lunedì 31 marzo 2014

Sonic Youth (1997) Slaapkamers Met Slagroom [EP, SYR 2]


Artist: Sonic Youth
Title: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
Label: Sonic Youth Records - SYR 2
Series: Perspectives Musicales - SYR 2
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 02 Sep 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Noise, Avantgarde

Songs:
1 Slaapkamers Met Slagroom [17:44]
2 Stil [7:27]
3 Herinneringen [3:28]

Sonic Youth (1997) Slaapkamers Met Slagroom [EP, SYR 2]
Sonic Youth (1997) Anagrama [EP, SYR 1]


Artist: Sonic Youth
Title: Anagrama
Label: Sonic Youth Records - SYR 1
Series: Perspectives Musicales - SYR 1
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: May 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Noise, Experimental

Songs:
1 Anagrama [9:32]
2 Improvisation Ajoutée [2:55]
3 Tremens [3:23]
4 Mieux: De Corrosion [6:54]

Sonic Youth (1997) Anagrama [EP, SYR 1]

domenica 30 marzo 2014

Kim Gordon / DJ Olive / Ikue Mori (2000) SYR 5

キム ゴ一ドン / DJ オリ一ブ / イクエ モリ‎ (2000) ミュージカル パ一スペクティブ


Artist: Kim Gordon / DJ Olive / Ikue Mori
Title: ミュージカル パ一スペクティブ
Label: Sonic Youth Records - SYR 5
Series: Perspectives Musicales - SYR 5
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 29 Aug 2000
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Abstract, Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
01 Olive's Horn
02 International Spy
03 Neu Adult
04 Paperbag / Orange Laptop
05 Stuck On Gum
06 Fried Mushroom
07 What Do You Want? (Kim)
08 Lemonade
09 We Are The Princesses
10 Take Me Back
11 Take It To The Hit

Credits:
Mixed By – Jim O'Rourke
Mastered By – Steve Fallone
Recorded By – Wharton Tiers
Performer – DJ Olive, Ikue Mori, Kim Gordon
Graphics – Chris Habib

Notes:
In track 10 featuring special guest Yuka Honda
Recorded at Tribeca Recording Center, NYC. Mixed at Sterling Sound, NYC.

Stereolab (1992) Switched On Stereolab


Artist: Stereolab
Title: Switched On Stereolab
Label: Slumberland Records - SLUMBERLAND 22
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Krautrock, Lo-Fi, Experimental

Songs:
01 Super-Electric
02 Doubt
03 Au Grand Jour'
04 The Way Will Be Opening
05 Brittle
06 Contact
07 Au Grand Jour
08 High Expectation
09 The Light That Will Cease To Fail
10 Changer

Credits:
Seaya Sadier - Vocals
Tim Gane - Guitars, Moog, Farfisa
Martin Kean - Bass
Joe Dilworth - Drums
Gina Morris - Second Vocals On Tracks 1, 2 & 4

Notes:
Compilation of the first three EPs.

Tracks 02 and 10 taken from Stunning Debut Album
Tracks 01, 08, 04 and 06 taken from Super-Electric
Tracks 09, 07, 05 and 03 taken from Super 45

Stereolab (1992) Switched On Stereolab
LOWB (2011) Leap And The Net Will Appear


LOWB is Andrew Barlow (Lamb)

Artist: LOWB
Title: Leap And The Net Will Appear
Label: Ear Parcel Recordings - EPR001, Strata - STRATA002
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Feb 2011
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Downtempo, Abstract

Songs:
01 Whealer Dealer Healer
02 Consecration
03 Digital Stoneage
04 Inward Outburst
05 Lowb
06 Haven
07 Tears And Sparks
08 Looking God In The Eye
09 Compassion

Additional Instrumentals:

10 Consecration
11 Inward Outburst
12 Tears And Sparks
13 Compassion

sabato 29 marzo 2014

Sonic Youth / Mudhoney (1988) Touch Me I'm Sick / Halloween [7" Split EP]


Artist: Sonic Youth / Mudhoney
Title: Touch Me I'm Sick / Halloween
Label: Sub Pop - SP26
Series: Sub Pop Singles Club
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: Dec 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Grunge

Songs:
Side S: Sonic Youth - Touch Me I'm Sick [2:36]

Kim Gordon - lead vocals, bass
Thurston Moore – guitar, backing vocals
Lee Ranaldo – guitar
Alex Damen – lead guitar
Steve Shelley – drums
Wharton Tiers – producer

Side M: Mudhoney - Halloween [6:01]

Halloween
Mark Arm – lead vocals, guitar
Steve Turner – guitar, backing vocals
Matt Lukin – bass
Dan Peters – drums

Notes:
"Touch Me I'm Sick" recorded by Jack Endino at Wharton Tiers Studio, NYC.
"Halloween" recorded by Wharton Tiers at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle.

