>Blame Croz for this one. Jefito too, for that matter.

These truly are mix tapes: facsimiles of the C90s I’ve still got in the loft, digitized from the original and cleaned up a bit. (And occasionally a clean version substituted)

They’re pretty random.

There’s occasionally a link to be found, depending on the mood or creativity prevalent at the time – Dire Straits and Springsteen are linked by Roy Bittan – played piano on both sessions; Ronstadt and Feat by the sequence of tracks on “Heart like a wheel”.

But it’s mostly a collection of “Good Bits” – the raunchy guitar solo at the end of “Wake up dreaming” or the stunning kick of “Stone’s throw”

And the last track tends to be one that the stopwatch told me I needed….

Don’t know about you, but these tracks are so embedded in the grey matter that whenever I hear “Against the wind” on the radio, I still always wait for the first notes of “Chuck E”…

Track listings are tagged in the lyrics

Enjoy

Mix and Match #1.mp3 76.2MB 1:23:16

Tunnel Of Love – Dire Straits
Adam raised a Cain – Bruce Springsteen
How I Spent My Fall Vacation – Bruce Cockburn
Against The Wind – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Chuck E.’s In Love – Ricky Lee Jones
Lonesome loser – Little River Band
(Goin’) Wild For You Baby – Bonnie Raitt
Star baby – Guess Who
Days gone down – Gerry Rafferty
When will I be loved – Linda Ronstadt
Willin’ – Little Feat
Wake up dreaming – Little Feat
Baby come home – J. D Souther
Hotel California – The Eagles
Darkness on the edge of town – Bruce Springsteen
Walking in the wind – Traffic
A Stone’s Throw Away- Valerie Carter
Albert Flasher – Guess Who