I'm all about the cassette tape right now. My car has a cassette player, and instead of trying to circumvent it with tape adapters and FM transmitters, I'm embracing the technology. I bought a Nakamichi DR-2 recorder and hit up the thrift stores for blank tapes. I love the process of going from vinyl, to digital, to tape. It's a great marriage of technologies, and in the end I get to hold something.
This mix is 30 minutes per side, perfect for a 60 minute blank tape. Dub it to tape, pop it in the car, and drive mother drive!
Or, you can buy a cassette from me and it will be the best possible quality: straight from 48 KHz 24 Bit digital audio, through the Nakamichi, to tape. Every copy is a master! Plus it'll be super personalized n' shit.
But enough about the medium, onto the message: Jump Blues and Rock. The mix touches on a lot of different genres, from jump blues to 50s rock to rockabilly to garage to gospel, but if I had to peg down a common thread, I'd say it's music that MOVES. A bit about the cover picture: Careless Whisper and Kenny G likely have damaged the legitimacy of the saxophone beyond repair, but if we go back to 1948, we can see how the instrument was supposed to be played. Big Jay McNeely killing.
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Side A Tracklist
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The Caprells - Close Your Eyes
The Sonics - Have Love, Will Travel
Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac
The Champs - Panic Button
Harold Jackson - Freedom Riders
Blanche Thomas - You Aint Such A Much
Ken Craig - Silver Coin
Sparkletones - Black Slacks
Anne Cole - Each Day
Calvin Boze - Baby, You're Tops With Me
Lonesome Lee - Lonely Travelin'