Edition of 3000

2500 on black vinyl & 500 on clear vinyl.


Sonic Youth / Mudhoney (1988) Touch Me I'm Sick / Halloween [7" Split EP]
The Mummies (1994) Gwendolyn [7"]


Artist: The Mummies
Title: Gwendolyn
Label: Pin Up Records - PIN UP 94014
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, White
Country: Germany
Released: 1994
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock

Songs:
A1 Gwendolyn
A2 Big Boy Pete

Notes:
Track A2 taken from The Mummies (1994) Party At Steve's House!


The Mummies (1994) Gwendolyn [7"]

venerdì 28 marzo 2014

Stereolab (1995) Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2]


Artist: Stereolab
Title: Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2]
Label: Drag City - DC82CD
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Lo-Fi, Space Rock, Indie Rock, Easy Listening

Songs:
01 Harmonium [5:56]
02 Lo Boob Oscillator [6:37]
03 Mountain [4:06]
04 Revox [4:13]
05 French Disko [3:36]
06 Exploding Head Movie [4:48]
07 Eloge D'Eros [3:53]
08 Tone Burst [Country] [2:12]
09 "Animal Or Vegetable [A Wonderful Wooden Reason...]" [13:33]
10 John Cage Bubblegum [3:18]
11 Sadistic [2:36]
12 Farfisa [2:23]
13 Tempter [5:52]

Notes:
A compilation of rare tracks, most of which were originally released on 7-inch vinyl between July 1992 and March 1994, and two previously unreleased tracks, track 8 and 11.

Tracks 01 and 12 taken from Harmonium / Farfisa
Tracks 02  and 13 taken from Lo Boob Oscilator / Tempter
Track 03 taken from Unrest / Stereolab Split
Track 04 taken from Shimmies In Super 8
Track 05 taken from French Disko
Tracks 06 and 09 taken from Crumb Duck
Track 07 and 10 taken from John Cage Bubblegum
Track 08 is a home recording originally planned as a track for a split single with Spectrum for a proposed joint tour and is previously unreleased.
Track 11 is a Duophonic Super 45's track recorded at the same time as Lo Fi and is previously unreleased.


Stereolab (1995) Refried Ectoplasm [Switched On Volume 2]
Tara Jane O'Neil (2006) In Circles


Artist: Tara Jane O'Neil
Title: In Circles
Label: Quarterstick Records - QS96CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 12 Sep 2006
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Ethereal

Songs:
01 Primer
02 A Partridge Song
03 The Louder
04 A Sparrow Song
05 A Room For These
06 Blue Light Room
07 Need No Pony
08 Fundamental Tom
09 The Looking Box
10 This Beats

Credits:
Mastered At – Rare Book Room, Brooklyn.
Mastered By – Nicolas Vernhes
Mixed At – Jackpot! Recording Studio, Portland
Mixed By - Jon Cohrs
Recorded on Cloud Mountain Spring 2006
Recorded By – TJO


Tara Jane O'Neil (2006) In Circles
Sun City Girls (2002) Wah


Artist: Sun City Girls
Title: Wah
Label: Abduction - ABDT023
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Rock
Style: Experimental

Songs:
1 Two Swords Superior Gold [1:36]
2 The Color Of Holy Water [3:18]
3 Frozen Signitures [2:14]
4 Baked Asterisk [5:34]
5 Distorted Views [34:47]

Credits:
Layout – R. Jones
Photography By – SCG
Photography By [Back Cover] – Toby Dodds
Recorded By – SCG
Written-By [All Tiltes By] – Sun City Girls

Notes:
Limited edition of 500 available only during the November 2002 tour. Later another 500 were pressed.

The catalog number does not appear on the release.

giovedì 27 marzo 2014

Sun City Girls (1993) Kaliflower


American experimental rock band founded in 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona. They relocated to Seattle in 1993 where they would spend the rest of their career. The band officially disbanded after the death of member Charlie Gocher.

