The official CDR Go! thread

Since it coincided with the poll-closing of 1001 Songs You Gotta Hear Before You Die 1974, here's

CDR Go! 1974: Rock Attained Perfection in 1974--It's A Scientific Fact

001 “An Important Message” JACK VAN IMPE
002 Do It B.T. EXPRESS
003 Loose Booty SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
004 Sexy Ida (Part 1) IKE & TINA TURNER
005 Fever In The Funkhouse GENERAL CROOK
006 Lady Marmalade LABELLE
007 Bim Salah Bim HUDSON COUNTY
008 Roc Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again LYN COLLINS
009 Don’t Fight The Feeling SOUND EXPERIENCE
010 I Feel Sanctified COMMODORES
011 Testify PARLIAMENT
012 Lil’ Red Riding Hood THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH
013 Everybody Party All Night CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD
014 Day Of The Eagle ROBIN TROWER
015 Brighton Rock QUEEN
016 Working Man RUSH
017 Na Na Na COZY POWELL
018 Not Fragile BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE
019 Discovery ROSS
020 Ma-Ma-Ma Belle ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
021 What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, And Understanding BRINSLEY SCHWARZ
022 Overnight Sensation THE RASPBERRIES
023 The Air That I Breathe THE HOLLIES
024 Amoureuse KIKI DEE
025 Band On The Run WINGS
026 Crazy Lazy Little Miss Daisy SMYLE
027 Magic PILOT
028 Come And Get Your Love REDBONE
029 Cat’s In The Cradle HARRY CHAPIN
030 You’re Sixteen RINGO STARR
031 I Can Help BILLY SWAN
032 Nothin’ From Nothin’ BILLY PRESTON
033 Good Times Theme JIM GILSTRAP & BLINKY WILLIAMS
034 Finally Got Myself Together THE IMPRESSIONS
035 Be Thankful For What You Got WILLIAM DE VAUGHN
036 Aht Uh Mi Hed SHUGGIE OTIS
037 Rock Your Baby GEORGE MCCRAE
038 Listen To The Music DOOBIE BROTHERS
039 Rock The Boat HUES CORPORATION
040 Rock Me Gently ANDY KIM
041 Sundown GORDON LIGHTFOOT
042 This Time WAYLON JENNINGS
043 The Grand Tour GEORGE JONES
044 Bloody Mary Morning WILLIE NELSON
045 Old Home Filler-Up An’ Keep On A-Truckin’ Café C.W. MCCALL
046 Tamp ‘Em Up Solid RY COODER
047 I’m A Train ALBERT HAMMOND
048 Walk On NEIL YOUNG
049 Sweet Home Alabama LYNYRD SKYNYRD
050 Already Gone EAGLES
051 Motherless Children ERIC CLAPTON
052 The Joker STEVE MILLER BAND
053 Roxette DR. FEELGOOD
054 Party Of Special Things To Do CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
055 Red China Blues MILES DAVIS
056 La Grange ZZ TOP
057 Homework JOHN LEE HOOKER
058 Rite Away DR. JOHN
059 Chicken Heads OSCAR BROWN, JR.
060 Hey Pocky A-Way METERS
061 Funk Pump THE COUNTS
062 Don’t Let The Door TOMMY JOE WHITE
063 Your Mama Wants Ya Back BETTY DAVIS
064 Women’s Liberation THE SINGING PRINCIPAL
065 I Feel Like Dynamite KING FLOYD
066 Yes It’s You CHARLES SHERELL
067 I’m Gonna Get You JOE QUARTERMAN
068 Cross The Track MACEO & THE MACKS
069 Bittern Storm Over Ulm HENRY COW
070 Piss Factory PATTI SMITH
071 The Bottle GIL SCOTT-HERON
072 The Joneses (Part 1) S.O.U.L.
073 Brothers On The Slide CYMANDE
074 For The Love Of Money THE O’JAYS
075 Live It Up (Parts 1 & 2) THE ISLEY BROTHERS
076 Blow Your Head FRED WESLEY & THE JB’S
077 Caramel CLUSTER
078 Six Million Dollar Man Theme OLIVER NELSON
079 Autobahn KRAFTWERK
080 Golliwog’s Cakewalk ISAO TOMITA
081 The Entertainer BILLY JOEL
082 The Entertainer MARVIN HAMLISCH
083 Puttin’ On The Ritz FRANKENSTIEN AND THE MONSTER
084 Pencil Thin Moustache JIMMY BUFFETT
085 Wildwood Weed JIM STAFFORD
086 Between Lust and Watching TV CAL SMITH
