In Praise of the Mixed Tape

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

The other day I came across a mixed tape dated 2/7/91. This may have been one of the last mixed tapes I ever made. The song list:

Side A
Veil of Tears: Soul Asylum
Gouge Away: The Pixies
When It Began: The Mats
Don't Wanna Know If You are Lonely: Husker Du
Near Wild Heaven: REM
Sweet Child O'Mine: GnR
Sitting Still: REM
Back on The USSR: The Beatles
Cuts you Up: Peter Murphy
Soul Love/Moonage Daydream: David Bowie

Side B
Butterflies: Miracle Legion
Na, Na, Na, Na: The Squalls
Gimme Shelter: The Stones
Let My Love Open the Door: Pete Townsend
Cry For Love: Iggy Pop
A Means to An End: Joy Division
Frederick: Patti Smith Group
Did Ya Ever: Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry


I'm glad my car has a tape deck. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this one in the last few weeks.

I wish I had the ones I made in college. I went to Fordham and WFUV is 50,000 watts. No matter what you taped you'd hear WFUV in the background of the tape. One time I was studying and I thought I left my radio on. I went to turn it off only to realize the WFUV was coming in on my speakers by itself. And people worry about living under power lines. I'm sure that shaved off a couple years from my life. :laugh:

[TheMojoPin]

Such an awesome thread, Fuzzy. I miss mixtapes so damn bad. I made at least a couple hundred of the things over my high school and initial college years that I slaved over for days on end. Of course, they were al to be given to someone else, so I don't have any now to look back on...but man, I wish I did.

[PapaBear]

As a teen, and in my early 20's, I spent WAY too much time making mix tapes. I cringe when I think about the ones I made for girls. Oh, and all of the tapes had to have artwork, too.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

As a teen, and in my early 20's, I spent WAY too much time making mix tapes. I cringe when I think about the ones I made for girls. Oh, and all of the tapes had to have artwork, too.

That's VERY cool!

I got a bunch of mixed tapes from guys. Some of them had artwork. I saved those. Unfortunately they are in a shoe box in a storage unit...

[FUNKMAN]

back in the day it was Side A - Rick James / Side B - Madonna

a favorite now is a cd mix of Third Eyed BLind / Avril / The Alarm / The Farm / and Cyndi Lauper

[TheMojoPin]

As a teen, and in my early 20's, I spent WAY too much time making mix tapes. I cringe when I think about the ones I made for girls. Oh, and all of the tapes had to have artwork, too.

I'd always have to do artwork or stylized writing along the spine.

[PapaBear]

I'd always have to do artwork or stylized writing along the spine.
You must be very flexible.

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I always appreciated artwork.

Sometimes when my best friend and I would trade mixed tapes, we'd cut in some cheezy songs in the middle of the songs. Like, in the middle of, say, The Cramps "Garbageman" we might interrupt it with a song by The Bay City Rollers.

[DolaMight]

my mixtapes required little to no work labelling them. "RAPP" whas what they read.

[paracetamol flanders]

I liked when my mixed tapes captured some heartwarming defect of a record, like a skip or a loud pop. Such flaws would become so hardwired that a new copy of the record or a CD would just be disappointing in comparison.

When I used to sort of grow sick of certain mixed tapes I would just leave them laying (with amazing artwork, of course) in some public place hoping that some random person might actually give one a shot.

[Badinia]

I have a mix tape made for me by an older friend when I was 17, and it pretty much created my musical taste. It includes:

The Lunatics- Fun Boy Three
Little Bitch- The Specials
The Scooby Doo Theme
Damaged Goods- Gang of Four
Lost in the Supermarket- The Clash
Supernatural Thing-Siouxie and the Banshees
The "Speed" sketch from early SNL


Masterful!

My friend John once made me a mix tape that was 60 minutes of Kajagoogoo's "Too Shy". It was called "too much too shy". hilarious.

[paracetamol flanders]

Fuck, now that I think of it, when I was about 11 or 12 I had a tape of random Beatles songs that broke. Someone's dad fixed it with splicing tape, but the small spliced area played backwards, and that was my favourite part of the tape (It was something fairly early, so no Paul Is Dead messages came through).

I also remember listening to the radio in Detroit when I was around the same age and taping whatever sounded good to me. One of the DJ's on WRIF was having a birthday and got a half hour to go off playlist and he played "Driving Me Backwards" by Eno. So I had this tape that had everything from Roxy Music to Aerosmith with slurred beginnings and ends and that strange ambient radio noise that pulsates through, and in the middle of it all was this bizarre dirge that so fascinated me that I made a couple copies of the tape and handed it out to unlucky friends. I wish I could find that fucking thing. Sort of a template for my current listening life.

