I've been doing my best to get the word out on one of the better kept secretly not out-of-print albums: The Good Earth is in print, via Twin/Tone records. It's on custom burned CD (not CDR) and sounds great. You don't get the cover art...boo hoo. Also available is the Yung Wu album (never before on CD) and that EP that came after The Good Earth. If memory serves, the website is twintone.com.
They were probably my favorite live band of all time.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Totally classic. The best New Jersey nerd rock nervous nitwit band ever.
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Except for their lousy job of publicising this, it's a great way to keep a back catalog available that might not justify a new printing.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I have the potential of being a total Deadhead when it comes to Feelies live/demos. Someone really ought to initiate a Dicks Picks-esque series.
― mike a, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike a, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike a, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link
but OMG classic times a million. i like some of the good earth stuff, but anton fier makes the band for me, and so crazy rhythms is the only one thats really brilliant. nonetheless, that is more than enough to get them such highly classic status in my book.
funny that theres a dB's and feelies c/d resurrected in the same day - by the same person? i got into those two groups in the same month or so...
― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Both.
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link
WTF? This cut out my entire second sentence. I said: "Weird. One of the guys from Spiral Jetty was a professor at William & Mary when I was there. They had a minireunion show on campus."
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― tf shaw, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
The Feelies didn't record this one in the studio, but the Feelies-connected band Yung Wu did, on a terrific record called Shore Leave (speaking of records that need to be reissued as soon as possible...)
― James, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― James, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
so anybody heard the new "debut solo album" from Glenn Mercer? Article here: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0724,trucks,76911,22.html I didn't even know it was out ... Interesting stuff, though I have to say I'm absolutely dismayed by the Counting Crows comparison? I mean, really?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yesterday's reissue of The Bongos' Drums Along The Hudson was very satisfying. I'm ready for Spiral Jetty now. I've been searching for them on slsk for a year with no luck! If anyone has it, I'll trade the 20 mp3s of the Feelies covering the likes of Television and Wire I've assembled.
I bought the T/T CDR of The Good Earth and compared it to the original, and decided it was worth the money. I'll just color copy the old cover art.
I put together a nice
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
tyler, I ordered it earlier this week (mentioned the release of the album on 'the other feelies-thread'), the tracks on his myspace page sound very good, recapturing the pastoral mood of 'the good earth' if I must give a hint as to what they sound like.
― willem, Thursday, 14 June 2007 10:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Picked up Glenn Mercer's "Wheels in Motion" yesterday. It's very good - similar sound to the Feelies, but more laid back. I also got Wild Carnation's "Tricycle," which I also recommend. Anyone heard their recent album?
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Their version of 'Sedan Delivery' is an unadulterated classic.
― cavendish, Thursday, 14 June 2007 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Another Brave New World
"Glenn Mercer's solo debut could be a Feelies reunion. He's just too nice to make it one."
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, same VV link. I wish we could delete posts! I need to buy this. Reckless doesn't have it, so it's either a citywide hunt or order and wait.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"Crazy Rhythms" gets reissued next month. In other honor of that: can we all agree that "Raised Eyebrows" is the greatest thing since the thing that came after sliced bread?
― Cunga, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
dirty jerz bands
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Great news indeed, it was also mentioned on 'the other Feelies-thread'. Too bad there's no bonus material but maybe that'll come sometime as an extra release?? (esp. a good live gig would be greatly appreciated)
and the Mercer album is very great.
― willem, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
is that Yung Wu record ever gonna get put on CD?...my vinyl copy is all melty...
― henry s, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
It's available from Twin/Tone (see higher up in this thread).
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
aha...thx
― henry s, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Yung Wu show from '87 at the Path Station has been re-seeded on D!mead0zen. Video quite good, sound pretty good. Just in case anyone's curious. Probably best for people who already know Yung Wu via the album. It's not like they or the Feelies were visually that amazing in concert...it was a sonic thing.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Actally, at this point I probably listen to the Yung Wu album more often than anything by the Feelies, which isn't to say I necessarily think it's better than Crazy Rhythms/Good Earth. It does seem to hold up really well though.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
this dude's got a the earliest live recording i've ever seen by the feelies up for download ... nargotheborts-deviant-subculture.blogspot.com/search/label/Feelies sound is pretty good! and it's nuts that they were doing slipping into something close to ten years before the Good Earth ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ok so seriously people, you should download that show NOW. it is great. you can certainly hear how the feelies fit into the CBGB post Talking Heads, post Television scene, but at the same time, they sound pretty close to fully formed.
