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by PaulDavisThe1st 910 days ago
In the early 1980s I worked in the incoming stock dept of the worlds largest record store (we were physically separated from the actual store). We had an employee controlled music system, mostly playing mix tapes. One of the goals of many of us was to create a never-ending stream of "constantly being given songs that are as different as possible from the recent ones you've listened to"

We were young and not that well versed in the full range of musical expression (yet). Nevertheless, that didn't stop one of us (me? not sure) hitting it out of the park with a 3 part segue from "King of the Swingers" from The Jungle Book soundtrack to the Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant" to one of the Bach preludes from the WTC. This sort of thing was routine on a daily basis for all of us, and we delighted in the best ones.