087 Auguas De Marco ELIS REGINA & ANTONIO CARLOS
088 (We’re Not) The Jet Set GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE
089 Big Game Hunter BUCK OWENS
090 Hey Loretta LORETTA LYNN
091 Hooked On A Feeling BLUE SWEDE
092 You Little Trustmaker TYMES
093 Toast To The Fool THE DRAMATICS
094 Might Cloud Of Joy THE MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY
095 Every Natural Thing ARETHA FRANKLIN
096 Porque Te Vas JEANETTE
097 Marcus Garvey BURNING SPEAR
098 Looking For Love BOBBY WOMACK
099 No Woman, No Cry BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
100 Virgin Man SMOKEY ROBINSON
101 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love SIDNEY JOE QUALLS
102 Take Me To The River AL GREEN
103 Delta Dirt LARRY GATLIN
104 I’m Comin’ Home CHARLES HILTON BROWN
105 Bungle In The Jungle JETHRO TULL
106 Crosswind BILLY COBHAM
107 Apostrophe’ FRANK ZAPPA
108 Evie (Parts 1-3) STEVIE WRIGHT
109 Help Me JONI MITCHELL
110 Midnight At The Oasis MARIA MULDAUR
111 Oh Effendi 10 CC
112 China My China ENO
113 The Psychedelic Warlords HAWKWIND
114 Bloody Well Right SUPERTRAMP
115 Street Lady DONALD BYRD
116 Fire OSIBISA
117 (Chant) OK JAZZ
118 Kalimba Story EARTH, WIND & FIRE
119 Breakthrough ISAAC HAYES
120 The Kung Fu THE LORDS OF PERCUSSION
121 Dance The Kung Fu CARL DOUGLAS
122 Theme: Black Belt Jones DENNIS COFFEY
123 Red Hot Mama FUNKADELIC
124 Same Old Song And Dance AEROSMITH
125 Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo RICK DERRINGER
126 You Could Have Been A Lady APRIL WINE
127 If You Can’t Rock Me ROLLING STONES
128 Can’t Get Enough BAD COMPANY
129 “Rock … Perfection” HOMER SIMPSON
130 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe BARRY WHITE
131 Hang On In There Baby JOHNNY BRISTOL
132 Everlasting Love CARL CARLTON
133 T.S.O.P. MFSB/THREE DEGREES
134 Mighty Love THE SPINNERS
135 Never Can Say Goodbye GLORIA GAYNOR
136 Heart Of Stone SILVER CONVENTION
137 Crystal Grass CRYSTAL WORLD
138 Bingo THE WHISPERS
139 Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me SISTER SLEDGE
140 Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City BOBBY BLAND
141 Ain’t No Sunshine/You BILL WITHERS
142 Let’s Straighten It Out LATIMORE
143 The Heart Of Saturday Night TOM WAITS
144 Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta JORGE BENJOR
145 Jolene DOLLY PARTON
146 Woman To Woman SHIRLEY BROWN
147 Secretary BETTY WRIGHT
148 The Rap MILLIE JACKSON
149 You’re No Good LINDA RONSTADT
150 I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down ANN PEEBLES
151 Emma HOT CHOCOLATE
152 Heavy Fallin’ Out STYLISTICS
153 Nautilus BOB JAMES
154 Right On For The Darkness CURTIS MAYFIELD
155 Dizzy Dizzy CAN
156 Westbound Train DENNIS BROWN
157 O My Soul BIG STAR
158 All I Want Is You ROXY MUSIC
159 Rebel, Rebel DAVID BOWIE
160 I’ve Had It FANNY
161 Born Late ‘58 MOTT THE HOOPLE
162 Energy Crisis ‘74 DICKIE GOODMAN
163 Life Is A Rock REUNION
164 The Crude Oil Blues JERRY REED
165 Vietnam Will Win RED STAR SINGERS
166 Billy Don’t Be A Hero PAPER LACE
167 “Kick Foreman’s Behind” MUHAMMAD ALI
168 Funky President JAMES BROWN
169 You Haven’t Done Nothin’ STEVIE WONDER
170 Dancing Machine JACKSON 5
171 Police Woman Theme MORTON STEVENS
172 Fire OHIO PLAYERS
173 Sehnsucht KATI KOVACS
174 You Got The Love CHAKA KHAN & RUFUS
175 The Bitch Is Back ELTON JOHN
176 Shanghai’d In Shanghai NAZARETH
177 Hotter Than Hell KISS
178 Bangin’ Man SLADE
179 The Bump KENNY
180 Tell Him HELLO
181 The Wild One SUZI QUATRO
182 Human Being NEW YORK DOLLS

