William S. Burroughs - On The Nova Lark flexi

Great little record from the superb Kansas label Fresh Sounds... for what it's worth they also released the SPK and Embarrassment cassettes found elsewhere on this blog. Here we have WSB in a more soundscape oriented mood with his distinct crackling tone intoning what is most likely an excerpt from one of his books.

In FLAC because it's short...

WSB flexi

Climax Golden Twins - live series

Released as a series of faux-78 style 10" records around ten years ago by Anomalous. Limited even when they came out (I think there were 250 copies of each one?) and even rarer these days. Happy Halloween - these aren't super scary but they sure do get noisy sometimes.

PARTS 1+2
PARTS 3+4

Sandy Denny - BBC video 1971

A special post here for the Doom & Gloom blog... please note that this is in archaic VCD format, but it should work in something like VLC.

One In Ten show

Sufi Mind Game

Stunning power-duo action from Portland guitar legend Steven Wray Lobdell and former Hitting Birth drummer David Parks. Some classic "too rare for Discogs" items here this time, I figured I was overdue for a labor of love.



First up is this untitled live cassette (although it might be called "Complete Metamorphosis", see cover scan). I'm not sure if there is another tape or not, there was a review in Snipe Hunt magazine way back when but I was never able to ascertain whether it was the same one. This little beauty needed some serious resuscitation, particularly on the left channel. No sound processing was used other than gain adjustment.



Next we have their long-lost single for Holy Mountain (YAMA 002), complete with cover scans.



Finally, there was a single on the infamous Stomach Ache label, there was a cover but no track/recording info.

And as a little bonus I've included their track from the Bananafish compilation "My Baby Does Good Sculptures", the only thing that IS listed on Discogs from this lost treasure of a band. As always, any additional info or comments is appreciated.

Portland represent!

SMG

David Jackman - Sol Mara

Beautiful, hypnotic drone goodness from the man behind Organum. This was initially released as a 1-sided LP included with Organum's Ikon EP, later it was reissued on CD with bonus versions. Out of print and well worth your time.

Sol Mara

The Fall - Bury (Record Store Day 7")

Fantastic song from their great new album, with non-LP B-side. Already sold out, much to Fall fans' frustration. This is a FLAC rip for better oomph.

Bury/Cowboy Gregori

More of Sir Richard Bishop, since the last one was pretty popular.

Strung Out (private limited CDR release)

split 12" with Earth (European tour record)

Enjoy! Got a couple more on the way.

Trespassers W - Dummy 2LP

Named after a sign in the Winnie-the-Pooh books, this excellent Dutch band has continued to put out records over the years. Unfortunately this one is quite difficult to find these days, and of course it's my favorite. Kind of like a more theatrical, European version of The Ex, great stuff!

TW - Dummy

Amor Fati - Body W/O Organs LP

Another great release from this basement madman, from the mid-80's and long out of print. I think this is the last one I have, there are some other tapes posted in the archives.

AF BWO

SPK - Dokument IIIOO 6LP/3x7"

This impossibly lavish box is now out of print, so I will share my personal rip here. A lot of attention got paid to the singles, but I really think the later period live LPs create this fantastic noise/tribal vibe. Plus, a lot of the tracks were never released before.

UPDATE: The archive for LP 2 was broken, it has been fixed and reupped.

LP 1

LP 2

LP 3

LP 4

LP 5

LP 6

SINGLES BOX

Sir Richard Bishop - Fingering The Devil (Special Edition)



I can't believe one of my favorite records of the decade is out of print. Here's the self-released version with some extra tracks, put out on CDR after the initial LP edition sold out in, like, six seconds.

FTD

Half Japanese - 10 (10) Watts Live cassette

This tape was put out in two different versions with a different track order but all the same material. Stunning and noisy documentation of some great and long gone gig (gigs?) around the time of Sing No Evil. Probably my favorite period of the band overall. I really wish Drag City would reissue more of their early stuff! Like this!

TEN TO THE TENTH

Angus MacLise

After a spate of archival releases around ten years ago, the work of this former Velvet Underground drummer has faded back into obscurity. As far as I know, all four of his official releases are now out of print. Here's my favorite ones:

Invasion Of Thunderbolt Pagoda

The Cloud Doctrine disc 1

The Cloud Doctrine disc 2

Jad Fair - The Zombies Of Mora-Tau

A real high point of cracked noisy insanity in the extensive discography of Mr. Fair, this 1982 EP was his solo debut.

Happy Day Of The Dead!

ZOMBIES

Legendary Pink Dots - Traumstadt 3

One of several pieces from this 5-tape series that have yet to see reissues, so here ya go. This lovely tape-only artifact contains ten songs from their mid-to-late 80's period, three of which are unavailable elsewhere. All tracks recorded live at various locations in Europe.

Maddeningly for us completists, there are a few tracks from both Traumstadt 1 and 2 that are not on the CD reissues. MIA from Vol. 1 (on Beta-Lactam) are "Close Your Eyes You Can Be A Space Captain" and "I Dream Of Jeannie".

From Traumstadt 2 (most of which is scattered across Stained Glass Soma Fountains and Under Triple Moons) the missing list includes versions of "Vigil-Anti", "Apocalypse Soon", "Suicide Pact", and "Violence", as well as the unknown-to-me "World War Six" and "Visitor To The Machine".

If anyone has the tapes, I'd love to put those tracks up here.

And now, the live tape:

LPDT3

No Trend - Too Many Humans

Great Flipperesque hate sludge from these DC misfits. Their 1st album, unfortunately not available anywhere. There are 9 early demos on a Teenbeat CD but I don't think they are the same versions, and certainly don't include a lot of the tracks here.

YOU BREED LIKE RATS

Annie Anxiety - live tape

Another true rarity here, not listed anywhere I can find. Four songs ranging from weird tape loop tracks to punk ragers. I think I hear Steve Ignorant in there on one track as well. Any information on this would be appreciated. More rare Annie Anxiety can be found HERE and her superb 1st LP Soul Possession is out there on the interweb.

AA LIVE TAPE

Christine Baczewska - two tapes

Ms. Baczewska does have a Discogs entry, but these two C15 tapes aren't in it. Fascinating songs built out of nothing but vocals and loops. Looks like the B-side of the first tape was featured on a 1990 CD compilation, and she was also in an earlier band called Care Of The Cow, who had one 1981 LP. Anyone got that?

Seriously recommended stuff here!

The Brain Itself Feels No Pain C15

I Am I C15

UPDATE: The album by Care Of The Cow and some comments from Ms. Baczweska herself are available over at Mutantsounds.

In Be Tween Noise

Steve Roden used to work under this name, and released two really great CDs in the late 90's. Not really ambient, but quiet for the most part and very beautiful. He has a lot of more recent work available under his own name, as far as I know these are long out of print. Released on his own New Plastic Music label.

So Delicate And Strangely Made

Humming Endlessly In The Hush

And hey, if anyone out there has a good rip of the "Archival" 10" that Anomalous put out, I'd really appreciate it.

New Boredoms uploads back HERE, at my very first post. These were requested and I am glad to present them.