Any Major Favourites 2022 – Vol. 2
Last week I ran the first set of “favourites” from Any Major mixes in 2022, with links to the respective posts (with a PDF containing them included). Here’s the second volume.
I noted last week how popular the Songbooks have been. In 2022, I songbooked Carole King, Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson on their respective 80th birthdays, and Elton John, Carol Bayer Sager and the late Laura Nyro on their 75th, and Lamont Dozier (alone and with the Holland brothers) on his passing. I’ll have to see what jubilees there are in 2023 (a couple are pencilled in already); obviously there needn’t be a special occasion to run a Songbook.
Of course I’ll continue other regulars: Covered With Soul (for which I have a surprise coming up), Any Major Soul, A Year in Hits, Albums of the Year, and so on. And no doubt here’ll be a few stand-alones, like 2022’s Any Major Laurel Canyon, Any Major Party and Any Major Sugar. And there will be more Beatles in foreign languages.
All this presumes, of course, that I will have the time to continue as I have in the past. Professional and private priorities must obviously take precedence, but how can I think of cutting back when I get such kind comments, such as this by a reader signing off as Le Trev:
I have no idea how I came across your site only a few days ago but it is my best Christmas present so far. (Albeit the only one but no matter!) If you are a one-man Operator, then your knowledge of “popular music” probably cannot be bettered by anybody in ” The business”!
Of course, you are invited to leave comments on posts — even if to say you enjoyed or didn’t like a mix. In fact, I would be very happy if you could tell me which mixes you particularly liked over the past year. 
This mix also include a PDF with the links below, for later reference. PW in comments.
1. Jo Jo Gunne – Run Run Run (1972)
Any Major Hits from 1972 – Vol. 2
2. Ike & Tina Turner – Get Back (1973)
Paul McCartney Songbook Vol. 1
3. Wilson Pickett – Sugar Sugar (1970)
Covered With Soul Vol. 24
4. The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday (1967)
Any Major Carole King Songbook Vol. 2
5. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu (1968)
Any Major Teen Dreams
6. Southern Freeze – Freeez (1981)
Any Major Disco Vol. 10 – Party Like It’s 1981
7. Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie To You (Acoustic Version) (1992)
Any Major Charlies
8. Dexys Midnight Runners – Liars A To E (1982)
Any Major Albums of the Year: 1982
9. The Pogues – Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six (1988)
Life in Vinyl 1988
10. Carole King – Sweet Seasons (1970)
Any Major Laurel Canyon
11. Salome Bey – Hit The Nail Right On The Head (1970)
Any Major ABC of Canada
12. Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday (1970)
Any Major Lamont Dozier Songbook
13. Z.Z. Hill – Cheating In The Next Room (1982)
Any Major Soul 1982
14. The Bushmen – Pioggia (1966)
Any Major Beatles in Italian
15. Jody Reynolds – Endless Sleep (1958)
Any Major Teenage Tragedy
16. Merle Travis – So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (1947)
Any Major Hits From 1947
PW = amdwhah
Dude, you put out so much quality … I am hard pressed to single out one set … but if needs be: I thoroughly enjoyed your Carol King Songbook… and your Life in Vinyl … and your Major Charlies … and …
Your site is always a marvel, giving loads of entertainment to my daughter and me… yes, we construct the CDs with your home made art.
My faves are “Covered in Soul” (my secret wish is that your surprise is the re-posting of all volumes, re-created by that fan who contacted you) and the full albums done as covers, esp. the Beatles albums.
You could go into web retirement and spend years entertaining visitors with your re-posts.
Least fave is access to the files… I’m firewall blocked entirely from zippyshare, and also firewall blocked from subscribing to rapidgator, which means one slow download at a time and no mega files (like multiple albums combined into a single zip). Small price for all the quality content you put up, though.
Keep it up! You are appreciated!