Various Artists - '1971' [80:00]

Various - '1971' (1971) [80:00]
(Tracklist in approximate sequence. Tracks are often segued/overlapped)

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01 Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck
02 Yoko Ono - Mindtrain
03 Curtis Mayfield - Get Down
04 Leonard Cohen - Avalanche
05 Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
06 Mogul - Cahit's Tune
07 Joni Mitchell - All I Want
08 Cluster - 15:33
09 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
10 Nico - Janitor of Lunacy
11 T-Rex - Mambo Sun
12 Gil Scott-heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
13 Popul Vuh - Kha-White Structures
14 Steve Reich - Drumming Part IV
15 Ennio Morricone - Fondante Paure
16 Moondog - Down is Up
17 Miles Davis - Willie Nelson
18 Comus - Bitten
19 Faust - Why Don't You Eat Carrots?
20 Serge Gainsbourg - Melody
21 Colin Blunstone - Let Me Come Closer to You
22 Can - Halleluhwah
23 Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling
24 Leo Kotke - The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds
25 James Brown - Hot Pants
26 Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri/Sunrise in the Third System
27 Weather Report - Umbrellas
28 Fela Kuti - Open & Close
29 Joseph Zawinul - Arrival in New York
30 Alice Coltrane - The Ankh of Amen-Ra
31 Mahavishnu Orchestra - You Know You Know
32 John Lennon - Oh My Love


Obviously not trying to be comprehensive or broadly eclectic. Just some of my favourite tunes from '71. Highly mixed, with lots of segues/overlapping, but ultimately it still feels like a "song-based" mix. Probably nothing surprising for Dissensians, but I've got the sendspace up so I figured I might as well post it.

Thanks, all. Hope it can live up to the individual components.

I dig mixing like this--pop songs in with atmospheric/instrumental works--because if someone listens with speakers, with partial attention, or at low volume, they're likely to hear a song compilation; headphones or more attention make it more experiential. So hopefully it can fly for people who prefer one or the other--or the mood of someone who likes both.

Rambler--I can't resist using those tracks in lots of mixes over the years. Nico also seems to work well enmeshed with other pieces.

My hope is that as you listen, you'll forget that the tracks all come from one year. . .

Should I try to work Stevie Wonder's "Look Around" in? Ditto Led Zeppelin's cover of "When the Levee Breaks" (the one track of theirs that's hard to deny--pretty rad production, honestly). . .

And if so, anyone see any space? Or candidates for replacement?

xenon said:

just listened to this.... fucking. brilliant.

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Thanks!

monkeysblood said:

nice one soundslike, most enjoyable.
not amazingly constructive feedback but thanks nonetheless

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Thanks!

worrior said:

finally listened to this. Fantastic. Many thanks once again.
Here's hoping that 1961 or 1991 might be next...

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'61 and '91 are both definitely more outside my most frequented range (unless I focused in on Jazz for '61). I was actually thinking '72 or '74 were probably up next. . .

Mr. Tea said:

Not bad. Needs more Sabbath.

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Did debate that with myself, along with the Led Zeppelin. . . Perhaps if I did it again.