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Hello,
I’ve been thinking about doing a Valentine’s Day mix for a little while now, but have unfortunately procrastinated too long and have had to compromise the original vision I had for the mix with this shortened, but equally effective and heart-moving set. Well, originally I intended there to be both a side 1 & 2 to this mix, with side 1 being a sweet and optimistic falling-in-love kind of thing, and side 2 representing the sorrowful, bitter, lonely, and resentful side of heartbreak. Now with time pressing down on me, and Valentine’s Day right in my face, I’ve only time to make one mix and I am choosing side two, so goodbye side one…hope to see you again some time! And also, to be honest, I have a secret obsession with sad music and I have been looking forward to making side two more so than side one. You know, maybe I will post a nice love mix in the following weeks to balance this one out, we’ll see. Well, I suppose if you are feeling down and out this Valentine’s Day then maybe this isn’t the right sort of musical choice for this particular week (may I suggest the previous jazz post), but I felt an urge to post something special for VD so I am sorry if this isn’t the right fit. Wrapping up all this gibberish and nonsensical ballyhoo, I present to you a nice fat stinking heartbreak mix, hope it suffices.
Collin
PS. And you know there are a billion awesome heartbreak songs out there and it was pure torture for me to whittle down all of my choices to a half an hour set, so please ignore any possible glaring omissions you may notice and know that I am trying.
PPS. Day, fellow audio blogger and general all around good guy, has posted a nice mix full of Valentine Love Goodies and Sweet Nothings over at his blog, Vintage Vinyl Revival. His mix would undoubtedly make a great side one to this one.
Artist / Album / Song
Roy Orbison / Bear Family 55-65 / It’s Over
Sam Cooke / The Man Who Invented Soul / Trouble Blues
Frank Zappa / MOFO / How Could I be such a Fool?
Louis Armstrong / Best of / I’m Confessin’
Leonard Cohen / Death of a Ladies Man / Iodine
The Kinks / Kinda Kinks / I Go to Sleep
Otis Redding / Pain in my Heart / Pain in my Heart
Buddy Holly / The Complete Buddy Holly / It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Smog / Knock Knock / Left Only With Love
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Even though we didn’t plan it, we sort of did end up with an ultimate complimenting A&B side collaborative mix-tape. I’ve got the A-side covered over yonder, http://vintagevinylrevival.com/radio/080414_sweet-nothings …and I linked up with this post, the B-side, from there as well. Happy brooding. I’m loving it.
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