Also, plenty of photos:
http://laserpaceband.com/photos.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 May 2008 17:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
huh. wonder what happened with anthology. in any case, it's out there and that's a good thing. and those pictures of maureen, be still my heart.
― scott seward, Friday, 2 May 2008 17:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
huh. wonder what happened with anthology.
Was wondering that myself! John, if you're still tracking the thread, let us know...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 May 2008 17:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
I thought I clicked on that "If you actively dislike Creedence Clearwater Revival, then I can never respect anything you have to say about anything" thread here and for one full minute, I was extremely confused. Time for bed (apparently).
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 2 May 2008 18:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
John just dropped me a line indicating that an Anthology release is still on the cards. The watchword is patience, apparently!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 May 2008 16:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
This kicks all manner of ass.
― blow it out your bad-taste hole (WmC), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
we should have a "takoma one-offs and obscurities" thread; so many weird things on that label. i'm partial to joseph byrd's "yankee transcendoodle."
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
was just listening to this yesterday!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
u can buy yourself a copy nowhttp://cgi.ebay.com/LASER-PACE-Granfalloon-rare-rock-pop-vinyl-LP_W0QQitemZ350279763423QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item518e4d05df
― jaxon, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 02:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
that craig moerer has everything, doesn't he?
less than pretty copy has no bids:
http://cgi.ebay.com/LASER-PACE-GRANFALLOON-TAKOMA-PSYCH-LP-LISTEN_W0QQitemZ380213870939QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item588683415b
― scott seward, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 02:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
sheesh, vg- :(
i am so tempted to buy a clean copy of "Down Here On Earth" from Craig fuckin' Moerer, but I don't want to give him any of my money.
― ian, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 05:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:51 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark
HOMEGAS!!!!!
http://grown-so-ugly.blogspot.com/2007/06/homegas-released-on-takoma-records-in.html
^^ seriously loving this record.
― ian, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
The circle complete! Skot and Maureen O'Connor today, as he just posted on FB:
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 October 2012 23:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
And with Doug Decker:
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 6 October 2012 23:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
they are so awesome. can't believe doug did all that engineering work. if you like those early 70's john fahey takoma records, doug produced/engineered them! lots of takoma stuff. and working for wally heider studios he did all the remote work. he recorded band of gypsies and tons of other stuff. the stones at madison square garden in 1969! seemingly, he went everywhere and recorded everyone.
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
plus, the hollywood garage rock roots!
doug:
maureen:
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
did i mention that they recorded a laser pace album in 1975 that was never released?
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 7 October 2012 00:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
As suggested more than once upthread, an excellent trans-Takoma thread was later homegrownm, and still ready for the sewing, fertilizing and picking:Takoma's one-offs and obscurities How'd they come to be in your emporium, Skot? On a Laser Pace mission, I hope.
― dow, Sunday, 7 October 2012 01:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
they had to go to new york and took a trip to massachusetts partly to see me! do some sightseeing. i would have loved to hang out with them more, they are staying nearby, but i am going up north tomorrow morning to hang with my parents. we had a wonderful visit though. we chatted and listened to records for a couple of hours. it was great. they inspire me. and they brought me copies of the AMAZING 1980 single they put out under the name New Math. punk funk! its soooooo good. maria played it on her umass radio show tonight.
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 02:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
i wish i knew someone a la numero group with money who would put out a reissue that is worthy of their stuff. they have live tapes, unreleased album, that cool single, the takoma album. wish i was rich.
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 02:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
we talked about joe byrd. doug worked with him and he was a big fan of laser pace. i put on a silver apples record and they dug that. they'd never heard them. i even played maureen some cocteau twins. john fahey really dug the band apparently. and he loved maureen's voice and playing. i gave them a harmonic choir album to take home.
― scott seward, Sunday, 7 October 2012 02:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
An unreleased Laser Pace album!!!! Someone really needs to do these guys justice and reissue a box set. The market is out there!!
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 7 October 2012 03:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
The first time I played Laser Pace for Tera was while driving around rural Pennsylvania, looking for records. It was a damp fogging day and the places we stopped were almost scary, people having thrift stores out of their basements and homes. Laser Pace was perfect was the day.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 7 October 2012 03:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah, lots of intriguing backstory re Fahey etc. when John Christopherson was answering our questions on this thread. If you get a chance, Scott, I'd suggest that you suggest they check with Mumero (the Asterik series might be a good fit; don't know how electronic Numero wants to get, but they def like female voices). Also maybe Light In The Attic? Some of the labels distributed by Forced Exposure? Anyway, since they dig Joe Byrd, might also suggest they might like Broadcast, sometimes compared to the United States of America.
― dow, Sunday, 7 October 2012 13:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
Would love to hear any unreleased stuff - surely we can mobilise the ilx army to get some interest?
― emil.y, Sunday, 7 October 2012 13:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
Hmm...hold all these thoughts, let me check around here.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 7 October 2012 13:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
Original LP mix is streaming on YouTube--John C. asks if it's the mono version---so they're aware of this, apparently don't mind (it's been up since April). Prob like the attention, as indicated re uploads linked from this thread.
― dow, Sunday, 7 October 2012 14:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
Speaking of attention, they may not have continued past the remaster cos figured wasn't so much of a potential audience--and without an expert indie publicity campaign, they may well be right, depending on expectations, required financial return, etc. Maybe Kickstarter, if Granfalloon gets more publicity? But seems like a series, rather than a box set, might work better at this point--does anybody still buy boxes, other than diehard fans of Registered Cult Figures--?
― dow, Sunday, 7 October 2012 14:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
According to this article lots of people buy box sets.http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-03/numero-group-soul-revivers?chan=lifestyle+small_business+channel_etc
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 7 October 2012 16:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
weird, spin just did a big feature on those numero guys. impression i got was most sell 1000 & break even due to label fanbase, the big successes are once in a while.
― zvookster, Sunday, 7 October 2012 21:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
We all had a great time last night at get bent's birthday get-together with Maureen and Doug! Much chat had about all sorts of things. We also all agreed that Scott is the coolest.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 December 2012 17:42 (5 months ago) Permalink