In 1988, the greatest format in the history of recorded music — the 33 1/3 long-playing record — was giving ground to its successors, the cassette tape and the compact disc.Your writer stubbornly clung to his albums, which was cool — except for the fact that he couldn't bring a turntable along with him on the road. Not that it would have mattered in his mom's '86 Nova, which featured only AM radio. But some of his friends had car cassette decks.
Thus "Ear Candy for Metal Mavens" was born: two 90-minute tapes of great heavy metal, not-so-great heavy metal, and classic rock warhorses. These tapes provided the soundtrack to many an aimless drive through the side streets of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. If I remember correctly, the tunes even served to help annoy a tight-ass high school marching band director who had to listen to them while walking by your correspondent's room at band camp.
"Ear Candy for Metal Mavens" has sat unheard for two decades. It might not be heard from again. But thanks to a prompt from the "mixtape" project, the ear candy will not fade into oblivion without proper recognition.
VOLUME 1 SIDE A Alice Cooper, I'm Eighteen, Queensryche, Eyes of a Stranger, Megadeth, Hook in Mouth, Aerosmith, Dream On, Van Halen, Eruption/You Really Got Me, Blue Oyster Cult (Don't Fear) the Reaper, Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven, Yngwie J Malmsteen, Heaven Tonight, Europe Rock the Night
SIDE B Metallica, Fade to Black, Whitesnake, Still of the Night, Great White, Rock Me, Black Sabbath, Iron Man, Kiss, Rock and Roll All Nite, UFO, Lights Out, Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills, Judas Priest, The Hellion/Electric Eye, Death Angel, Cold Gin
VOLUME 2 SIDE A Guns N Roses, Welcome to the Jungle, Def Leppard, Rock of Ages, Micharl Schenker, Attack of the Mad Axeman, Deep Purple, Smoke on the Water, Anthrax, Be All, End All, Dokken, Without Warning/Tooth and Nail, Triumph, Magic Power, Cream, Sunshine of Your Love, Cinderella, Gypsy Road
SIDE B AC/DC Back in Black, Jimi Hendrix, Foxey Lady, Kingdom Come, 17, Van Halen, Panama, Ted Nugent, Cat Scratch Fever, Bad Company, Can't Get Enough, Metallica, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Iron Maiden, Back In the Village, Scorpions, Dark Lady, Led Zeppllin, Good Times Bad Times.
M Kokai, Raleigh NC
