― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 2 May 2003 04:17 (twenty years ago) link
Bobb's music is the most beautiful, fragile, heatrtfelt (and admittedly disturbed) I've discovered over the past few years, and probably the music I've most listened to.
― Pudman, Monday, 23 June 2003 18:33 (twenty years ago) link
I'm interested to see if in the 4 years since this thread started if more people have heard Bobb Trimble. The one response is just a crime. He released two masterpieces of psychedelic music in the early 80s in Iron Curtain Innocence and Harvest of Dreams, the latter containing maybe the most beautiful song I've ever heard- Premonitions.
― delta88, Saturday, 8 September 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi dere. Thanks to Kris Thompson and other folks I got into him in the past few years. Apparently there's a new reissue on the horizon? Anyway I know I have some AMG reviews up...
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 September 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, finally some official reissues coming in November. Can't wait ! somebody runs a myspace
www.myspace.com/bobbtrimble
― delta88, Saturday, 8 September 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
"Another lovely angel" makes me feel sick in the best way possible.
― Marco Damiani, Monday, 10 September 2007 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i dig this, but as far as 'acid archives' type stuff i don't love it as much as some. a good reissue is welcome regardless - radioactive reissues should be avoided like the plague wherever possible.
― electricsound, Monday, 10 September 2007 08:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Neither classic nor dud but a very interesting figure in music.
I quite like him. He's on MY iPod, what more do you want?
― Saxby D. Elder, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 05:38 (sixteen years ago) link
In the 'what the HECK?' files -- so, yes, I have copies of the two reissues that popped through the mail today...and I'm in the thank-you list for both! I'm not complaining, I'm just all...what? how? Guess it must have been the AMG reviews of earlier comps. *confuzzled*
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 September 2007 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic.
Hey, does anyone know - I've got the old Parallel World CD with tracks from the first two albums, but they're supposed to have been remixed or remastered and sound a lot different from the originals?
Also, there's an album called Beyond the Doghouse that has a side of tracks from around the time of the two albums that's really good and a side where Bobb is playing with some teen band.
― Tim Ellison, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
(Oh, by the way, a couple of the tracks on that first side of Beyond the Doghouse are from a period where Bobb "converted to Christianity" and they're about...Christianity.)
― Tim Ellison, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. i really like the tracks on his myspace page. def looking for the reissues when they come out
― jaxon, Thursday, 13 September 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
They sound very good, I have to say -- stellar job all around. He really does have one of the most amazingly fragile voices anywhere.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 September 2007 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
hey all...I'm Bobb's friend/mgr. who proposed the reissues project to Secretly Canadian, and I helped him manage the project too.
answers to an above question... re: The Parallel World anthology CD ('Jupiter Transmission', 1995): the tracks were not remixed for that...just remastered somewhat better (more clearly) than early 80s technology had afforded.
the tracks weren't remixed for these forthcoming reissues either -- which is probably a good thing, because the mixes are as Bobb and his original engineer intended.
*but* -- I sat in on the remastering sessions for the new reissues, and we did an A/B comparison with the Parallel World disc afterward. No contest -- the new ones are gonna blow you away with their warmth, fullness and clarity -- making Bobb's dreamscape rock just that much more surreal.
Plus, the new reissues have three very worthwhile bonus tracks apiece -- all recorded during the same general period (early 80s) as the albums.
Needless to say, anyone who bought the 'Harvest of Dreams' on Radioactive will want to replace it -- that thing was just copied (without Bobb's knowledge or permission) from a vinyl LP.
Oh, to anyone who wants to be on Bobb's very-occasional info/mailing list: just pop me your e-mail at kris AT abunai DOT com.
~ K
― Kris Thompson, Monday, 17 September 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I hear there is a stoner metal band who covers Bobb Trimble??
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
you might be thinking of Jex Thoth (formerly Totem)...at one point I'd obliged them with the lyrics for "When The Raven Calls"...sounds like heavy doomfeast potential, huh?
Have they recorded or performed it, to anyone's knowledge?
― Kris Thompson, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 13:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Stumbled upon the "Harvest of Dreams" reissue yesterday and picked it up. Sounds great! I had some very limited exposure to Bobb's music in the past but I'm super impressed with the quality of the remaster (and of the original recording, for that matter). I work in the area of Bobb's hometown which was a nice connection this morning when I was driving around playing this record. Glad to see such an excellent, unique, and local songwriter getting some deserved recognition.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 8 November 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Heard the first one playing at Other Music and picked it up. Pretty cool. Love the letter to John, Paul, George and Ringo.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Both records are great great great and some of the best reissues of the year, for sure. I like "Harvest of Dreams" a bit more though.
― ian, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i love Iron Curtain Innocence and have only listened to Harvest of Dreams once in a car kinda low, but it sounds a bit less loopy/psyched out and more folky. am i wrong?
― jaxon, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
But what kind of moves should I expect to hear?
― Cat Stevens, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
helium backwoods psych loner drone folk moves
― electricsound, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
or not
Yeah I was worried about that. Is it redeemed by any vibes?
― Cat Stevens, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 02:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I really am pleased as punch to be associated with these albums now in my own small way. So great to see the good reaction to the reissues.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, I see what you did over on allmusic and I see you being thanked in the CD booklet. Kudos to you and your team!
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3328424.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DViewImages%26k%3D2%26d%3D86F19F6C94FCC84F50EFF0031C6163F4A55A1E4F32AD3138
Ned and his team.
