Friday, August 21, 2020

All Tomorrow's Parties in New York... the mix

The CD mix called All Tomorrow’s Parties was one of the last mixes I posted to the Art of the Mix site in early 2007. 

Here is the statement I made when I posted the mix...

"Andy Warhol was on my mind after viewing the recent PBS program and then getting the DVD. We came back from a visit to the Warhol museum in Pittsbugh with some great books on him and a deeper understanding. This CD mix came out of me like some "Exploding Plastic Inevitable". Andy Warhol was everywhere in NY during that time and these songs are all somehow connected to him.

The Factory, CBGB, The Velvets, The Dolls, Bowie, the Sticky Fingers cover, Nico, the entire New York scene. Warhol's influence was immense.

Of course this mix just uses Warhol as a touchstone to put together a collection of songs about him, the people around him and the NY scene in general.

The picture is from one of Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitible parties/shows."

And here is a link to that post on AotM.   

However, this mix was originally put together in a slightly different form in the early 1980s on cassette. Like many of my mixes it has evolved over time. The early mix was an attempt to have the feel of an early 80’s artist hangout party with a particular emphasis on New York. It was a lot of NY 60’s, 70’s and 80’s music and other influences like the Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, David Bowie, New York Dolls, punk and New Wave. I have a copy of that first mix somewhere on the 3rd floor.

Then there was this hour long CD mix from 2007. Later it evolved into an hour and a half expanded edition around 2015 but kept close to the original idea of the mix.

Recently I made the really expanded mega mix that has a greater emphasis on all things New York. This was clocks in at almost 10 hours and explores the New York art and music scenes and everything on the mix I have in my collection. As with my other mega mixes I created this as a long playlist for an all day road trip or to play around the house. It also works well on shuffle.

The mix has the above mentioned punk and new wave but also funk, disco, rock and folk in blended mini sets that flow across the musical landscape. It also includes some interesting cover songs.

This mega mix has also moved to Spotify and is available to listen from the link below.

