Who likes Michael Hurley?

and they're all good to great!

I mean, I finally tracked down Bellmeade Sessions this past summer after looking for years (it was on CD Baby, duh!) and there were several unheard-by-me tracks on it that just totally blew my mind, and I have been listening to the dude for a while.

how come 10 years passed and no one mentioned this relatively famous masterpiece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFQcALI_EPE

plenty of Armchair Boogie love on this thread

I am going to see him on Friday!!!

sweedeedee might be my fave hurley song

is he touring around the USA or just playing around the pacific NW?

i don't even have that many, but it makes me happy that there are so many more left for me to hear...

This is one of those discographies that I'm happy to take my time with.

xp

he's just doing one of his regular Portland gigs

Land of Lo Fi came today, and the MR reish of Hi Fi cuz I needed it too.
Blue Hills was in the online catalog, too, but was discovered to be out of stock.
shoot.

some old news, and a new free download of his anti-Monsanto compilation

http://www.snockonews.net/

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

Yeah that Redbirds tape (if I'm thinking of the right one) is probably my fave Hurley thing ever

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.

yeah the CDR is the same as the cassette, just part of that great great show

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

whoah that link has some shows I don't have, thanks

flac too if that's what you're into: http://www.ousterhout.net/lossless/mhurley.html

fuck yeah

nice video footage & a cover of "Pastures Of Plenty"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnxQ1uh354Q

and another one... there's also some videos from PDX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6-mLGuOvEY

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

^^^o man, that was magic! getting to see hurley play live (to use a cliche) was a dream come true... amazing!

long set but he really was mesmerising. short opening set from david kilgour was like icing on the cake!

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.

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 :-/

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

i was told by michael hurley that they are /not/ legit

lame!
sleeve, i will buy your mint OG Blue Navigator LP for $25 thank u

i think you mean, "sad!"

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

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.

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)_/¯

i just saw this dude in louisville btw.

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.

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.

Caveat, 90s fans!

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.

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!

I have an extra ticket at union pool right now! Just in case anyone needs it

so is hi fi snock uptown like weird kkk level racist? i'm thinking "old black crow" and "the twilight zone".

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.

never got that vibe

p sure "Old Black Crow" is about a bird.

Saw him at Big Ears this year, Hurley's totally delightful.

p sure "Old Black Crow" is about a bird.

Saw him at Big Ears this year, Hurley's totally delightful.

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.

was wondering what to listen to this morning. thread comes to rescue.

<3

feel so lucky to have seen him three times now.

omg

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.

this really is the best — thank you for putting it together.