Happy Rhodes Sampler Tape

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Last modified: Sunday, 14 August, 2016
 

The content of my Happy Rhodes Sampler Tape evolved as new albums were released. In its final form, the chosen set of songs filled up both sides of a C100 audio cassette. Side one was closely based on the music selections from Happy's first four albums included by Vickie Mapes in the special Ecto edition of her Suspended in Gaffa radio show (alas, no longer available). The selection of songs on side two, featuring music from Happy's more recent albums, was all my own work.

The idea of the tape was to include representative songs from each of Happy's albums, so that new listeners could decide which album they were most likely to enjoy as a first purchase. The full list of songs that were included in the final form of the tape is:

Side One

• From Rhodes I (1984)
• Oh the Drears
• Given In
• The Wretches Gone Awry
• From Rhodes II (1984)
• One Alien
• Noone Here
• To the Funny Farm
• From Rearmament (1986)
• I am a Legend
• Til the Dawn Breaks
• Friend You'll Be
• From Ecto (1987)
• Would that I Could
• Ecto
• Ode
• Poetic Justice

Side Two

• From Warpaint (1991)
• Feed the Fire
• Phobos
• Words Weren't Made for Cowards
• From Equipoise (1993)
• He Will Come
• The Flight
• Save Our Souls
• From Rhodesongs (1993)
• Ashes to Ashes (Bowie)
• From Building the Colossus (1994)
• Down Down
• Big Dreams, Big Life
• Glory

The last Happy Rhodes album, Many Worlds Are Born Tonight, was released in August 1998.