1969 looks like a big year for him music-wise. where was he at with his life then?
He would've turned 25 that year. (Year I was born!) I think he was starting to learn pottery then, which is what he did for basically the rest of his working life. Definitely the late '60s to very early '70s are heavily represented. It gets a lot more spread out after that, fewer songs per year.
Can't transcribe all 22 discs, but I'll put up some representative track lists later. It's mostly stuff you'd expect from a white college-grad '60s dude.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 26 December 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
# of steely dan tracks:
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Friday, 26 December 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
When you've counted up how many, don't lose that number.
― just like Nietzsche but with jokes (snoball), Friday, 26 December 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
No Dan, though I do remember him liking "Rikki Don't Lose That Number."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 26 December 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
What a great gift. Curious what he picked during, say, 1986-1990.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 December 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Wow, great gift and those look amazing, such professional-looking packaging!
Also
Disc 21 1983-851. Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter Schilling
Hero!
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 26 December 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Photo the covers, we'll transcribe!
― beatgeneration, Saturday, 27 December 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
wow what a gorgeous project
― dyl, Saturday, 27 December 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
that's the amazingest! (y)
― niels, Saturday, 27 December 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
How is this not a poll yet
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 27 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
OTM
― Brad C., Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
that's cool stuff
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 December 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
how's this holding up?
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah, tell your dad we want copies!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 23 January 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
or at least a dropbox share...
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
I've only listened to some of it. What I should do is the whole thing chronologically, over however many days or weeks that would take me. I mean, I know most of the songs on it -- not least because a lot of it is what I heard growing up. But it's cool to have it all in one place.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Came across this collection today and remembered I never posted photos of the tracklists. So here they are.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/312605C7-788D-4A42-8353-313341A0E8A7_zpsx13oefju.jpg
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
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― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
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― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/810D6813-3C86-4E02-88ED-81F9F624BEEF_zpsdmvmwwaw.jpg
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
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― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
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― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
Spotify playlist!
― MaresNest, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
have we got rid of the spotify sulkers?
― Mark G, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
I should do one of these for the hell of it.
― Mark G, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
very tempting...
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 27 March 2016 21:03 (eight years ago) link
This is like some Dad Rock valhalla, well done
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 27 March 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
My young dad (I'm 30s; hes 50s), who has always been an early adopter (esp. for our socioeconomic demo), similarly amassed a huge playlist of meticulously curated tunes back when napster was at its peak. He is a lover of pop and soft rock, so it was a lot of Lionel Richie and Madonna-type stuff with some Til Tuesday-like curveballs. It was days long.
This thread makes me want to ask him for a copy.
― dc, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Also, nerdiness is clearly hereditary; jeez.
― dc, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
i love this
― adam, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah my 11-year-old writes song-by-song reviews of albums and is obsessed with Rotten Tomato rankings. Something in the gene pool.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
this remains utterly fantastic
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:02 (nine months ago) link
i had never seen this thread! yeah its pretty impressive.
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:26 (nine months ago) link
This is not only a really cool gift, it strikes me as a very loving one too.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:33 (nine months ago) link
We should poll each disc!
― Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:58 (nine months ago) link
My first time seeing this, what a lovely gift. (And so far removed from anything my dad would ever think if doing.) I would play Disc 2 (1956-58) a lot.
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:55 (nine months ago) link
This set also explains a lot about the first quarter or so of my own 50-album list.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:37 (nine months ago) link