"Early Morning Rain" by Peter, Paul and Mary

This wonderful song is track #14 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCnHNk2Hac

"Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts

Track #13 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqeeBCtQhA

"Listen People" by Herman's Hermits

Track #10 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23) is one of several favorites by Herman's Hermits.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXcdROaHR9s

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" by The Cyrkle

Track #9 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23) is another favorite by the Cyrkle.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJWsfhPmgws

"The Visit (She Was Here)" by The Cyrkle

Track #8 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23) is such a great song.  I still love hearing it almost 50 years later.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6uZKUrH9jE

"Yesterday I Had a Girl" by Brian Hyland

Track #7 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23) is another great song from Brian Hyland's "The Joker Went Wild - Run Run Look and See" album.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzi6BAKFjC4
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLGG2v7Pv_U

"Walk Away Renee" by The Left Banke

This is track #3 on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 23).

YouTube (photos): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg
YouTube (live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqBTzfcIk4

"Thunder Road" by Robert Mitchum

This is the first track on side 2 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15).  Just a fun story song from the movie of the same name.

YouTube (45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KLIO7WRm0
YouTube (movie scenes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwUpxkfSJw

"Nature's Way" by Spirit

Happy Earth Day!!   One of my last shows on KCQN was last night and this was one of the songs I played for Earth Day.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTK2LHZKPQ

"Sunday Mornin'" by Spanky & Our Gang

Yet another great song by Spanky and Our Gang!  It is track #15 and the last track on side 1 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAR7l6jycx4
YouTube (extended): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GHZJ5ItR6s

"Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks

This was always such a great song!  It is track #12 on side 1 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLs09J_x6-c
YouTube (album cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKsHh3BFPI

"Lightning's Girl" by Nancy Sinatra

This is track #10 on side 1 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15).  I've had this song stuck in my head several times since I heard it on this cassette.  I had forgotten this great song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMiL3X8EQw
YouTube (45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0eMBEPDy4o
YouTube (funky video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcB4Rkr1sI

"1900 Yesterday" by Liz Damon's Orient Express

This is track #6 on side 1 of my "favorites" cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15).  I really enjoyed this album when it came out, I have both the record album and the cassette.  The cassette is one of the very early cassettes in the funny Ampex boxes, I have included a photo of the box, cassette, and a typed list of where the songs started from the counter on the cassette deck.  Those numbers really only worked on the cassette deck that they were taken from as, the counter in every cassette deck varied.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW42_dYgMU0
YouTube (Inteview 2012): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsz0Hsewp_Q

"It's Too Late" by Bobby Goldsboro

Rachel Update 23-Aug-2017: I scanned in some of the notes I took about what is on my old "Best of All" cassette tapes.  Here is the one for cassette #5:

Track #4 on side 1 of my "favorites" cassette #5 from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15), is "The Straight Life" by Bobby Goldsboro.  It is a good song, that I really like, but I couldn't decide if I wanted to post it for my song of the day.  So I thought I would skip it for now and do Track #4 that is also by Bobby Goldsboro that did jump out at me.

YouTube (45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afgc56x4HoQ
YouTube (Live TV): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOm_cc1NhhA

"Where's the Playground Susie" by Glen Campbell

Rachel Update 23-Aug-2017: I scanned in some of the notes I took about what is on my old "Best of All" cassette tapes.  Here is the one where I noted that Tape #4 was missing:

Track #2 on side 1 of my "favorites" cassette #5 from the 1970's (see my posts from  March 1st and April 15), is another favorite from Glen Campbell.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17Be3PZA8cYouTube (45): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKFNjiKAxS0

"Sign of the Times" by Petula Clark

A great song by Petula Clark starts off side 1 of cassette #5 of my favorites tapes from the mid-1970's (see my post from March 1st).  Cassette #4 is MIA, and after all these years I have no idea where it could be.  So until I find the binder with the track listings from all of the cassettes, what it contained will remain unknown.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzrdZ9-fcBs
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaeKpFuLvIY

"Cowboy" by Three Dog Night

This is track #12 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuBB_59vdI

My scribbled track listing for favorites cassette #3

"Theme from Harlow (Lonely Girl)" by Bobby Vinton

This is track #10 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4jlV-KYTFc
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot9aarHVVL0

"Time Is Tight" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s

This is track #6 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xx1_CbJTI

"Knowing When to Leave" by Hugo Montenegro

This is track #3 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJ49GfF3V4

I also enjoy the Burt Bacharach version:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjIi7Iiurm4

"Come Together" by Frank Chacksfield

From my wonderful days working in the Standards Lab at Sperry Univac.  I bought the Frank Chacksfield "Beatles Songbook" album because my boss heard this song on the radio and really loved it.  I think this is a great instrumental version, I love the arrangement and especially the horns.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHrv5FnVd4s

Speaking of Sperry Univac, I found the programmer manual for the first computer terminal I ever saw and used; the Uniscope 100.   It could display a whopping 64 characters by 16 lines, but we used it in the 80 characters by 12 lines mode.

"Working At The Car Wash Blues" by Jim Croce

This is track #1 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and 16th).  I hadn't heard this song for years and it was so fun hearing it again.  "Instead I'm stuck here rubbing these fenders with a rag and walking home in soggy old shoes".

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuP7ILX32E
YouTube (live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zomwyZEYZNE

"Sail Around the World" by David Gates

This is track #13 and the last track on side 1 of my favorites cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from 1-Mar-2013 and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yoHk86iRc

"Suite: Clouds, Rain" by David Gates

This is track #12 on side 1 of my favorites cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from 1-Mar-2013 and April 1st).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sLlECEyhCE

"America" by Simon & Garfunkel

Track #10 on side one of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st) was "Six Man Band" by The Association which I posted on February 21st and this is track #11.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W773ZPJhcVw

"Eight Miles High" by The Byrds

I'm going to back track a little, because yesterday's post reminded me of a song I skipped over last month.  I couldn't decide whether to post this song or not and laziness kicked in and I decided to leave it until later.

So this was track #4 on side 2 of my favorites cassette #2 (see my posts from March 1st and March 25th).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg

"Creeque Alley" by The Mamas and the Papas

This is track #9 on side one of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st).  I've always thought this was a really fun (autobiographical) song and fun to hear the history.  Here is the wikipedia entry for the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeque_Alley.  The video with the commentary is fun too, it has photos of the various groups and people mentioned in the song.


YouTube (commentary): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E3VqmyNgVU
YouTube (vinyl): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qukk7ep3fc

"Stop Stop Stop" by The Hollies

Track #7 on side one of my favorites cassette #3 (see my posts from March 1st and April 1st) was "Time It Is Today" by The Association which I posted on February 6th and this is track #8.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2cze58R5E

"Return To Sender" by Elvis Presley

This is track #3 on side 1 of my favorites cassettes from the 1970's (see my posts from 1-Mar-2013 and yesterday).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prUeTKpF9kg

"24 Hours From Tulsa" by Dusty Springfield

Another great Bacharach/David song starts off side 1 of cassette #3 of my favorites tapes from the mid-1970's (see my post from March 1st).

I think the Gene Pitney version might have been the bigger hit, but I liked the Dusty Springfield version better.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne9UuzivW1A
YouTube (Gene Pitney): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9KIQeM9f8