Rob Conroy

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Member Since: 1/22/2001
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Children and animals, two by two (2 CDs)

Side A
Artist Song
The Cynics  That's How I Feel 
The Joe Cuba Sextet  Bang! Bang! 
The Ruts  In a Rut 
Operation Ivy  Junkie's Runnin' Dry 
Warren Zevon  Backs Turned Looking Down the Path 
Alexis Weissenberg [Claude Debussy]  Suite Bergamasque: 3. Claire de Lune 
Wooden Shjips  Shrinking Moon for You 
July  Hallo to Me 
The Beatles feat. Billy Preston  Dig It [full-length, unedited version] 
Television  Friction 
The Imposter  Pills and Soap 
Super Furry Animals  Demons 
Robert Wyatt  Just as You Are 
Lee Hazlewood  I'm Gonna Fly [sans introduction] 
The Merseys  Sorrow 
The Band  The Weight 
Bob Dylan & the Hawks  Ballad of a Thin Man [live in Edinburgh, 5/20/66] 
Steely Dan  Doctor Wu 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Sir Richard Bishop  Mahavidya 
Flower Travellin' Band  Satori part 2 
Van Dyke Parks  Ode to Tobago 
Jorge Ben  Taj Mahal 
The Replacements  Shiftless When Idle 
Boris with Michio Kurihara  You Laughed Like a Water Mark 
Grinderman  Chain of Flowers 
Husker Du  First of the Last Calls 
Joy Division  Ceremony 
King Crimson  Starless 
Buffalo Springfield  Four Days Gone 
Johnny Cash with Joe Strummer  Redemption Song 

Comment:

Seeing out the old year and ringing in the new with a Double-Disc Monolith (TM) "For the Hell of It" (TM) melange (nodding to both Curtis Burns and French Connection with the use of that word). Thanks to lo-fi for recommending July, the Flower Travellin' Band, and Wooden Shjips. Title by Elvis Costello (a.k.a. The Imposter).

Feedback:

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doowad
Date: 12/31/2007
Nice closing set on both disks, happy new year, Rob!
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mahdishain
Date: 12/31/2007
i second the doctor wu.
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French Connection
Date: 1/1/2008
Noah would be proud of this one Rob!
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sammyg123
Date: 1/1/2008
Diggin' this a great deal and very much look forward to the DL. Happy New Year, Rob..
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 1/1/2008
So nice...like the Op Ivy, Television, Husker Du, to name a few.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 1/2/2008
Love the closing three on disc 1. The last half of disc 2 is also pretty amazing. Thanks for all the tunes this holiday.
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SwankQueen
Date: 1/2/2008
Five stars! I love everything on here, especially the Van Dyke Parks track, which is totally up my alley!!!
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bufo alvarius
Date: 1/2/2008
This looks SO fucking great, as usual, Rob. Looking forward to hearing this. I hope you and yours had an awesome holiday season.
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hemizen
Date: 1/2/2008
The Cynics, Wooden Shjips, Television, The Beatles, The Merseys, The Band, Bob Dylan & the Hawks, The Replacements, Husker Du and Buffalo Springfield-all great stuff, Rob.
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sport !
Date: 1/2/2008
A great way to start the year!
Love everything here.
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 1/2/2008
Nice to see the Crimson King making a rare appearance...
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Moe
Date: 1/3/2008
Great way to end the year with a FTHOI mix full of great tunes both old and new (though there's little of the latter). Hope 2008 is good to you!
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KathrynandRupert
Date: 1/3/2008
The usual muddle of marvellousness. If next year's mixes meet this standard it'll be a very fine 12 months. Love the Ruts, Television,The Imposter and Merseys.
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G-Sphere
Date: 1/3/2008
Great picks throughout. I love these FTHOI mixes.
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Bear
Date: 1/3/2008
A tres cool melange indeed mon ami (to invoke FC further!)...
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Sean Lally
Date: 1/3/2008
Nice opener - always loved Max on that tune. Good stuff all around, especially Lee H, Zevon. Hell, I don't even hate that Steely Dan song.
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tornadoZ
Date: 1/3/2008
love Replacements, Husker Du, Joy Division tracks... but lots I'm not too familiar with here. Hope 2008 is a real hoop-dee-loop,humdinger, slam-banger [TM] year for you, Rob. looking forward to this year's crop of mixes.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 1/3/2008
these two disc monoliths are always mind-bending, rob - love the costello-television-fab four run, the robert wyatt, dylan, 'mats, huskers & joy division especially - another corker
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zachrobbins
Date: 1/4/2008
still around, i see the gang is still at it here thankfully, great cynics cut, liking the merseys and debussy
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Barrydali
Date: 1/4/2008
Terrific Rob. Love the first 5 on side 2 especially. Happy New Year mate.
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blasikin
Date: 1/5/2008
Rob, thanks so much for the support and recognition. You are the shiznit mixer, and this one is a wonderful way to bring in the new year. Hope your 08 is full of good times. Op Ivy, Jorge Ben, "The Weight", Joe Cuba... What more can one hope for?
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Salman1
Date: 1/7/2008
Wow! Totally in awe here, Rob. Both sides look totally sublime.