Cassette Classics No. 14 – Be Gentle, It’s My First Time
I started making music mixes in the the early 1970′s.
I would visit my sister at her college apartment at 20 Eagle Street in Fredonia, New York with a handful of blanks in my suitcase, park myself in front of her record collection and spend my time making tapes on a JVC flat bed cassette deck (listening on these monstrous Koss headphones).
Thirty years later, it’s strange that many of the same songs I mixed then continue to show up now, like Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot and Year of The Cat by Al Stewart (still in high rotation on my iPod). I guess it’s impossible to pull up your roots.
This may not be the very first mix I’ve ever made but it’s one of the two oldest surviving tapes I’ve have (laid down on a ever-aging Memorex C90). A little heavy on the Bee Gees at the end — must’ve run out of ideas — but a great listen anyway.
- Linda Ronstadt – Blue Bayou
- Linda Ronstadt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me
- Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
- John Sebastian – Welcome Back
- Jigsaw – Sky High
- Jigsaw – Love Fire
- Al Stewart – Year of The Cat
- Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Simon and Garfunkel – The Boxer
- Simon and Garfunkel – 59th Street Bridge Song
- Billy Joel – Travelin’ Prayer
- James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Billy Joel – Piano Man
- Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing
- Bee Gees – Love So Right
- Bee Gees – Boogie Child
- Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway
- Bee Gees – Fanny
- Bee Gees – Edge of the Universe
- Neil Sedaka – Steppin’ Out
- Neil Sedaka – Love In The Shadows
- Stevie Wonder – Sunshine of My Life
