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poo-bah (usa) #psb 818 cd

the mystery bandwood” compact disc

  • katydid
  • gulag archipelago
  • jesus on the radio
  • the storm
  • piano interlude: opus 1
  • guitar gritt'n
  • one man's trash
  • the hoopty man
  • black and blue
  • got to have her
  • field recording: pollard street
  • highland park
  • 1971
  • mistreatin' mama
  • trapped
  • update
  • after mary's fall
  • piano interlude: opus 2
  • old man mose
poo-bah press release...
the mystery band
"wood"
poobah pbs-818 (cd)

limited to 1,000
out now!

the mystery band was started as a conspiracy between ace farren ford, richard snyder, gary riley & pierre dupuy in 1987. originally a quintet including maurice jones (who left in 1996 for an illustrious solo career) the group debuted at the legendary and now defunct palomino club in north hollywood in march of 1988.

their first release was a 7 inch single entitled "tasting the smell of light" on sympathy for the record industry in 1989, followed several years later by their first cd, the now out-of-print "insert title here" on the birdcage label in 1996 (during the interim they managed to back the notorious british artist savage pencil on an abstract cd called "ether hogg", also on sympathy for the record industry, 1994).

in 1996 they contributed a track on the unlikely compilation "merry maladies" on cleopatra (backing founder ace farren ford on a "solo" track called "scurvy") and closed the millennium by signing with the aim recording company, who have released the 12 inch lp "leo, gemini, capricorns and jones, ltd." and the 7 inch ep "rebels without applause" from the original first album sessions, and will shortly be reissuing the out-of-print debut cd as "resume (reinsert title here)." naturally all releases contain previously un-issued tracks so that die-hard mystery band fans will have to have them all.

the band was joined by the legendary larry mister e. easter, (veteran of such history making outings as harvey mandel's cristo redentor and 3 linn county lps) on horns and woodwinds in 2001.

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poo-bah (usa) #pbs 78 001 ep

tom recchionthe incandescent gramophone and the song of mister phonograph” 78rpm ten inch single record

  • the incandescent gramophone

  • the song of mister phonograph
poo-bah press release...
the los angeles free music society (lafms), poo-bah records, and the pasadena arts & culture commission brings you an homage and exploration of the 78rpm vinyl medium in true 78 phonic quality.

the proposal was to make a mysterious object out its time -- a conundrum. something technologically obsolete, by the most standards. it is an homage to the beginnings of recording technology by combining current methodologies with older mediums of sound reproduction. the compositions derive its sounds from only 78rpm records -- the clicks, cracks, scratches, samples of previous recordings, internet mp3s, as well as the sounds that the record makes as an object in 3 dimensional space.

tom says, “i wanted to make an object that will force people to seek out ways to listen to it. most homes don't have 33rpm turntables anymore and even less with 78 players. for the 100 copies left in public spaces, the piece requires a personal effort of exploration. those that don't ever listen to it and end up storing it on a shelf, it becomes an object of mystery and is transformed into something other than what it is intended for. it becomes a curiosity. some will disregard it totally. i'm interested in a historical and technological collision and the confusion that may occur.

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