Artist: Sun City Girls
Title: Kaliflower
Label: Abduction ABDT-001
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
1 X + Y = Fuck You [4:37]
2 Dead Chick In The River [4:23]
3 And So The Dead Tongue Sang [6:45]
4 Cigar Shaped The Moonlight [2:55]
5 Archaeoptryx In The Slammer [2:15]
6 The Venerable Uncle Tompa [16:52]
7 I Knew A Jew Named Frankenstein [4:15]

Sun City Girls (1993) Kaliflower
Glyn Styler / Lydia Lunch (1997) The Desperate Ones [EP]


Artist: Glyn Styler / Lydia Lunch
Title: The Desperate Ones
Label: Atavistic - ALP308, Truckstop - Truck08CD
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, Pop Rock, Country Rock, Classic Rock

Songs:
1 I Won't Stop Loving You [4:12]
2 Casket Made For Two [6:10]
3 The Desperate Ones [3:54]

Credits:


Glyn Styler / Lydia Lunch (1997) The Desperate Ones [EP]
Lydia Lunch (1980, Remastered 1991) Queen of Siam


Artist: Lydia Lunch
Title: Queen of Siam
Label: Triple X Records51085-2
Format: CD, Album, Reissue Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1980, Reissue Remastered 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: No Wave, Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
01 Mechanical Flattery
02 Gloomy Sunday
03 Tied And Twist
04 Spooky
05 Los Banditos
06 Atomic Bongos
07 Lady Scarface
08 A Cruise To The Moon
09 Carnival Fat Man
10 Knives In The Drain
11 Blood Of Tin


Lydia Lunch (1980, Remastered 1991) Queen of Siam

mercoledì 26 marzo 2014

Tara Jane O'Neil (2009) A Ways Away


Artist: Tara Jane O'Neil
Title: A Ways Away
Label: K - KLP 207
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Experimental, Indie Rock

Songs:
01 Dig In
02 In Tall Grass
03 Drowning
04 A New Binding
05 Howl
06 Pearl Into Sand
07 Beast, Go Along
08 A Vertiginous One
09 Biwa
10 The Drowning Electric

Info:
Contributions on A Ways Away came from Jana Hunter, Mirah, Osa Atoe (New Bloods), Geoff Soule (Fuck), and Jean Cook and Daniel Littleton (Ida). While writing her own music, Tara Jane O'Neil has also collaborated with Papa M, Ida, Mirah, Michael Hurley, Jackie-O Motherfucker and King Cobra, among others; she has scored soundtracks for film and theater; and records instrumental music under the moniker Strange Clouds. TJO was a founding member of some influential and prescient bands back in the day, like Rodan, Retsin, and the Sonora Pine. O'Neil is also an accomplished visual artist whose paintings and drawings have exhibited worldwide; Wings. Strings. Meridians. A Blighted Bestiary, her second book of paintings to appear in the last decade, was published by Yeti last year.

01 Dig In
Drums – Geoff Soule
Guitar – Dan Littleton
Tambourine [The Ecstatic Tambourine Orchestra] – Chelsey Johnson, Elisabeth Venable, Emily Kingan, Jason Bokros, John P, Mirah Ytz, Ron Burns, Sara Lund
Vocals – Jana Hunter

02 In Tall Grass
Guitar, Voice - Dan Littleton
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Tucker Martine
Voice – Jana Hunter

03 Drowning
Drums – Geoff Soule
Guitar, Harmonium – Dan Littleton
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Adam Selzer
Recorded By [Recorded With] – Christina Files

04 A New Binding
Voice – Mirah Zeitlyn

05 Howl
Guitar – Dan Littleton
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Tucker Martine
Violin – Jean Cook

06 Pearl Into Sand
Drums – Geoff Soule
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Adam Selzer
Recorded By [Recorded With] – Christina Files
Violin – Jean Cook

07 Beast, Go Along
Bass – Bob Jones
Drums – Geoff Soule
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Adam Selzer
Recorded By [Recorded With] – Christina Files
Violin – Jean Cook, Osa Otoe
Voice [Deep Voice] – Dan Littleton

08 A Vertiginous One
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Tucker Martine

09 Biwa
Guitar, Voice – Dan Littleton

10 The Drowning Electric
Bass – Bob Jones
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Adam Selzer


Tara Jane O'Neil (2009) A Ways Away
The Mummies (1994) Party At Steve's House! [LP]


