My Awesome Mix Tapes-Part I(1960's)

[Puck Bond]

Since I have a shitty car and no CD player I have to still record CDs onto cassette tapes and then listen to those while in my car(Yes I kick it old school...still don't own a cell phone either). Lately I have been gathering all kinds of music(especially classic rock bands) and am compiling awesome mix tapes of classic rock songs...I'm going from the 60's through to the present. Here is the first two I made...(I use 120 minute tapes 60/60 so that way I can cram on as much music as possible).

Now some bands span over multiple era's and decades(I use them on multiple tapes) so I'll specify which era...and some songs I have to leave out because of time constraints(I'll mention which ones)

Tape 1-Bands that really changed the face of music in the early and mid 60's
Side A
The Beatles
Love Me Do
She Loves You
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Yesterday
Hey Jude
Come Together
1960's Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin
It Ain't Me Babe
Mr. Tambourine Man
Like a Rolling Stone
1960's The Who
I Can't Explain
My Generation
The Kids Are Alright
Pinball Wizard

Side B
1960's The Rolling Stones
Time Is on My Side
(I Can't Get No)Satisfaction
Paint It, Black
Sympathy for the Devil
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Gimme Shelter
Had to leave out...You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Yardbirds
For Your Love
Heart Full of Soul
Evil Hearted You
I'm a Man
Train Kept A Rollin'
Stroll On
Cream
I Feel Free
Sunshine of Your Love
White Room
Crossroads


Tape 2-Late 60's, swinging 60's, summer of love, all that hippie lovin' fun!
Side A
The Mamas & the Papas
Monday, Monday
Straight Shooter
California Dreamin'
Jefferson Airplane
Somebody to Love
White Rabbit
Eskimo Blue Day
Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze
Hey Joe
The Wind Cries Mary
Foxy Lady
Fire
Little Wing
All Along the Watchtower
60'sJanis Joplin
Bye, Bye Baby
Piece of My Heart
Summertime
Try(Just A Little Bit Harder)

Side B
60'sThe Doors
Break On Through
Light My Fire
Love Me Two Times
People Are Strange
Had to leave out...Touch Me
Steppenwolf
Born to Be Wild
Magic Carpet Ride
The Guess Who
American Woman
60'sCreedence Clearwater Revival
Susie Q
Proud Mary
Bad Moon Rising
Lodi
Had to leave out...Down on the Corner
Fortunate Son
60'sLed Zeppelin
Good Times, Bad Times
Dazed and Confused
Whole Lotta Love

So there are the first of my 2 awesome mix tapes...tell me what you think of these...and be on the lookout for my next update...

[The Heart Collector]

Needs more Sly & The Family Stone, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys.

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector
Needs more Sly & The Family Stone, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys.


Yeah, those and some Grateful Dead. And some Allman Brothers, some FRANK ZAPPA (if you're into him, that is, which isn't necessarily the case), James Brown, a touch of the Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Santana, and some amateurs with a shitty drummer who went by the name, "THE WHO." I know this is way too much to fit on your two tapes, just suggestions if you were to make more. 'Twould be easy indeed to make a tape for each YEAR of the sixties, and still have everything be essential.

[Puck Bond]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
Yeah, those and some Grateful Dead. And some Allman Brothers, some FRANK ZAPPA (if you're into him, that is, which isn't necessarily the case), James Brown, a touch of the Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel, Santana, and some amateurs with a shitty drummer who went by the name, "THE WHO." I know this is way too much to fit on your two tapes, just suggestions if you were to make more. 'Twould be easy indeed to make a tape for each YEAR of the sixties, and still have everything be essential.

Yeah you mention some good ones there, but like you said that is a lot to fit onto one 120 minute tape...By the way if you notice I do have The Who on there and I will have some more from them on my upcoming 70's tape.

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Puck Bond
By the way if you notice I do have The Who on there and I will have some more from them on my upcoming 70's tape.

Aha, I stand corrected. :D

[bluesbrother965]

By the way, I forgot to mention that, suggestions aside, it is a very good couple of tapes. (sorry for the double post) :)

[Frank the Tank]

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King...
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Zig Zag Wanderer
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Yellow Brick Road
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Moonlight In Vermont
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - China Pig
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - The Blimp
Johnny Cash - Going To Memphis
Johnny Cash - Apache Tears
Johnny Cash - Mean As Hell
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
Johnny Cash - Long Black Vail

And you need some Miles Davis if you can fit anything on there.

[bluesbrother965]

Yeah, Johnny Cash'd be good, but I think Captain Beefheart (GENIUS that he is) and King Crimson are a bit too off the radar screen (or at least were in the sixties) to put on. I base this on the assumption that Puck's trying to create a sort of "spirit of the sixties", nostalgic album, as opposed to making a tape of simply the best music of the sixties, in which case the Señor Van Vliet and King Crimson and ESPECIALLY Miles Davis would apply. Good to see that some other people on here listen to jazz, too.

[Puck Bond]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
I base this on the assumption that Puck's trying to create a sort of "spirit of the sixties", nostalgic album, as opposed to making a tape of simply the best music of the sixties.

Bluesbrother you are grasping what I am trying to do with this...I am making tapes with themes/spirit. All this music was way before my time...I was a teen in the 90's! So I am still discovering a lot of this music from the era so bare that in mind. I appreciate all the suggestions and am always willing to expand my musical tastes, but a lot of the artists you and others mentioned I just don't know their music or are not familiar with them. Of course I know who Johnny Cash was and in regards to Miles Davis I am not a jazz enthusiast per se but I do love the jazz influence in some of the music I do like...huge fan of horns(especially in reggae, ska and swing music)...and in fact I'm a big fan of two Female Jazz vocalists in Billie Holiday and Anita O'Day.

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Puck Bond
Bluesbrother you are grasping what I am trying to do with this...I am making tapes with themes/spirit. All this music was way before my time...I was a teen in the 90's! So I am still discovering a lot of this music from the era so bare that in mind.

I was a wee lad listening to Raffi in the 90's. :D


Originally posted by Puck Bond Of course I know who Johnny Cash was and in regards to Miles Davis I am not a jazz enthusiast per se but I do love the jazz influence in some of the music I do like...huge fan of horns(especially in reggae, ska and swing music)...and in fact I'm a big fan of two Female Jazz vocalists in Billie Holiday and Anita O'Day.

Just to avoid misunderstanding, Miles Davis's late sixties stuff (from about '67 onward) is FUSION, which is, technically, rock, in terms of rhythm structure. It's only called jazz because it's basically all improvisation on top of the set rhythm, and improvisation is waht makes jazz jazz. So, even if you're not into traditional jazz (bebop, swing, Dixieland, etc.), you might like some of the fusion. And if you're into jazz singers, I suggest you try out Ella Fitzgerald if you already haven't, she's my favorite. :)