For many years, when I was a kid, I used to listen to the radio and try to tape songs I liked. I eventually had dozens of tapes, of varying degrees of quality. (I used to call those tapes "Radio Recordings." Très imaginative, no? And I thought of myself "DJ Dazzle Dave," even though I wasn't a DJ.) I don't even know how often I listened to those tapes; I just felt more comfortable knowing I had them, just in case. But anyway, I eventually went through this collection and copied some of the songs to other tapes, discarding many songs that I didn't feel I really needed, or that simply didn't sound good because of the poor quality of the recording. A few years or so after that big project of copying & discarding, I did it again, this time with only two tapes left, called "Radio Recordings Remnants."
I had maybe some other series of tapes, such as Tape Transfers, which were things I'd either copied from pre-recorded tapes (such as those belonging to someone else or those of my own which I might want to sell, being interested in very few songs on the albums) or from CDs (such as those at my college radio station, WUPI, where I was a DJ for a time). Eventually I abandoned most of those tapes, as well. ...Also, I might have a few mixed tapes other people gave me. Anyway, I thought I might provide a list here of what I've got. Not all of it is likely of very good quality, but I have it. Just in case. You know.
Radio Recordings Remnants 1
side a
Hippie Chick- SoHo
Wild Wild West- Escape Club
I Feel the Earth Move- Martika
Glamour Boys- Living Colour
I'm Too Sexy- Right Said Fred
She Ain't Pretty- Northern Pikes
Pump Up the Volume- MARRS
The Tide is High- Blondie
I Wanna Be Rich- Calloway
Toy Soldier- Martika
The Shoop Shoop Song- Cher
SCUD Busters- unknown
Deeper Shade of Soul- Urban Dance Squad
side b
God Gave Rock & Roll to You- Kiss
Love... Thy Will Be Done- Martika
Kiss Them For Me- Siouxsie & the Banshees
Set the Night to Music- Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest
Too Blind to See It- Kym Sims
Wishing on a Star- The Cover Girls
Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover- Sophie B. Hawkins
Good Stuff- B-52's
Life is a Highway- Tom Cochrane
Friday I'm in Love- The Cure
In the Still of the Night- Boyz II Men
I Love You Period- Dan Baird
Radio Recordings Remnants 2
side a
How Do You Talk to an Angel- The Heights
Walk on the Ocean- Toad the Wet Sprocket
Cats in the Cradle- Ugly Kid Joe
Make Me Lose Control- Eric Carmen
Fast Car- Tracey Chapman
What's Up?- 4 Non-Blones
3 Little Pigs- Green Jelly
Boom! Shake the Room- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Cantaloop- Us3
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm- Crash Test Dummies
December 1963- The Four Seasons
Cotton-Eye Joe- Rednex
side b
Whisper Your Name- Harry Connick, Jr.
Closer to Free- BoDeans
Adam Sandler on Weekly Top 40
"Caramel Boy" ad (100 Grand bar)
D'Ward's Deadly Cassette
Always Coca-Cola (ad)
7- TAFKAP
Go Away- Gloria Estefan
I'm Gonna Be- The Proclaimers
Friday (Summer version)- unknown
Wimoweh- The Tokens
I'll Be There For You- The Rembrandts
All She Wants to Do is Dance- Don Henley
Push th' Little Daisies- Ween
Mixed Music From Montana (a gift from an uncle)
side a
This Bird Has Flown- Guadalcanal Diary
Things We Said Today- Beatles
Gimme Shelter- Rolling Stones
Who'll Stop the Rain- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wild Mountain Thyme- Robyn Hitchcock
Colors- Donovan
Who Are You- the Who
She's a Runaway/Fadeaway- BoDeans
Maps and Legends- R.E.M.
Danger- Pylon
Closer to Fine- Indigo Girls
Watching the Wheels- John Lennon
My Eyes Have Seen You- Doors
Flight 713- Byrds
side b
Alone Again Or- Love
Let's Get Together- Jefferson Airplane
Truckin- Grateful Dead
Somewhere Down the Crazy River- Robbie Robertson
The Man's Too Strong- Dire Straits
King of Birds- R.E.M.
Peace Train- 10,000 Maniacs
Misguided Angel- Cowboy Junkies
Make Up With Me- Let's Active
No Clocks- Pylon
Friends- Dumptruck
Ghost on the Road- Guadalcanal Diary
For Awhile- the Feelies
Tape Transfers 4 (Soundtracks)
side a
Good Lovin'- The Rascals
Joy To the World- Three Dog Night
Ain't Too Proud to Beg- The Temptations
Natural Woman- Aretha Franklin
A Whiter Shade of Pale- Procul Harum
Turtle Power- Parners in Kryme
Ninja Rap- Vanilla Ice
Find the Key to Your Life- Cathy Dennis & David Morales
Rave On- John Cougar Mellencamp
Oh, I Love You So- Preston Smith
Tutti Frutti- Little Richard
Shakedown- Bob Seger
Be There- the Pointer Sisters
side b
I Want Your Sex- George Michael
Cross My Broken Heart- The Jets
La Bamba- Los Lobos
Come On Let's Go- Los Lobos
Ooh! My Head- Los Lobos
We Belong Together- Los Lobos
Framed- Los Lobos
Donna- Los Lobos
Lonely Teardrops- Howard Huntsberry
Crying, Waiting, Hoping- Marshall Crenshaw
Summertime Blues- Brian Setzer
Who Do You Love- Bo Diddley
Charlena- Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love- Los Lobos
Tape Transfers 10 (WUPI '95-'96)
side a
Low Rider- War
Time Bomb- Rancid
Ruby Soho- Rancid
Disorder and Disarray- Rancid
In the Meantime- Spacehog
Trigger Happy Jack- Poe
Know Your Chicken- Cibo Matto
Just a Girl- No Doubt
Big Me- Foo Fighters
Deep Blue Sea- Thirst
It's Alright- Bighead Todd & the Monsters
Vitamins- Supernova
Best Black Dress- The Nields
side b
I Got You Babe- Cher & Beavis & Butt-head
Divine Thing- Soup Dragons
Big Bang Baby- Stone Temple Pilots
Primate Boogie- Showbusiness Giants
Vulcan Ears- Millencolin
Mellow Yellow- Never on Sunday
Downtown Venus- PM Dawn
Electricity, Electricity- Goodness
The Shot Heard Round the World- Ween
The Tale of Mr. Morton- Skee-Lo
Shower PSA
Angry Johnny- Poe
Friends of P- the Rentals
Tape Transfers 11 (WUPI '96-'97)
side a
Tres Delinquentes- Delinquent Habits
The Distance- Cake
Daily Mutilation- the Posies
Favorite Song- Lazy
Suburbia- Schleprock
Angels of the Silences- Counting Crows
What I Got- Sublime
El Scorcho- Weezer
Cool Kids- Screeching Weasel
Phasers on Kill- Screeching Weasel
Love Rollercoaster- Red Hot Chili Peppers
side b (copied from home recordings)
Bee Suite from Schickele Mix