Artist: The Mummies
Title: Party At Steve's House!
Label: Pin Up Records - PIN UP 94012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1994
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock

Songs:
A1 Shake!
A2 Big Boy Pete
A3 Caesar's Gonna Get In Trouble You Know
A4 Don Gallucci's Balls
A5 I Hear You Laughing
A6 You Better Stop
B1 Babba Diddy Baby
B2 Tough Enough
B3 Just One More Dance
B4 I Don't Like It
B5 Duel
B6 Zip A Dee Doo Dah
   
Notes:
This version with shorter catalog number (omits "US" at end), patterned grey background on back cover instead of plain white, and does not have the added text on back cover (other version says "Recorded LIVE On Friday The 28th At Steve's House, corner Of Decoto Road.")


The Mummies (1994) Party At Steve's House! [LP]

martedì 25 marzo 2014

Larry Winther And His Mummies (1992) Larry Winther And His Mummies [7"]


Artist: The Mummies
Title: Larry Winther And His Mummies
Label: Planet Pimp Records - PP-002
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Punk

Songs:
A1 The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
B1 I Saw Her In A Mustang

Notes:
1st pressing with color photograph glued to square paper sheet that is glued to a standard paper dust sleeve.

Recorded live at the Pony Express Pizza Parlour April 13, 1989.
Side A recorded off the board.
Side B recorded with state of the art Tandy equipment.

Larry Winther And His Mummies (1992) Larry Winther And His Mummies [7"]
The Trashwomen (1994) V.S. Deep Space [LP]


Surf trash'n'roll band from San Francisco, California, USA.

Artist: The Trashwomen
Title: V.S. Deep Space
Label: Pin Up Records - PIN UP 94026
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1994
Genre: Rock
Style: Thrash, Garage Rock, Surf

Songs:
A1 Let´s Go
A2 El Farolito
A3 She´s A Bad Motorcycle
A4 Bumble Bee
A5 Chow Chow Baby
A6 Surfin On Uranus
B1 I´m Dangerous
B2 Nasdarovia
B3 Keep A Knockin
B4 The Happy Taco
B5 Batteries
B6 Foxy 7
B7 Boys Are Toys

Band:
Elka "Kitten Kaboodle" Zolot - guitar
Danielle "Lead Pedal" Pimm - bass
Tina "Boom Boom" Lucchesi - drums


The Trashwomen (1994) V.S. Deep Space [LP]
The Mortals (1991) Disintegration [7"]


Artist: The Mortals
Title: Disintegration
Label: Estrus Records - ES719
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Blue
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Indie Rock

Songs:
A1 Disintegration [4:12]
B1 Wasting Time [3:28]
B2 Bad Seed [3:16]

Band:
Steve "The Tongue" Gatch - Vocals and Rhythm Axe
Matt Becher - Bass
James "Bill" Grapes - Lead Axe
Mike Grimm - Drums


The Mortals (1991) Disintegration [7"]

lunedì 24 marzo 2014

The Mummies (1992) Fuck C.D.s! It's The Mummies [LP]


Artist: The Mummies
Title: Fuck C.D.s! It's The Mummies
Label: Hangman Records - HANG 47-UP
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock

Songs:
A1 Your Ass (Is Next In Line)
A2 Stronger Than Dirt
A3 Little Miss Tee-N-T
A4 Come On Up
A5 She Lied
A6 Sooprize Package For Mr. Mineo
A7 The Ballad Of Iron Eyes Cody
B1 Skinny Minnie
B2 The Frisco Freeze
B3 Red Cobra #9
B4 Justine
B5 The Thing From Venus
B6 Shot Down
B7 Shut Yer Mouth

The Mummies (1992) Fuck C.D.s! It's The Mummies [LP]
The Mummies Vs. The Wolfmen (1991) [2x7"]


Artist: The Mummies / The Wolfmen
Title: The Mummies Vs. The Wolfmen
Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry - SFTRI 110
Format: 2 × Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock

Songs:
A1 The Mummies - Land Of 1000 Dances [2:58]
B1 The Mummies - Victim Of Circumstances [2:40]
C1 The Wolfmen - Insane In An Insane World [3:36]
D1 The Wolfmen - I Don't Want No One To Love Me Baby But You [2:22]

Credits:
Artwork, Other [Story, And All That Good Shit] - C. Cooper

Notes:
Comes with 10 page comic illustrated by Chris "Coop!" Cooper.

