http://www.coastweekend.com/cw/music/20150730/five-minutes-with-michael-hurley
What are you working on now?
I’m working on three albums at the same time. One is we are releasing a tape from 1976. Another is my new Mississippi Records release, which is a current events kind of thing. And then I’m going to do what you call a vanity publishing — put out my own CD. It’s on my own label, you might say, but I really don’t have a label. Mostly I will handle the distribution myself, but if it starts to sell rapidly I might hook up with a distributor. It’s my own merch table project.
wonder if that '76 tape is the live 'Redbirds' prev. released as cassette/CDR
― sleeve, Saturday, 29 August 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that Redbirds tape (if I'm thinking of the right one) is probably my fave Hurley thing ever
― tylerw, Saturday, 29 August 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen the redbirds cdr, but there's a full version of that 1976 folk city show floating around with more tracks than what discogs lists on the cassette. Hopefully that's what they're preparing for release.
― city worker, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah the CDR is the same as the cassette, just part of that great great show
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
oh ok, i'm thinking of a different show (though the folk city gig is amazing too!). think it's the same era, though -- with "oh carol," "i can't help it if I'm still in love w/ you" etc... some live stuff here: http://www.ousterhout.net/mp3/mhurley.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
whoah that link has some shows I don't have, thanks
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
flac too if that's what you're into: http://www.ousterhout.net/lossless/mhurley.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
fuck yeah
― sleeve, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
nice video footage & a cover of "Pastures Of Plenty"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnxQ1uh354Q
― sleeve, Thursday, 17 September 2015 03:25 (nine years ago) link
and another one... there's also some videos from PDX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6-mLGuOvEY
― sleeve, Thursday, 17 September 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
for any interested people in nz: free michael hurley performance in aotea square this month! also playing queenstown & port chalmers!
http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/10631/Michael-Hurley-To-Perform-Three-New-Zealand-Shows-Next-Week.utr
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 09:38 (eight years ago) link
^^^o man, that was magic! getting to see hurley play live (to use a cliche) was a dream come true... amazing!
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 16 January 2016 11:23 (eight years ago) link
long set but he really was mesmerising. short opening set from david kilgour was like icing on the cake!
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 16 January 2016 11:26 (eight years ago) link
I'll actually be in town for the Aotea Square show, which should be great (the Chills were surprisingly suited to a balmy afternoon). Wish I could have made it to the Chicks show with it closing soon ... last time I was there was Lines of Flight yeeears ago.
― etc, Saturday, 16 January 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
l.o.f. is always a good time! last night's crowd was like playing spot the flying nun recording artist. & yeah, chicks closing is a major bummer :-/
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 17 January 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
limited edition cassette "tour release" from AUS/NZ:
https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Hurley-Australia-New-Zealand-2016/release/8615401
anybody know anything about the Korean reissues of Blue Navigator? With obi strips, supposedly remastered. I have an mint OG Blue Navigator LP so no real need for a reissue. Are these CDs legit?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Hurley-Blue-Navigator-MINI-LP-CD-NEW-SEALED-/322148911938?hash=item4b01924b42:m:mNJjwLLCPdXsG1n-gPFeH_A
― sleeve, Friday, 17 June 2016 03:11 (eight years ago) link
i was told by michael hurley that they are /not/ legit
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
lame! sleeve, i will buy your mint OG Blue Navigator LP for $25 thank u
― tylerw, Friday, 17 June 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
i think you mean, "sad!"
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
xxp thanks, I assumed as much.
the two Future Days CD reissues (Armchair Boogie and Hi Fi Snock Uptown) are remastered for real and sound very very good, fwiw
― sleeve, Friday, 17 June 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah, the recent vinyl and CD reissues sound better than the mississippi records reissues which (while officially approved of by hurley, at least) were probably needledrops.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
btw what is future days? it's just an imprint of light in the attic? the copyright info on those CD reissues is confusing... they say manufactured by warner bros special products/rhino records, copyright warners/raccoon, but released by light in the attic. but then they have the "future days" logo and catalogue number.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2016 23:24 (eight years ago) link
i just saw this dude in louisville btw.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2016 23:25 (eight years ago) link
limited edition cassette "tour release" from AUS/NZ
^would buy. was talking to a guy after the show i saw & apparently at the kurt vile show the night before there'd been a jam involving hurley & alastair galbraith o_O
also new lp on the way... release date has been moved forward a couple of times since i first heard about it.
