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Lowbacca
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BBs mix CD (Christmas present for my father)
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December 22, 2012, 09:23:14 AM »
Hey all.
I've just finished a personal BBs mix CD for my father, a music lover (& collector) and casual fan of the BBs. A couple of years ago he borrowed a truck load of BBs CDs from me (all of the 2fers, PS, all kinds of official compilations, bootlegs et cetera) and spent weeks on creating his own 2-CD compilation. It was a great one. Anyway, he lost it a couple of months ago so I thought I'd give him something similar for Christmas this year: a mix of my favourite BBs material that would, for the most part, be beyond the casual fan's level of familiarity and at the same time create a constistent tone of its own (while having a sequence of tracks that makes sense). It should fit on a single CD, run under an hour and if possible feature a round number of tracks.
Anyway, the following is what I came up with. I thought that before I actually burn the damn thing I'd get some feedback from the ultra-nerds on how successful I was with the parameters mentioned above. Here it goes:
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Radio Spot #3 [from the GV box set Disc 5]
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In My Room
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All Summer Long
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Please Let Me Wonder
05
I'm Waiting For The Day
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With Me Tonight
07
Aren't You Glad
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Let The Wind Blow
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Little Bird
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Slip On Through
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Deirdre
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At My Window
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'Til I Die
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Here She Comes
15
Sail On, Sailor
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Only With You
17
I'll Bet He's Nice
18
Baby Blue
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Isn't It Time [album version]
20
Pacific Coast Highway
P.S. I'm going to use
THIS IMAGE
as the CD cover and put
THIS ONE
below the tracklist on the back.
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Cabinessenceking
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Re: BBs mix CD (Christmas present for my father)
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December 22, 2012, 09:45:23 AM »
nice one! hopefully he likes it. Imagine if Brian did a this setlist live O_O
ofc he could ass some more hits as an encore!
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Re: BBs mix CD (Christmas present for my father)
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December 22, 2012, 09:47:41 AM »
Quote from: Lowbacca on December 22, 2012, 09:23:14 AM
Hey all.
I've just finished a personal BBs mix CD for my father, a music lover (& collector) and casual fan of the BBs. A couple of years ago he borrowed a truck load of BBs CDs from me (all of the 2fers, PS, all kinds of official compilations, bootlegs et cetera) and spent weeks on creating his own 2-CD compilation. It was a great one. Anyway, he lost it a couple of months ago so I thought I'd give him something similar for Christmas this year: a mix of my favourite BBs material that would, for the most part, be beyond the casual fan's level of familiarity and at the same time create a constistent tone of its own (while having a sequence of tracks that makes sense). It should fit on a single CD, run under an hour and if possible feature a round number of tracks.
Anyway, the following is what I came up with. I thought that before I actually burn the damn thing I'd get some feedback from the ultra-nerds on how successful I was with the parameters mentioned above. Here it goes:
01
Radio Spot #3 [from the GV box set Disc 5]
02
In My Room
03
All Summer Long
04
Please Let Me Wonder
05
I'm Waiting For The Day
06
With Me Tonight
07
Aren't You Glad
08
Let The Wind Blow
09
Little Bird
10
Slip On Through
11
Deirdre
12
At My Window
13
'Til I Die
14
Here She Comes
15
Sail On, Sailor
16
Only With You
17
I'll Bet He's Nice
18
Baby Blue
19
Isn't It Time [album version]
20
Pacific Coast Highway
P.S. I'm going to use
THIS IMAGE
as the CD cover and put
THIS ONE
below the tracklist on the back.
Those are neat choices for him, especially the pictures, pretty well thought out. I find the threads about the intergenerational relationship with this music, so interesting, and often give BB CD's to my niece and nephews for Christmas. Oddly, enough one of my kids now has a girlfriend who is a BB fan, who went to the same high school as me and is teaching preschool. A hatrick, and she is "in!" She is getting a BB CD. It does not cease to amaze me that there is this whole generation of young people who are standing in their parents shoes, while they have music of their own contemporaries and that might not be a result of subliminal brainwashing as kids.
Have you thought of putting the music on a little mp3 player, that fits more than CD? Choosing a playlist is really so hard and, mostly I've found it an exercise in futility.
Whatever you decide on, he will surely love it, as you took the time to give him a gift so close to his and all of our hearts.
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December 22, 2012, 09:48:52 AM »
Nice! But there's a lack of rocking songs. No surf songs? I'd always add stuff like "Surfin' safari" "Shut down" "409" etc. but that's just me. You probably know better what your father likes
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December 22, 2012, 09:58:27 AM »
Quote from: Rocker on December 22, 2012, 09:48:52 AM
Nice! But there's a lack of rocking songs. No surf songs? I'd always add stuff like "Surfin' safari" "Shut down" "409" etc. but that's just me. You probably know better what your father likes
That was the idea: no rockers, (almost) no singles. I was aiming for a calmer, rather pensive and mellow/melancholic atmosphere. Obviously there's a couple of faster / more upbeat songs to shake things up, but they still ought to fit the bill.
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December 24, 2012, 05:53:43 AM »
Really nice mix!
I hope when I have children, they get me BB stuff for Christmas!
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December 24, 2012, 06:54:40 AM »
I like the mix too - would probably drop Deirdre in favour of another but you know your Pop!
Now I have children I hope they buy me BBs stuff for Christmas!
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December 25, 2012, 09:40:45 AM »
Quote from: Lowbacca on December 22, 2012, 09:58:27 AM
Quote from: Rocker on December 22, 2012, 09:48:52 AM
Nice! But there's a lack of rocking songs. No surf songs? I'd always add stuff like "Surfin' safari" "Shut down" "409" etc. but that's just me. You probably know better what your father likes
That was the idea: no rockers, (almost) no singles. I was aiming for a
calmer, rather pensive and mellow/melancholic atmosphere
. Obviously there's a couple of faster / more upbeat songs to shake things up, but they still ought to fit the bill.
"All I Wanna Do"...
"All This Is That".
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Re: BBs mix CD (Christmas present for my father)
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on December 25, 2012, 09:40:45 AM
Quote from: Lowbacca on December 22, 2012, 09:58:27 AM
Quote from: Rocker on December 22, 2012, 09:48:52 AM
Nice! But there's a lack of rocking songs. No surf songs? I'd always add stuff like "Surfin' safari" "Shut down" "409" etc. but that's just me. You probably know better what your father likes
That was the idea: no rockers, (almost) no singles. I was aiming for a
calmer, rather pensive and mellow/melancholic atmosphere
. Obviously there's a couple of faster / more upbeat songs to shake things up, but they still ought to fit the bill.
"All I Wanna Do"...
"All This Is That".
Summer's Gone, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, My Diane.
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Re: BBs mix CD (Christmas present for my father)
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December 25, 2012, 03:35:56 PM »
I'd suggest Back Home and Let's Put Our Hearts Together , two of my personal "off the beaten track" favourites.
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January 10, 2013, 09:55:58 AM »
Thanks guys. He hasn't listened to it yet, but I'm sure he's going to like it.
@Junebug/EgoHanger/AGD: basically all the tracks you guys mentioned were in the mix at one point or another - but were deleted due to the overall experience/sequence being more important than individual tracks. Many thanks, anyway!
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