Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Music On Cassette

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.


I hate cassettes as an audio format, and this is not an attempt to celebrate them. However, it's also true that I used to listen to cassettes a lot--a lot--and it would be disingenuous to deny that fact. Before mini-discs, CD-Rs, and digital files, cassettes were the vehicle for all manner of music compilations. I discussed those in a previous post called The Mixtapes Of October; today, we look at a playlist constructed from tracks I owned on store-bought, prerecorded tapes. I'm also including one of my cousin Mark's Deep Purple cassettes, which we spent a lot of time listening to one summer in the '70s, a few tapes my lovely wife Brenda brought into the family cassette library, and some tapes that belonged to the late Bill Yerger of Main Street Records, given to me a few years back by Carol Yerger.

For kicks, I've thrown in a track apiece from The Bay City Rollers' Dedication and a pre-Columbia Paul Revere & the Raiders collection, the only two eight-track tapes I ever owned. Eight-track. Now there was a format...!  Press and play, my friends. It's time to play.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl--y'know, the real one--airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS are always welcome.

The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:

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Hey, Carl's writin' a book! The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will contain 133 essays about 133 songs, each one of 'em THE greatest record ever made. An infinite number of songs can each be the greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Updated initial information can be seen here: The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1)

THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise (Arlington National, VA: The Gary Frenay Songbook 1978-1990)
THE PRETENDERS: Middle Of The Road (Sire, Learning To Crawl)
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: It's Too Late (Mercury, Too Much Too Soon) 
COVEN: One Tin Soldier (Warner Brothers, VA: Billy Jack OST)
PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: Jet (Apple, Band On The Run)
STEVIE WONDER: Sir Duke (Tamla, Songs In The Key Of Life)
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THE BEATLES: Rain (Capitol, Hey Jude)
PAUL KELLY & THE MESSENGERS: Before Too Long (A & M, Paul Kelly & the Messengers)
THE BEACH BOYS: Darlin' (Capitol, 20/20 & Wild Honey)
THE SIDEWINDERS: Witchdoctor (RCA, cassette single)
WALTER CLEVENGER: My Little Girl) Brewery, Pop Goes The Music)
THE SHOUTLESS: I Tell No Lies (ROIR, VA: Garage Sale)
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: I Only Want To Be With You (Arista, Dedication)
THE ROMANTICS: National Breakout (Nemperor, National Breakout)
SCREEN TEST: Make Something Happen (Arlington National, Screen Test)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Any Way You Want It (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark Five)
PAUL McCARTNEY: Every Night (Capitol, Unplugged [The Official Bootleg])
THE BEATLES: The Night Before (Parlophone, Help!)
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THE KINKS: Animal Farm (Golden Hour, Golden Hour Of The Kinks)
GIN BLOSSOMS: Christine Sixteen (Mercury, VA: Kiss My Ass)
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY: I'll Meet You Halfway (Razor & Tie, Up To Date)
THE KINKS: State Of Confusion (Arista, State Of Confusion)
TINA TURNER: Nutbush City Limits (CEMA, Greatest Hits)
GARY FRENAY: Chevy (Northside, Armory Square)
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LED ZEPPELIN: Misty Mountain Hop (Atlantic, [fourth])
THE MONKEES: Regional Girl (Rhino, Justus)
THE BEATLES: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Capitol, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES: Love Child (Motown, Greatest Hits)
THE COLOURFIELD: I Can't Get Enough Of You Baby (Chrysalis, Virgins And Philistines)
BRIAN WILSON: Love And Mercy (Reprise, Brian Wilson)
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DEEP PURPLE: Highway Star (Warner Brothers, Machine Head)
PAUL McCARTNEY: No More Lonely Nights (Parlophone, All The Best!)
CHARLIE ROBBINS with SCREEN TEST: Heart Said Go (Syracuse New Times, VA: 20 Years Of Syracuse Rock)
ALEX CHILTON: Free Again (Ardent, 1970)
KISS: Calling Dr. Love (Mercury, Gimme KISS)
THE BEATLES: I Don't Want To Spoil The Party (Parlophone, Beatles For Sale)
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Like, Long Hair (Orbit, Like Long Hair)