Songs were chosen for album or single release in '74, or substantial chart action ("Jolene," "For The Love Of Money," and "The Joker," esp.) in that year. Got a little greedy, and all the mp3s would be 160 or 128 kbps. Flow was very important for order, but this time tried to include cross-genre affinities rather than segregating genres entirely. (E.g., matching gospel-y moments from country and soul music; avoided lumping all reggae together.) Again, I tried to get a selection from all relevant genres and sub-genres.

Intentional omissions: Steely Dan, Odds And Sods (Cozy Powell for your Who fix!), Lou Reed (see Andy Kim for "Sally Can't Dance" done right), Gram Parsons (real country is preferable, thank you), ABBA, "How Long", John Lennon (see Smyle), Grand Funk (they don't always suck, but '74's covers did), Randy Newman, Carly Simon/James Taylor, Sparks (I've got Queen, no?), Dave Loggins, Genesis, Ray Stevens, and some I'd reserve for '73 ("Show And Tell," "Smokin' In The Boys' Room," "Ballroom Blitz," "Tubular Bells").

Regretted absences: Herbie Hancock "Palm Grease" (if I coulda found a single version...), Blackbyrds, Dawson Smith "I Don't Know If I Can Make It," David Ruffin "No Matter Where," Jimmy Castor Bunch, Joe Farrell "Upon This Rock," Mel Tillis "Stomp Them Grapes," Moments & Whatnauts "Girls," Mud "Tiger Feet," Novi Singers "Five, Four, Three," Gary Stewart "Drinkin' Thing," Rasputin Slash "The Devil Made Me Do It," Sweet Sensation "Sad Sweet Dreamer" (high quality sap), and Ultrafunk "Kung Fu Man." The biggest disappointment was no soundtrack (at least that I could find) to Soul Power (the documentary that is basically an out-take version of the Zaire '74 concert shown in When We Were Kings), particularly the soukous (and other African) material.

Epiphanies: That the doomy strings that are characteristic of early '70s soul migrated into disco rather than actually disappearing; that "Old Black Water" is a really offensive tune; Shuggie Otis and Hot Chocolate are deeply weird.

Hardest calls (picking a band's representative song): James Brown (assuaged somewhat by "cheating" with Lyn Collins, Fred Wesley, and Maceo), New York Dolls, Isaac Hayes (many good, but not great, instrumentals), and Loretta Lynn ("Trouble In Paradise," oh my God, her voice).

these would be cooler if there was links to stream them

Did anyone ever compile DVD-Rs of this whole thread? Just wondering; there are still mixes here I'd love to hear sometime.