My dad's amazing 22-CD compilation of all his favorite songs from 1950 to 1990

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.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/B18BAF3C-2B17-4A4C-AC97-CE679FE874EF_zpsxvem7laa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/E576676D-766B-411F-9881-6503DD52E767_zpsgwuvetwt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/810D6813-3C86-4E02-88ED-81F9F624BEEF_zpsdmvmwwaw.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/C36A9F0A-79B8-44E7-80FF-57B665279EB9_zpsdjndikrc.jpg

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Spotify playlist!

have we got rid of the spotify sulkers?

I should do one of these for the hell of it.

very tempting...

This is like some Dad Rock valhalla, well done

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.

Also, nerdiness is clearly hereditary; jeez.

i love this

Also, nerdiness is clearly hereditary; jeez.

Yeah my 11-year-old writes song-by-song reviews of albums and is obsessed with Rotten Tomato rankings. Something in the gene pool.

this remains utterly fantastic

i had never seen this thread! yeah its pretty impressive.

This is not only a really cool gift, it strikes me as a very loving one too.

We should poll each disc!

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.

This set also explains a lot about the first quarter or so of my own 50-album list.