Session notes from the booth.

Chaos by The Doors lands here because You're The Storm (First Demo) by The Cardigans keeps the emotional pressure steady after Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham! and keeps pop, rock in the grain.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Hunted Down can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1969), Chaos 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. It also leaves a lane for Hunted Down to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Hunted Down answers Chaos by The Doors with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. You're The Storm (First Demo) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On Telephantasm (2010), Hunted Down shows Soundgarden working in a 2010s pocket with pop, 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 pop, rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Chaos without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for You're The Storm (First Demo) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

You're The Storm (First Demo) answers Hunted Down by Soundgarden with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

On The Rest Of The Best (2024), You're The Storm (First Demo) shows The Cardigans working in a 2020s pocket with pop, 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 pop, rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Hunted Down without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Who Scared You (Doors Only Mix) by The Doors lands here because Once in a Lifetime (Live) by Talking Heads keeps the emotional pressure steady after Chaos by The Doors and turns the color from 1960s into 2000s, providing a bold yet subtle lift to the hour.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Once in a Lifetime (Live) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1969), Who Scared You (Doors Only Mix) shows The Doors working in a 1960s 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 Once in a Lifetime (Live) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Once in a Lifetime (Live) answers Who Scared You (Doors Only Mix) by The Doors with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On Stop Making Sense (2000), Once in a Lifetime (Live) shows Talking Heads working in a 2000s pocket with pop 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 texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Who Scared You (Doors Only Mix) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go answers Once in a Lifetime (Live) by Talking Heads with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The pop, rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

On The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven (2023), Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go shows Wham! working in a 2020s pocket with pop, 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 pop, rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Once in a Lifetime (Live) without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) by The Doors lands here because Extend the feeling that follows Deadbeat Club by The B‐52s without sounding automatic.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Magnet And Steel can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) comes off The Doors (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), where The Doors leans into rock. 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 Magnet And Steel to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Magnet And Steel answers Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) by The Doors 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. Dreaming can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s (1993), Magnet And Steel shows Walter Egan working in a 1990s 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. You can hear how it answers Light My Fire (Mono Remastered) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Dreaming to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Dreaming answers Magnet And Steel by Walter Egan 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.

On Sounds Of The Seventies - The Late '70s (1993), Dreaming shows Blondie working in a 1990s 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. You can hear how it answers Magnet And Steel without borrowing the same emotional weight.

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.