LNL Midnight Mixtape: Live Tracks

Midnight Mixtape: Live Recordings

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/06/2025) for best live recordings in tribute to the Glastonbury festival noted for lots of excellent live performances!

Songs in contention

• Specials - Too much too young
• Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
• Pulp - Common People
• Lovin' Spoonful - Darling be home soon
• INXS - Need you tonight
• UFO - Doctor Doctor Please
• Rush - Closer to the heart
• Runrig - Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
• Miles Davis - My funny valentine
• U2 - I will follow
• Van Morrison - These dreams of you
• Jaimie Branch - Theme 001
• Yes - I've seen all good people
• Florence & Machine - Drumming Song
• Thin Lizzy - Rosalie/Jailbreak
• Slade - Hear me calling
• Bob Marley - No woman no cry
• Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll
• Beatles - Don't let me down
• Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
• Talking Heads - Girlfriend is better
• Metallica - Ecstasy of Gold
• Beyonce - Formation
• Marillon - Garden Party
• Bob Dylan - I shall be released
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
• Peter Frampton - Show me the way
• Stiff Little Fingers - Running bear
• Nirvana - Man who sold the world
• Jimi Hendrix - Killing floor
• Mariah Carey - I'll be there
• Paul Weller - What was I made for?
• Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
• Kings of Leon - Fans
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues/Boy named Sue
• Elvis Presley - America Trilogy
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Your cheating heart
• Who - Heaven & Hell [Live in Leeds]
• Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is coming to town
• Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
• George Michael & Elton John - Don't let the sun go down on me
• Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?
• Queen & George Michael - Somebody to love
• Sam Cooke - Bring it on home to me
• Queen - Spread your wings
• Simon & Garfunkel - Late in the evening
• Elton John - Benny and the Jets (not played)
• Stone Roses - Made of Stone (Amateurs)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues/Boy named Sue
2. Beatles - Don't let me down
3. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is coming to town
4. Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?
5. Specials - Too much too young
6. Bob Marley - No woman no cry

[Side 2]
7. Pulp - Common People
8. Mariah Carey - I'll be there
9. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie/Jailbreak
10. Jimi Hendrix - Killing Floor
11. George Michael & Elton John - Don't let the sun go down on me
12. Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song
Hidden: Stone Roses - Made of Stone (Amateurs)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 1 act had never been on before...Mariah Varey! Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 18: Beatles (15+3)
• 14: Johnny Cash (11+3)
• 12: Elvis (10+2)
• 11: Bob Marley (first time on Livesey)
• 7: Bruce Springsteen (6+1), Pulp (5+2)
• 6: Thin Lizzy (5+1)
• 5: George Michael (4+1), Specials (4+1), Jimi Hendrix (3+2)
• 3: Stone Roses (first time on Livesey)
• 1: Leonard Cohen (first time on Livesey)