched this one), so it's really a '77. (though the record "An 1" is 1978).

And Alex Chilton's "My Rival" is really 1979, and recorded in 1978. I would have passed it by had I not noticed you missed this one on your 1979 comp, so i rescued this track.. arf.

2) Dammit, where's Onyx's "Break It Loose (Part 2)"? Granted, it's one of those ridiculous rare groove things that's only available on cratedigger nerd compilations, but whine whine whine I want my obscure funk mope mope I'll shut up now.

Heh, I'm sure I'll have similar things to say about your 77 and 79 comps for different tracks. (i.e. Alex Chilton above, case in point). That's what makes this whole exercise fucking great, IMHO.

3) Radio Birdman, "Burn My Eye '78". Because it always helps when making one of these to have a song with the actual year in it.

Heh, I was going to use Kleenex's "1978" to start off the comp, for obvious reasons. Then i listened to it, and it just wasn't a great way to start the comp. So "Hedi's Head" head.

OK, "Painterman" vs. "Rasputin" It was a tough choice, but "Painterman" makes me want to play it over and over and over again. I don't know the original but i LOVE this version. (Same thing with Amii Stewart's "Knock On Wood"). I'm a sucka for neckta.. so "Painterman" it was.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:04 (twenty-one years ago)

What do we, the lowly, have to do to get a copy of this? I have my trusty 1993 handy...

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus, that beginning KICK in "Painterman". It practically gave birth to modern funk house (Chicken Lips, Kingsize records stuff, etc.)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenan, is that your real email addy you're posting with? If so, i'll send you a line...

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, that's my "spam" address, but it works just as well and as quickly as my other ones.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

What do we, the lowly, have to do to get a copy of this?
I was about to ask the same question.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Monday, 17 November 2003 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

earliest that's been done: Nate's 1972. I am slowly working on a 1920s comp, though.

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha, I'm probably gonna do a 2003 mix, and then after that, an area I sort of need a bit of schooling in: 1959.

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

(all I know is: MILES COLTRANE ORNETTE MINGUS.)

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

weird, i was just about to say that the only pre-1990 year i could handle might be 1959!

― rob geary (rgeary), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i think conway twitty rocked the charts that year, but you also had elvis, nina simone and sinatra, among others i can't recall.

― rob geary (rgeary), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:33 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCKERS! I was gonna do '59!

― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't start getting into music into the turn of the 80s... so honestly, a lot of the above i never heard until just a few days ago, if not a few years ago... comps like these are weird that way.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Custos, is there a way you can encode your real email address here, in a spammer free manner, so i can send you the info on how to get it?

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 07:26 (twenty-one years ago)

easy. A corrected email link is here

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Monday, 17 November 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd love a copy of this,too!

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Ditto!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 17 November 2003 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks, custos, though sadly, your method of providing your email address wasn't spammer free... (spammer-spawned page sniffers can read inside the html itself as well as what it produces)

But I have recorded your email address anyway, so if you want the mods to delete it, you now can go ahead. :)

Jay Vee, jaymc.. are those your real addresses? or valid enough spam addresses, at least?

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Mine's real. Mail away!

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 17 November 2003 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Er, me too! This is the real address.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(please)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 17 November 2003 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i can offer a copy of reader's digest's "remembering the 50's" in exchange for this lovely set.

― mason butler, Monday, 17 November 2003 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

once i get home tonight, i'll email everybody above... (assuming you're using real email addies above)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not, but if you hit me via webmail you can do it thru my super-seekrit "private address"

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

nate, if i got your real first and last name correct (and if not, i have my sources.. muahahahahaa), and it's just a matter of filling in the stars in the email address you just used, i'll email that tonight too.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, you're on some Wheel of Fortune shit

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

RSTLN E

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― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 17 November 2003 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Hi DB!

Great job. If you want to e-mail me too, feel free - it's my peng list address you should use tho', not this one.

― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

That said, being anal retentive, I did manage to come up with a CD9 ;-)

Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
The Ruts – In A Rut
Herman Kelly – Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
The Only Ones – Miles From Nowhere (Peel Session version)
Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby
Elton John – Ego
Hi-Tension – Hi-Tension
Steve Reich – Music For A Large Ensemble
Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
The Cure – 10.15 Saturday Night
Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
Subway Sect - Ambition
Bryan Ferry – Sign Of The Times
Andrew Gold – Never Let Her Slip Away
Al Hudson – Spread Love
Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Tom Robinson Band – Power In The Darkness
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Rush – La Villa Strangiato

― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The Ruts – In A Rut

I thought this was '79? (Acc. to the CD I have) Otherwise, I woulda used it. Awww.

The Cure – 10.15 Saturday Night

Yeah, Technically Small Wonder released "Killing An Arab" at the very tail end of 1978.. but, eh, I always saw the Cure as a band that started in 1979, really. (I bent that rule for Amii Stewart, mainly because she was a one hit wonder, and that song was a cornerstone of my musical growing up)

Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

More of my "aww damn. missed it" pile. Also, I shoulda added D.O.A.'s "Disco Sucks".

Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Steve Reich – Music For A Large Ensemble
Bryan Ferry – Sign Of The Times
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Rush – La Villa Strangiato

Listened to all of these and they just didn't hit my buttons. I REALLY gave the Bryan Ferry solo record of that year a chance but it did nothing for me, even the VU cover.

Turned down the Tom Petty, Boston, and Jefferson Starship records from '78 immediately. (Puke puke puke).

Tried to add Styx's "Lords of the Ring" for LARFS, but couldn't track down the Mp3. Same with a Todd Rundgren song.

Same deal with Rolling Stones's "Miss You", got the mp3, but it skipped, and then it was the 11th hour, and I said "fuck it. everyone's heard this fucker a million times anyway, and it's far more boring than 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' while mainly doing the same thing anyway, so why bother?"

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

But yeah, please! more omissions. Thank you Jeff and ESOJ.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 22 November 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

(i'm furiously working on covers for this cd so i can give out some to the LA folks for the LA FAP as mentioned on ILE the day before [U.S.] thanksgiving)

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 22 November 2003 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

oh goddamn!

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Saturday, 22 November 2003 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

two questions:
1) Whats the name of that kerazeeeee bitchin' font?
2) Is that room dimly lit or is the wall really painted a shade of pea-soup green?

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 22 November 2003 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

DB, Ben and Dan might be coming up for that Wednesday, so just a heads up! Dan is loving Lance Lockarm BTW.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 November 2003 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

A bit too many tracks for me to come up with from 1978 (I wasn't really around yet, other than as a huge fans of all things smurfs :-) ). But here is my Top 50 tracks of the year:

1. Burning Rope – Genesis
2. Sandwiches Of You – Godley & Creme
3. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend – Rubinoos
4. Airport – Motors
5. Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
6. Moving In Stereo – The Cars
7. Snowbound – Genesis
8. In The Crowd – The Jam
9. Where Have You Been All My Life – Fotomaker
10. Five O’ Clock In The Morning – Godley & Creme
11. My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars
12. This Year’s Girl – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
13. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight – The Jam
14. English Rose – The Jam
15. Deep In The Motherlode – Genesis
16. No Action – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
17. Little Hitler – Nick Lowe
18. Hold My Hand – The Rutles
19. For You And I – 10cc
20. Starry Eyes – The Records
21. Hand In Hand – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
22. Goodbye Girl – Squeeze
23. Fly – The Jam
24. Lifeline – 10cc
25. Is This Love – Bob Marley & The Wailers
26. Never Let Her Slip Away – Andrew Gold
27. (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp – The Soft Boys
28. Bruce – Rick Springfield
29. Bicycle Race – Queen
30. Old Mister Time – 10cc
31. Little Triggers – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
32. I Must Be In Love – The Rutles
33. Mr. Clean – The Jam
34. Many Too Many – Genesis
35. This Is Pop – XTC
36. Dreadlock Holiday – 10cc
37. Hot Child In The City – Nick Gilder
38. Is She Really Going Out With Him – Joe Jackson
39. It’s Too Bad – The Jam
40. From Rochdale To Ocho Rios – 10cc
41. London Town – Wings
42. Dear Christine – Klaatu
43. FM (No Static At All) – Steely Dan
44. Good Times Roll – The Cars
45. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
46. The Robots – Kraftwerk
47. Surrender – Cheap Trick
48. White Man In Hammersmith Palais – The Clash
49. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) – Buzzcocks
50. Are You Receiving Me – XTC

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 23 November 2003 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

HAHA, go Geir..

Basically, here's what's on your list that I regret not putting on the comp:

32. I Must Be In Love – The Rutles

or just the Rutles, period. Damn, how did I miss them?

Always wanted to explore more 10cc, as I'm sure they would have had a zinger for this.

Otherwise, there's quite a bit of overlap between your list and mine, and tracks I was very close to considering using by the same artist. (The Cars "Moving in Stereo" was a great choice.. i just wish the song was shorter)

The only thing on the list that made me hurl was Wings. I tried to find a good Wings track by previewing a Best of 2CD that was used at my neighborhood store, and came to the conclusion that, aside from "Coming Up", Wings just plained suck their entire span. (Sorry, Geir, will have to agree to disagree here)

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 23 November 2003 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Including "Jet"?

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 23 November 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, Donut Bitch. Your package is compiled and ready for mailing.
Be prepared.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Lord, thank you and I forgot to answer your questions about font and lighting..

font is "Akka"

pea-soup lighting was because of my camera. The paint on the walls there are normally a light beige.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

So, is Custos the only guy who mailed me the proper stuff to get this compilation, or is my mailman just throwing away my mail?