― tylerw, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone have the trypes demos? i can't figure out how to do bittorrent, and i'm dying to hear them.
― mike a, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Still waiting to see if the trypes will get reposted. Meanwhile, I was really surprised by how relatively good the '77 show I just downloaded sounds...I kind of gave up on Feelies bootlegs at some point because they never sounded remotely as good as the live band, but this one is pretty interesting.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
About twenty years ago(eek- can't be??) I used to probably daily dose on The Feelies.
I had forgotten about them until now. Trouble is it's all on vinyl and it's all still in boxes and that includes Crazy Rhythms which I hear is worth something and I got for £1.
I really need to hear The Good Earth right now though. That was the one?
They were a real alternative to all the other hardcore and guitar skree and skronk I was listening to back then. And probably still am now sadly enough
― Fer Ark, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been dying to hear the Trypes stuff. I love that EP to death.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i've got the Trypes demos -- pretty rough quality, but worth hearing. The CDR has the demos + a show at Folk City in 1983. I don't really do the uploading/downloading thing, but if anyone wants to contact me off the board for a physical copy, i'd oblige ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for the link, tyler - love the recording. Pretty close to fully formed is quite right, though there are some things that would be more streamlined/better tuned later on. Esp. the drums I think. I don't think it's Fier that's playing on this recording, right?
― willem, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
'77 would've been Vinny DeNunzio on drums..
― willem, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"Crazy Rhythms" gets reissued next month
will this be on 180gram vinyl?
― micarl, Thursday, 7 February 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
oh boy www.idolator.com/370364/the-feelies-to-bring-their-crazy-rhythms-back-this-summer
― tylerw, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Stan proudly displaying his copy on facebook next to his copy of VU and Nico signed by the 4 members of that album that weren't Nico, presumably signed while Luna was opening up for VU.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 15 October 2023 21:29 (five months ago) link
I also got Wild Carnation's "Tricycle," which I also recommend. Anyone heard their recent album?― Jazzbo, Thursday, June 14, 2007
― Jazzbo, Thursday, June 14, 2007
... On Tricycle, the pastoral quality of their most beautiful ballads was captured perfectly, while retaining enough of the rawness of the live experience. Waves of critical acclaim followed, from now defunct publications (CMJ Jackpot! Raygun, Trouser Press) followed, including this one by Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover (Still going strong!), written for All Music Guide:"While the hook line for this new local trio would have to be that bassist/leader Brenda Sauter used to be a member of the later-'80s incarnation of the famous Feelies (and it's notable offshoot, The Trypes), even if you didn't worship at the altar of that group (and especially if you did!), Wild Carnation is a revelation. While the persistent, pumping beat and hard-played jangle guitars of most of the tracks here emanate from her previous band and from their forerunners, the Velvets (especially), Television,and the Byrds - Sauter's beguiling voice is perfect for the ultra-appealing pop hooks the group writes as well as the thoughtful lyrics she composes. Trading the occasional Feelies drone for sugar-sweet melodies (yes!) and utilizing the pretty ring of the guitars to maximum effect, songs such as Wings are the perfect pop confectionery, too honeyed and delightful to miss capturing your bending heart and too consistently insistent and edgy to be wimpy, kind of like Reckoning-era R.E.M. It's all so well captured with pristine production, with balls to match the heart, too! And though the 12 tracks are largely cut from a similar mode, all seem special just the same on their own. A truly shining, first-rate effort, along with Lotion's and Nyack's early EPs and the last Flower LP, the best release to come out of a New York group this decade, and exceptionally crafted at that! Do not miss."
