Playlist for CD Compilation: Future Hits
The second collection I made was of newer stuff. In truth a few of these songs are well over a year old, but I don’t feel…
The second collection I made was of newer stuff. In truth a few of these songs are well over a year old, but I don’t feel…
At work we had a ‘mixtape’ swap among the staff. I couldn’t resist making a New Wave compilation. In retrospect there are a dozen or so…
still plenty of songs for the 80’s collections to go…
I think the College Radio compilation may just be the best compilation I’ve ever made. I’m enormously proud of it, it really captures a musical snapshot of the birth of alternative… when college radio stations were the only way to hear most of these quirky sounds. I came close to calling it “Twangy and Jangly” which is what Peter Buck of R.E.M. once called their sound, but it didn’t fit for all of it. I look forward to making a few more college radio compilations, I’ve got ideas already.
How on earth could someone cram the best of an entire decade into just a handful of CD’s?! Well I’m attempting it.
Darkwave pt1 1. The Cure – In Between Days 2. Depeche Mode – Master and Servant 3. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon 4….
The 10,000 Maniacs song is just because :) the rest are new singles/albums out recently that I really dig. Click the button for the full track listing!