billyclyde messaged me not long ago with this message.
billyclyde wrote:
i have an idea for a new mix thread. perhaps we could designate a year say 1950-2008 to the first 58 people who wish, or if demand is not overwhelming they can pick their favorite year. and they will make a mix of the ‘best of’ that particular year? and are free to choose any songs from any artist they feel was very important to that year.I love this idea. I love all mix ideas with a purpose. So, after getting permission from lionelnutmeg, we’re running with it. Below is a list of years from 1950 onwards. First come, first served, users can pick a year and try to create a mix of music that they feel was important to that year – that means, important to both them, and to music to come. Whilst this may be nebulous – after all, 1991 could be filled with important shoegaze as easily as it could with important house music – this is open to debate. Important means important – interpret it how you wish.
So, message me with your year, and then make your mix. 80 minutes, 1 cd, MP3 files that conform to the same rules as this here site. And then upload it to Mediafire or Sendspace (so that people can download many of them at a time) and post the link here, as well as messaging me to update the OP.
This could be awesome: let’s try to make it really, really work, eh?
1950 – doncab
1951 – billyclyde
1952 – brstp
1953 – thedsanchez
1954 – surding
1955 – soundcharger
1956 – MrAmeche
1957 – rye
1958 – anorak
1959 – mrcold
1960 – u1oo
1961 – monsterzero
1962 – mrcold
1963 – artie
1964 – worthless
1965 – rubytuesday
1966 – billyclyde
1967 – rafiorly
1968 – nexest
1969 – rye
1970 – viker
1971 – jezuschryzt
1972 – slugbucket
1973 – viker
1974 – diskgolf
1975 – chucklechuk
1976 – diskgolf
1977 – rye
1978 – portpunk
1979 – whatevermort
1980 – aleyna
1981 – slugbucket
1982 – u1oo
1983 – brasstax
1984 – benno
1985 – lhnl
1986 – portpunk
1987 – mishra
1988 – jeffmangum
1989 – billg
1990 – planrawsto
1991 – clarkzz
1992 – newt111
1993 – lhnl
1994 – threehz
1995 – freezeman
1996 – whatevermort
1997 – rafiorly
1998 – NapalmDeath
1999 – kalaxdg
2000 – doinko
2001 – blism
2002 – xxBassxx
2003 – kevinthedude
2004 – Jezuschryzt
2005 – orf
2006 – nhennies
2007 – theUnityEDIT: Oh, and if anyone wants to come up with an image that individuals can photoshop their date over to make it a cover, that would be awesome.
EDIT 2: Also, send me two BackUp years in case your first has gone and the OP hasn’t been updated. No date for these to be done by other than ASAP, I guess.
EDIT 3: They can, of course, be mutt, and no, they don’t have to be RIAA Safe. The rules of the site means just that they have to be 192 at least and no lossless please.
EDIT 4: Thanks to Trenter for tracklist maintenance.
EDIT 5: The first lot of these must be completed by Midnight, Wednesday 4th June. After that I take more polls on their slots.
EDIT 6: Do not fill this thread with bitching, whining, moaning or complaining. Talk about the good things in the mixes and discuss the music, and aside from that PM me if you have to. It isn’t fair on mods coming in here to clean this shit up, and it will only end in this thread being locked permanently, and future mix threads disallowed. Seriously.