The Two Sheds Mix Tapes 31-33: The Music of 1970

Back in January I saw a video on Youtube that featured a collection of songs that were twenty years old this year. The first thing I thought was that I could do better than that, so I compiled a Youtube play list of songs that were released in 1970, fifty years ago.

Eleven months later, and with 2020 in it’s final throes I thought it would be a good idea to revisit this idea with three Mix Tapes looking back at songs that made the UK charts back then, with nearly sixty songs for your personal enjoyment. Here’s the track listings:

VOLUME 1 - https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/the-two-sheds-mix-tape-31-the-music-of-1970-volume-1/
1) Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
2) I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
3) Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
4) Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) - Stevie Wonder
5) War - Edwin Starr
6) Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
7) Band of Gold - Freda Payne
8) Don’t Play That Song - Aretha Franklin
9) Up the Ladder to the Roof - The Supremes
10) It’s All in the Game - The Four Tops
11) Wild World - Jimmy Cliff
12) Abraham, Martin & John - Marvin Gaye
13) Love is Life - Hot Chocolate
14) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
15) Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - The Tams
16) It’s Wonderful - Jimmy Ruffin
17) Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe - Mr. Bloe
18) Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
19) The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
20) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker

VOLUME 2 - https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/the-two-sheds-mix-tape-32-the-music-of-1970-volume-2/
1) Let It Be - The Beatles
2) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
3) Close to You - Carpenters
4) The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
5) Can’t Help Falling In Love - Andy Williams
6) Everybody’s Talkin’ - Nilsson
7) Wandrin’ Star - Lee Marvin
8) Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
9) Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort
10) Ruby Tuesday - Melanie
11) Leavin’ On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary
12) Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
13) Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens
14) Fire & Rain - James Taylor
15) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
16) Lonely Days - The Bee Gees
17) Govinda - Radha Krishna Temple
18) Amazing Grace - Judy Collins

VOLUME 3 - https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/the-two-sheds-mix-tape-33-the-music-of-1970-volume-3/
1) Lola - The Kinks
2) Whole Lotta Love - C.C.S.
3) Ride a White Swan - T-Rex
4) Instant Karma - John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band
5) Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
6) The Witches Promise - Jethro Tull
7) Question - The Moody Blues
8) Venus - Shocking Blue
9) In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
10) 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
11) Brontosaurus - The Move
12) Let’s Work Together - Canned Heat
13) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
14) In My Chair - Status Quo
15) The Seeker - The Who
16) The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) - Fleetwood Mac
17) All Right Now - Free
18) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
19) Black Night - Deep Purple
20) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

You can also listen to the entire Two Sheds Mix Tape collection at https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/playlists/the-two-sheds-mix-tapes/