This is a complete listing of all the music I own. I am currently in the process of going through my collection, playing each album once to freshen my memory, and then rating it on Firefly's Bignote music rating correlation service. Some of my ratings for are noted here.
Rating scale:
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1 - I Hate It!
2 - Pretty Bad
3 - Not my Thing
4 - It's Alright
5 - I Like It
6 - Great Stuff
7 - The Best
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Modern Music (Pop, Rock, Dance, Blues, New Age)
Group or Artist [group rating] - Album Name or "Song Name" (notes) [rating]
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38 Special [4] - Tour de Force [4]
(Several good songs, but overall somewhat forgettable.)
Anderson * Bruford * Wakeman * Howe [5] - ? (Themes etc.) [5]
(Great high-flying sound; ethereal,
creative, varied and interesting.
Nice vocals.)
The B-52's [5] - Cosmic Thing [6]
(My tape wore out years ago, but I remember it was great,
happy, fun, freewheeling, joyful music. Every song
was really good. Some folks might be turned
off by B-52's characteristic nonmusical male
vocals, but the female vocals are fine.)
The B-52's - ?
The Band - "The Weight" (Groovy Music * 1994) [5]
The Beatles [6] - ?
The Beatles - The Beatles 1967-1970 [6]
The Beatles - Revolver [6]
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (excerpts)
Black 47 [3] - "40 Shades of Blue" (Black '47 etc.) [4]
Black 47 - "Fire of Freedom" (Groovy Music * 1994)
Black 47 - "Funky Ceili" (Black '47 ...) [2]
Black 47 - "Rockin' the Bronx" (Black '47 etc.) [2]
Blues Traveler - "Conquer Me" (Groovy Music * 1994)
Book of Love [6] - Book of Love [6]
Book of Love - Candy Carol
Book of Love - Lullaby [6]
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Edie Brickell & New Bohenians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
The Byrds [4] - The Byrds' Greatest Hits [4]
("I'll feel a whole lot better," which was
covered by Tom Petty in his album Full Moon
Fever, appeared earlier on this album.)
The Cars [6] - Candy-O [5]
The Cars - The Cars [5]
The Cars - The Cars' Greatest Hits [7]
(Practically every song on this album is awesome,
except for a couple that are only very good.)
The Cars - Door to Door [5]
Nick Cave & Shane McGowan - "What a Wonderful World" (Groovy Music * 1994)
Chicago [5] - Greatest Hits 1982-1989 [5]
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now [4]
Eric Clapton - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out" (Groovy Music * 1994) [3]
The Clash [5] - London Calling [5]
Phil Collins [5] - No Jacket Required [5]
Counting Crows [5] - August and Everything After [5]
Elvis Costello - "Miracle Man" (Groovy Music * 1994) [2]
Cream [4] - on "best of 2 super groups on 1 great cassette"
Culture Club - ?
The Cure [6] - Disintegration (broken)
The Cure - Japanese Whispers [5]
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (missing)
The Cure - Standing on a Beach * The Singles [6]
The Cure - Wish [6]
Depeche Mode - Violator
Derek & The Dominos [4] - on "best of 2 super groups on 1 great cassette"
Dire Straits [4] - Brothers in Arms [4]
Thomas Dolby - ?
The Doors [5] - The Doors [5]
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
The Eagles [5] - Eagles Greatest Hits Vol. 2 [5]
Enya [6] - Watermark [6]
Eurythmics [6] - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) [6]
Fiddle Fever - "Ashukan Farewell" (Black '47 etc.) [3]
Foreigner - Agent Provocateur
Peter Gabriel [5] - Peter Gabriel (?) (Intruder etc.)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) (Moribund the Burgermeister etc.) [5]
Peter Gabriel - So [6]
Genesis - Abacab
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Philip Glass [4] - Mishima [5]
Grateful Dead - "Casey Jones" (Black '47 etc.) [3]
Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil" (Black '47 etc.) [4]
George Harrison - Best of Dark Horse
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
Hindu Love Gods - "Battleship Chains" (Groovy Music * 1994)
The Incredible String Band [5] - Wee Tam [6]
Mick Jagger - "Don't Tear Me Up" (Groovy Music * 1994)
Billy Joel - Storm Front (missing) [5]
Jesus Jones [6] - Doubt [6]
Yoko Kanno [6] - Macross Plus * Original Soundtrack [6]
Yoko Kanno - Macross Plus * Original Soundtrack II [6]
Yoko Kanno - Macross Plus * The Cream P*U*F [4]
Gladys Knight - ?
Christine Lavin - Attainable Love
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin?