"While the hook line for this new local trio would have to be that bassist/leader Brenda Sauter used to be a member of the later-'80s incarnation of the famous Feelies (and it's notable offshoot, The Trypes), even if you didn't worship at the altar of that group (and especially if you did!), Wild Carnation is a revelation. While the persistent, pumping beat and hard-played jangle guitars of most of the tracks here emanate from her previous band and from their forerunners, the Velvets (especially), Television,and the Byrds - Sauter's beguiling voice is perfect for the ultra-appealing pop hooks the group writes as well as the thoughtful lyrics she composes. Trading the occasional Feelies drone for sugar-sweet melodies (yes!) and utilizing the pretty ring of the guitars to maximum effect, songs such as Wings are the perfect pop confectionery, too honeyed and delightful to miss capturing your bending heart and too consistently insistent and edgy to be wimpy, kind of like Reckoning-era R.E.M. It's all so well captured with pristine production, with balls to match the heart, too! And though the 12 tracks are largely cut from a similar mode, all seem special just the same on their own. A truly shining, first-rate effort, along with Lotion's and Nyack's early EPs and the last Flower LP, the best release to come out of a New York group this decade, and exceptionally crafted at that! Do not miss."
Greatly expanded reissue, incl. demos & live etc., all streaming here:https://delmorerecordings.com/album/tricycle-remastered-expanded-edition
― dow, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:55 (five months ago) link
^So yeah I was listening to my copy and reflecting on how this might be the most tuneful album from the whole Haledon NJ scene! I think that every time I've put it on over the years, but I finally got a reasonably priced copy of the reissue recently.
Love The Feelies but if I'm not in the mood for them, in those moments, I find the "let's see how fast we can strum and switch back and forth between G chords and D chords" to not always draw me in melodically. Wild Carnation on the other hand, all that no-brakes nervous folk/jangle strummage channels into tight pop compositions with focused melodic development.
― Evan, Thursday, 2 November 2023 20:14 (four months ago) link
Crazy Melodies
― enochroot, Thursday, 2 November 2023 23:47 (four months ago) link
Yeah the VU thing is really fantastic, exceeding my already high expectations.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 22:38 (four months ago) link
Really digging the Wild Carnation! I’ve rarely been inspired to pick up Feelies side-project/adjacent stuff but this is really worthwhile.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 00:21 (four months ago) link
You're not saying you've skipped The Trypes and Yung Wu are you? Because that would be INSANE.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 02:22 (four months ago) link
I have a Yung Wu record. I only listened to it once. Should give it another spin, 20 years on from the first.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:31 (four months ago) link
Wasn’t bowled over by the VU record. I would have loved to have been at that gig (s?) and would probably have lost my mind. But as an album? Eh. Mercer isn’t in top voice (to put it mildly), they mostly he’s to the original arrangements (even the guitar solos!) and there aren’t even many surprises in the song selection. Doesn’t add much to the appreciation of either party, IMO.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:37 (four months ago) link
I think you will regret ignoring that Yung Wu record all these years. And the Trypes! So good I bought the company (for a few years).
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:46 (four months ago) link
dan knows exactly what he's talking about, btw.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 04:56 (four months ago) link
He’s well known as a man of … uh .. sumpin .. and taste!
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 05:09 (four months ago) link
saw them in woodstock last night... they opened w/ an acoustic set, then there was an intermission, then they played an electric set w/ 4 encores. no opener, even excluding the intermission they played well over 2.5 hours. vocals were a bit of a fight w/in the mix at this age if you know what i mean but otherwise they sounded absolutely fantastic, still completely locked in as a band
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 24 March 2024 14:27 (five days ago) link
srsly your loving the Feelies is like learning that Joe Biden likes Road House. But I know you like strummy-jammy Velvet-y stuff.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 March 2024 14:29 (five days ago) link
Once saw them in Cambridge and they did six encores. The last three were unsolicited.
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:07 (five days ago) link
the guy who was tasked with switching out the guitars for every subsequent encore, who was employed by the venue, was visibly annoyed by encore three
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:50 (five days ago) link
haha a booker friend of mine in the late 80s got so mad at them when she dealt with their fancy rider, "hummus must be home made not store bought" etc, she dubbed them the Unfeelies. the shows were still fantastic tho.
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2024 20:18 (five days ago) link
Dammit, if being one of the most influential and also probably perpetually broke bands of the past 50 years can’t get you some homemade hummous, I don’t want to be in that band.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:43 (three days ago) link
What’s that you say? The invitation still hasn’t arrived?
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:44 (three days ago) link