I’m going to Cuba over christmas on Monday the 14th and one thing that I’ll be taking with me is 
a set of three playlists.I’ve always found that particular tracks bring back special memories – especially of particular events which is a great way to remember fonder times (particularly apt given the current cold and rainy weather we have in the UK at the moment)
It was whilst discussing Spotify with a friend at work and how it was the modern equivalent of a mix tape (yes for you youngster’s I’m old enough to remember them at the height of their popularity in the late 80s) that I got the idea. Well that and a discussion on explore.co.uk’s Facebook wall.
At the time I hadn’t purchased an iPod Touch or signed up to use Spotify Mobile so I created them in iTunes.
So I thought I’d do a bit of an experiment and try and recreate them in Spotify. Well it almost worked. Here are the links
There are actually more than thirty songs – about three hours worth split pretty evenly between the three that represent some of my favourite songs and artists.
You probably haven’t spotted it, but in Spotify there are two missing tracks – both should be in the Cuba Relax playlist.
These are
- This is London by Don MacGlashan from the album Warm Hand
- The Other Side of the Reservoir by Graham Parker from the album Don’t Tell Columbus
So a pretty good strike rate for Spotify but not perfect yet.
