My dad turned 70 this year. This is what he gave me for Christmas.
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I haven't counted the total number of tracks, but averaging 20 or so a disc it's in the 400-500 song range. No attempt at comprehensiveness or allowances for anything other than songs he really liked from when he was 6 to 46, arranged chronologically. (I'm guessing he stopped at 1990 because it's a nice round number and that was the first year my sister and I were both off at college, which I think ended his regular engagement with current music.)
I already have a lot of what's on here, but I love the presentation and the personal idiosyncrasies. (e.g., almost no disco, but there is Abba and "Afternoon Delight"). First song is "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer. Last one is "The Sunny Side of the Street" by the Pogues. First appearance of the Beatles ("I Saw Her Standing There") comes between "Deep Purple" by Nino Temple and April Stevens, and "Just One Look" by Doris Troy.
Also glad to see he still loves "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" 30-some years after I first brought that Heaven 17 album home.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 25 December 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
This is so awesome. Go dad!
― Mule, Thursday, 25 December 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Reminds me I am definitely a 2nd-generation music nerd.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 25 December 2014 23:54 (nine years ago) link
Awesome
― I Am The Cosmos Factory (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 December 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
That's a good dad.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 26 December 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
My sister does these and it's awesome because each numbered disc is just a compilation of whatever she was listening to or digitizing at that point in time, so they're chronological to her listening, not the songs (though some discs are, internally, chronologically sorted). The first edition must be from 1992 or something (they started as tapes) and flipping through this one, like, thirty-disc binder's accompanying note pages becomes a kind of stratified trip through the years when we lived in the same house and shared the same albums, etc.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 26 December 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link
poll them!
― Mordy, Friday, 26 December 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
very cool and I'm envious cause if my dad did this it'd just be 200 Benny Goodman tracks
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 26 December 2014 01:11 (nine years ago) link
holy shit
that's tremendous
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 December 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that's really cool.
― WilliamC, Friday, 26 December 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link
poll the 22 CDs separately (the typing!), then poll all tracks on the winning disc to find the single best song your dad likes
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Friday, 26 December 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
this is rad
granny don't hate on benny goodman, benny is righteous
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Friday, 26 December 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
PLEASE post the tracklists!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 26 December 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
tipsy this is rly wonderful
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 26 December 2014 01:52 (nine years ago) link
RESPECT
― Andy K, Friday, 26 December 2014 01:57 (nine years ago) link
tbh i gave my parents a benny goodman album for xmas
and yeah we totally need tracklists
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 December 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link
What a dad! You're very fortunate.
― vigetable (La Lechera), Friday, 26 December 2014 03:36 (nine years ago) link
This is so incredibly awesome
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Friday, 26 December 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
Just saw the images. Your dad definitely has a lot more presentation instincts than my sister, those are all awesome.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 26 December 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
nothing wrong w benny he wasn't the point
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 26 December 2014 05:18 (nine years ago) link
respect
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Friday, 26 December 2014 09:31 (nine years ago) link
a+ label name/logo too
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 December 2014 09:40 (nine years ago) link
outstanding. bravo, mr. mothra.
― alpine static, Friday, 26 December 2014 10:41 (nine years ago) link
#1 Dad. This is fantastic Tipsy.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 26 December 2014 11:33 (nine years ago) link
This is such a great Christmas present.
― just like Nietzsche but with jokes (snoball), Friday, 26 December 2014 11:50 (nine years ago) link
Wow!
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 December 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Even if I didn't like most of the music I'd be touched by all the time and thought that went into this. That's love.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 26 December 2014 13:00 (nine years ago) link
bloody hell.jealous.the man has skills!
― mark e, Friday, 26 December 2014 13:08 (nine years ago) link
I still burn CD-Rs, more or less following your dad's method. I often think of surrendering but eh fuck it.
So glad I'm not alone. I raise my glass to him.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 December 2014 13:09 (nine years ago) link
is "Telstar" on this?
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 December 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
1969 looks like a big year for him music-wise. where was he at with his life then?
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Friday, 26 December 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
What jazzbo said. Great dad!
― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Friday, 26 December 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
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.
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― 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
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― 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 (eight months ago) link
i had never seen this thread! yeah its pretty impressive.
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:26 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link
We should poll each disc!
― Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:58 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link