― ian, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
DAMNED IMAGE.
http://www.caribouhunts.ca/Dogsled%202005.JPG
― ian, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Even if it is a team of none.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.bergen-filmklubb.no/images/kjaerlighetens_kjotere.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6885/45b8ff472e651mn5.jpg
― jaxon, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
This is really pretty good: combines the Number 9 Dream warble of John with the production mush of All Things Must Pass George with the home taping squiggles of DIY Paul.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 15 November 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
So good.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Especially "Your Little Pawn."
:-)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://a928.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_d3b0298b5215f52750b61b98fc90c7cf.jpg
― jaxon, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
take me home, vienna.
― ian, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
good stuff.
― electricsound, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I have nothing to add except to say I am digging this a lot a lot.
― Roz, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 05:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Yay
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 06:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Revive, because I picked up Iron Curtain Innocence and am loving it. Musically and lyrically different I guess but it reminds me of Bill Fay somewhat. Also Pink Floyd, if Syd had rejoined for Dark Side Of The Moon. Does anyone know if he's still musically active at all?
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Bobb recently returned to the stage after a 10+ year absence. Last month (May 3) he & I were part of "The Prefab Messiahs with Bobb Trimble" at the Wormtown 30th Anniversary Bash in Worcester MA.
There will likely be some new Bobb bookings this fall (New England & NY), after the band learns some more of his material. check his myspace (and subscribe to the blog there): www.myspace.com/bobbtrimble
he also has a facebook music page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bobb-Trimble/8625507226
i may forget to check back here, so write me at oztofer #at# yahoo #dot# com with questions or to get on his mailing list
~ Kris myspace.com/macrameowl
― Kris Thompson, Sunday, 29 June 2008 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Update: a feature article I wrote on Bobb has just been posted to Terrascope Online (UK), the nice people who bring us the Terrastock festivals.
http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Features/Bobb_Trimble.htm
~ Kris
― Kris Thompson, Thursday, 3 July 2008 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
DORKS WHO SIGN THEIR POSTS LIKE IT'S A FREAKIN EMAIL
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Complaints complaints.
Anyway, next up -- arena tour!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 3 July 2008 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, jex thoth's cover of "when the raven calls" came out on their s/t album. it's probably the high point of the album, actually.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:14 (fifteen years ago) link
they (Jex Thoth) have asked Bobb to sing the song with them at the CMJ fest (Oct.'08, NYC). he says he'd like to do it.
pretty soon, we'll be trying to book some fall dates in the Northeast (between New England and DC). he says he wants to call his new group Flying Spiders. we'll see if the band talks him out of it.
― Kris Thompson, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Found this gem buried in the back of an Ariel Pink mix and have been addicted ever since. This has to be the most beautifully crafted song I've ever heard. Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gazCpmPYfy0
― Soft Sad Tecmo Bowl (Spinspin Sugah), Saturday, 10 July 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
these reissues are still holding up really well, some of my faves of the decade.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Saturday, 10 July 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Bobb's a national treasure. He's playing the Deep Heaven Now psych fest in Boston on August 7
http://events.myspace.com/Event/4309100/Deep-Heaven-Now-Festival
― No one is too good for this album; it is better than all of us. (herb albert), Sunday, 11 July 2010 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
playing in brooklyn tomorrow, with samara lubelski and the first haunted house (loren connors & suzanne langille) gig in yeaaaaars. i'm missing it cuz i will be on a bus to knoxville.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 11 July 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Bobb ruules
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
new (unreleased) reissue coming out soon!!
http://yogarecords.tumblr.com/post/6540352932/the-crippled-dog-band-by-bobb-trimble-this-is-the
― jaxon, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, heard wind of that a few weeks back. Looking forward to it!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
oh that is great news, thanks for the heads up!
― sleeve, Thursday, 16 June 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Bought it today.Cant to wait to go home and listen to it.
― Marco Damiani, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
live video from 83
http://vimeo.com/25799936
― jaxon, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Heard the reissue? It's definitely his most raucous/garagey of the three.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Meantime, a Boston Globe feature story:
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/07/22/bobb_trimbles_surprising_smash/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
a new live album...
http://bobbtrimble.bandcamp.com/album/the-flying-spiders-in-brooklyn
and a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98hq_tr8k0
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
revive: I found a 7" at the Goodwill yesterday. 2 tracks from the Harvest of Dreams LP. Circa 1981. Not perfect condition but quite beautiful. I'd love to know the history of this release. No record label indicated, just the catalog # BCT8458. It cost 52 cents!
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
wow that is quite a score
assuming it's not the Mexican Summer reissue, there are three known copies and it goes for around $200-300
http://www.popsike.com/BOBB-TRIMBLE-ultra-rare-outsider-psych-45-WOW/4000126333.html
http://www.popsike.com/BOBB-TRIMBLE-ultrarare-7-with-signed-dedication/330033022367.html
― sleeve, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
damn! nice find.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
No, it's not the Mexican Summer release. It's the original of this:
It's this http://www.discogs.com/Bobb-And-The-Kidds-Take-Me-Home-Vienna/release/7717122.html
I just added it to Discogs.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Damn, that URL didn't work. Sorry. It's the original version of this:http://www.discogs.com/Bobb-And-The-Kidds-Take-Me-Home-Vienna/release/3727249.html
Hope it works.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Bobb-And-The-Kidds-Take-Me-Home-Vienna/release/3727249
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Thanks so much for those links. I think this is the record mentioned. It's beat up though. Gotta give it some attention.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
Whenever you put on "Premonitions," it's like dang, it's Blood on the Tracks.
― timellison, Friday, 26 April 2019 01:42 (four years ago) link