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Gordon Lightfoot - East of Midnight
The Lightning Seeds [6] - ? (missing) [6]
Lyle Lovett - "Stand By Your Man" (Groovy Music * 1994) [2]
Madonna [5] - I'm Breathless (Dick Tracy soundtrack)
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection [5]
Bobby McFerrin [5] - Simple Pleasures [5]
Midnight Oil [6] - ? (missing)
Mike + the Mechanics [5] - Mike + the Mechanics (broken) [5]
Mike + the Mechanics - Living Years
Van Morrison - "And It Stoned Me" (Black '47 etc.) [2]
Van Morrison - "Into the Mystic" (Black '47 etc.) [2]
Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles [5]
New Order [7] - (the best of) New Order [7]
Oingo Boingo [6] - Dead Man's Party [6]
Mike Oldfield [6] - Ommadawn
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells [5]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 2 [6]
Tom Petty [5] - Full Moon Fever [6]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You're Gonna Get It
Pink Floyd [6] - Animals
Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dancing Songs
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon [5]
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder (live)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason [6]
Pink Floyd - More (soundtrack)
Pink Floyd - Relics
Pink Floyd - The Wall [5]
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [6]
Pizzicato Five [6] - Five by Five
Pizzicato Five - Made in USA
Pizzicato Five - The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five [6]
The Pogues [3]
The Pogues - "Boys from the County Hell" (Black '47 etc.) [2]
The Pogues - "Broad Majestic Shannon" (Black '47 etc.) [3]
The Pogues - Hell's Ditch
The Pogues - "If I Should Fall From Grace with God" (Black '47 etc.) [4]
The Pogues - "Once Upon a Time" (Groovy Music * 1994)
The Police [5] - Every Breath You Take * The Singles [5]
The Pretenders [5] - "Sense of Purpose" (Groovy Music * 1994) [5]
The Proclaimers [6] - Sunshine on Leith [6]
The Psychedelic Furs - ?
Queen [5] - Greatest Hits [5]
R.E.M. - chronic town
R.E.M. - Document
R.E.M. - Eponymous
R.E.M. - "Femme Fatale" (Groovy Music * 1994) [3]
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
The Residents - ?
The Residents - The King and I [4]
Kenny Rogers - ?
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (missing)
Roxy Music [6] - Best of Roxy Music
Roxy Music - Siren
Joe Satriani [5] - Dreaming #11
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Bob Seger [5] - ?
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - The Fire Inside
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Patti Smith - Horses [5]
The Smithereens - ?
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts [5]
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Spin Doctors [4] - "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" (Black '47 etc.) [3]
Spin Doctors - "How Could You Want Him (...)" (Black '47 etc.) [4]
Spin Doctors - "Little Miss Can't be Wrong" (Groovy Music * 1994 / Black '47 etc.) [5]
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" (Black '47 etc.) [5]
Bruce Springsteen [4] - "Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" (Groovy Music * 1994) [3]
Sting - The Best of Sting
Survivor - Greatest Hits
Talking Heads [5] - Little Creatures [5]
Talking Heads - Naked [4]
Talking Heads - "(Nothing But) Flowers" (Groovy Music * 1994) [5]
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Three Dog Night [4] - 3 Dog Night's Greatest Hits [4]
(A few good songs, but mostly forgettable.)
Pete Townshend - The Iron Man (musical)
Traveling Wilburys [5] - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
Jethro Tull - Repeat * The Best of Jethro Tull * Vol. II
U2 [6] - Achtung Baby [6]
U2 - The Joshua Tree [6]
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (live) [5]
Violent Femmes - ?
Roger Waters [5] - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S. [7]
The Who [5] - ?
The Who - It's Hard
The Who - Who's Greatest Hits [5]
Robert Wyatt - ?
Yes [5] - 90125
Yes - Fragile [5]
(See comments on Anderson*Bruford*Wakeman*Howe.
Beautiful, ethereal, lively, varied --- sometimes a bit
jazzy, sometimes classical. The piece "Cans
and Brahms" is classical piano, and another piece is
classical guitar.)
Frank Zappa - Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch [5]
Warren Zevon [4] - "Werewolves of London" (Groovy Music * 1994) [4]
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Modern Music Collections
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Global House Culture Vol. 2 (DJ Mix by Frankie Bones) [6]
Look What the Cat Dragged In (various artists)
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Soundtracks
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Electric Dreams (movie soundtrack, various artists) [6]
Christopher Franke - The Music of Babylon 5 (TV series) [5]
Urusei Yatsura * Lum's Best Selection (Japanese TV series) [3]
Sailor Moon (Japanese TV series, english version soundtrack) [5]
Star Trek * The Motion Picture
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Classical
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1812 Overture
Bach - The Glory of Bach
Bach - Piano Concertos
Beethoven - Symphonies No. 4 and 5
Chopin - Preludes
Classics for Joy - The Best of Beethoven
Classics for Joy - Film Classics [5]
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
Mozart - Pianos Concertos Nos. 21 in C * 9 in E Flat
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Mozart - Symphonies "Haffner" & "Prague"
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana [5]
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Traditional
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Japan * Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music [3]
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Amateur
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Stanford Fleet Street Singers - Full Moon at the Quad
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Personal Mixes
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William Doyle - Groovy Music * 1994
William Doyle - Black '47, Van Morrison, The Pogues, Spin Doctors, Grateful Dead, etc.
Frances Ho - Frances' Mix [5]
Michael Frank - Best of the Best
Michael Frank - Music Mix #1
Michael Frank - Music Mix #2
Michael Frank - Music Mix #3
Michael Frank - Music Mix #4
Michael Frank - Music Mix #5
Michael Frank - Music Mix #6
Michael Frank - Music Mix #7
Michael Frank - Music Mix #8
Michael Frank - Music Mix #9
Michael Frank - New Mix #1
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Audio Recordings of TV Shows
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Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine
Star Trek TNG: A Matter of Honor
Star Trek TNG: The Dauphin
Star Trek TNG: The Icarus Factor
Star Trek TNG: Pen Pals
Star Trek TNG: Q Who?
Star Trek TNG: The Schizoid Man
Star Trek TNG: Unnatural Selection
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Miscellaneous Cassettes
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Michael Frank - Computer Music
Inventory
Multi-Trak 1 - Programs, Sequences
Thy. Comp. Lecture
Winograd Interview
unlabeled cassettes - ||
unopened blanks - 8
head cleaner