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[adams house cat]

Played my prized "Touched" collection in it's entirety the other day. First time in a long time. I have the track listing but it doesn't say who chose what. I'd be interested to know so if there any more old timers still around who have a track or two on there...

Also, would you change your choice or add.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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How may people among those who contributed are still on here — 10... 15? I thought online names were listed. I'll have to look out my copy to see if I can figure it out.

My choice, IIRC, was Cannibal and the Headhunters version of Land of 1,000 Dances. I'd change it. But whatever I changed it to I'd change again tomorrow.

[adams house cat]

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My choice didn't make it, late entry. It would have been The Ambassadors "Gotta Find Happiness". I later got a copy of this wondrous song on a northern soul compilation sent to me by a fellow contributor.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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The contributors — and tracks they chose — are on the case. There are sixteen of the forty-nine that I recognise, either under the same name or a different one, as still regular or occasional posters. There probably a few more who I don't connect with their old handle.

[G-Man]

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I chose Sammy Davis Jr' "I Gotta Be Me", with the Ink Spots' "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" as the "b-side". There was some great stuff on there.

[WOM]

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I say, what are you old timers talking about?

[Twilight Johnny Atom]

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I'm still here, occasionally.

I wouldn't change either of mine. I love both of my choices and they will always be hugely important and relevant to me. I don't go 'off' music I used to like and I still love everything I loved when I was a teenager.

Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything you Wanna Do
Horse - Breathe Me

I'd have added Drift Away by Dobie Gray if I could have chosen three.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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WOM wrote: I say, what are you old timers talking about?

It was a compilation CD OTF put together (mainly FF and West End Zuma.) Everyone submitted tracks and then received a copy of the disc.

I'd forgotten about the b-sides. Contributors aren't listed but I think mine was Wilson Pickett's version of Land of a 1000, Dances, just for variety like.

[G-Man]

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Great to see you here, Twilight Johnny Atom!

[Twilight Johnny Atom]

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Thanks G-Man. I've always been here, on the sidelines pretty much as I have been for 15 years or whatever it's been - which is prety scary in itself. OTF around the time of the compilation of Touched was a real high point of the board for me. It was both fun and challenging and I learned a lot too.

Anyway, how about a track listing of Touched? I'll see if I can find my copy if nobody else can but I also haven't played it in a long time. It's a great compilation and I'd love to see a link to the original thread. Does it still exist anywhere?

[Amor de Cosmos]

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It's not too clear. I can try to enhance it if necessary.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7pb1hdz2yxg3uy/Touched.jpg

This might be better

[Furtho]

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I don't remember this happening. May have been before my time. What were the criteria for a track to be included? Just general I-think-this-is-a-great-song-ness?

[G-Man]

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Ther original idea was that you'd choose a song that describes you or your attitude to life. It actually started as a standard thread until the idea germinated that this would be a good idea for a mix.

Femme Folle, then unaccountably called idiotbird, collated the songs -- which by then was a mix of nominations on the original theme and just personal favourites -- using whatever post-Napster P2P programme was in vogue then.

I don't remember who did the cover art. I think Twilight Johnny Atom did the printing of the covers (please corect me if I'm wrong).

That must have been around 2002, I think.

Of the songs I hadn't known then, "Snow Don't Fall" by Townes van Zandt and Matt Monro's "We're Gonna Change The World" (a "b-side" track) have become particular favourites.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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West End Zuma (then Surfin' USA) handled the cover art, with help from people at the record company were he worked.

[G-Man]

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West End Zuma is Surfin' USA? I had no idea.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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Yeah. He's back in the UK. Hasn't been around here lately though.

[adams house cat]

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Thanks everyone. Found my original disc and case (I burned them onto CDs so I could play them in the car). Good to hear from you again Twilight Johnny Atom. Good to know that you are well.

It really is a fabulous collection. How is FF these days?

[Cal Alamein]

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Have not seen a post from FF in ages. I'm not on Facebook or the like, any idea how she's doing?

[G-Man]

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She's good. The poodle seems to occupy her plenty.

[Gangster Octopus]

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I'm always intrigued when a track from Touched appears on my mp3 player, 'cos I then try to work out who chose it. (I could just look at the box, but I don't carry it around with me...)

[evilC]

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Firstly, hello again Twilight Johnny Atom - good to see you back on here! I'm on four wheels now, so, you know... be careful out there! ;-)

Secondly, I do remember this happening - I may even have contributed. I just can't remember receiving a copy of this compilation ...although I may have done - I'll need to run off and check in a while. (I don't seem to have ripped it to my collection, if I did, which is unusually remiss of me.)

What was the tracklisting? Can anyone say?

[Amor de Cosmos]

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See my links on the previous page.