Various: The Psychedelic Years Revisited 1966 - 1969 (3 CD Box) 1992

The past few years, the sounds of the original psychedelic era of the late sixties have been enjoying an unprecedented revival amongst listeners of all groups.

This collection of fifty tracks, spanning the years 1966 to 1969, embraces psychedelic music of all categories.

THE MISUNDERSTOOD

No collection which covers such wide-ranging and diversified ground can ever hope to be definitive.

The aim of this set, in conjunction with it's earlier companion volume "The Psychedelic Years 1966-1969", is to present a comprehensive overview and put into perspective one of pop music's most fruitful and prolific eras.

The majority of the tracks on the first two discs of this set were originally released as singles.

On disc three the tracks are taken from albums of key artists of the era.

Disc 1: Back in the U.S.A. (75:24)
Disc2: Back in the British Isles (73:19)
Disc 3: Far Out (69:26)

KALEIDOSCOPE

This three-CD U.K. collection is the companion to Psychedelic Years, Vol. 1 (1991); both include 50 seminal platters from either side of the Atlantic.
 

Rather than simply retreading material that is easily obtainable on a plethora of other "oldies" compilations, Psychedelic Years Revisited delves into a secondary layer of harder-to-locate hits and deep-catalog album cuts from a wide spectrum of artists ranging from well-known pop/folk rockers such as the Byrds ("5D [Fifth Dimension]" and "Change Is Now") to the virtually and utterly obscure Freudian Complex ("Lake Baikal").

Disc one includes one and a half dozen cuts that are parenthetically corralled under the moniker "Back in the U.S.A." and run the gamut from early contributions by Captain Beefheart ("Abba Zabba") and criminally unknown Bay Area psych rocker Kak ("Rain") to the trippy side of one-hit wonders such as the Electric Prunes ("Get Me to the World on Time") and the Lemon Pipers ("Through With You").

Disc two crosses the pond with 18 platters from "Back in the British Isles." Once again, more established acts such as Traffic ("Paper Sun") and Cream ("Sweet Wine") are juxtaposed with the comparatively obscure Art ("Supernatural Fairy-Tales") and Heavy Jelly ("I Keep Singing That Same Old Song").

In between are initial works from Electric Light Orchestra predecessors the Move ("I Can Hear the Grass Grow") and Keith Emerson's pre-ELP combo the Nice ("America").

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

Disc three is the proverbial sweet windowpane (or microdot) on the proceedings with an additional 14 "Far Out" numbers. Included here are some of the greatest "lost" classics and somewhat obscured psych from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft ("Electrallentando"), Nico ("Evening of Light"), and Steppenwolf precursors the Sparrow ("Isn't It Strange").

Accompanying the discs is a 24-page liner-notes booklet containing brief annotative paragraphs, photos, and pertinent discographical information. Although a majority of the material on Psychedelic Years Revisited has been issued on artist-related discs as well as other compilations, such as the Nuggets series, there are few as thorough or as consistently entertaining.

Various – The Psychedelic Years Revisited
Label: Sequel Records – NXT CD 222
Format:  3 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

                                                                       

                                                                            

CD1. BACK IN THE U.S.A.    (1:15:24)

                                       
                                                      

01. The Electric Prunes – Get Me To The World On Time  (Written-By – Tucker, Jones)  2:29
02. The Byrds – 5D (Fifth Dimension)  (Written-By – J. McGuinn)  2:34
03. Love – Your Mind And We Belong Together  (Written-By – Lee)  4:19
04. Spirit – Dark Eyed Woman  (Written-By – Ferguson, California)  3:06
05. Captain Beefheart – Abba Zabba  (Written-By – D. Van Vliet)  2:41
06. Kaleidoscope – Little Orphan Annie  (Written-By – C. Crill, C, Darron)  1:55
07. Kak - Rain  (Written-By – G. Grelecki, G. Yoder)  2:00
08. Sopwith Camel – Cellophane Woman  (Written-By – Sievers)  2:26
09. The Left Banke – Desiree  (Written-By – Brown, Feher)  2:40
10. Ultimate Spinach – Ego Trip  (Written-By – Bruce/Douglas)  3:11
11. The Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Centre Of The Mind  (Written-By – Farmer, Nugent)  3:34
12. The Velvet Underground – What Goes On (Live)  (Written-By – L. Reed)  8:50
13. Nico – Little Sister  (Written-By – Cale, Reed)  4:24
14. The Vacels – Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?  (Written-By – B. Dylan)  2:34
15. The Lemon Pipers – Through With You  (Written-By – Bartlett)  9:07
16. The Animals – Monterey  (Written-By – Jenkins, McCulloch, Burdon, Weider, Briggs)  4:40
17. The Animals – Sky Pilot  (Written-By – Jenkins, McCulloch, Burdon, Weider, Briggs)  7:29
18. HP Lovecraft – The White Ship  (Written-By – Michaels, Edwards, Cavallari)  6:33

