Any Major Favourites 2020 – Vol. 2
On the first day of 2021, I posted Volume 1 of the Any Major Favourites, which collects one track from each of the playlists I posted in the past year (except the In Memoriams and Christmas mixes).
This collection recalls the typically-2020 event: when this site was hacked and thoroughly messed up. That happened days after I posted a mix on the subject of the colour orange. The accompanying text made no mention of the name of Agent Orange in the White House, but I’ll always claim that my little corner of the Internet was attacked by his friends, probably the Russian.
So for a couple of weeks the site was down. Having just lost my full-time job, I appealed for help on Facebook. And, wow, did people rally! The Facebook friends of this blog, some still from the earliest days, kept it alive (become my friend here and be notified of all new posts — and, it seems, occasional drama). The Standing Together mix was my thank-you to these kind generous people.
At the same time (even preceding the Russian attack), several people encouraged me to set up something like the Buy Me A Coffee thing, whereby readers can express their appreciation for my work by, well, “buying me a cup of coffee”. An encouraging number of people have kept me running in caffeine — and helped to build up the fund to cover the costs of running this site (hosting, domain renewal, hacker protection subscription etc). Thank you, thank you, thank you, beautiful Any Major Readers!
Thank you also for your comments. These are the oxygen for any blogger. How good it is to read that somebody enjoyed a mix, or read with such attentiveness as to spot a factual error somewhere, or taking the time to commend me on the quality of my writing. And how encouraging it is to hear that my efforts helped somebody through this past year.
So, here are representative tracks of 17 more mixes posted in 2020. Both Any Major Favourites packages include a PDF version of the post, with all the links below, for easy access.
1. Elias & His Zigzag Jive Flutes – Tom Hark (1957)
The Originals: 1980s Vol. 2
2. Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Scatterlings Of Africa (1987)
A Life in Vinyl 1987 Vol. 1
3. John Lennon – Nobody Told Me (rel. 1984)
Beatles Reunited: Let It See (1980)
4. Alexi Murdoch – Orange Sky (2002)
Any Major Orange
5. Warren Zevon – Splendid Isolation (1989)
Any Major Pandemic
6. Smith – Baby, It’s You (1969)
Beatles Recovered: Please, Please Me
7. Carole King – We Are All In This Together (1974)
Any Major Standing Together
8. Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (1984)
Any Major Power Ballads Vol. 1
9. Brenton Wood – Baby You Got It (1967)
Any Major Southern Soul
10. Nicole Willis And The Soul Investigators – If This Ain’t Love (2005)
Any Major ABC of Soul
11. Diane Schuur – Louisiana Sunday Afternoon (1988)
Any Major Week Vol. 2
12. Bobby Caldwell – I Get A Kick Out Of You (1993)
Any Major Cole Porter Vol. 2
13. Merle Travis – Sixteen Tons (1947)
The Originals: Country Edition
14. Buddy Jones – Rockin’ Rollin’ Mama (1939)
Any Major Firsts
15. Lena Horne – One For My Baby (1944)
The Originals: Rat Pack Edition
16. Zarah Leander – Davon geht die Welt nicht unter (1942)
Germany’s Hit Parade 1930-37
Germany’s Hit Parade 1938-45
PW = amdwhah
No thank YOU for sharing your vast knowledge about Music.
As someone said before,
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I dig a site that teaches me stuff on subjects for which I’d previously self-anointed myself to be an expert. Humbling in a good way, I say.
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I fully agree with that!
So again Thank you!
I blush…