[PapaBear]

I have a mix tape made for me by an older friend when I was 17
I think we may know each other!:innocent:

[joethebartender]

The other day I came across a mixed tape dated 2/7/91. This may have been one of the last mixed tapes I ever made. The song list:

Side A
Veil of Tears: Soul Asylum
Gouge Away: The Pixies
When It Began: The Mats
Don't Wanna Know If You are Lonely: Husker Du
Near Wild Heaven: REM
Sweet Child O'Mine: GnR
Sitting Still: REM
Back on The USSR: The Beatles
Cuts you Up: Peter Murphy
Soul Love/Moonage Daydream: David Bowie

Side B
Butterflies: Miracle Legion
Na, Na, Na, Na: The Squalls
Gimme Shelter: The Stones
Let My Love Open the Door: Pete Townsend
Cry For Love: Iggy Pop
A Means to An End: Joy Division
Frederick: Patti Smith Group
Did Ya Ever: Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry


I'm glad my car has a tape deck. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this one in the last few weeks.

I wish I had the ones I made in college. I went to Fordham and WFUV is 50,000 watts. No matter what you taped you'd hear WFUV in the background of the tape. One time I was studying and I thought I left my radio on. I went to turn it off only to realize the WFUV was coming in on my speakers by itself. And people worry about living under power lines. I'm sure that shaved off a couple years from my life. :laugh:

Search the Muxtapes!!

[Stankfoot]

Great Thread Fuzzy!

My tapes were always theme based or for specific occasions! I had the VCR attached to the stereo and would put key movie scenes between songs (WLIR did this a lot).

My favorite was one I made for a camping trip. I snuck it on early the first morning while everyone was sleeping. I left a few minutes of silence so I could get back to my tent. Then came a clip from Bill Murray in "Meatballs" ("Attention campers ......") followed by Husker Du's "New Day Rising" at full volume ("NEW DAY RISING, NEW DAY RISING, NEW DAY RISING.....").

Good times. I wish I could find that tape....

[djjd]

artwork for me was as important as the music, it still is when i make cd's

among my group of friends in the 80's i was the tape guy, if we were going on a road trip i'd show up with 4 or 5 mixtapes for the road

to this day if i hear golden earrings "radar love", i expect to hear bto "ain't seen nothing yet" right after it because of a mixtape road trip were that pairing popped up

i also had some standard intros i would use, one of my faves

start the tape with the first minute of don mcleans "american pie", through in negativland's "announcement" (it's great i starts with an audible click of a switch, and a voice saying, "naw, i don't like that" and another voice saying, "well try it with just a little more of a rise thing on it", and announcer voice then describe show to get and hold an audience, the song ends with a count down, "special designer song begins in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1), a favourite song to follow up with is xtc's cover of "all along the watchtower". i end the tape with the last 2 minutes of "american pie"

American Pie (intro)

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

Announcement

Naah, I don't like that.
(Well, try just putting a, even if it takes a hair more time,
putting a little bit more....little rise thing on your exit.)

(Track 13....)

This announcement from the producers of this record contains
important information for radio program directors, and is not for broadcast.

The first cut on this record has been cross-format-focused for
airplay success. As you well know, a record must break on radio in order to
actually provide a living for the artists involved. Up until now, you've
had to make these record-breaking decisions on your own, relying only on
perplexing intangibilities like taste and intuition.

But now, there's a better way.

The cut that follows is the product of newly-developed
compositional techniques, based on state-of-the-art marketing analysis
technology. This cut has been analytically designed to break on radio. And
it will, sooner or later.
For the station that breaks it first, the benefits are obvious. You
lead the pack. Yes, no matter what share of this crazy market you do
business in, no other release is going to satisfy your corporation's
current idea of good radio like this one. On this cut, we're working
together, on the same wavelength, in scientific harmony.

But remember, this cut is constructed for multi-market-breaking
NOW. Don't waste valuable research with needless delay. We've done the hard
work of insuring your success; the final step is up to you.


SPECIAL DESIGNER SONG FOLLOWS IN 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1

insert wonderful mix of songs, end with...

American Pie (outro)

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.

And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."

[Ritalin]

Ah college!

I had a girlfriend who used to make me the greatest mix tapes. I still have them in a closet somewhere. Listening to them would feel like I was cheating on my wife.

