It's a Downtime Christmas Special! I absolutely love this mix. What are my favorites? The biggest standouts are Vic's remix of "Winter Wonderland," nPc's lo-fi remix of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and Monte La Rue's "I Saw Santa Kissing Mommy (A Time for Lovin')." The bass riff/runs in the latter are similar or possibly sampled from the replay background music in Pilotwings 64, the video game. Regardless, I absolutely, positively LOVE IT! Enough of the chit-chat... Enjoy!
Continuing on... the well known tracks. 20 tracks in all. Too many favs to list but if I had to name three, hmmm, Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-In-Law," Dion's "Ruby Baby," and Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop." They're all good. Enjoy!
What's going on here... more downtime!?! Why not! Big favs in Lemon Jelly's "Nice Weather for Ducks," Weathertunes' "The Sunny Side of Life," and Fila Brazillia's "XII." Also Breezewax's "Mother's Earth" and Nightmares on Wax's "You Wish." They're all good. Enjoy!
I worked on this comp shortly after the first one. As like the previous mix, this one should all be rare aka to the best of my knowledge. The Dooley Sisters, Danny Valentino, The McGuire Sisters, Titus Turner, Susan Rafey, Joanne Engel, Lenny Welch, Johnny & The Hurricanes, and many others. 20 tracks in all. Enjoy!
Note: Track 4 Baby Washington's "Hey Lonely" is sometimes listed as "Hey Lonely One." I prefer this order (precedence) when establishing track, artist, and album titles: back cover>front cover>spine>label
As requested, popcorn music. For this first comp, I went with rare tracks. Marilyn Brown's "Walk on the Wild Side" would probably be my fav. 20 tracks in all by artists Evie Sands, Dean Barlow, Azie Mortimer, Jay Abbott, Barry Darvell, Les Baxter, James Booker, Kenny Lynch, and more. Enjoy!
20 More Spooky Tracks! This will probably be the last Halloween comp for this year. I like this comp. I kept it more straightforward and not as eclectic as the others. All tracks from 1955 to '66. My favorites? Hmm, Charles Sheffield's "It's Your Voodoo Working" would be one. Frank Comstock's "On the Dark Side of the Moon" would be another. And Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's "Graveyard Shift" would round out my top three. Enjoy, and have a Happy Halloween!
Note: Track #18 is often credited to the writer (Milton DeLugg)
A big fav in this 20-track mix is Smokey Jam's "Lady Vampire." Plenty of unsung gems in this collection including Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads' "The Goo Goo Muck," The Pastel Six's "The Strange Ghost," The Charts' "Ooba-Gooba," The Diamonds' "Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula" and Count Lorry and The Biters' "Frankenstein Stomp" to name a few Enjoy!
2 files: #1 all-in-one complete file mix, and #2 the separate tracks mix (keep in mind #2 does not include the various sound effects). Lots and lots of goodies with many oldies, and a few tracks from spooky films and tv. Favs include Vic Mizzy's "The Haunted Organ," The Toyes' "Monster Hash," Gil Mellé's theme from Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Kay Starr's "Headless Horseman," Baker Street Philharmonic's "The Witch" and many more. Enjoy!
Note: Shouldn't the year on the cover be 2022? Yes and no. It's an old mix that I've revised a couple of times, finalized in 2021. For 2022, I set the tracks as one complete mix ala DJ mode.
More spookiness, mostly 60s. Christopher Lee's "Vampires" is probably a fan-made track. Zager & Evans' "In the Year 2525" - I recall reading a comment some time ago explaining as a young lad, the lyrics freaked him out big time and haunted him for years. The Kords' "Boris the Spider" is a good cover. Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, Johnny & The Hurricanes, George Jackson, Groovie Goolies, Cab Calloway, and others. 20 tracks in all. Enjoy!
Note: About the last track; horror films take liberties with genial tracks and turn them (intentionally or unintentionally) unpleasant for some listeners (ie Tiptoes Thru the Tulips, Jeepers Creepers, etc) by association. I thought maybe "The Laughing Policeman," an innocent, jovial ditty, could possibly achieve the same effect. Try to keep that in mind while listening.