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CD2. BACK IN THE BRITISH ISLES     (1:13:19)

                                                    

01. Traffic – Paper Sun  (Written-By – Capaldi, Winwood)  4:16
02. The Move – I Can Hear The Grass Grow  (Written-By – R. Wood)  2:58
03. Cream – Sweet Wine  (Written-By – Baker, Godfrey)  3:17
04. Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser  (Written-By – Spyropolous, Campbell-Lyons)  2:34
05. The Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun  (Written-By – R. Brown)  3:37
06. The Misunderstood – Children Of The Sun  (Written-By – Hill)  2:51
07. Les Fleur De Lys – Circles  (Written-By – P.Townshend)  3:02
08. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Devil's Grip  (Written-By – Brown)   3:21
09. The Purple Gang – Granny Takes A Trip  (Written-By – Beard, Bowyer)  2:33
10. The Nice – America  (Written-By – Bernstein, Sondheim)  6:22
11. Art – Supernatural Fairy Tales  (Written-By – Ridley, Grosvenor, Harrison, Kellie)  3:34
12. Quintessence – Gungamai  (Written-By – Mostert, Codling, Milton, Rothfield, Vaughan, Jones)  4:01
13. Steamhammer – Passing Through  (Written-By – K. White)  5:16
14. The Incredible String Band – Log Cabin Home In The Sky  (Written-By – Heron)  4:02
15. Dr. Strangely Strange – Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal  (Written-By – Pawle)  4:52
16. Eire Apparent – Yes, I Need Someone  (Written-By – C. Stewart, D. Lutton, E. Graham, M. Cox)  3:09
17. Man – Sudden Life  (Written-By – C. John, R. Leonard)  4:24
18. Heavy Jelly – I Keep Singing That Same Old Song  (Written-By – Gibson)  8:22

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CD3. FAR OUT!    (1:09:26)

                                            

01. The Byrds – Change Is Now (Written-By – C. Hillman, J. McGuinn)  3:21
02. Country Joe And The Fish – Bass Strings (Written-By – J. McDonald)  3:58
03. Country Joe And The Fish – Section 43 (Written-By – J. McDonald)  6:45
04. The Sparrow – Isn't It Strange?  (Written-By – D. Edmonton)  2:30
05. HP Lovecraft – Electrallentando  (Written-By – Edwards)  6:40
06. Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (Live) (Written-By – J. Hendrix)  6:40
07. Love – August  (Written-By – Lee)  5:06
08. Moby Grape – He (Written-By – P.Lewis)  3:36
09. Kak – Lemonaide Kid  (Written-By – G. Yoder)  5:54
10. Pearls Before Swine – Wizard Of Is  (Written-By – T. Rapp)  3:33
11. Nico – Evening Of Light (Arranged By – Cale/Written-By – Nico)  5:36
12. John Cale – Gideon's Bible  (Written-By – J. Cale)  3:13
13. Captain Beefheart – Trust Us (Alternate Version) (Written-By – D. Van Vliet)  7:16
14. The Freudian Complex – Lake Baikal (Written By – Hahne/Hahne/Fischer)  4:42

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Shemekia Copeland: 3 Albums

Charon Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979) is an American electric blues vocalist. To date, she has released ten albums and been presented with seven Blues Music Awards.
                                                  

Copeland was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. She is the daughter of Texas blues

guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland. She began singing at an early age and her first public performance was at the Cotton Club when she was about 10. She began to pursue a singing career in earnest at age 16. When her father's health began to decline, he took Shemekia on tour as his opening act, which helped establish her name on the blues circuit. Copeland graduated in 1997 from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey. She landed a recording contract with Alligator Records, which issued her debut album, "Turn the Heat Up!" in 1998, following it up with a tour of the blues festival circuit in America and Europe. Her second album, "Wicked", was released in 2000 and featured a duet with one of her heroes, Ruth Brown. It earned her three Blues Music Awards. "Wicked" earned Copeland a slew of W.C. Handy Blues Award nominations and she walked off with three: Song of the Year, Blues Album of the Year, and Contemporary Female Artist of the Year.
                              