She used to pull one line out of one of the songs on the tape to name the mix. The best tape, the one I damn near wore out, was named "heatpipes just cough". I can still picture her writing in black fine point marker on the label.

[Gvac]

During my recent spring cleaning I uncovered dozens of mixed tapes. Some are even original recordings of my old band or just me on acoustic with a few songs I'd written.

For some reason I didn't get rid of them.

[docgoblin]

Great Thread Fuzzy!

My tapes were always theme based or for specific occasions! I had the VCR attached to the stereo and would put key movie scenes between songs (WLIR did this a lot).

My favorite was one I made for a camping trip. I snuck it on early the first morning while everyone was sleeping. I left a few minutes of silence so I could get back to my tent. Then came a clip from Bill Murray in "Meatballs" ("Attention campers ......") followed by Husker Du's "New Day Rising" at full volume ("NEW DAY RISING, NEW DAY RISING, NEW DAY RISING.....").

Good times. I wish I could find that tape....

I did the same thing quite a bit in the 80s. I had a mixer and I used to insert comedy bits, movie scenes and old time radio bits in between songs and sometimes during instrumental breaks. There was alot of creativity in putting together a good mixed tape. It used to take hours. Now you can do it in ten minutes.

[EffMeBoobs]

During my recent spring cleaning I uncovered dozens of mixed tapes. Some are even original recordings of my old band or just me on acoustic with a few songs I'd written.

For some reason I didn't get rid of them.

You mean they didn't sell at the tag sale?

[Gvac]

You mean they didn't sell at the tag sale?

Do you honestly think I'd sell such priceless items at a garage sale?

Call Christie's!

[Furtherman]

I borrowed my mom's car recently and in the glove compartment I found gloves.

I also found a mix tape I made from sometime in the 80's of THE KINKS! It was a mix of album songs and live recordings I made off the radio. WMMR in Philadelphia was hosting thier.. maybe 15 year reunion?... at the Mann Music Center and playing some of the show live.

What a great tape.

I use to take so much time writing in the songs on the back of the tape case. They gave you such small lines to work with. Trying to get the name and artist on there without messing up (HAD to be in pen of course) was very stressful.

In college I loved making mixed tapes for college. 2 or 4 90 minute tapes. Both sides. In a continous pla stereo that would automatically flip the first tape and then continue on to the next tapes for hours of music. I wish I had the tapes for the 70's party I did... Time Life eat yer heart out!!

[paracetamol flanders]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0789311992.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

This fun little book came out last year and covers the very subject at hand through stories behind various people's mixed tapes.

[Stankfoot]

I remember losing track of one mix tape. Around five years later I was at party at a friends house and I hear "Public Image" by PiL followed by something by Johnny Thunders (I forget which song). I asked what we were listening to (the mix sounded familiar) and my friend's sister said it was a tape they found and it was her favorite. I asked to see it and of course it was mine. It felt great because I knew that without that tape most of them would never have heard any of the groups on it .....

[djjd]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0789311992.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

This fun little book came out last year and covers the very subject at hand through stories behind various people's mixed tapes.


good book, i picked it up when it first came out

[goreds2]

I have a lot of old mixed Hank Williams JR, ZZ Top and Def Leppard on the same cassette. I play them in the garage in the summer along with LP's and of course my XM radio. An old slot machine handle fridge with cold beer adds to the enjoyment. :thumbup:

(Looks something like this)

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/171707/2/istockphoto_171707-old-refrigerator.jpg

[hedges]

When cds came out that is what I would usually transfer to the mixtape. But I had mixtapes that were specifically all records, or 45s, all tapes, or a mix of everything. And I didn't always label the tapes and list the songs. It's nice to be surprised. I started making Blues mixtapes and giving them away. I've only made two cd-->cd mixes. I don't have the cd recorder anymore.

[mikeyboy]

My wife has held on to the mix tapes I made for her when we were dating. I don't think we even have a tape player anymore, but she still has them.

[goreds2]

My wife has held on to the mix tapes I made for her when we were dating. I don't think we even have a tape player anymore, but she still has them.

