How Can We Hang On To A Dream

1. Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound
2. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
3. Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About
4. The Who - Baba O'Riley
5. Teenage Fanclub - Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From
6. Van Morrison - Bright Side Of The Road
7. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
8. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
9. Juliette Greco - Sous Le Ciel De Paris
10. Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
11. John Wesley Harding - I'm Wrong About Everything
12. Beth Rowley - You Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger
13. Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
14. Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream
15. Love - Always See Your Face
16. Paul Westerberg - Born For Me
17. The Pogues - Fiesta
18. Rod Stewart - Mama You Been On My Mind
19. Harry J Allstars - Liquidator
20. The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
21. Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's
22. Sheila Nicholls - Fallen For You

Yesterday evening me and the missus settled down in front of the telly to watch 'An Education' the recent film starring the very beautiful Carey Mulligan. 2 Minutes into the film and already my mind had settled firmly on downloading the soundtrack to the film as soon as it had finished.

The song playing over the opening sequence was new to me. It was 'On The Rebound' by Floyd Cramer. And I loved it.

It occurred to me that I'd enjoyed the all soundtracks to all the films based on books or screenplays of Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About A Boy. And I reckoned I could make a pretty great mix featuring the picks of each of the 4 soundtracks, with a couple of songs featured in his book '31 Songs' thrown in for good measure.

Here's the result. A mix so strong that it couldn't even find room for 'Dry The Rain' by The Beta Band, one of my all time favourite tracks. It has been used on a mix by myself before though, and at 6 minutes+ I would have had to lose 2 other tracks from the mix, which I just couldn't do.

Tracks 1, 7, 9, 12 & 21 taken from 'An Education' OST

Tracks 2, 11, 13, 15 & 22 taken from 'High Fidelity' OST

Tracks 3 & 10 taken from 'About A Boy' OST

Tracks 4, 6, 14, 17 & 19 taken from 'Fever Pitch' OST

Tracks 5, 8, 16, 18 & 20 taken from the book '31 Songs' by Nick Hornby

RS MF