Arms Of Eternity - a mix of great music from soft rock, rock and classic rock genres

This is an easy listening music compilation with tracks from soft rock, rock & classic rock genres.  I've included some southern hemisphere tracks from New Zealand music legend Dave Dobbyn and Aussie bands The Screaming Jets and The Church. 

Tracklist:

01 - Blue Collar - Bachman Turner Overdrive

02 - Sleeper Train - America

03 - Andersonville - Dave Alvin

04 - Don't Cry My Lady Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service

05 - Beyond Belief - Elvis Costello

06 - Happenstance - The Church

07 - October Grey - Screaming Jets

08 - Who We Are Right Now - Ron Sexsmith

09 - Get Started, Start A Fire - Graham Parker

10 - 14 Steps To Harlem - Garland Jeffreys

11 - Arms Of Eternity - Dave Dobbyn

12 - The Ecstacy Once Told - Dolly Rocker Movement

Arms Of Eternity

Lutha - Lutha (1972) New Zealand psychedelic rock / prog-rock

Lutha formed in Dunedin New Zealand during the late 60's and released 2 albums before calling it a day in 1974.  This is their self titled first album, which was released in 1972.  More about Lutha can be found at AudioCulture.

Tracklist:

01 - Then I Saw A Face

02 - Sun Song (Anaximander Rambling)

03 - I Really Want To Be With You

04 - Andrianna

05 - Mountain Side

06 - Stop! The Music Is Over

07 - Why Is Gone

08 - My Turn To Cry

09 - So Many Tears

10 - I Am But All Alone

Lutha - Lutha

Lonesome Road - a mix of rock and blues-rock music

Today's 12-song mix weaves together a selection of mostly rock and blues-rock tracks.  The compilation includes a few well known artists but in some cases with songs that maybe lessor known.  

Tracklist:

01 - Roll On - Mike Zito

02 - Fault Line - The Mighty Bosscats

03 - Criminal World - David Bowie

04 - I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar

05 - Lonesome Road - Rick Parfitt

06 - Not Today - Preacher Stone

07 - Ghosts Of Days Gone By - Alter Bridge

08 - Your Move - Shaw-Blades

09 - On My Way - INXS

10 - Every Day Should Be A Holiday - The Dandy Warhols

11 - Still A Freak - The Waterboys

12 - So Tied Up - Cold War Kids with Bishop Briggs

Lonesome Road

Dark Secrets - an Alt Rock mix to blow out the cobwebs

I've been doing a bit of well overdue painting inside my house before I return to work next week. Now it's done - I needed some music with a bit of noise to help me wash down the dust with some well earned beers, hence this mix.  This compilation is a mix of  mostly Alt Rock music that rocks it up and works well with a bit of volume....(sorry neighbors).

Tracklist:

01 - Blind - Andi Deris & The Bad Bankers

02 - Phoenix - Scandroid

03 - King Of Misery - Saul

04 - Down Here - Brave Future

05 - Break The Silence - Blue Lakes

06 - Dark Secrets - No Name Faces

07 - After Dark - Essenger

08 - Stars - Farmer Boys

09 - A Slave To Gravity - The Alchemy

10 - Fortunes Of War - Negative Gravity

11 - Alone - Sevendust

12 - Paperthin Hymn - Anberlin

Dark Secrets

Brilliant Mistake - an interesting mix of songs spanning 35 years

This 12-song compilation was one of the more difficult ones that I've put together.  I'd been listening to Elvis Costello's album King Of America and was quite impressed with his vocals on "Brilliant Mistake", so I set myself the challenge of blending together some tunes from the 80's with those from more recent decades. 

So, using 'Brilliant Mistake' as the anchor tune - I selected music from the 80's through to current to see what I could come up with.  I quite liked Fever Ray's rendition of Peter Gabriel's 'Mercy Street' and chose that as the opening track followed closely by Robbie Robertson's 'Unbound' and then the remaining arrangement of tracks through to the final song 'Your Own Sweet Way' by the The Notting Hillbillies (Mark Knopfler).  It's a pretty laid back mix that introduces a layer of complexity that makes for an interesting listen - probably best after at least 1-2 drinks :-)

Tracklist:

01 - Mercy Street - Fever Ray

02 - Unbound - Robbie Robertson

03 - Is It Like Today - Eliza Gilkyson

04 - Don't Forget Me - Red Hot Chili Peppers

05 - Dear Life - Beck

06 - Last Train Out - Gooding

07 - Brilliant Mistake - Elvis Costello

08 - Vide Noir - Lord Huron

09 - Twist In My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram

10 - December - Collective Soul

11 - Heartbeat - Zola Blood

12 - Your Own Sweet Way - Notting Hillbillies

Brilliant Mistake