(Custos, the reason it's been a while since I've been able to return your CD is because you gave me a slim case... unfortunately, the booklet and cover art that comes with this requires a larger standard jewel case, and i had to make a special trip to stock up on more jewel cases and DUAL cases for the next project that I'm currently plotting... so, again, apologies for the delay there, Lord.. yours will be coming! and you'll understand the delay!)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 15 December 2003 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

DB, I was listening to this all weekend long as I drove around town. Loved that Ants song, I need to get the Peel sessions. Is that Jordan singing? She sounds incredible, she should have made more records. Also, I never made it through "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" before-- I tthink that was when I decided Lou's vocals had become too constipated for me to put up with any longer--but the ending is great, it's so "Here Come the Warm Jets".

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 15 December 2003 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I think it's the one time there was an Ants song that did NOT have Adam singing lead. Adam and the Ants have a pretty complicated history before they released anything. They were quite known among punk circles starting around '76, always being the opener for whatever what was hot at the time. Jordan, this rather rambuctious very punk girl, took over as the band's manager circa 78, and was the main impetus to the band becoming fashion clowns, for better or worse (though most will agree for the better). And I guess she made herself the lead on that one song "Lou". Yeah, her voice is amazingly caustic and she should have formed her own band, for fuck sakes!

Lou Reed's "Real Good Time Together" can be a really difficult song to listen to if you're in the wrong frame of mind. Lou has never sounded more nervous and creepy than at the beginning of that song. If you're at all in a panicky mood, it's the last thing you want to hear. But, man, that tremelo swirl of guitar sounds! The first five seconds of this song invented every drone rock band guitar sound that eminated from the 80s and 90s.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 15 December 2003 22:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, Daddino, I JUST got your CD today in the mail. that makes it two!

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh dear God email me (trade for C700 86).

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Tuesday, 16 December 2003 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Will do!

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Awesomely nice art for the CD, db!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 2 January 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I got a copy of this from Matos a couple weeks ago and holy moses who in blazes are La Dusseldorf?! Also that Squeeze song is synthpunk noir and therefore my favorite-so-far thing on that comp (that I haven't already heard, at least).

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

When I finish the '75 comp (and I haven't even started it yet, other than the first two tracks) the rigamorale is going to Brian for re-mastering 'cause this thing just sounds so creamy!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Not sure about Hong Kong Garden - think i'd prefer Staircase or Playground Twist.

The lyrics of Hong Kong Garden are an intentional joke, right?

While the population
Junk floats on polluted water
An old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number 23
Leave your yen on the counter please

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the artwork on this is fucking beautiful db!

nate la dusseldorf are klaus dinger ex neu and michael rother.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 3 January 2004 03:04 (twenty-one years ago)

La Dusseldorf have Rother?? I thought the two acrimoniously separated after "Neu 75". I figured La Dusseldorf was just Klaus and friends. Maybe I should go back and read my K-rock history a little closer.

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 3 January 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

(and you can thank gaz for the inclusion of La Dusseldorf on the comp, btw)

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 3 January 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

no, yr right db. no rother...i is idiot.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 3 January 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(Custos, the reason it's been a while since I've been able to return your CD is because you gave me a slim case... unfortunately, the booklet and cover art that comes with this requires a larger standard jewel case...
ooops. Didn't know there was going to be a full booklet. I am grateful though. So far, you're swap wins the award for "Best Presentation"

...and i had to make a special trip to stock up on more jewel cases and DUAL cases for the next project that I'm currently plotting... so, again, apologies for the delay there, Lord.. yours will be coming! and you'll understand the delay!)
db, Have you checked out the "Western World Not Invited" project I posted on Jan 1?

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 3 January 2004 07:23 (twenty-one years ago)

btw custos i nver got two cdrs you owed me six months ago...

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 3 January 2004 08:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Now, gaz, on the other hand, I'm absolutely *sure* you're mailman has absconded with your goodies.
No matter, though.
I'll can make new copies. (As soon as I remember what I sent...)
(checking tracklists)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 3 January 2004 08:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Found it.
Will make a new batch for you, gaz.
(note to self: get more padded mailers.)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 3 January 2004 08:53 (twenty-one years ago)

sweet.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 3 January 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

gaz, check yer email. I want to make sure I'm mailing everything to the right address.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 3 January 2004 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Revive! Where the FUCK is "Another Girl, Another Planet"!?!?!?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 13 February 2004 04:55 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

OK, anyone still left outstanding for one of these? I just found a copy of this sans art.. which means that there's someone I owe this to.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 8 November 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago)

I've never gotten one.

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 8 November 2004 20:26 (twenty years ago)

nick, you have my real email address right? I think I owe you all of them.. email me your current address. (I think I was in L.A. in May and tried to get them all to you personally, but you couldn't make it out to a FAP or something.)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 8 November 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago)

I probably do at home. If not I'll re-post here.

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:33 (twenty years ago)

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