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Tales of the Proverbial 2nd Chance v 01
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| Talking Heads |
Tentative Decisions (click here because you have been invited) 
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| Gang of 4 | Call Me Up | |
| Camper Van Beethoven | Mao Reminisces Of His Days In Southern China | |
| Robert Wyatt |
Arauco
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| Nick Lowe |
36 Inches High
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| Cracker |
Bicycle Spaniard
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| Mikey Dread |
African Soldiers
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| Elvis Costello | Really Big Nothing | |
| Peter Tosh |
I'm The Toughest
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| Big Audio Dynamite | Singapore | |
| Attractions | Arms Race | |
| Tom Verlaine | Annie's Telling Me | |
| Clash | Death Or Glory | |
| Talking Heads | First Week Last Week Carefree | |
| Gang of 4 | I Will Be A Good Boy | |
| Elvis Costello |
Night Rally
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| Alvin Stardust |
Pretend
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| Nick Lowe |
Nutted By Reality
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| Dave Collins | Double Barrel | |
| Joe Strummer | Yalla Yalla Dub | |
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Reprise of the original volume of the series. Okay, let me explain myself a bit: These postings are not of new mixes. For example, this mix is from five years ago, 2000. I am reposting mixes because there was a problem on AOTM a couple of years ago where a lot of user IDs were lost and my original file was changed (benevolently) into something that was a bit difficult to handle on my end. Also, being that my own website went down and was subsequently changed from a dot com to a dot org, I wanted to get some cohesion down and have the series grouped together in one ear friendly pile. Dead Man and Nomates asked about the volume numbering. All of the volumes are numbered according to release date. This is the first, v85 is the most current, and the upcoming newest release will be v86. However, before v86 is released, I will continue to reprise past mixes until the entire catalog is presented under this particular user ID. Now, about this particular mix. This is the first mix I ever made using Acoustica software. Acoustica became a best friend in the year of our mix, 2000. Those were pre-Napster days. It was also post-USA and post collected album days. I had the smallest collection of music in my entire life that year. I was only beginning to purchase CDs here in Japan as most of my collected music consisted of cassette recordings from my radio shows back at KNON FM in Dallas. Naturally, much of the material has to do with hard core long time favorites. And the presentation was centered on the primary color of Jon rather than foreign ears. Having worked on mixes with a Wollensak since I was 13 in 1972 and graduating through 8-track (recording for me, at least, on that format was possible)and onward to mixing with a Radio Shack mixer around 1980, Acoustica presented a Godsent opportunity. It made possible and easy much of the type of presentation I had struggled with while on FM radio working with only turntables, cassettes and 8-track PSA cart devices. The website Daily WAV also added much input. And we seized the opportunity. I am only allowed 4000 spaces on these notes. But I wanna ramble on regarding this. So please look below for additional notes.
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Notes continued, part one: Volumes 01 - 09 would center on many favorites found on newly replaced CDS but it was the level jump on Volume 10 that would be incited by the formation of Napster where the series really began to take off. The death of Napster would be memorialized on Volume 17 but the subsequent phoenix incarnations via Audiogalaxy, Morpheus and so on wouldn't let the mixing stop. I even became acquiantances with Spinal Tap's Harry Shearer for giving him the heads up on Audiogalaxy. And trust me, that guy is hard to please when it comes to telling him links to check out. Volume 01 is a very very self centered delight of mine bordering on name-dropping megalomania. I tried to include bands that I had shared personal space with at some point in my life. Camper Van Beethoven slept on my living room floor. Elvis Costello told me he forgot the words to Tokyo Storm Warning at the Fuji Rock Festival, the Gang of 4 said I looked like Ronald Reagan when I shook my head back and forth. And there is this wild most pleasured treat from Peter Tosh: In Kansas City, I became acquainted with he, Word Sound and Power as a very young broke no good. He was in town with Jimmy Cliff and I and my sis really wanted to see the show. The truth is we didn't care so much about Peter Tosh as we did about Jimmy Cliff. Tickets were something that could not be afforded. We just