The BVW Mixtape Music Vault Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Theme shows featuring rock and pop music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Top 40 lookbacks, Classic Rock, Classic Hits, Variety Hits, Yacht Rock, Holiday Specials and more! I used to be on the radio. Now I sit in my living room and pretend I still am. PPM friendly (even though it doesn't have to be!) Have a song or show theme request? bvwpodcast@yahoo.com
Another mix of fun 80s songs! Artists include Wham!, Level 42, Genesis, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Cars, Anita Baker, Dionne Warwick and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from August 1987. Artists include Debbie Gibson, Bob Seger, U2, The Nylons and more!
Songs to set the mood for summertime! Artists include Bryan Adams, Diesel, Bananarama, Kenny Chesney, The Motels, Mungo Jerry, The Lovin' Spoonful and more! (R)
For the first time in history, the Top 3 pop songs are country crossovers. In recognition of this chart first, here is a show featuring country crossovers onto the pop chart. Artists include The Eagles, Taylor Swift, Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Milsap, Darius Rucker, Luke Combs, Rascal Flatts and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from July 1974. Artists include Chicago, John Denver, Rufus, ABBA, Steely Dan, George McCrae and more! (R)
Another fun mix of pop hits from the 2000s! Artists include Train, Jesse McCartney, Five For Fighting, Uncle Kracker and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from July 1996. Artists include Quad City DJs, Natalie Merchant, Los Del Rio, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Gin Blossoms, Alanis Morrissette and more!
A set of Classic Rock favorites from 1971. Artists include The Doors, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison and more!
A playlist of songs to help celebrate the 4th of July mixed with different TV and movie clips. Artists include Neil Diamond, John Mellencamp, David Bowie, The Guess Who, Sugarland, James Brown, Enrico Pallazo and more! (R)
The 30th installment of Variety Hits, a series that plays anything! Artists this time around include the brand new single from Matchbox Twenty, John Mellencamp, Good Charlotte, Steely Dan, Prince, Rush, Paul Carrack and more!
A selection of songs about life in The Big Apple! Artists include George Benson, Andrew W.K., The Goo Goo Dolls, Ryan Adams, Frank Sinatra, Christopher Cross and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from November 2000. Artists include Baha Men, Shaggy, Madonna, Sting, Creed and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from November 1978. Artists include The Village People, Donna Summer, Exile. Bob Seger, Meco, Foreigner and more!
A random mix of hits! Artists include The Doors, Bon Jovi, Santana, Sixpence None The Richer, OMD, Naked Eyes, Barenaked Ladies and more!
A set of songs about Giving Thanks! Artists include Adam Sandler, Dido, Fall Out Boy, Sam & Dave, The Beatles and more!! (R)
A selection of Top 40 hits from November 1979. Artists include Cheap Trick, The Eagles, Foreigner, M, Robert John, Michael Jackson and more! (R)
A fun mix of 60s hits from artists like Dion, The Supremes, The Ventures, The Four Tops, Nillson, The Buddy Rich Big Band and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from November 1973. Artists include The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Pointer Sisters and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from October 1981. Artists include Chilliwack, Blue Oyster Cult, Billy Squier, Christopher Cross, The Go-Gos, Hall & Oates and more! (R)
A selection of Top 40 hits from October 1968! Artists include Steppenwolf, The Archies, The Band, The Who, The Beatles and more!
A fun Halloween mix to celebrate my favorite holiday! Artists include Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Cars, Billy Squier, Ozzy Osbourne, Henry Mancini, John Lennon and more!
A fun Halloween mix to celebrate my favorite holiday! Artists include Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Jumpin' Gene Simmons, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Ringo Starr, Bow Wow Wow and more! (R)
A fun Halloween mix to celebrate my favorite holiday! Artists include Manfred Mann, Elton John, The Eagles, John Fogerty, Michael Jackson, Warren Zevon, Oingo Boingo and more! (R)
A fun Halloween mix to celebrate my favorite holiday! Artists include Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, Blue Oyster Cult, The Cranberries, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, John Carpenter and more! (R)
A selection of Top 40 hits from October 1972. Artists include Rod Stewart, The Temptations, Yes, The Spinners, Johnny Nash, Joe Cocker and more!
Another Variety Hits episode with a random setlist. Music from the 60s to 2002, including The Pretenders, The Byrds, Uncle Kracker, and a transition you'll never hear on radio - Coolio into The London Symphony Orchestra!
A selection of Top 40 hits from September 1971. Artists include Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, The Guess Who, Jean Knight, The Dramatics, The Carpenters, Five Man Electrical Band, John Denver and more!
Another fun mix of 70s pop and rock hits. Artists include Heart, Boston, Heatwave,, Gilbert O’Sullivan and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from September 1986. Artists include Glass Tiger, The Eurhythmics, Phil Collins, Huey Lewis & The News, Aretha Franklin and more!
My second annual end of summer Yacht Rock spotlight show! Artists include Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, Marty Balin, Player, Robbie Dupree and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from August 1992. Artists include Tom Cochrane, Boyz II Men, Wilson Phillips, The Cure, Bobby Brown, Michael Bolton and more!