The Mummies Vs. The Wolfmen (1991) [2x7"]
The Mummies (1990) Out Of Our Tree / Tall Cool One [7"]


Artist: The Mummies
Title: Out Of Our Tree / Tall Cool One
Label: Estrus Records - ES79
Format: Vinyl, 7", Limited Edition, 45 RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Punk

Songs:
A1 Out Of Our Tree [3:05]
B1 Tall Cool One [2:28]

Notes:
Limited to 1.500 copies. 1,300 on black vinyl and 200 on red vinyl. 'Estrus Crust Volume 1' - The first release for the Estrus Crust Club. Comes with a 'Join The Estrus Crust Club' flyer.


The Mummies (1990) Out Of Our Tree / Tall Cool One [7"]

domenica 23 marzo 2014

The Olivia Tremor Control (1993) Olivia Tremor Control [Elephant 6, Demo Tape]


Band:
Formed 1992 in Athens, GA, United States and disbanded in 1999.

Members :
Will Cullen Hart (vocals, guitar)
Bill Doss (vocals, guitar, tapes)
Jeff Mangum (drums, 1992-95)
Eric Harris (drums, theremin, guitar, 1995-99)
John Fernandes (bass, violin, clarinet, 1995-99)
Pete Erchick (keyboards, 1996-99)

In Groups:
Will Cullen Hart (Always Red Society, Circulatory System, The Olivia Tremor Control)
Bill Doss (The Apples In Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Sleeping Flies, Sunshine Fix)
Jeff Mangum (The Elephant Six Orchestra, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control)
Eric Harris (Elf Power, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, The Olivia Tremor Control)
John Fernandes (Circulatory System, The Olivia Tremor Control, Supercluster)
Peter Erchick (Circulatory System, The Olivia Tremor Control)

Artist: The Olivia Tremor Control
Title: Olivia Tremor Control
Label: Elephant Six Recording Co. - none
Format: Cassette, Single Sided, demo tape sent off to U.S. clubs in advance of an early-90’s tour.
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock

Songs:
A1 Athena          [2:34]
A2 The One        [1:22]
A3 Fireplace         [3:11]
A4 Marking Time [4:13]
A5 Black Foliage   [2:59]

Notes:
one-sided demo tape sent off to U.S. clubs in advance of an early-90’s tour. Self released.


The Olivia Tremor Control (1993) Olivia Tremor Control [Elephant 6, Demo Tape]

sabato 22 marzo 2014

CocoRosie (2004) La Maison De Mon Rêve


Artist: CocoRosie
Title: La Maison De Mon Rêve
Label: Touch And Go - tg253cd
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Experimental

Songs:
01 Terrible Angels
02 By Your Side
03 Jesus ♥'s Me
04 Good Friday
05 Not For Sale
06 Tahiti Rain Song
07 Candyland
08 Butterscotch
09 West Side
10 Madonna
11 Hatian Love Song
12 Lyla


CocoRosie (2004) La Maison De Mon Rêve

venerdì 21 marzo 2014

Veruca Salt (1994) American Thighs


American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1993.

Artist: Veruca Salt
Title: American Thighs
Label: Minty Fresh - DGCSD 24732, DGC - DGCD24732
Format: CD, Album
Country: Chicago
Released: 1994
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock

Songs:
01 Get Back
02 All Hail Me
03 Seether
04 Spiderman '79
05 Forsythia
06 Wolf
07 Celebrate You
08 Fly
09 Number One Blind
10 Victrola
11 Twinstar
12 25
13 Sleeping Where I Want

Credits:
Nina Gordon - Guitars, Vocals
Louise Post - Guitars, Vocals
Steve Lack - Bass
Jim Shapiro - Drums, Backing vocals

Brad Wood - Recorded & Mixed
John McEntire - Additional engineering
Casey Rice - Additional engineering
Roger Seibel - Mastered

Additional gang vocals on "Spiderman '79" by Christian Lane

Veruca Salt (1994) American Thighs
Nikki Hill (2013) Here's Nikki Hill


Nikki Hill has been called “The Southern Fireball”, “the new soul sensation”, “amazing R&B shouter”, and even “the new Queen of Rock and Roll”. The band continues to tour all over the United States, Europe and Australia after Hill's newest debut full length album Here's Nikki Hill, released in April 2013, helps them spread their message of rock ‘n' soul to believers and new converts everywhere!

