only 158.50 $ on ebay
― Zeno, Sunday, 18 November 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
thanks guys for the uploads; not feeling this except for "Sky Fell", and the odd groove here and there between the wankery, but i'm hung over so who knows. i'll listen to side 2 later.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 18 November 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost John introduced himself as John "Chris" Christensen and that's the name on his myspace, so that's why I addressed him that way. How did this get on folkiecentric Takoma, did Fahey sign yall up? (Since some of his own 60s-70s albums featured electronic experiments, I thought maybe--?)
― dow, Monday, 19 November 2007 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
$124.01 from Vinylstorage in Italy!
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 19 November 2007 05:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Laser Pace was invited to be on Takoma by John Fahey. John and Doug Decker worked together on a lot of projects with Doug as his engineer of choice. There is a letter that I wrote to Acoustic Guitar Magazine a while back that details the revolutionary way that Doug approached recording Fahey's guitar. Anyway, they were compadres! When Doug told Fahey about our project he wanted to hear it. Fahey described it as "Running through an electronic jungle."
JC
― John Christensen, Monday, 19 November 2007 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
love this record! far too few people used the Buchla in a rock / songs context. the only other band I can even think of that did was Chrome, and that was later.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
some non ILMer tried to DL this from me on slsk last night. the word is out.
― jaxon, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
ILMer? DL? I think DL must be downlaod.... Translate please?
― John Christensen, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
that's d-o-w-n-l-o-a-d. Where's my spellcheck! JC
― John Christensen, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Geez, ILMer= I Love Music. Pardon my geezerness! JC
― John Christensen, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Joseph Byrd put out a record on Takoma called Yankee Transcendoodle. It's solo synthesiser classic Americana. It doesn't measure up to the rock band records, imo.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 19 November 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
The mp3s I uploaded were from soulseek, so dmr is probably right that they're mislabeled. Sorry for any confusion!
― C0L1N B..., Tuesday, 20 November 2007 00:25 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, due to various confusions I've only heard five of the eight tracks, but I'm remedying that right now!
There is an awesome instrumental on here called "Scatter" that sounds like King Crimson + Can + PIL
And it reminds me of this band here:
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/43549.jpg
― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 November 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Right, I'm still confused:
1. I assume first mp3 from http://wvvy.org is the track "Closet Casualty"?
2. I assume second mp3 from http://wvvy.org is Side 2, i.e, the following tracks: Endless / Oh Yeah? / Redemption / Scatter
3. If that is the case then the tracks on C0L1N B's upload are wrongly titled?
4. So the first four tracks are actually Side 2 and the remaining three tracks are Side 1?
5. In which case one track is missing? And that track is "Sky Fell"?
... oh and...
the first song sounds to me like an underground,progressive,more eccentric version of steely dan
OTM!
― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I believe that is the case.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
will someone just please upload the whole thing again with all the tracks ?
― Zeno, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
...
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 22 November 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
could someone start peeling this orange for me?
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 22 November 2007 16:06 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, so this is doing some pretty good internal damage to my cortexes. Which file has "Scatter" in it? That's apparently the last track I need.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 24 November 2007 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought it was in the side two file Skot posted but after all the confusion I doubt everything.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 November 2007 06:31 (sixteen years ago) link
The Side 2 that's the length of a whole side or the Side 2 that's only one track?
― Sparkle Motion, Saturday, 24 November 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
The former.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 November 2007 07:09 (sixteen years ago) link
The missing track is "Sky Fell"
― Tom D., Saturday, 24 November 2007 12:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I read about this thread on Ned's blog (which I never read). It's famous now.
― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 24 November 2007 12:58 (sixteen years ago) link
As I said earlier, I told Keith of AnthologyRecordings.com about this thread, and now John Christensen says that Keith sent him a contract, which John is passing along to the other Laser Pace alumni. So maybe we'll soon have a nice download of the whole platter, served up piping hot (but meanwhile, *listen* to what Skot and C0L1n have offered and stop whining)
― dow, Saturday, 24 November 2007 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF...I don't see any whining on this thread.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 24 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not whining, dow, just some justifiably honest confusion! We've all heard the music at least and know that this = roxor, so no worries.
Really, like I mentioned in my blog post (thank ya Rockist), more than anything I'm just tickled pink at how neat the Net can be for this kind of thing. From barely known obscurity to prospective reissue with the involvement of the original band in under three weeks.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 November 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
the whole 8 tracks are on soulseek now anyways
― Zeno, Saturday, 24 November 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Been looking for a few days, no luck yet, but they'll show up eventually I'm sure.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 24 November 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi There!
