Thomas_Mohr

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Member Since: 2/22/2002
Total Mixes: 72
Total Feedback: 1478

Other Mixes By Thomas_Mohr

Disconnection
Cassette | Dance - House
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Battle of the Bands
CD | Mixed Genre
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Squeezeboxing
CD | Mixed Genre
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Beatles International Ltd.
CD | Theme - Cover Songs
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Made in Germany '66 - Internationale Top-Hits in deutscher Sprache
CD | Theme - Cover Songs
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No Strings Attached - A Robert Quine Collection

Side A
Artist Song
Richard Hell & The Voidoids  (I Belong to the) Blank Generation 
James White & The Blacks  Off White 
Lydia Lunch  Knives in My Drain 
Jody Harris/Robert Quine  Flagpole Jitters 
Lou Reed  Waves of Fear 
Material  Ciquri 
Scritti Politti  Don't Work Too Hard 
Robert Quine/Fred Maher  Pickup 
Tom Waits  Downtown Train 
Wiseblood  Someone Drowned in My Pool 
Marianne Faithfull  Hello Stranger 
John Zorn  Once upon a Time in the West 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Dim Stars  Stop Breaking Down 
Robert Quine  Pitecanthropus Erectus 
Brian Eno  Juju Space Jazz 
Suzanne Rhatigan  Daddy 
Odds  Jack Hammer 
Matthew Sweet  Dinosaur Act 
Mikel Erentxun  Naif 
They Might Be Giants  Sleeping in the Flowers 
Corin Curschellas  Violenza 
Reiss  Pale Blue Eyes 
Ikue Mori/Robert Quine/Marc Ribot  Cheyenne 
Tom Clark & The High Action Boys  She Had a Good Heart 
Andre Williams  Head First 
Lloyd Cole  Alright People 
Michael Maxwell  Hell or High Water 
Sonny Vincent  Animal Farmers 
Lys Guillorn  Counterproductive 
Michael DuClos  Donelson Road 

Comment:

On May 31st, 2004, Robert Quine, aged 61, killed himself with an extreme overdose of heroin. He had tried to do so before but had failed. As it seems, he didn't want to go on living after his wife, Alice, had died of cancer a few months earlier. So here's a small testament to one of the great guitarists of the past 30 years, a man whose playing, at least to these ears, is almost unmatched in its amalgamation of fury and sensitivity, grittiness and beauty. Small wonder one of his credits reads "pain guitar."
What I wanted to do is present one track by every artist Mr. Quine ever recorded with, and I almost suceeded in doing so, with two exceptions: Japanese artists Sion and Kazuyoshi Saito whose records were simply unattainable (despite the most diligent efforts of Japanese AotMer Jon Neukam whose house I hope is still standing). None the less, I'm indebted to quite a few people for providing some of these tracks, namely Gerry McDonald (Mori/Quine/Ribot, Sonny Vincent, Mikel Erentxun, They Might Be Giants), Curtis Burns (James White, Lys Guillorn), Gerald Jung (Brian Eno and a couple of John Zorn CDs to replace my well-worn vinyl), and Sky Nonhoff (Lydia Lunch). And, needless to say, this is no tape but a double CD set.


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Dom1
Date: 7/15/2004
I don't know everything here, but all I can say that's one helluva CV to take up them Pearly Gates. Great Stuff & well tracked down, Thomas!
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Instru Mental
Date: 7/15/2004
Impressive.
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Nest of Vipers
Date: 7/15/2004
This is the kind of mix that makes me feel stupid for having no knowledge whatsoever of the person being honoured. Obviously, I'm not the guitar-god type...
As Dom1 says though: "one helluva CV"!
Kudos to you for taking the time to produce a well rounded tribute.
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lo-fi jr.
Date: 7/16/2004
Fantastic tribute to an outstanding musician.
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The Misfit
Date: 7/16/2004
An impressive tribute.
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Siobhan
Date: 7/16/2004
To echo NoV and Dom, I wish I knew everything here....but yes, the man was amazing. This looks like it took a lot of time and work - very impressive tribute and nicely put together.
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12vman
Date: 7/16/2004
This is a huge footprint left by a huge talent. Nice job.
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Muzag
Date: 7/16/2004
Wowza! This is indeed very impressive, Thomas. And on seeing it's realisation, if there is space on the pile this would be more than welcome. Lovely cover, too.
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p the swede
Date: 7/16/2004
way cool, wanna trade it for som reggae music ??
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SAG
Date: 7/16/2004
Robert Quine, awesome guitarist and wonderful VU bootlegger, as well! This looks like a terrific compilation. Interested in a trade, Mohr?
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Sean Lally
Date: 7/16/2004
Brilliant tribute to a true original. He had an utterly unique style and great shrill sound that I loved.
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Moe
Date: 7/17/2004
Looks like a Quine-tessential mix you've compiled Thom. I didn't realize he had his hand in so many projects. Great work old chum.
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valis
Date: 7/17/2004
Yep..., I'd say you distilled the Quine-tessence of the man onto a dubba' disc..a "sine Quine non" of his works...on der stack. Please.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 7/17/2004
Injected his unique musical personality into every project that he was involved in. As this wonderful tribute testifies. On the pile puhlease?!
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McDonald12
Date: 7/18/2004
Looks really great, Thomas, and you're most welcome
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Nicholas Vegas
Date: 7/18/2004
Mikel Erentxun, dass du den kennst ??? , ich kenn den nur aus meiner Zeit in Spanien , grosser Artist/Musiker.
Sieht nach einem Super Tribute Album aus.
NV

Der Reissverschluss ist die Parodie auf den Blutspritzer vom Original cover , es ist eine Vector Grafik aus meiner Riesensammlung im .wmf Format. ( Als Grafik-Freak braucht man sowas / habe uebrigens auch ne fotodatenbank mit knapp 4 Mio. Pics.
Check mal CHILL BILL VOL.2 & vergleich mal mim OriginalPlakat.
NV
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James Jackson
Date: 7/18/2004
Incredibly fine tribute.
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smiler
Date: 7/23/2004
Please send me a copy immediately!Brilliant!
s.d.miles@lineone.net
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p the swede
Date: 9/5/2004
I still want this ;)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 9/15/2004
Fantastic. Quine is one of my favorite guitarists of all-time and this really covers it. I'd love a copy of this someday.
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jessesamuel
Date: 1/23/2009
Wow! You saved me the trouble! I'd love a copy if you can upload it or something.