Artist: Nikki Hill
Title: Here's Nikki Hill
Format: CD, Album
Year: 2013
Label: Deep Fryed Records
Genre: Soul, R&B, Rock & Roll

Songs:
01 Ask Yourself
02 Her Destination
03 I've Got a Man
04 Right On The Brink
05 Gotta Find My Baby
06 I Know
07 Don't Cry Anymore
08 Strapped to the Beat
09 Who Were You Thinking Of?
10 Hymn for Hard Luck

Band:
Nikki Hill - Vocals
Matt Hill - Guitar and Vocals
Ed Strohsahl - Bass and Vocals
Joe Meyer - Drums, Percussion and Vocals

Also featuring:
Felix Reyes - Guitar on track 8
Ted Beranis - Bass on tracks 3 and 8
Dave Herrero - Bass on track 7
Steve Eisen - Tenor, Alto, Bari sax on tracks 7 and 8
Kenny Smith - Drums on tracks 3, 7 and 8

Thanks Ratboy '69 for CD Flac

Nikki Hill (2013) Here's Nikki Hill

giovedì 20 marzo 2014

The Sundowners (1968, Reissue 2007) Captain Nemo


The Sundowners were a music group from Lake George, New York.
The original line-up included:
Bobby Dick (bass & vocals)
Dominick DeMieri (guitar & vocals)
Eddie Placidi (guitar & vocals)
Eddie Brick (lead vocals)
Kerim "Kim" Capli (drums)

Artist: The Sundowners
Title: Captain Nemo
Label: Rev-Ola ‎– CR REV 201
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1968, Reissue 03 Feb. 2007
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Easy Listening

Songs:
01 Sunny Day People
02 Edge Of Love
03 Let It Be Me
04 Dear Undecided
05 Ring Out Wild Bells
06 Plaster Casters
07 Captain Nemo
08 Always You
09 Easy Does It
10 Blue-Green Eyes
11 So Sad

Credits:
Bass - Bobby Dick, Dominick Demieri
Drums - Benny Grammatico, Kim Capli
Engineer - George Chandler, Phil Yeend
Executive Producer - Charles Bud Dant
Liner Notes [Somerset February 2007] - Andy Morten
Organ, Piano, Guitar [Lead], Rhythm Guitar, Steel Guitar - Dominick Demieri, Eddie Placidi
Percussion - Eddie Brick, George Bianchi
Photography [Original Sleeve] - Bobby, Mike Dick
Producer - Dominick Demieri
Producer [For Compact Disc] - Andy Morten, Dominick Demieri, Joe Foster
Remastered By [Sound Recreation] - Joe Foster, Nick Robbins
Vocals - Benny Grammatico, Bobby Dick, Dominick Demieri, Eddie Brick, Eddie Placidi, George Bianchi

The Sundowners (1968, Reissue 2007) Captain Nemo
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (2012) Now Here's My Plan [EP]


Artist: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Title: Now Here's My Plan
Label: Drag City - DC525CD, Palace Records - PR52
Format: CD, EP
Country: US
Released: 23 Jul 2012
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Pop Rock, Folk

Songs:
1 I Don't Belong To Anyone
2 Beast For Thee
3 No Gold Digger
4 After I Made Love To You
5 I See A Darkness
6 Three Questions

Credits:
Played With Ben Boye, Van Campbell, Emmett Kelly, Danny Kiely and Angel Olsen

Recorded by Steve Albini


Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (2012) Now Here's My Plan [EP]
Depeche Mode / Fad Gadget (1981) Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King of the Flies [7" EP]


Artist: Depeche Mode / Fad Gadget
Title: Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King Of The Flies [7" EP]
Label: Flexipop - FLEXIPOP 011
Format: Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, EP, Promo, Red
Country: UK
Released: 11 Sep 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

Songs:
A1 Depeche Mode - Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead [2:16]
(Flexipop Version) Written-By V. Clarke

A2 Fad Gadget - King Of The Flies [3:05]
Written-By Gadget, Cash, Balmer

Info:
Made By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd. - LYN10209

Free with Flexipop magazine #11.

The Depeche Mode track is a different version than the one which appeared on the album "Speak & Spell".