The perfect Valentine's Day gift. :thumbup:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M3T2jN4f_nM/R9Yqot7q9AI/AAAAAAAAAKU/BMVJRBjF_ns/s400/ghetto+blaster.jpeg

[mikeyboy]

The perfect Valentine's Day gift. :thumbup:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M3T2jN4f_nM/R9Yqot7q9AI/AAAAAAAAAKU/BMVJRBjF_ns/s400/ghetto+blaster.jpeg

http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/say-anything.jpg

[hedges]

Here's a random mixtape I made about twenty years ago:

Side A
Clockwork Orange Theme - W. Carlos
Stones - Undercover of Night
Pablo Picasso - Burning Sensations
Mustang Sally - Buddy Guy
I'm Comin' On - 10 Years After
All Along The Watchtower - Michael Hedges
Going To The Country - Steve Miller
Had Enough - The Who
Salad Days - Minor Threat
Before and After - Rush
Rawhide - Dead Kennedys
South Central Rain - R.E.M.
Blowin' Like Hell - William Clarke

Side B
Slip Kid - The Who
Anggie - Bus Boys
Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
Throwing Stones - G. Dead (4/9/91)
C-Boy's Blues - Fabulous Thunderbirds
Hot Summer Nights - Van Halen
Didacts and Narpets - Rush
Peace In Mississippi - Hendrix
Bob and Nico - Lounge Lizards
The Taker - Tony Macalpine
Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

[Misteriosa]

The perfect Valentine's Day gift. :thumbup:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M3T2jN4f_nM/R9Yqot7q9AI/AAAAAAAAAKU/BMVJRBjF_ns/s400/ghetto+blaster.jpeg

holy shit.... my uncle had that exact radio :blink:

i would make mix tapes for myself off krock and z100(before they switched formats). once i started to remember what the names of the bands were, i would get a cd here or there and tape off that or borrow cds from people at school.

i received one mixtape in my whole life. it was from a guy i didnt like who liked me too much (stalkerish to this day). i played the tape and the first song was some house (?) song that had a male lead singing "I love you, baby!" over and over again. i stopped it, took it out, and snapped that shit in half, never listening to the rest.

edit: ugh.. i found the song...

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[Chigworthy]

http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/say-anything.jpg

A real man would pick this:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2tWTjoaGSOc/SuHGFJLbpXI/AAAAAAAAAwc/c8-D-Go_h1s/s200/radio_raheem.jpg

[TripleSkeet]

Just found 2 of my old mix tapes from either 1994 or 1995 while helping my grandmother clean out her upstairs. Wow...

Tape 1
A
Doo Doo Brown: 2 Hyped Bros. & a Dog
Scenario: Tribe Called Quest
Daaam: Alkoholiks
Protect ya Neck: Wu Tang
Steppin to the AM: 3rd Bass
Party & Bullshit: Biggy Smalls
Diary of a Madman: Gravediggaz
Im the Magnificent: Special Ed
Let Me Ride: Dr. Dre
Nuff Respect Do: Big Daddy Kane
The Choice is Yours: Black Sheep
Chief Rocka: Lords of the Underground
Flava in your Ear: Craig Mack
They Want EFX: Das EFX


B
Hand on the Pump: Cypress Hill
Dre Day: Dr. Dre
Jack of Spade: BDP
Down with the King: Run DMC
Tennessee: Arrested Development
1800 Suicide: Gravediggaz
La Schmoove: Fu Schnickens
Cut Creator: LL Cool J
Dwyck: Gangstarr
The Tower: Ice T
CREAM: Wu Tang
Jump Around: House of Pain
Paid in Full: Erik B. and Rakim
Release Yo Delf: Method Man

Tape 2
A
Back by Dope Demand: King Bee
Danger: Blahzay Blahzay
The Symphony: Kool G Rap
Nuttin But a G Thang: Dr. Dre
Black Cop: BDP
Reign of the Tec: Beatnuts
Rock the Bells: LL Cool J
Mass Appeal: Gangstarr
Tic Tok: Lords of the Underground
Born to Roll: Masta Ace
Here it Comes: MC Search
Insane in the Brain: Cypress Hill
Survival of the Fittest: Mobb Deep
Back to the Hotel: N2Deep


B
Uptown Anthem: Naughty by Nature
Sometimes I Rhyme Slow: Nice and Smooth
The Creator: Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Throw ya Gunz: Onyx
Players Club: Rappin 4 Tay
Most Beautifullest Thing: Keith Murray
Murder was the Case: Snoop
I got it Made: Special Ed
Gangsta Bitch: Apache
My Part of Town: Tuff Crew
Regulate: Warren G
Know The Ledge: Erik B. and Rakim
Mystery of Chessboxin: Wu Tang
Mr. Dobolina: Del The Funky Homosapien
Get the Point: C.E.B.

[paulisded]

i received one mixtape in my whole life. it was from a guy i didnt like who liked me too much (stalkerish to this day). i played the tape and the first song was some house (?) song that had a male lead singing "I love you, baby!" over and over again. i stopped it, took it out, and snapped that shit in half, never listening to the rest.



