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October 12,2008
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Hey Wimpus: The Early Recordings Of Paul Chastain &
Ric Menck |
Briar Rose, Big Blue Buzz,
There Before the Dawn, Nothing Else, Have a listen (Windows Media): Briar Rose Parasol Recordings made in 1987-8 thanks
to a $500 loan from a good friend. At the time there were a lot of "smelly
guy" rock bands around our town, and we felt really out of place wanting
to make music influenced by the Beach Boys and the Left Banke. It was the
beginning of wimp rock for sure! I remember we had a lot of fun doing this
stuff, and we really were inspired by older records that we were just
discovering for the first time. Stuff by the Zombies and Hollies and Byrds and
even Simon & Garfunkel. Later we signed a bogus record deal with some
people in the UK, and when pressed for a name for our project, came up with
ChooChooTrain, something we definitly have lived to regret. Still, the music
has held up rather well in the face of all of the indie-wimp pop that's come
after it, and this is your chance to hear all of it, including the unreleased
original "There Before The Dawn", and a ragged version of Paul
Collins' "Walking Out On Love" that we cut at the very last minute of
the final session. |
The Velvet Crush: Rock Concert |
Window To The World, My Blank
Pages, Ash And Earth, Have a listen (Windows Media): Ash And Earth This Life Is Killing Me During our long trek across America with Mazzy Star and The Jesus & Mary Chain we made a stop at Chicago's Cabaret Metro where we were informed the Metro Mobile unit would be taping the show. since we were the opening band on a three band bill we only had about 35 minutes to work our magic, and as usual the odd assortment of goths and socially maladjusted discontents who'd shown up early to secure a good position on the floor to view their idols were a bit hesitant to react to our firebrand rock action. but, we got 'em by the end, and this is as good a representation of our live act as there'll ever be. Must be played loud!CD $12.00  |
The Velvet Crush: Heavy Changes |
Play For Keeps, Standing
Still, Fear Of Flying, Think It Over, Have a listen (Windows Media): Play For Keeps Seen Better Days Yes folks, finally the third LP is
available! It was originally out only in Japan, but since it's practically
impossible to find a copy, and you certainly don't wanna pay the enormous
import price, this will be the version you'll wanna get. It comes with a bonus
track that isn't even available on the Japanese version, and that's reason to
be even more excited! We poured a lot of soul into this record, and it's been
said by those people who were "leaked" copies to be our best ever.
It's definitly our heaviest, or as I like to refer to it, our "blues"
album! Rejoice! |
The Velvet Crush: A Single Odessey |
If Not True, One Thing Two Believe, Circling The Sun, Everything Flows, She Cracked, Atmosphere, Gentle Breeze, Butterfly Position, Drive Me Down (Acoustic), Remember the Lightning, Elevator Operator, Mr Spaceman, One Hundred Years From Now, Don't You Sip Away From Me, It's Been Too Long And It's Too Late Now, Be Someone Tonight, Leisure 40, The Thing That You Do, Party Line, On My Side Have a listen (Windows Media) For years people have been buggin' us (and our friends at Parasol) to get copies of our early singles and eps, and for years I've seen said releases sell to collector's for way more than I think they're worth. Finally, after much procrastinating, we've collected them all in one place, and now you can take a wild ride through our ten year 'career' in just over an hour, and best of all, it's very affordable. Yup, it's all here folks, and some of it's never been available in the digital format (compact disc) before. oh, and there's an unreleased track, a version of Elevator Operator by Gene Clark, included for good measure. and yes, we know "odessey" is spelled incorrectly so shut up already! CD
$12.00 |
The Velvet Crush: In the Presence of Greatness |
Window To the World, Drive Me
Down, Ash & Earth, White Soul, Superstar, Blind Faith, Spedway, Stop,
Asshole, Die A Little Every Day Have a listen (Windows Media): At the time of it's release in 1991, In the Presence of Greatness, the first Velvet Crush album, was hailed as a 'classic' by the likes of Rolling Stone and Britain's New Musical Express for christ's sake, and now it's available with new artwork and three bonus tracks! Recorded on 8 tracks at our friend Matthew Sweet's house in Princeton, NJ, it has an explosive sound the likes of which we'll probably never recapture, and seeing as how it's been remastered, sounds better than ever before. Infact, it sounds like it coulda been recorded yesterday, which i guess is why it's a 'classic'! CD
$12.00 |
The Velvet Crush: Melody Freaks |
A Collection of demos and
outtakes 1990-1996 Have a listen (Windows Media): CD
$12.00 |
The Velvet Crush: Soft Sounds |
New CD of all new material. Click here for more info... CD
$12.00 |
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