Virtual Mix Tape 1

Virtual Mix Tape 1

Side A
1. Joe Meek - I Hear a New World
2. Willie Colón & Hector Lavoe - Aguanile
3. Jay Reatard - My Shadow
4. Del Shannon - Runaway
5. Big Star - Big Black Car
6. Screaming Lord Sutch - She's Falling in Love with the Monster Man
7. The Monks - Oh, How to do now
8. The Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo
9. Mew - Drown
10. John Fahey - Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt

Side B
1. The Tornados - Telstar
2. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
3. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
4. Babatunde Olatunji - Akiwowo
5. Roy Orbison - Crying
6. Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
7. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy
8. The Beach Boys - Caroline No
9. OMD - Stanlow

This is one of those tapes that you start making for someone but never give to them. I started working on it back in January and have since modified the tracklisting. The mix tape originally contained the songs "try me" by James Brown and "I've been loving too long" by Otis Redding, which I have since removed.

Shortly after making this tape, my friend Vince asked me to make him a Brian Eno tape and a shoegaze tape. Since then I have been making mix tapes monthly.

I will be posting these monthly, but for now...

You can download the January mix tape here.