The only Internet-only album you didn't know you were waiting for.  Everyone’s favourite Agent (Koval, Gregg Koval) is called away from his much needed vacation with the disturbing news of a series of terrible events.

The cause of these incidents is still relatively unknown and one can only guess.  Only one person could bring about these diabolical events, yet this entity of evil is still safely behind bars.  Our hero, using his razor-sharp wit, sweet-talking charm and plain old deduction, not only discovers that it is his Nemesis’ twin – it’s a clone of the twin!

Shocked, our favourite Agent is back on the case for this thrilling installment in a deadly struggle to find out who’s who’s and who in this exciting action-adventure-soundtrack.

Starring:
Les Paul Goldtop, SG Classic, Fender Jazz Bass and Korg S3

Also Starring:
Les Paul Junior, Taylor 310, Epiphone Biscuit

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Synopsis (song by song)

The story starts out when I’m on vacation (I’ll tell this as the first person), indulging in some vacation and recreation.  So while I’m on this exotic locale, I’m Enjoying the View or pretty much everything I’m seeing.

Well, indulgence is usually the opposite of exercise.  Usually.  This is what happened the next morning when I realise that “old grey mare ain’t what he used to be”.  Yup, I’m either out of practice or Out Of Shape.

OK, so now the story kicks in.  About time.  While at headquarters and getting briefed, I’m watching a security camera recording of the latest crime.  Lo and behold, it looks almost like my old nemesis.  Looks like I’m Seeing Double.  Of course, I can’t be too sure – one never can.  So I have to get on the case but money doesn't grow on trees, and I need some.  Money.  So I went to our Swiss Banker and she gave me a Line Of Credit.

It was a long day.  My trusty secretary and I stayed late trying to find clues of the whereabouts of my Nemesis.  At 2 in the morning, most of the restaurants are closed and she was hungry.  Then I remembered that I had something in my drawers that could tie her over.  That would be my Nuts.

Well, after my hotel room was ransacked, my car blown up (good thing it was a company car), and guitar strings broken, I begin to suspect that maybe this is a little personal.  Which is weird because my Nemesis is still behind bars.  Yup, you guess it, it’s a clone of a twin!  That’s even weirder since I never met the clone, let alone its twin.  Somebody’s got it Out For Me.  Well, I’m not just going to sit there and take it.  So I tracked her down to my Nemesis’ old lair since she’s not using it behind bars.  With my cunning approach, I snuck in to the fortress (using the front door) and wound up in the wine cellar.  Trap door.  Anyways, after getting back in shape, I was ready for a good tussle.  Shots were fired, bottles we’re thrown. The place was trashed.  In the end, I was the last one standing.

Now it might sound corny, but a good guy needs an opposite or, well, he can’t be good.  He’s just kinda nothing.  So without crime, you can’t have a crime fighter.  So, even though evil is vanquished and all wrongs righted...it’s a little lonely.  That’s what this is about when You're Gone.

Now after being a spy for all these years and everything is back to normal, I’m thinking of hanging up the holster and retiring.  But I think like that after any mission, so why not Stick It Out and see what happens.  That could be another story.

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After fixing up The Spy Is The Limit, with the extra overdubs and stuff, I thought I might as well do this one too.  I didn't have to spend too much time on this one since I like how it originally turned out.  Also, I think I might have a tambourine fetish.

Another thing too is that since I started combining "albums" to sell them, I thought I could better this one and I did.  I used to have an "album" called Stick It Out that was recorded before this one, and I thought Line Of Credit, Stick It Out and Things Work Out were worth keeping.  It just so happens that Line Of Credit and Stick It Out could fit well on this one (I put Things Work Out on Landing Strip), but I had to get rid of the song called Seeing Double, which pretty much explains the whole "clone/plot" thing.

All in all, a fine sequel.

Enjoying the View
This starts of with basically a Tommy Bolin riff - more of a nod than a ripoff.  I had the hardest time coming up with a bass line that would fit since I wanted it a little funky (remember, I'm pretty white).  The "I'm enjoying the view" was a complete accident that I later kept and I tried to keep everything 3-piece but I couldn't, so yes, there is an organ in the right ear too.
Guitars: The SG Classic (with a Boss Octave) starts it off.  I love that sound - probably why I overuse it.  And the GoldTop gets the left ear and the solo.
Overdubs: Shakers; tambourine; plenty of percussion, so much, that I made a little homage to another hero (being Joe Walsh).
I think this is one of the ones that turned out best.

Out Of Shape
I guess I had a hard time picking out to see if this was going to be electric or acoustic  Not having recorded my then-new resonator was probably the key.
Guitars:  my Epiphone Biscuit resonator (all chrome) and my big Talyor are pretty much it.  The SG Classic gets the fade-out solo and I'm not sure what I used for the talkbox/Jews Harp.  Is that PC to say?
Overdubs:  Just the percussion in each ear that's pulled right back in the mix.  Barely audible, but you'd notice if it wasn't there.

Line Of Credit
Not originally part of the original song list, but I had to keep it.
Guitars:  The SG Classic with the front pickup is the main guitar.  The Junior, for slide, is in the left ear and my GoldTop is over in the right.
Overdubs: None.

Nuts
I like doing these kinds of songs and not because of the words either.  Also, the solo is a nod to Joe Walsh, the the echo and all.  He's still my hero that hasn't gotten any worse. 
Guitars: Both guitars are the SG Classic.
Overdubs: I had to redo the shakers - for my nuts.  Also, I did 2 backups for each ear.

Out For Me
I thought this turned out better than I thought it would.  That's a lot of thinking.
Guitars: The main guitar is the Junior through the Octave pedal (see - I told you).  I still remember counting "one, two....one, two, three...one, two...".  The slide solo is the Junior again since my Les Paul Special decided to pop a string minutes before) and the second and end solo is the GoldTop through the wah-wah.  The intro is a total homage to Zero The Hero.
Overdubs:  I could never get a good band mix - the snare would always get lost, so did a track of just a separate snare then added effects.

You're Gone.
Look, I know; you know; we all know that when it comes to singing, well, I'm no Lindsey Buckingham.  But I love doing it.  Anyways, that explains the heavy phasing on the vocals.  Anyways, I love doing Country parodies.
Guitars: The Taylor stands out nice on this one and the "Elvis" guitar is the GoldTop.
Overdubs:  The drums, believe it or not.  Hard to do when there's no click track.

Stick It Out. 
The original last song was called Over and Out, but the topic was basically the same as Stick It Out, so it fit with the story pretty neat.
Guitars:  I'm not sure what I used originally.  The basic track actually had the in-direct pilot-guitar.  The solo is the GoldTop.
Overdubs:  The panned guitars; both were my Les Paul Studio.  Also there's an organ track and an tambourine track.

So again, you can go back and make something better.  Also, as a side-note, since this should be available at CDBaby, this was the first time I made an actual CD cover for this.  I guess I originally made one for the site only.

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