Depeche Mode / Fad Gadget (1981) Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King of the Flies [7" EP]
Fad Gadget (1991) Fireside Favourites


Fad Gadget, real name Francis John (Frank) Tovey, was the first signing on Mute Records with the release of his debut single, the ground breaking 'Back To Nature' in October 1979. His liveshows in the early 80´s were quite wild and unique, often ending with the man injuring himself... Following the album Gag in 1984, he dropped the stage name and started recording under his real name. The release of The Best of Fad Gadget in 2001 and him supporting Depeche Mode on their Exciter Tour should have helped to revive his career as Fad Gadget, but he died April 3rd 2002 at his home in London of a heart attack at the age of 45.

Artist: Fad Gadget
Title: Fireside Favourites
Label: Mute - CDSTUMM3
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop, Experimental

Songs:
1 Pedestrian
2 State Of The Nation
3 Salt Lake City Sunday
4 Coitus Interruptus
5 Fireside Favourite
6 Newsreel
7 Insecticide
8 The Box
9 Arch Of The Aorta

Credits:
Fad Gadget - Composed, Vocals, Synthesizer, Tape, Drum Machine
Simone Grant - Design
Nick Cash - Drums
John Fryer - Engineer
Eric Radcliffe - Guitar, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Engineer
Biba Kopf - Liner Notes
David Penny - Photography

Fad Gadget (1991) Fireside Favourites
Dreamscape (1992) Cradle e.p.


Artist: Dreamscape
Title: Cradle e.p.
Label: La-Di-Da Productions - La-Di-Da 023cds
Format: CD, EP
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Shoegaze

Songs:
1 So Far From Belief [3:31]
2 Cradle [6:31]
3 Nine Times To Die [4:18]
4 Dreamsleep Eternal [7:06]

Dreamscape (1992) Cradle e.p.

mercoledì 19 marzo 2014

John Frusciante (1997) Estrus [7" EP]


Artist: John Frusciante
Title: Estrus
Label: Birdman Records - BMR-011
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
A Estrus [2:15]
B Outside Space [6:26]

Notes:
Only 400–500 copies pressed
All songs written by Frusciante (Ataxia, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quartet, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Speed Dealer Moms, Swahili Blonde)
The Beatles (1963) Please Please Me (Japanese Edition)


Artist: The Beatles
Title: Please Please Me
Label: Odeon - CP32-5321
Format: CD, Album, Mono
Country: UK / Japan
Released: 1963 , Reissue 1988 (Japanese First Release)
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock

Songs:
01. I Saw Her Standing There
02. Misery
03. Anna (Go To Him)
04. Chains
05. Boys
06. Ask Me Why
07. Please Please Me
08. Love Me Do
09. P.S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. A Taste Of Honey
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout

Band:
Paul McCartney - Bass, Vocals
Ringo Starr - Drums, Vocals
George Harrison - Guitar, Vocals
John Lennon - Guitar, Vocals

The Beatles (1963) Please Please Me (Japanese Edition)

martedì 18 marzo 2014

Christian Marclay & Okkyung Lee / My Cat Is An Alien (2006) From The Earth To The Spheres Vol.6


Artist: Christian Marclay & Okkyung Lee - My Cat Is An Alien
Title: From The Earth To The Spheres Vol.6
Label: A Silent Place - ASP09
Format: Split CD, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 2005 in vinyl limited ed. 100 copies with title "From The Earth To The Spheres Vol.7", Reissue in 2006 in CD
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Abstract, Space Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental

Songs:
1 - Christian Marclay & Okkyung Lee - Rubbings [20:36]
2 - My Cat Is An Alien - Beyond The Limits Of The Stars [19:53]
3 - My Cat Is An Alien - Beyond The Limits Of The Grooves [36:06]

"The seventh and final volume in the Turin based Opalio brothers' split series of collaborative, handcrafted LPs proves to be their most ambitious to date. A fitting finale for a series of records that has been a thrill from the very beginning" (Edwin Pouncey, The Wire)