And another one yet for all you Halloween lovers. There's a few rare film score/tracks included, notably Amedeo Tommasi's "Titoli finali" - it's a bit freaky. As for my fav, probably Gene "Bowlegs" Miller's "Frankenstein Walk." 20 tracks including Kay Bell and The Spacemen's "Scream Along with the Monster," The Invasion's "The Invasion Is Coming," Peggy Lee's "Bewitched" and Gary 'Spider' Webb's "The Cave (Part I)." Enjoy them all!
I like this one better than the previous two. And the cover art too! Anyway, several rare tunes including A Pair of Kings' "The Monster," The Creeps' "The Whip," and The Poindexter Bros.' "The Booga Man." 20 tracks in all. Enjoy!
More Halloween tunes for all you good freaks 😁 Lots of rare (or maybe not so rare) tracks including Putney Dandridge's "The Skeleton in the Closet," The Bootmen's "Black Widow," The Run-A-Ways' "Night Creature," Sonny Day's "Creature from Outer Space" and The London Studio Group's "Sinister Stranger" to name just a few. Enjoy!
It's that time of year once again. With this spooky compilation, I'm familiar with a few tracks while the rest are as rare as rocking horse poop. Favs? Electro-Tones' "Ghost Train" for one. A couple more in Carole Bennett's "Haunted Lover" and George Morgan's "Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost." Enjoy!
I didn't plan on making this a series, and yet here we are with volume 10. Big favs in Sleepless' "Ponder," Coldbrew's "Birds Out to Play," Ashra's "Mistral" and Emelie Christiansson's "Sunday Song." They're all good. Enjoy!
So many favorites including Lemon Jelly's "Oats," Five Seasons' "Colours" and Japancakes' lengthy yet awesome "Elephants." Also a few 70s laidback tracks including Focus' "Tropic Bird" and Monk Montgomery's "Reality." Enjoy!
Continuing the series... awesome funky gems including Jack McDuff's "Flat Backin'," Charly Antolini's Power Dozen's "Eyes of Love," 72's "When Ya Git Through Wit It Put It Back" by The Blenders Ltd, Roy Ayers Ubiquity's "Cocoa Butter," and more. 16 in all including 1 bonus track (full version of Atlas' "Pasteboard"). It's all funky good. Enjoy!
Another round of "Downtime." Big favs in Calibre's "Manchester Nights," The Society of Rockets' "Beachcomber," Lemon Jelly's "Pushy," and Keeno's "In Dreams." Enjoy!
Please note: Track 14 should be credited to The Sura Quintet, and not Don Gorda, although both are present in the track. I think I've also seen it credited as Don Gorda and The Sura Quintet.
I listen to downtime (chillhop, lofi, downtempo, etc) almost daily. I find relaxing music in all kinds of genres, and not just something you'd only hear in a spa. I have nothing against the latter (I listen to it myself), but I want the comps to be more eclectic. As previously mentioned, I find relaxing music in many genres including certain drum and bass tracks (I label them as melodic or smooth dnb).
Big favs in this collection are Keeno's "Hold Ya," Weathertunes' "Passion," Empty Spools' "Always the Best Way to Learn," Fausto Trusso Sfrazzetto's "Nascere," and probably my top fav - Nine Inch Nails' "13 Ghosts II." Yes, that NIN band but no worries, it's not an industrial or noisy track. I first heard the track in one of my all-time favorite films, 2014's "The Raid 2" aka Serbuan maut 2: Berandal.
16 tracks in all. Enjoy!
Awesome Downtime! Chillhop, Downtempo, Smooth D&B, Trip-Hop, Nu-Jazz, You Name It! The original title that ended up into a series.
If you're after relaxing music that doesn't drift off into boredomland, then look no further. Now, this isn't all ambient or Kenny G type of stuff. I find soothing music in just about all genres, even fast-tempo'd tunes. The majority of tracks in the series lean more to chillhop and downtempo. All in all, it's super good music. Particular favorites in this volume include Lurch's "All Yours," Nightmares on Wax "Fire in the Middle," Thunderball's "Golden," Brookes Brothers' "Desert Island" and Bcee's "Hold On." They're all good. Press play, sit back, relax, groove... and enjoy!