        1.       All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground
        2.       Andy Warhol - David Bowie
        3.       Artists Only - Talking Heads
        4.       Venus - Television
        5.       Who Are The Mystery Girls? - New York Dolls
        6.       Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
        7.       Sweet Jane - Mott the Hoople
        8.       Femme Fatale - R.E.M.
        9.       Chelsea Girls - Nico
      10.      I'll Be Your Mirror - Lou Reed
      11.      White Light/White Heat (BBC Live) - David Bowie
      12.      No Fun - The Stooges
      13.      Sister Morphine - The Rolling Stones
      14.      Song For Nico - Marianne Faithfull
      15.      You Know More Than I Know - John Cale
      16.      Sunday Morning - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
      17.      Hello It's Me  - Lou Reed & John Cale
      18.      Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground
      19.      Not a Young Man Anymore - Dean & Britta
      20.      What New York Used To Be - The Kills
      21.      Dreaming - Blondie
      22.      Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - The Ramones
      23.      Modern World - The Modern Lovers
      24.      Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
      25.      Art School - The Jam
      26.      (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures - The Rezillos
      27.      Pablo Picasso - John Cale
      28.      Gloria: In Excelsis Deo - Patti Smith
      29.      Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
      30.      Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
      31.      NYC Man - Lou Reed
      32.      Waiting For The Man (BBC Live)  - David Bowie
      33.      All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
      34.      Andy Warhol - Dana Gillespie
      35.      Art School Girl - Stone Temple Pilots
      36.      Modern Art - Matthew Sweet
      37.      New York - Cat Power
      38.      Empty Sky - Bruce Springsteen
      39.      NYC - Interpol
      40.      NY in The '70s - Luke Haines
      41.      Conversation And Music At 51st St. And 6th Ave. - Moondog
      42.      The Ballad of New York City - David Peel and The Lower East
      43.      Turn On / Tune In / Drop Out - The Fugs
      44.      Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan
      45.      Bleecker Street - Simon & Garfunkel
      46.      City Lights - Flamin' Groovies
      47.      The Last Mile - Nico
      48.      Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell
      49.      King Of The New York Streets - Dion
      50.      Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More - Steely Dan
      51.      Wild In The Streets - Garland Jeffreys
      52.      People Who Died - The Jim Carroll Band
      53.      NYCNY - Daryl Hall
      54.      First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
      55.      New York Was Great - The Raveonettes
      56.      The Artist's High - Acid Ghost
      57.      Christ Versus Warhol - The Teardrop Explodes
      58.      Andy Warhol’s Dream - Trevor Sensor
      59.      Lou Reed Lou Reed - Luke Haines
      60.      Satellite Of Love - U2
      61.      Stephanie Says - Joseph Arthur
      62.      Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed
      63.      Femme Fatale - Big Star
      64.      In The Flesh  - Blondie
      65.      Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen
      66.      An Artist's Song - Lost In The Trees
      67.      I'll Keep it With Mine (Scott Hardkiss Electric Remix) - Dean & Britta
      68.      Life on Bleecker Street - Willie Nile
      69.      The Modern Age - The Strokes
      70.      Friction - Television
      71.      Contort Yourself - James White
      72.      Dream Baby Dream - Suicide
      73.      Helen Fordsdale - Mars
      74.      New York City - T. Rex
      75.      The City - Fleetwood Mac
      76.      New York City - John Lennon
      77.      New York Kiss - Spoon
      78.      New York's In Love - David Bowie
      79.      NYC - Dido
      80.      Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
      81.      Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
      82.      Come Away - ESG
      83.      Getting Uptown (To Get Down) - United 8
      84.      Harlem - Bill Withers
      85.      Uptown - The Chambers Brothers
      86.      Down And Out In New York City - James Brown
      87.      Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield
      88.      Uptown - Prince
      89.      Out Come The Freaks - Was (Not Was)
      90.      Annie  - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
      91.      Deputy Of Love - Don Armando's 2nd Av. Rhumba Band
      92.      Que Pasa / Me No Pop I - Coati Mundi
      93.      New York Soul - Ray Barretto
      94.      Living For The City  - Stevie Wonder
      95.      Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
      96.      Soulsville - Isaac Hayes
      97.      On Broadway - George Benson
      98.      Birdland - Manhattan Transfer
      99.      Angel Of Harlem - U2
    100.    Streets Of New York - Willie Nile
    101.    I'll Take New York - Tom Waits
    102.    New York City Serenade - Bruce Springsteen
    103.    The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
    104.    Leaving New York - R.E.M.
    105.    New York, New York - Ryan Adams
    106.    N.Y.C. - Steve Earle
    107.    Livin' In America - Black 47
    108.    New York City's Killing Me - Ray LaMontagne
    109.    New York City - Damon & Naomi
    110.    A Girl in New York City - Son,Ambulance
    111.    New York - Richard Ashcroft
    112.    New New York - The Cranberries
    113.    Sister Morphine - Marianne Faithfull
    114.    I Found A Reason - Hollis Brown
    115.    Welcome To New York - Ryan Adams
    116.    Times Square - Destroyer
    117.    Coney Island Winter - Garland Jeffreys
    118.    Hey Manhattan! - Prefab Sprout
    119.    Subway Train - New York Dolls
    120.    53rd And 3rd - The Ramones
    121.    X Offender - Blondie
    122.    Uptown - The Crystals
    123.    The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
    124.    Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
    125.    The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel
    126.    Spanish Harlem - Laura Nyro & Labelle
    127.    14th Street - Rufus Wainwright
    128.    Bleecker & MacDougal - Fred Neil
    129.    Cold Hands From New York - Gordon Lightfoot
    130.    I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City - Harry Nilsson
    131.    (I Used To Be A ) Brooklyn Dodger - Dion
    132.    Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
    133.    Andy's Chest - Lou Reed
    134.    Avenue B - Iggy Pop
    135.    Englishman In New York    - Sting
    136.    Seventh Avenue - Rosanne Cash
    137.    Hotel Chelsea Nights - Ryan Adams
    138.    Downtown Train - Tom Waits
    139.    Incident On 57th Street - Bruce Springsteen
    140.    New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel
    141.    I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground
    142.    All Tomorrow's Parties - Nick Cave


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