This last release in the "From the earth to the Spheres" split series set up by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio aka My Cat Is An Alien on their own Opax Records imprint, sees the Italian cosmic duo splitting the vinyl with well-known audio visual artist, performer and turntable-art innovator Christian Marclay together with cello improviser Okkyung Lee, ubiquitous figure of downtown NY avant-garde scene.
Their track "Rubbings" on side A is the result of a live performance recorded at Tonic NYC in December 2003. Christian Marclay's trademarked technique of mixing several ranges of Lps on his multiple turntables, manipulating, fragmenting and altering the phonograph records' sonic nature in accordance with his "theater of found sound" esthetics meets the uncompromising and passionate playing of Korean-born performer Lee, whose powerful cello's stabs interact with Marclay's waves of screaming sounds creating a unique, stunning scenario.
On B side, My Cat Is An Alien's piece "Beyond the limits of the stars/ Beyond the limits of the grooves" was recorded in 2003 at their Space Room studio in Torino, and has been kept safely in their archive 'till September 2005, when it's been completely remixed and edited appositely for this release. One of their heaviest conceptions to date, the piece is built on electric guitars' strings moaning onto walls of space drones and electronics like ectoplasmic presences emerging from the brillliance of the Void. The initial minimal and claustrophobic guitar chords become more and more an ocean of howling moduled feedbacks combined with fragmented and distorted real-time inserts of post-romantic classical music from old 78rpm shellac records, sounding like radio frequencies transmitted via ether from the furthest reaches of the Cosmos.
As the title suggests, MCIAA's need of a non-finite "space music & art" aesthetics research has led them to insert a ghost track (instead of the final lock-groove you can find on the original vinyl) to un-seal the sounds from their actual support; a purpose expressed throughout the whole "From the earth to the Spheres" series' conception."

Christian Marclay & Okkyung Lee / My Cat Is An Alien (2006) From The Earth To The Spheres Vol.6


Artist: Thurston Moore / My Cat Is An Alien
Title: From The Earth To The Spheres Vol.1
Label: Very Friendly ‎– VF015CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: US / Italy
Released: 2004
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Noise, Experimental, Avantgarde, Space Rock

Songs:
1 - Thurston Moore - American Coffin [21:10]
2 - My Cat Is An Alien - Brilliance In The Outer Space [20:39]

Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) starts things off with a 21 min piece fragmented by splinters of sonic feedback & howling guitar. My Cat Is An Alien erect minimal textures created essentially by guitar space-drones influenced by early American minimalism. - Cargo UK

Roberto Opalio (2007) Chants From Isolated Ghosts


Artist: Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien)
Title: Chants From Isolated Ghosts
Label: Important Records - imprec115
Format: CD, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 2004 in CDr, Reissue 2007
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Field Recording, Space Rock, Experimental, Ambient

Songs:
1 Untitled [5:39]
2 Untitled [14:39]
3 Untitled [10:48]
4 Untitled [6:57]

Chants From Isolated Ghosts is Roberto Opalio''s full-length debut album recorded November 2004 at home in Torino, Italy, and originally released on his own Opax Records label in a very limited handmade cd-r edition of 100 copies. The work consists of four tracks, for a total lenght of 38:02 minutes.

Roberto Opalio is half of the Italian space duo My Cat Is An Alien. Roberto Opalio is a visual and sound artist from Torino, Italy. His work includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, poetry, glass art, film/video, sound installation, and performance. Since 1998 Roberto Opalio acts as musician (together with his brother Maurizio) in the avant-garde improv duo My Cat Is An Alien. His special works of art represent the trademarked style of all the limited art-edition releases issued on their own Opax Records imprint.This aesthetic is described by Opalio as "space art". The extra-terrestrial nature of his work claims its ontological status in the act of creating a non-finished, otherwordly dimension - a proper alien dimension.

In the last few years Roberto Opalio has performed his videos and specific audio visual installations in various arts & music spaces and festival in Italy and Europe, including the Sage Gateshead Newcastle and CCA Center of Contemporary Arts Glasgow in UK, Victoria Hall Geneve and Fri-son Freiburg in Switzerland, Galeria Ze'' dos Bois Lisbon in Portugal, Torino BIG Biannual of Young Artists 2000, Interzona Verona, Init and Spazio S.Ambrogio Roma, Zo'' Catania in Italy; group exhibition at Promotrice Delle Belle Arti Torino, as well as many other audio visual performances including Teatro Juvarra, Procope, Liber, Machè, Fuoriluogo and Villa Capriglio among others in his hometown Torino.

Roberto Opalio''s poetry works and drawings have been published in journals worldwide, including Thurston Moore''s Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal, Thee Flat Bike and Dream Magazine in USA, Cocktail Molotov Journal in Brazil, The Sound Projector in UK, Sloow Tapes'' My Favourite Magazine in Belgium among others.


Roberto Opalio (2007) Chants From Isolated Ghosts