Mixtape Monday: "N"

THE END?

The letter N is the 14th letter of the alphabet but for our purposes here on Mixtape Monday, it is lucky number 13.  Why 13?  As of yet, HERC hasn't found tape "C".  Why lucky?  For the first time ever, HERC has taken a peek ahead at the rest of the alphabetical mixtape series of cassettes and mixtape "N" is the last one of the series notated by the woman who would become Mrs. HERC and her trusty green pen.  Tapes "O" through "V" do not have any notation whatsoever but most of the tapes from "W" through "FFF" include a scrawled artists listing by HERC himself.  But no titles.  

HERE'S A COMPLETE INDEX OF THE ALPHABETICAL TAPE SERIES:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

AA

BB

CC

DD

EE

FF

GG

HH

II

JJ

KK

LL

MM

NN

OO

PP

QQ

RR

SS

TT

UU

VV

WW

XX

YY

ZZ

AAA

BBB

CCC

DDD

EEE

FFF

strikethroughs = no tape, no case

As HERC considers the scans of his wife's handwriting an integral part of this series, he's at a loss on how to continue.  Does she want to write the song titles and artists on the j-cards as she and HERC listen to the tapes anew?  Her initial answer was "no" but we shall see.  She made a counter offer that if HERC would provide her a list of what to write, she would write it.  A new green pen was also mentioned but the negotiations continue.  Feel free to chime in on the comments below with any helpful suggestions.  There are plenty of other mixtapes HERC can feature in the meanwhile so enjoy mixtape "N" as it might be a while before we get to see mixtape "O".

Looking at the tracklist for Side A, HERC immediately recognized that each and every song is from his collection of 45s at the time.  Though not noted, half of the tracks on Side A are single edits of longer album cuts.  (These versions may or may not correspond to the tracks HERC chose for the Spotify playlist below.)

Side A has two ABBA songs, some disco, some rock before ending with the teen beat of Canada's DeFranco Family and their baby brother front man, thirteen year old Tony.  HERC doesn't remember hearing this song until 1976 but he's been a fan ever since.

Over on Side B, its classic rock round-up with a pair of songs each from The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival  and the Rolling Stones.  The Beatles and a couple more Canadian imports (Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who) like the DeFrancos round out the side.  Overall, Mrs. HERC was more impressed with Side A and while every song was a favorite of his on Side B, HERC gives the victory to the sheer nostalgia of the A Side and wished he had made more such archives of his once great collection.

		SIDE A		44:43
1978		Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?	Rod Stewart	04:05
1976		Lonely Night (Angel Face)	Captain & Tennille	03:18
1980		I'm Coming Out	Diana Ross	03:55
1979		Does Your Mother Know?	ABBA	03:16
1978		I Can't Stand The Rain	Eruption	04:23
1977		The Things We Do For Love	10cc	03:29
1978		The Groove Line	Heatwave	04:23
1977		Take A Chance On Me	ABBA	04:04
1972		Do It Again	Steely Dan	04:14
1972		Rockin' Down The Highway	Doobie Brothers	03:20
1973		Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Jim Croce	03:01
1973		Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat	Tony DeFranco & the DeFranco Family	03:15
		SIDE B		44:47
1971		Baba O' Riley	The Who	05:09
1970		Who'll Stop The Rain?	Creedence Clearwater Revival	02:27
1968		Sympathy For The Devil	Rolling Stones	06:18
1974		You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (single edit)	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	03:38
1970		American Woman (single edit)	The Guess Who	03:52
1968		Hey Jude	Beatles	07:00
1969		You Can't Always Get What You Want	Rolling Stones	07:29
1970		Lookin' Out My Back Door	Creedence Clearwater Revival	02:32
1978		Who Are You	The Who	06:22