The fifth and final installment of Mixtape Week comes from me! Titled “K-Billy sounds of the Super 70’s (A Decade Worth of Erratic Rock-n-Roll for Joe),” I made this comp for Joe in the late summer of ’93, either just before or after moving to Milwaukee from Madison. I was OBSESSED with Reservoir Dogs and in a serious 70’s music phase…and Joe was, well, not. To mess with him, I included not only the entire soundtrack to Reservoir Dogs but also my two favorite Parliament/Funkadelic songs, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. On Side B I softened up a bit for awhile and included a bunch of 70’s stuff he WOULD like: Germs tracks [earlier in the summer of ‘93 I finally found What We Do Is Secret and I recorded that EP for this mix], the Clash and David Bowie before throwing in just a couple more decidedly not in his top ten: Thelma Houston and the Allman Brothers. This tape was the first of many I made over the years that has received a comment from Joe about my odd musical pairings but I maintain all my comps have a prevailing theme: Songs I Like.

Side A

The George Baker Selection – “Little Green Bag”

Blue Swede – “Hooked on a Feeling”

Joe Tex – “I Gotcha”

Bedlam – “Magic Carpet Ride”

Sandy Rogers – “Fool for Love”

Stealers Wheels – “Stuck in the Middle with You”

Bedlam – “Harvest Moon”

Harry Nilsson- “Coconut”

Funkadelic – “Can You Get To That”

Parliament – “Flashlight”

Rolling Stones – “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”

Pink Floyd – “Seamus”

Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed & Delivered (I’m Yours)”

Side B

The Germs – “Round and Round”

“Lexicon Devil”

“Circle One”

“Caught In My Eye”

“No God”

“The Other Newest One”

“My Tunnel”

The Clash – “London Calling”

Blondie – “Heart of Glass”

Velvet Underground – “Sweet Jane”

David Bowie – “Ziggy Stardust”

Rolling Stones – “Beast of Burden”

Thelma Houston – “Don’t Leave Me This Way”

David Bowie – “Heroes”

Allman Brothers – “Ramblin’ Man”