Bad Company. Kool and the Gang. Talk Talk. Is it the name of the group? Or the name of the song? On this show, it's both!
A selection of Top 40 hits from August 1993. Artists include Aerosmith, Four Non Blondes, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Sting, Huey Lewis and the News, Stone Temple Pilots and more! (R)
A selection of Top 40 hits from August 1984! Artists include Culture Club, Peter Wolf, Van Halen, Elton John, Scandal, Rod Stewart, and more!
Another show with no theme! Artists include Bill Withers, Harry Styles, The Beatles, OMD, and more!
A set of songs that mention other songs (or artists) in their lyrics. Artists include Bad Company, The Beatles, The Kinks and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from July 1974. Artists include Chicago, John Denver, Rufus, ABBA, Steely Dan, George McCrae and more!
Another mix of nostalgic 90s favorites. Artists include Hootie and the Blowfish, Jennifer Paige, House of Pain, UB40, Donna Lewis and more!
A selection of Top 40 hits from July 1979. Artists include Anita Ward, The Doobie Brothers, Charlie Daniels, Van Halen and more!!
Another random mix of songs from a variety of decades. From a current Top 5 hit to an obscure single from 1963, it's a random assortment of songs you (mostly) know and hopefully love!
A fun mix of pop hits from the 2000s. Artists include Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Train, Mat Kearney, Avril Lavigne, Eminem and more!
A mix of hits from The Beatles, Wings, and solo Paul McCartney to celebrate Sir Paul's 80th Birthday!
I let the Google random number generator choose a 10 song playlist based on chart positions from Hot 100 year end charts from 1960-2021.
An alternate tracklist for Record One of the Beatles "Blue Album" which is the original Beatles compilation set from 1973
Another look at songs from artists that have been successful both on their own and as members of a successful group
A selection of Top 40 hits from December 2005 I played on the radio when they were hits! (R)
Turn your clocks back and listen to a playlist of songs about having a little extra time (R)
Another selection of Top 40 hits from the 2000s that charted but never went to recurrent or gold status
You know the drill by now for these Variety Hits shows. No theme, just a variety of hits!
Another fun mix of 90s music, including a few songs from some of my favorite 90s movies
A sequel to one of the first shows I ever did, featuring a variety of instrumentals from a variety of genres
Ten well known and familiar hits from the 1980s that still receive quite a bit of radio airplay today. But none of them ever hit the Top 40!
A look back at some of the top pop hits of 2020. We also look at new music from legendary rock artists, and reveal the # 1 song of the year from four different charts.
A selection of pop songs from over the decades that were at # 1 on the charts on December 25
32 years separate the difference between the two versions of the only Christmas song ever recorded by The Beatles. And remember, O-U-T spells Out!
Everyone knows the classic Christmas song White Christmas, especially the timeless version from Bing Crosby. But did you know the version you are likely used to hearing is actually a rerecording?
A special holiday edition of my "The Same... But Different" series featuring five unique recordings of "The Christmas Song" all recorded by the legendary Nat King Cole.
The show you didn't know you didn't need. More than an hour of Disco Christmas medleys.
Remembering John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of his passing with a mix of John's solo songs and Beatles songs featuring John singing lead.
A selection of instrumental Christmas favorites that also serves as the Christmas season background music loop at Walt Disney World's Epcot.
A selection of Top 40 hits from December 2005 I played on the radio when they were hits!
Over 50 classic Christmas songs I hand picked from Christmas compilation records and cassettes I grew up listening to. Two and a half hours of uninterrupted classic Christmas music.
A selection of songs from The Beatles that are also Beatles album titles. Some of them are also Beatles movie titles as well!
Remembering the extraordinary musical career of legendary Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen
My 50th show! A lucky thirteen Top 40 hits from September 1985! And the first show I've done that needs the explicit content warning. But it's not for the reason you'd probably think.
It's the unofficial last weekend of summer. What better way to celebrate than with a Disco Extravaganza?
An alternate tracklist for Record Two of the Beatles "Red Album" which is the original Beatles compilation set from 1973
A random assortment of fun pop songs and commercials from the 1990s, as well as some 90s TV clips remembering Regis Philbin.
Some well known classic album rock songs that go well together with their song neighbor from the album
No theme, no format. Just playing anything. And yes, the show starts out saying there will be 10 songs but there are actually 12. Math was never a strong suit.
An alternate tracklist for Record One of the Beatles "Red Album" which is the original Beatles compilation set from 1973
A re recorded version of the show I originally did in April. A virtual road trip from coast to coast including music and comedy bits. Now with tighter editing and all new voicetracks that don't sound like I recorded the show in a drainpipe. And we once again try to get some of Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines.
No theme, no format. Just playing anything. And a secret about those "We Play Anything" radio stations. (Hint: they don't)
Ten Top 40 hits from 1980 that may or may not be the reason music from 1980 is so forgettable