Formats
SB113/114 - 2xLPs
655030111310
Details
Stupor Hiatus culls the complete recorded works of the original Mike Rep and the Quotas, dating back to 1974 and moving forward into the early 1990s. Essentially a reworking of the Stupor Hiatus Vol. 2 LP released by Siltbreeze in 1992 (minus the questionable original artwork and mysterious French-language insert), this definitive collection is that record in its entirety plus six additional tracks, four of which have never before been released. This double-LP includes the legendary "Rocket to Nowhere," a lovely instrumental interpretation of the 13th Floor Elevators' "She Lives in a Time of Her Own," a cover of Roky Erickson's "Creature with the Atom Brain," a shout-out to the Strapping Fieldhands ("In the Pineys") and fifteen other immortal tracks. Those who already know, know. But if you're only familiar with the name Mike Rep as a producer for such acts as Guided By Voices, Strapping Fieldhands and Times New Viking, here's your chance to get caught up with a back catalog of extraordinary capacity. Before there were peckerwoods buzzing about lo-fi, Mike Rep-fed by a love for B-grade horror flicks, (the aforementioned) 13 Floor Elevators, Velvet Undergound, Kim Fowley and (blech!) The Doors-was concocting a mash of home-recorded punk, pop and psychedelia for a few fortunate ears. This isn't the Sunset Strip or Lower East Side, folks, it's Grove City, Ohio, a scene ruled by codeine, cannabis and Carling. So be prepared to hunker down with a fuzzy, furry and fried collection of 20-plus years of sound from the vaults of one of America's most important legends in the flesh. The Creeping Flesh, that is. Definitive collection of Ohio lo-fi pioneer's 1974-1992 material, One-time vinyl edition of 1000, includes download card
Tracks
1. Rocket to Nowhere
2. War of the Worlds
3. I Resign
4. Mama Was a Schitzo
5. Sister Ray
6. Excavation of Tremper Mound
7. She Lives
8. Creature with the Atom Brain
9. Addictions of Choice
10. Out
11. Fade Away
12. Steppin? Fetchit Is Dead
13. This Island Earth
14. Basket of Flowers
15. H.M. My Mind
16. Windows
17. One for My Baby
18. Who Knows
19. In the Pineys
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