Oh God, that reminds me of an incident from a few months ago. My favorite coffee shop employee had more than her share of admirers, including this drone who was at least twice her age. One day he came in with a mix CD for her, and innocently believing that he was a bit of a hipster just wanting to share some music she immediately put it on the store's stereo system. The entire disc was Top 40 love songs - not the Titanic theme song but the same type of MOR dreck. She was pretty creeped out by this.

[Aggie]

Just found 2 of my old mix tapes from either 1994 or 1995 while helping my grandmother clean out her upstairs. Wow...

Tape 1
A
Doo Doo Brown: 2 Hyped Bros. & a Dog
Scenario: Tribe Called Quest
Daaam: Alkoholiks
Protect ya Neck: Wu Tang
Steppin to the AM: 3rd Bass
Party & Bullshit: Biggy Smalls
Diary of a Madman: Gravediggaz
Im the Magnificent: Special Ed
Let Me Ride: Dr. Dre
Nuff Respect Do: Big Daddy Kane
The Choice is Yours: Black Sheep
Chief Rocka: Lords of the Underground
Flava in your Ear: Craig Mack
They Want EFX: Das EFX


B
Hand on the Pump: Cypress Hill
Dre Day: Dr. Dre
Jack of Spade: BDP
Down with the King: Run DMC
Tennessee: Arrested Development
1800 Suicide: Gravediggaz
La Schmoove: Fu Schnickens
Cut Creator: LL Cool J
Dwyck: Gangstarr
The Tower: Ice T
CREAM: Wu Tang
Jump Around: House of Pain
Paid in Full: Erik B. and Rakim
Release Yo Delf: Method Man

Tape 2
A
Back by Dope Demand: King Bee
Danger: Blahzay Blahzay
The Symphony: Kool G Rap
Nuttin But a G Thang: Dr. Dre
Black Cop: BDP
Reign of the Tec: Beatnuts
Rock the Bells: LL Cool J
Mass Appeal: Gangstarr
Tic Tok: Lords of the Underground
Born to Roll: Masta Ace
Here it Comes: MC Search
Insane in the Brain: Cypress Hill
Survival of the Fittest: Mobb Deep
Back to the Hotel: N2Deep


B
Uptown Anthem: Naughty by Nature
Sometimes I Rhyme Slow: Nice and Smooth
The Creator: Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Throw ya Gunz: Onyx
Players Club: Rappin 4 Tay
Most Beautifullest Thing: Keith Murray
Murder was the Case: Snoop
I got it Made: Special Ed
Gangsta Bitch: Apache
My Part of Town: Tuff Crew
Regulate: Warren G
Know The Ledge: Erik B. and Rakim
Mystery of Chessboxin: Wu Tang
Mr. Dobolina: Del The Funky Homosapien
Get the Point: C.E.B.

for a racist you sure like rap music.

[Marc with a c]

a short by luke snellin reminds me of the awful tapes i made for girls in middle school and how embarrassed i'd be if anybody opened up the ceramic pumpkin sitting atop my bookshelf in my room and played some of the copies i still have.

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[TripleSkeet]

for a racist you sure like rap music.

LIKED rap music. Im pretty convinced that most of rap died after 1998. I mean look at those tapes. Amazing.

I also used to have a decent amount of freestyle / techno mix tapes too. These 2 just happened to be the ones that I found.

[Freakshow]

http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/say-anything.jpg

You're giving her John Cusak for VDay? Very generous.

[furie]

all my tapes were destroyed when i moved to florida. having grown up in NY, i wasn't prepared for the heat inside a car during the day. my entire bootleg collection wiped out.

i suck

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Now playing: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Opium Tea (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/nick+cave+%26+the+bad+seeds/track/opium+tea)
via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[goreds2]

After reading this thread, I wish it was summer time so I could go out to my garage and play the TAPE tunes. Too cold right now and it is unheated.

[Suspect Chin]

A real man would pick this:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2tWTjoaGSOc/SuHGFJLbpXI/AAAAAAAAAwc/c8-D-Go_h1s/s200/radio_raheem.jpg

Imagine the batteries needed to run that thing?

[Joe Pietaro]

In the 80s, I had a whole homemade collection of mixed tapes that I called "Kick Ass Car Tape Number__," and used Roman numerals like the Super Bowl.

One opened up with "S.A.T.O." from Ozzy's "Diary of a Madman." I even had some obscure shit on them like Loudness, a Japanese heavy metal band with obvious accents.