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
needledrops: reminds me, I've read that Hurley used to mail out his own homemade needledrop cassettes, made w dirty needles--- at least, this was reportedly allegedly the experience of a writer's friend (uh-huh), who responded to the offer on the back of a Hurley LP, think it was, according to The Spin Guide To Alternative Rock, published in the mid-90s.
― dow, Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
Caveat, 90s fans!
― dow, Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:28 (eight years ago) link
well, i once sent him a check for some LPs and never got it. i emailed him about it, he apologized, but i still never got anything. i figure the enjoyment i've gotten out of his records over the years is worse losing $40.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2016 02:02 (eight years ago) link
needledrops: reminds me, I've read that Hurley used to mail out his own homemade needledrop cassettes, made w dirty needles-
I have a few of these and don't remember them sounding any worse than any other nth generation dub, but it's been years and years since I've listened to them. For a while it was the cheapest version of Armchair Boogie available and the LP seemed to get even more scarce after Cat Power covered a few of his songs back in the day.
I love these reissue-crazy times!
― Wimmels, Saturday, 18 June 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
I have an extra ticket at union pool right now! Just in case anyone needs it
― Evan, Friday, 14 April 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
so is hi fi snock uptown like weird kkk level racist? i'm thinking "old black crow" and "the twilight zone".
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Saturday, 2 December 2017 07:05 (six years ago) link
uh... no?
"twilight zone" is monster-ist i guess...?
maybe the line in "trinidad" about squeezing a monkey man but that is a huge stretch.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 2 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
never got that vibe
― sleeve, Saturday, 2 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
p sure "Old Black Crow" is about a bird.
Saw him at Big Ears this year, Hurley's totally delightful.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 2 December 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
p sure "Old Black Crow" is about a bird.Saw him at Big Ears this year, Hurley's totally delightful.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
don't wanna get anyone's hopes up too much but I had to share this exchange that I had with the new Rounder Records prez, who is an acquaintance of mine w/many mutual friends (same scene, different years)
sleeve: sooo... apparently the sessions for the Unholy Modal Rounders/Michael Hurley/Clamtones all time classic "Have Moicy" album on Rounder (1976) included 19 songs, and the official release has 12... sure would be nice to have an expanded reissue! just sayin'
prez: I can make this a priority. We're on the same page bro.
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 May 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
was wondering what to listen to this morning. thread comes to rescue.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 13 May 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Sunday, 13 May 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
feel so lucky to have seen him three times now.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 13 May 2018 04:59 (six years ago) link
omg
― Isi, Sunday, 13 May 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
I made a 5-disc collection of unreleased live tracks, mostly covers with a few Hurley gems in there. Spanning 40 years (and 40 shows, by chance):
http://shardsofbeauty.blogspot.com/2018/06/michael-hurley-40-years.html
1st disc is the cream of the crop, then the next four discs cover the 40 years chronologically.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
this really is the best — thank you for putting it together.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
thanks for boosting the signal!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
Awesome thanks so much for putting this together
― Evan, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
will be listening! amazing effort.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 5 July 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
semi-recent interview, nice and long:
https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2018/04/michael-hurley-its-just-a-compulsion-it-wont-go-away-interview-by-erica-dunn/
― sleeve, Thursday, 30 August 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
he was just incredible last night, first time he's come back to Eugene in almost ten years (the last time was when he played at our house). I counted eight songs I was unfamiliar with/had never heard, out of a 90-minute set.
at this point he's the best living American singer/songwriter as far as I'm concerned.
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Sunday, 18 November 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
wow....going to see him in Portland in 2 weeks
― campreverb, Sunday, 18 November 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
where? Laurelthurst?
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Sunday, 18 November 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/lonnie-holley-toody-cole-ural-thomas-michael-hurley-and-more/
― campreverb, Sunday, 18 November 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
whoa that looks amazing
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Sunday, 18 November 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link