Michael & Elisabeth Mainelli’s Wedding Tape One, 19 May 1996

I made three mixtapes for Michael & Elisabeth Mainelli’s wedding, which were used at the informal party on the Sunday after the formal wedding. I kept track listings (dated 12 May 1996) and can therefore recreate the experience 25 years later in embedded YouTube form. Occasionally such embeds get moved, removed or delisted, but you should be able to hear most if not all of them.

Here’s Tape One, which comprised a fair amount from Michael’s own collection of recordings, mixed in with some of mine that I thought would go well with Michael’s own choices.

The other two tapes were more my own ideas.

 

Michael & Elisabeth Wedding Tape 1 Side A: Soft Rock
Moondance, Van Morrison
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes, Paul Simon
Eternal Flame, Bangles
We Built this City, Starship
Lets Stay Together, Tina Turner
Modern Love, David Bowie
Downtown, Petula Clark
Cherish, Kool & the Gang
Keep On Loving You, REO Speedwagon
Come Monday, Jimmy Buffett
Don’t Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult


Michael & Elisabeth Wedding Tape 1 Side B: Harder Rock
American Girl, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Kids Are Alright, Who
More Than a Feeling, Boston
Just What I Needed, Cars
Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
Travelling Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival
New Speedway Boogie, Grateful Dead
Rosana, Toto
Because The Night, Patti Smith Group
Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler
Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin
99 Red Balloons (irritatingly short excerpt) Nena (singing in English)

Side A

https://youtu.be/6lFxGBB4UGU
https://youtu.be/PSoOFn3wQV4
https://youtu.be/K1b8AhIsSYQ
https://youtu.be/4rFB4nj_GRc
https://youtu.be/Dy4HA3vUv2c

Side B

https://youtu.be/SIhb-kNvL6M
https://youtu.be/afam2nIae4o
https://youtu.be/oR4uKcvQbGQ
https://youtu.be/Z5-rdr0qhWk
https://youtu.be/f3t9SfrfDZM
https://youtu.be/VwcJ5WQSamQ
https://youtu.be/_nOpJMQ3-VE
https://youtu.be/qmOLtTGvsbM

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