An epic year for music, a teenage boy, and for power-pop. The same cannot be said for disco. Stiff competition across the board, however.

Side effects of making a 1976 mixtape include: stress ulcers, brain fog, creative atrophy, inability to make logical choices, and decision overload. Consult your local priest before attempting at home.

Do you remember when rock was young? When you and Suzie had so much fun? Well, you had fun at least. Suzie? Not so much.

This is the first mixtape in our Yearly Mixtape Series where we weren’t even born yet when the music first was released. Hence, every...