Mixtape Monday: "F"

Sadly, today's tape, the letter "F" could not be located for a reminiscent listen. The empty case with the J-card was found, so they will be shared, but as far as the playlist goes, HERC had to make some educated guesses based on what he knows he had in his record collection back in late October 1984, which is his best guess as to when this mixtape was created.

One unique element of this tape is the inclusion of two pairs of segued songs, one on Side A from The Kings and one on Side B from Saga. "Segued" means there was little silence or no gap between the songs on their parent album, and they were usually played back-to-back on the radio as if they were one long song. Two of the most played pairs of segued songs on Classic Rock radio are Queen's "We Will Rock You"/"We Are The Champions" and The Steve Miller Band's "Space Intro" leading seamlessly into "Fly Like An Eagle".

Despite the wide range of tracks or maybe because of it, both HERC and MRS. HERC enjoyed listening to the playlist HERC re-created based on the tape's j-card. Deep tracks from Yaz, Afrika Bambaataa, and Heaven 17 were most welcome, though the throwback track from Sweet still seems a little off. Great track, though.

			SIDE A		45:39
	1984		Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	03:51
	1984		Jungle Love	The Time	05:33
	1981		Geisha Boys and Temple Girls	Heaven 17	04:34
	1984		I Feel For You	Chaka Khan	05:44
	1983		State Farm	Yaz	03:36
	1981		Mony Mony	Billy Idol	05:03
	1980		This Beat Goes On / Switchin' To Glide	The Kings	05:43
	1980		Partyitis	The Kings	03:51
	1984		The Bird	The Time	07:44
			SIDE B		44:25
	1981		Start Me Up	Rolling Stones	03:33
	1981		On The Loose / Wind Him Up	Saga	09:55
	1984		Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	03:57
	1984		Rock Box	Run-D.M.C.	05:31
	1984		Frantic Situation	Afrika Bambaataa	05:01
	1984		Hot For Teacher	Van Halen	04:42
	1974		Fox On The Run	Sweet	03:28
	1982		East Of Eden's Gate	Billy Thorpe	06:20
	1981		Ronnie, Talk To Russia	Prince	01:58