Uncontrollable Urge - 2003 mix

Kitchen listening at dinner.. Uncontrollable Urge, another old CD mix but this one was originally on a cassette tape I put together in the early 80s. Robert Quine on the cover.

This mix has undergone various configurations over the years and has been redone recently in both the Decade 3 version in 2014 and as part of a much longer Mega Mix version in 2018. This CD mix was put together in 2003 and posted to Art of the Mix in 2004.

Here is the post comment I made about

the mix back then... "1977, 78 were great years for music. It was also a great time to be going to college parties where all that music was being discovered for the first time. My wife (to be) was in art school from 1976 to 1979 at Tyler in Philly. I was in the film/video program at Temple. We went to lots of the art school parties and these albums were cranking on the stereo. I heard a lot of this music for the first time at these house parties. It was a great time and all these songs are from that period. Patti Smith was the goddess and the Ramones were the party animals. We would also go up to NYC in the afternoon to the art galleries and then check out the bands at CBGB's at night. There was also a lot of funk and disco at those parties but that's another mix. Robert Quine on the cover. RIP."

Here is a copy of the feedback for that mix.

FEEDBACK:

MAHDISHAIN
DATE: 6/14/2004

very nice. i have been thinking about doing a mix of my college years (76 - 81). i was a slow learner but i learned about most of these bands.
stay tuned!

THE MISFIT
DATE: 6/14/2004

It doesn't get any better than this!

ROB CONROY
DATE: 6/14/2004

Yep, really great, every track a winner.

CURTIS_BURNS
DATE: 6/14/2004

What the Misfit said. And it's still true all these years later.

THOMAS_MOHR
DATE: 6/14/2004

Nice.

G.A.B. L@BS
DATE: 6/14/2004

ahhh...college dance hall days, this has style it's got class, so strong I can't let it pass;... too c...coo...cOoL!

SEAN LALLY
DATE: 6/14/2004

what they said - GREAT! just saw patti smith the other night - she is better than ever.

12VMAN
DATE: 6/14/2004

Great mix - not a bad track here - - - from a fellow RTF grad!

ERIK1966LUTIG
DATE: 6/14/2004

Love this!!!

RMLONDON
DATE: 6/14/2004

Greatmix .. like the guys said - I was lucky enough to see many of these bands live in London during this time Dammned, Pere Ubu and Talking Heads at the Roundhouse; Jam at the Marquee; even travelled to Brighton to watch Eddie and the Hot Rods .... And bizarely NYD's supported Rod Stewart and The Faces at Wembley (in I think '73?) Elvis Costello on the first Stiff tour...Great memories of great music Thanks!

BUGLADY
DATE: 6/14/2004

I absolutely love this mix!

JANA
DATE: 6/14/2004

Classic!

MUZAG
DATE: 6/14/2004

Absolutely beautiful, George. Every one a classic.

MO TWANG!
DATE: 6/14/2004

Great stuff.

ADAM BRISTOR
DATE: 6/14/2004

Every track is gold.

NEST OF VIPERS
DATE: 6/14/2004

Uber cool!

SIOBHAN
DATE: 6/14/2004

This is so good! I love the Jam, Clash and Devo picks especially, but there are too many to mention. A great deal of my favourite bands are late 70s/ early 80s - I was born way too late...

KRIS LANGLEY
DATE: 6/14/2004

What kind of fool do you think I am? The kind of fool that wishes Ben Harper had never tried to cover "The Modern World," I guess. Damn good mix.

LANCELOT LINK IV1
DATE: 6/14/2004

Nice overview of a golden era.

P THE SWEDE
DATE: 6/14/2004

When I started to buy records on a regular basis this was the stuff I bought, it's still brilliant stuff

DOM1
DATE: 6/14/2004

Ditto everyone else! Great cuts!

LO-FI JR.
DATE: 6/14/2004

Dynamite mix of a wonderful time to have had your ears to the ground. Nice cover too. I've been spinning some old grooves also since hearing about Robert's death. I'll likely have a companion for this one up here soon.

A.D. 69
DATE: 6/14/2004

This looks fabulous, I love all of these songs.

EX-SPECTATOR
DATE: 6/15/2004

yep, love this.

SAAF
DATE: 6/15/2004

Born a little too late and little too far from NYC. Admired from afar.

STARRYMOUSE
DATE: 6/15/2004

holy crap. solid gold!

JAMES JACKSON
DATE: 6/20/2004

In the late 70s, I attended college, was living with an artist, and partying was not just a pastime but a way of life. This could be the soundtrack to my life. Excellent.

NICHOLAS VEGAS
DATE: 6/20/2004

OMG , Magazine on a Mix.
I already forgot that group. Nice to see again it remembers me a lot of my Youth.
"THIS MICKS KICKS"
Great job.
NV

SLACK-A-GOGO
DATE: 6/21/2004

Now THIS is my idea of a party mix!!!!

NICHOLAS VEGAS
DATE: 7/2/2004

this is Acoustic TIME TARVEL , it remembers me my first Punk Concert ( Times ago )

NV

5/14/20