Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Fairwell Aldabaran

the story behind it supposedly is of two incompatible personalities: Yester (who produced Tim Buckley's Happy/Sad among other records) was the easygoing sweet sunshine pop & experimental psych lover (fluffy yet expansive) while Henske is the dark, jaded, wickedly humorous blues sophisticate/mama. this yields unique combination of accessible faroutness - cheese with teeth - wide-eyed exploration grounded in sinister reality - modern effects / ancient themes.

much of it has life & death immanence. it's wickedly funny & sweet and also filled with a childlike wonder - like what a kid would hope a grownups album could be: yeah it's like naughty grownup children's stories: it can scare and delight.

just thought of more stuff it's a bit like: "Black Angel's Death Song", Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations, Essra Mohawk - "Spiral".

"One thing I can confirm is that Judy Henske is 100% aware of our release and is actually selling radioactive CDs herself on her current tour."

there are maybe three good songs on this album. hype!

OTM. But those 3 are really good.
When it's bad, Farewell is ludicrously awful.

Other much-hyped, long-lost albums over which I can't excited:
Simon Finn's Pass the Distance [can't get past his ugly, awkward vocals; plus, I was expecting it to be way more psychedelic]
Vashti Bunyan's Just Another Diamond Day [pleasant, but not earth-shattering at all]

Gary Higgins' Red Hash, however, is all that and then some.

Sounds very similar to these ears... almost "what's the point?" similar. YMMV.

the henske & yester is good, but i haven't listened to it enough times to say i love it.

i was tricked recently in picking up the Barry Dransfield s/t disc because i thought it was gonna be a lot like vashti's (according to forced exposure), but it was very traditional british folk. absolutely no psychedelia or wimsy.

i'd love to hear that Julie Tippett's record. what's it sound like? just last weekend i picked up the tippets and brian auger record, thinking it was gonna be psych folk, but it was funk/fusion (i like that too, so i was happy enough).

Just another Diamond Day is classic. Perhaps a touch cloying at first, but the mini arrangements are tops, so it all falls together perfectly.

My overrated pick: Linda Perhacs. Again, it's the vocals! If you'd asked me about folk when I was about 14 or 15, I'd have images of 70's dudes with moustaches doing acoustic numbers in roll-necks. Like inferior James Taylor type dudes, rather than freak-out hippy types. Her vocals, to me, sound more like the female version of this. Like the singing nun in Airplane who de-IVs the sick girl. And it's got a song about dolphins.

j/k, but there is something a little muffled about the sound that somebody commented on, which I just try to ignore.

Great, deep, athletic white female soul vocals with a killer band of Brit jazz/prog ringers (Keith Tippett, various Soft Machine members) crafting haunting, stormy ballads with subtle jazz and funk touches. It just oozes quality and spirituality (sans any organized religion hoo-ha).

Btw, it's Julie Tippetts. I think she added the 's' to distinguish herself from Keith. Maybe somebody has more info on this.

Scattershot.

Oh, here's this nice thread. Should've searched the names instead.
I knew it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bx-_YgTucg

i finally found a relatively clean vinyl copy for $20

and that julie tippetts record is one of my faves

"Raider" is so good.

For a long time I thought Judy Henske was just a pop singer with a big, full voice.

My band is doing a cover of "Snowblind" now. 7 years since my last comment on this thread, and this is still one of my very favorite records! Also recommended: "Big Judy," the Henske anthology.

Ned, you really ought to give it another shot!

this is a funny revive. realize i've posted under three different names on it.
but not too long ago i finally came across a vinyl copy in the wild and love the album even more now. it truly is an original, cat-stroking masterpiece. and hearing Judy belt out: "The menu will be a la carte" gives a singular sort of pleasure.

http://www.grammymuseum.org/events/detail/judy-henske-jerry-yester-celebrating-farewell-aldebaran

Omnivore Recordings ‏@OmnivoreRecords 11m11 minutes ago
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester LIVE @TheGRAMMYMuseum 8/11 performing songs from Farewell Aldebaran 1st time ever!

perform or just conversation?

THis is getting reviews everywhere this month. Wire, MOjo, 1page article spread over most of 2 pages in Uncut with large photo.

Really looking forward to getting a copy and finding out what lies in the dark corners of the recordings.

welp

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Lovin-Spoonful-Alum-Jerry-Yester-Arrested-on-12264611.php