ONCE There Was a Record

ONCE there was a record. And that record specifically marked a time in your life that will not be forgotten. We all have records (I use the term loosely since I don’t technically own any records) that are very close to us. They are the records that invoke specific memories. Not just one song defined the moment. It is one of those records that when we hear one song, we know which song is coming next. Like chapters of a life’s book, each record turns the page in your mind’s eye. I have lots of records like that. Sometimes when you look back at those records, you find the collection can at times be confusing and other times downright embarrassing. But they are still the records that made moments in your life enjoyable. The album you listened to over and over in your car when you first got your driver’s license or the summer working your first job. I could go track by track through my selections, but they are my memories and not yours. So just laugh and listen and think of young Trey. Maybe create your own mix based on the records that changed your life. Because ONCE There Was a Record…. And this is the mixtape to document that.



#1
Counting Crows (August and Everything After) – Round Here

#2
Everlast (Whitey Ford) – Money

#3
Firehouse (Firehouse) – All She Wrote

#4
Joe Satriani (The Extremist) – War

#5
Seven Mary Three (Rockcrown) – Times Like These

#6
Weezer (Blue Album) – Only In Dreams

#7
Tori Amos (Boys For Pele) – Putting the Damage On

#8
Savatage (Streets – A Rock Opera)

#9
Radiohead (The Bends) – Black Star

#10
Paul Simon (Graceland) – Under African Skies

#11
Dr. Dre (2001) – The Next Episode

#12
Bon Jovi (New Jersey) – Blood On Blood

#13
Spacehog (Resident Alien) – Ship Wrecked

#14
Afghan Whigs (Black Love) – Honkey’s Ladder

#15
Nelson (After the Rain) – After the Rain

#16
Smashing Pumpkins (Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) – Love

#17
Limp Bizkit (Three Dollar Bill, Ya’ll) – Sour

#18
Def Leppard (Hysteria) – Run Riot

#19
Rage Against the Machine (Rage Against the Machine) – Know Your Enemy

#20
Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) – God of Wine

#21
Dream Theater (Images and Words) – Take the Time

#22
Pink Floyd (The Wall) – Nobody Home

#23
U2 (Achtung, Baby) – So Cruel

#24
Kid Rock (Devil Without A Cause) – Wasting Time

#25
Everclear (So Much For the Afterglow) – White Men In Black Suits

#26
Winger (Pull) – Blind Revolution Mad

#27
Pearl Jam (VS) – Blood

#28
Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime) – Suite Sister Mary

#29
Kanye West (The College Dropout) – We Don’t Care

#30
Warrant (Cherry Pie) – I Saw Red