A mix CD gift from Caleb, circa 2019. Premonition — YukaKita Mura Phoenix — WolfMother Space Cruise — Ben Prunty Abyss Watchers — Yuka Kitamura Vignette: Panacea — Disasterpeace Vordt of the Boreal Valley — Motoi Sakuraba Mind’s Eye — WolfMother Excerpt from The Tribulation — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney End of the Line — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney Odyssey — Home Far Away — WolfMother Siege Dancers — Michael Salvatori, C.

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From a Maxell XLII 90 cassette given to me by my friend Chuck. Side A dated 6/20/94, Missing songs: Marion Diez, Half the Time. Side B dated 6/21/94 Get Enough — Ivy You Bite My Tongue — Unwound Our Caballero — Don Caballero Blade of Grass — Versus A Mouthful Of Exhaust — Man Or Astro-Man? Sweet Pea — Seam All Set to Go — Hard-Ons Suki — Unrest Rebound — Sebadoh Alison — Slowdive Bronx Cheer — Mercury Rev Bricks — Crain Solitary Set — Polvo

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A mix tape reconstruction: Selections by Chuck Horne. He didn’t make it for me, but it’s beautiful. What a gift! Main Sequence Diffusion / Photon / Lajolla — Füxa A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd Untitled — Jason Falkner (untitled)4 — Bundy K. Brown, Doug Scharin, and James Warden Cry, Cry — Mazzy Star Untitled — Brian Eno Bible Silver Corner — Rodan Jacking the Ball — The Sea and Cake Gymnopedie No.

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I missed the record store. I made a mix for my friends but mostly to show I was still edgy and cool. I never sent it. This track list was made for a 100-minute cassette tape. Label On Side A said “Disclaimer: Not for Customers”. Label on Side B said “Hello from Minnesota!” Psychoactive Drugs (Uncut Mix) — Emergency Broadcast Network Just Say No to Drug Hysteria [Excerpt] / Dead Souls — William S.

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Insanely Great Nineties Songs You Aren’t Sick Of, as seen on Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll Stop! — Jane’s Addiction Rave Down — Swervedriver No Kid (Acoustic Version) — Urban Dance Squad Birdbrain — Buffalo Tom Lullaby — Warrior Soul Pretty Pink Rose (Duet With David Bowie) — Adrian Belew Step On — Happy Mondays Lullabye — Concrete Blonde Soon — My Bloody Valentine Manna and Quail — Caterwaul The Beautiful Dead — Killing Joke Falling to Pieces — Faith No More Grey Cell Green — Ned’s Atomic Dustbin High Monkey Monk — Cocteau Twins You’re Not the Only One I Know — The Sundays De-Luxe — Lush Sliver — Nirvana Bury Me — Smashing Pumpkins Pushin Forward Back — Temple Of The Dog Vapour Trail — Ride I Want to Touch You — Catherine Wheel Sometimes — My Bloody Valentine Paper Doll — P.

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Side A of a mix tape I made for a friend but never sent. Welcome — Gino Latino Buffalo Gals II — Malcolm McLaren Dream of Me (Based on Love’s Theme) — Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark Sour Times — Portishead Army of Me — Björk Stars — Hum Leave Them All Behind — Ride Without Warning — Dokken Alone Again — Dokken Believe — Dig Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead Beautiful World — Devo

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More Music than Will Fit on a C90 Cassette (best played randomized) Don’t You Know What Love Is? — Touch Raise A Little Hell — Trooper Fantasy — Aldo Nova Juke Box Hero — Foreigner Hot Blooded — Foreigner Cold as Ice — Foreigner Head Games — Foreigner Double Vision — Foreigner Dirty White Boy — Foreigner Feels Like the First Time — Foreigner In the Dark — Billy Squier The Stroke — Billy Squier My Kinda Lover — Billy Squier You Know What I Like — Billy Squier Too Daze Gone — Billy Squier Lonely Is the Night — Billy Squier Whadda You Want from Me — Billy Squier Nobody Knows — Billy Squier I Need You — Billy Squier Don’t Say No — Billy Squier More Than a Feeling — Boston Peace of Mind — Boston Smokin' — Boston Hitch a Ride — Boston Something About You — Boston Let Me Take You Home Tonight — Boston Tom Sawyer — Rush Red Barchetta — Rush YYZ — Rush Limelight — Rush The Camera Eye — Rush Witch Hunt — Rush Vital Signs — Rush Ah!

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Side B of a mix tape I made for a friend but never sent. In the 90s when I put this playlist together it wasn’t nearly so sentimental as now… Talk Talk — Talk Talk Kids In America — Kim Wilde The Metro — Terri Nunn Let the Music Play — Shannon I Know There’s Something Going On — Frida The Ghost in You — Psychedelic Furs Perfect Way — Scritti Politti Voices Carry — Til Tuesday You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) — Dead Or Alive Revenge of the Gardian — T99

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Teotihuacan — Noel Gallagher This Love — Craig Armstrong Feat. Elizabeth Fraser Pharaohs — Tears for Fears Wicked Game (feat. Annaca) — Ursine Vulpine Wicked Game — Emika Do 4 Love [Emerald City 4am Mix] — Fuel The Body Wah — Tears for Fears A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd Violet — Seal Midnight in a Perfect World — DJ Shadow Teardrop — Massive Attack Above the Fog (Pt.

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