I'd just like to give you all a big thanks. Scott and Dow especially. Although it's too soon to know exactly whether this deal with Anthology will pan out or not, it couldn't have happened without all of you and this thread, and the ripples going out from it. I think I said earlier that there has been a very slow re-analysis of Granfalloon over the last decade, but you ILMers just kicked it over the top. I'll be meeting with Maureen and Doug this week and hopefully you'll see this out legitimately soon. We will owe you a big debt of thanks! Please keep in touch - www.myspace.com/johnchrischristensen
John "Chris" Christensen
― John Christensen, Sunday, 25 November 2007 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link
every time i open soulseek, a few people try to download this from me.
― jaxon, Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
A nice Myspace blog post up from John C. about all this, along with links and discussion about his current work, which y'all should check out too.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
this shit is AWESOME
― chaki, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
todays diary entry : a warm fuzzy glow emits from an excellent ILM thread, this reader is rather concerned.
― mark e, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Yesterday I went to a transfer lab to get the 1985 masters for the "Adrenaline Drum" album by Hot Food To Go restored and digitize. Doug and Maureen were unable to go with me at the same time, but Doug is going to that facility today with the 30 ips stereo masters of Granfalloon. Moving forward!
P.S. I understand that some of you may be music writers; is that true?
― John Christensen, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
It is indeed! And great news to hear! :-D
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Keith says that Anthology will indeed be re-releasing Granfalloon in '08, whoo-hoo! Asked for your email, Skot, figuring you might wanta write something, so I gave him the addy I had. Cheers ever'bodeh!
― dow, Monday, 31 December 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
sweet. good work, don.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 December 2007 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I missed the confirmation of this! Wonderful news. Thanks dow! You and Skot definitely deserve all the credit here. :-)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Couldna done with without Skot;also dig decisive action by Keith and Laser Pace alumni--no shilly-shally there, yo!
― dow, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Doug Decker called over the weekend suggesting a listen-in for the three of us to the now transferred and re-mastered mixes. We actually couldn't make it happen because I was really down with some sinus infection/flu/food poisoning crappazoid shit! What a drag - but I am feeling better and I'm trying to make it happen this weekend if at all possible.
One of the amazing coincidences (of many) about this thing is that in about ten days it will be time for the NAMM show. A year ago is when we Laser Pace Alumni hooked up at NAMM and spent a very nice time talking about the slow build of interest in Granfalloon. During our chat I made the remark that if we if only had ten more fans we could do a reunion tour. Maureen said for me to go ahead and book it! I knew at the time that she was just kidding, but who knows? I'd certainly be up for it. We're all so much more seasoned now, I think we would kick ass on that material.
Of the re-mastering Doug says, "Big Bottom End, and Contemporarily Compressed." Knowing Doug the way I do I know he means it's gonna sound round and fat, and in-your-face, without sacrificing any of the dynamics of the original. I can't wait to hear the results!
Mr. D. Distorto was always disappointed in the original mastering, even though the engineer was Johnny Golden, one of LA's best. Doug said Johnny was freaking out at all the various sign waves generated by the Buchla, and it caused John to master the levels way too conservatively. This time there will be no surface noise!
Thanks again all! I'll keep you posted on the progress as it happens.
― John Christensen, Thursday, 10 January 2008 06:53 (sixteen years ago) link
if even Johnny Golden was freaked out, imagine lesser lights--might be one big reason there weren't more *records* like this. Yeah, please tour, or at least play out enough for a righteous live album-- and don't forget SXSW!
― dow, Thursday, 10 January 2008 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd really LOVE to do Texas!
― John Christensen, Saturday, 12 January 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I'll play the entirety of side 1 during my radio show Psychedelarrythmia on Wednesday morning 9 - noon (GMT -5) You can listen in at wvvy.org
― Maria :D, Sunday, 27 January 2008 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I dunno if I have expressed this to you before, but I am very jealous of your lifestyle.
― ian, Sunday, 27 January 2008 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Finally found all the tracks on slsk -- sweet.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 27 January 2008 04:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't be jealous - I'm pulling an all-nighter translating real estate legalese from Dutch because I'm running a radio station (for no money) and having two small children and not leaving time for paid work... po po me
― Maria :D, Sunday, 27 January 2008 05:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Maria, I'd love to check out that show, since I have never ever heard ANY of our record on the radio-internet or otherwise EVER! But if my math skills are correct, I'd have to be listening at 6 AM my time (West coast) to catch it. Yeow!
P.S. There's a very cool new interview about Opus 1, Time of Your Life, and some of my other early "Garage Bands" at www.garagehangover.com
― John Christensen, Sunday, 27 January 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
So there's an official site now:
http://laserpaceband.com/home.html
And CD Baby is the route they took with the reissue!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/laserpace
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 May 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, plenty of photos:
http://laserpaceband.com/photos.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 May 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link