dreamed about the show and that would be it. My sister's work had her go to a local hotel on a business meeting and as she was in the lobby, she saw some rastafarians and approached them asking if they were the guys giving the show that evening. They replied indeed they were and asked her if she was going to the show. She said she couldn't afford it, but would it be okay if she got their autograph to bring home to me. They smiled and wrote some words on a piece of power that basically said "Peace be to you, word, sound and power." They said to her, "Give that to the people at the entry and have a good time tonight." We went to the theater and stumbumbled some words that more or less said we were invited to the show if we showed them that piece of paper. The ticket taker stared blankly at us and told us to wait a second. They took off, reappeared and told us to go on in and have a good time. We were taken to the front of the stage and treated to one of the most incredible shows I have ever experienced in my life. I was a hard core Peter Tosh fan after that night. We were treated to the obligatory herb from the audience, and this being 1980, we were hard core skankin' wankers. After I moved to Japan in 1991, about twelve or so years later, I was rummaging through some cut-out bins and came across a Peter Tosh bootleg being sold openly in a small town mom and pop record store. It said "Peter Tosh Live At Montego Bay, Jamaica!" I said to myself, "Gee, it would be nice if this was the same tour as the show they gave at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City." And I turned over the CD to see what the contents were. Well, only three cuts were from Montego Bay, but the ten or so remaining cuts were from: the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, MO." Ohhhhhhhhhhh, ye-ye-ye YES!! Big time yes. Big Effin' Time YES.
Notes Continued, part two: And here is the bit: As I mentioned, I was a hard core skankin' wanker at the time, being that Two Tone had been fairly successful and the new wave ska invasion had been going strongly enough for a year or so. To me, everything was proudly centered on that nutty sound and that was the only way to dance. Despite the natty dread laid back peach pit eyes that reggae demanded, I couldn't stop double timing the beat. When Peter Tosh and the band launched into I'm The Toughest, it started fairly regular but the bass player and keyboardist looked at me laughing as I was double timing the beat. The bass player picked up the rhythm, then started double timing and then all of a sudden the keyboardist syncopates and Peter is having a tough time keeping up with the vocals on I'm The Toughest. That cut on this mix is truly amazing as it just accumulates and speeds up and speeds up. Man, it was grand. I cannot explain the feeling of unity that evening. But for that one recording, I am eternally grateful that it take a bit off the load when it comes to wanting to share it. For that one memory and that one extremely rare piece of recording, I hope you will listen to this. Oh, in keeping with the spirit of those uploading and streaming, this is a 96kbps dynamic sensation.
Fantastic looking mix. Much respect.
These mixes are fabulous--I am really happy you're going all the way back to the beginning.
Thanks for the mix, thanks for the link (and thus instant gratification) and especially thank you for the explanation and story. I also had been wondering about the numbering system and history of these mixes. The personnel connection behing the tracks make them even more enjoyable. Props!
Well now, this is the one. The origin of the species, the birth of the legend, and numerous other clichTs signifying great beginnings. From Genesis to Revelations, jonpoi tells all.Further proof that anecdotal reference gives any mix that turbo boost of excitement. Not that this mix needs such. This was the start and this was the template. No wonder then that this series has maintained such high standards. As a fellow Napster/AudioGalaxy abuser, I smile at the memories.I've listened to many of the mixes in this fascinating cycle, and happily contemplate many more. Indeed, were you to arrive unannounced at Casa Nomates, it would be a jonpoi mix you'd hear pushing vast quantities of air around the inner sanctum. I'm a frothing-at-the-mouth addict. But enough about me, what do you think of me? - ha ha and he he.Back to Tales Of The Proverbial 2nd Chance - yes please. Jon's prodigal return has raised the bar around these parts, and many AOTM'ers have grasped the notion of "sharing" through download as a very useful pre-trade instrument. Long may he continue...
Aah, Volume 1. So this is where it started? I'll look forward to listening to this...
I shall enjoy this.
like Sammy G says . . .
Yes, yes, yes - a thousand times yes!
Perfection on disc!
Glad you left me feedback. So I could discover and listen to you total fantastic mix. Looking forward to hearing them all if all are available that is! What a great guy and a fabulous idea Via la jonpoi!!!