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| | | smudge (usa) #sr01 lp jim shepard / vertical slit “slit & pre-slit” long playing record - 1-2-3... hello (0:34)
- in-no-sense 1x2 (2:44)
- ascencion (2:22)
- dedication loop (0:52)
- fair exchange (bill nelson) (4:27)
- 66 2/6 (1:00)
- 7:00 a.m. jam (6:55)
- 6x4 (0:40)
- siren intro (1:05)
- 6x4 f*1 (1:35)
- a day at the factory (st. edmunds church) (3:46)
- greensleeves (1:25)
- 3 piece (4:25)
- 6x4 f*2 (1:14)
- the bed (lou reed) (4:50)
- in-no-sense • outro (0:55)
| may 2010 release ; contemporary, grey-area edition of this vital 1977 collection of recordings made by james michael “jim” shepard between august 1974 and january 1977 ...
i am perhaps the least qualified person in existence to comment on shepard’s oeuvre, having missed out on the entirety of his 90’s “comeback” output (i.e. the “picking through the wreckage with a stick” lp on siltbreeze & assorted work with strapping fieldhands & his own v-3 project) ; that said, i’m hearing this now with fresh ears and goddamn it’s sounding more & more like the “missing link” between the crude, largely akron-based ohio art-punk scene of the 70s (see: pere ubu, electric eels, etc.) and the early “home recording” wave spurred on by r. stevie moore et.al ...
a dovetailing mix of lo-fi garage rock stomp & tiny electronic vignettes that’s almost too good to believe ... this has pretty much been my record of the summer ; highly recommended !!! |
| | originally released in a vanity pressing of 100 copies, this debut by james michael shepard & vertical slit has long been a holy grail item on many a collectors list. legend has it almost 1/4th of the pressing ended up in the hands of luminaries such as todd rundgren, john cale, robert fripp & peter hamill to name but a few.
musically this stands toe to toe with the cream of nurse with wound list prog obscuros and acid archives psych outsiders. imagine a bridge between magical power mako’s self titled debut lp & the decayes ich bin ein spieglei.
mastered in the furnace of the future so to bask in the luminous glow of the past. edition of 350. |
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