Session notes from the booth.

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! by The Beatles lands here because Keeps the emotional pressure steady after New Electric Ride by Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band and turns the color from 1970s into 2020s.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Everlasting Light can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! shows The Beatles working in a 1960s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Everlasting Light to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Everlasting Light answers Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! by The Beatles with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition) (2020), Everlasting Light shows The Black Keys working in a 2020s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) answers Everlasting Light by The Black Keys with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) comes off The Doors (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), where The Doors leans into rock. The cut moves with a steady shoulder-roll, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Everlasting Light without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison lands here because Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) by The Doors and I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes create a strong emotional arc that keeps the set moving forward.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Essential Van Morrison (1) (2015), Tupelo Honey shows Van Morrison working in a 2010s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a bright electric charge, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) answers Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1969), Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) shows The Doors working in a 1960s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Tupelo Honey without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) answers Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) by The Doors with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock, alternatif et indé edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

On Elephant (2023), I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) shows The White Stripes working in a 2020s pocket with pop, rock, alternatif et indé in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the pop, rock, alternatif et indé texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Wishful Sinful (Doors Only Mix) (Robby Krieger Overdub) without borrowing the same emotional weight.