Formats
SHR203 - 2xCDs
767870663826
Details
John Davis’s earliest recordings on Shrimper are being reissued in conjunction with Davis’s Inundation label (which issued his instrumental record Gnawing On The Bone last year). This double CD includes his debut cassette (Stars & Songs, 1993), 7-inch EP (R.I.P., D.I.Y., 1993) and LP (Pure Night, 1994), along with a four song EP that was originally tucked into a split single with Sandra Bell, (Instress Vol. 1, 1995) and seven bonus tracks, six of them unreleased. New extensive liner notes by John Davis and Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches explore Davis’s beginnings in The Palace Brothers and the bridge that would lead him to The Folk Implosion. The original recordings have been remastered from the master tapes by engineer and producer Matt Pence. The original artwork by Davis and his sister Theo has been tracked down and lovingly rendered here, merging with unreleased photographs in a six page eco-pack with a sixteen page booklet. These fifty stark and intimate home recordings are out of place and out of time, as unable to date with carbon as those of Moondog, Harry Partch, Annette Peacock and other one person bands of gold. These timeless melodies would go on to influence a generation of songwriters, and are presented here in all of their minimal glory. Revolver USA carries more releases by John Davis; please ask your salesperson for details. • Comprehensive collection of early recordings by influential minimalist songwriter who went from The Palace Brothers to the Folk Implosion • Liner notes by Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches
Tracks
CD1 1. Pure Night 2. No One Around 3. You?re With Me / Wedding Bell Tunes 4. Hey, You Don?t Say 5. To Care Today 6. Where You Shouldn?t Be 7. Don?t Let It 8. Love You I 9. Hey Cheeky 10. Like The Water 11. Our World, Brained 12. Windy 13. Angel I Drive / Tongued In The Mouth 14. Angels Surround 15. Here The Pretty Things Come 16. Breathe In You 17. Blind Love 18. River Boat 19. Into The Sunset 20. Over Nothing 21. 6 Shooters & Canyons CD2: 1. Not Long For This World 2. There?s No Judgement Day 3. Yes, You 4. Blonde Downtown 5. Slit Lip Glass Lady 6. The Countryside And The Second Sun 7. I Remember The Angels 8. You?re In My Dream 9. Baby, Baby 10. To Do 11. Open The Canvas 12. Sun St. 13. Loud Are The Cherry Trees 14. Not Long For This World 15. World On Fire 16. Hot Air 17. The News 18. Glass 19. Saturday Night Fever 20. Headed Home For A Ride 21. Leave Home 22. The Mind Is Filled 23. I Had A Dream I Was Down By The Ocean 24. New York City 25. Christmas Day 26. I Hear Bells 27. Recall 28. Follow Up, Follow Down 29. Waiting For My Wife