Projecting a maturity beyond her years, blues singer Shemekia Copeland began making a splash in her own right before she was even out of her teens. Copeland fashioned herself as a powerful, soul-inflected shouter in the tradition of Koko Taylor and Etta James, yet also proved capable of a subtler

range of emotions. Her 1998 Alligator debut, "Turn the Heat Up!", featured a career-elevating version of "Ghetto Child," a classic by her father, renowned Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, that has been part of her performance repertoire ever since. She released three more acclaimed rough-and-rowdy recordings that decade before revealing a more nuanced, slow-burning persona on Never Going Back in 2009.
                                  

Over her next two albums, 2012's "33 1/3" and 2015's "Outskirts of Love", she became not only a

formidable singer but an influential stylist. By the time of 2018's "America's Child", she had transformed herself into an artist who could inhabit virtually any genre of music without sacrificing the power and passion that initially established her reputation.
                        

The record, "Talking to Strangers", was produced by Dr. John, and in 2005 she released "The Soul Truth", produced by Steve Cropper. In 2008, Copeland signed with Telarc International, and released her first album, "Never Going Back", with that label in February 2009. She won the "Rising Star -

Blues Artist" in Down Beat magazine's critics poll announced in the December 2009 issue. Copeland participated in the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival in 2009. On June 12, 2011 at the 2011 Chicago Blues Festival, Copeland was presented Koko Taylor's crown, and officially given the honor as the new "Queen of the Blues" by Koko Taylor's daughter, Cookie Taylor.
In 2013, Copeland was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Contemporary Blues Female Artist' category. She won the title in 2016.
                     

Copeland returned to Alligator for the release of 2015's "Outskirts of Love", which featured guest appearances from Robert Randolph, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Blues Album category. In 2017, Copeland gave birth to a son

and, deeply inspired by the experience, she shifted direction. She chose to record in Nashville and enlisted producer/guitarist Will Kimbrough, who in turn enlisted guests who included John Prine, Mary Gauthier, Emmylou Harris, Steve Cropper, and more. With guidance from Kimbrough, Copeland dug deep and completed a resonant program of soul, Americana, blues, and country with 2018's "America's Child".
                               

In 2017 she participated in Mahindra Blues Festival, Mumbai. In August 2018, her next album, America's Child, entered the same listing at number 3. The recording won both the 'Album of the Year' and 'Contemporary Album of the Year' titles at the 40th Blues Music Awards in 2019. Kimbrough

returned as producer for 2020's Grammy-nominated "Uncivil War", 12 songs that mixed political and social commentary with more personal themes; guest artists included Jason Isbell, Steve Cropper, and Duane Eddy. In May 2020, Copeland was presented with another Blues Music Award in the 'Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year' category.
She is a goddess of soul music and the new queen of the blues!!!
                                                       

SOUL TRUTH  2005

                                    

Shemekia Copeland – The Soul Truth
Label: Alligator Records – ALCD 4905
Format:    CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Aug 16, 2005
Genre: Funk / Soul, Blues
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Modern Electric Blues

TRACKS

                                          

01. Breakin' Out  3:32
Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Bass – David Santos
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar – Bob Britt, Steve Cropper
Percussion – Tom Roady
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hahn, Cropper
02. Who Stole My Radio?  3:57
Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Arranged By [Original Horn Arrangement] – Joe Hudson
Backing Vocals – Mark Williams, N'Nandi Bryant
Bass – David Santos
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar – Bob Britt, Steve Cropper
Keyboards – Chuck Leavell
Percussion – Tom Roady
Soloist, Guitar – Bob Britt
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hudson, Hahn
03. Poor, Poor Excuse  3:01
Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Backing Vocals – Lisa Cochran, Mark Williams, N'Nandi Bryant
Bass – David Santos
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar – Steve Cropper
Organ – Felix Cavaliere
Piano – Eddie Gore
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hahn, Cropper
04. All About You  4:14
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Arranged By [Horns] – Joe Hudson
Bass – David Santos
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar – Bob Britt, Steve Cropper
Keyboards – Chuck Leavell
Organ – Felix Cavaliere
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hudson, Hahn, Copeland
05. Better Not Touch  3:24
Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Backing Vocals – Mark Williams , N'Nandi Bryant
Bass – Shake Anderson
Drums – Chester Thompson
Guitar – Bob Britt, Reggie Wooten, Steve Cropper
Organ – Carl Marsh
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Nicholson, Hahn
06. Strong Enough  5:57

Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Backing Vocals – Lisa Cochran, Mark Williams , N'Nandi Bryant
Bass – Shake Anderson
Drums – Chester Thompson
Guitar – Bob Britt, Steve Cropper
Organ – Felix Cavaliere
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written By – Smith
Written-By – James
07. You Can't Have That  3:49
Backing Vocals – Mark Williams, N'Nandi Bryant, Shemekia Copeland, Tom Hambridge
Bass – Shake Anderson
Drums – Chester Thompson
Guitar – Bob Britt
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Steve Cropper
Keyboards – Chuck Leavell
Tenor Saxophone – Jim Horn
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Anderson, Tom Hambridge
08. Uptown Line  5:53
Bass – John Billings
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar, Slide Guitar – Bob Britt
Percussion – Tom Roady
Sitar [Electric] – Steve Cropper
Soloist, Guitar – Bob Britt
Synthesizer – Carl Marsh
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written By – King
Written-By – Hahn
09. Givin' Up You  3:25
Arranged By [Horns], Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn
Bass – David Santos
Drums – Steve Potts
Guitar – Steve Cropper
Organ – Eddie Gore
Shaker – Tom Roady
Soloist, Guitar – Steve Cropper
Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson
Trombone – Charles Rose
Trumpet – Steve Patric
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hahn, Cropper
10. Used  3:54
Bass – Shake Anderson
Drums – Chester Thompson
Guitar – Bob Britt
Keyboards – Chuck Leavell
Synthesizer – Carl Marsh
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Vocals [Duet] – Dobie Gray
Written-By – Bramlett, House, Slater
11. Honey Do That Voo-doo  3:11
Bass – Shake Anderson
Bass Saxophone – Jim Horn
Drums – Chester Thompson
Guitar – Bob Britt, Reggie Wooten, Steve Cropper
Organ – Eddie Gore
Percussion – Tom Roady
Soloist, Guitar – Steve Cropper
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Cropper
12. Something Heavy  3:16
Guitar – Steve Cropper
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Hinton

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AMERICA'S CHILD  2018

                                               

In October 2015, her album Outskirts of Love peaked at number 6 in the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. In 2017 she participated in Mahindra Blues Festival, Mumbai
In August 2018, her next album, America's Child, entered the same listing at number 3. The recording won both the 'Album of the Year' and 'Contemporary Album of the Year' titles at the 40th Blues Music Awards in 2019.

Shemekia Copeland – America's Child
Label: Alligator Records – ALCD 4984
Format:    CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Aug 3, 2018
Genre: Blues
Style: Modern Electric Blues

TRACKS

                                               

01. Ain't Got Time For Hate  4:23
Backing Vocals – Emmylou Harris, Gretchen Peters, John Prine, Katie Pruitt, Kristi Stassinopoulou, Mary Gauthier, Tommy Womack
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Written-By – Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar – Al Perkins
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn
02. Americans  3:53
Backing Vocals – Emmylou Harris, Katie Pruitt
Backing Vocals, Written-By – Mary Gauthier
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Guitar, Organ – Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar – Paul Franklin
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn
03. Would You Take My Blood?  3:49
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Lead Guitar, Written-By – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn
04. Great Rain  4:49
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Guest [Special Guest], Vocals – John Prine
Guitar – Al Perkins
Organ, Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Prine, Michael Campbell
05. Smoked Ham And Peaches  4:37
Banjo [African Banjo] – Rhiannon Giddens
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Steel Guitar [National Guitar] – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn, Mary Gauthier

06. The Wrong Idea  4:07
Backing Vocals – Lisa Oliver Gray
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Fiddle – Kenny Sears
Lead Guitar, Organ – Will Kimbrough
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn, Kevin Nolan, Matt Nolan, Truman Morrison, Willie Morrison
07. Promised Myself  5:28
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Guitar, Organ – Will Kimbrough
Lead Guitar – Steve Cropper
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Johnny Clyde Copeland
08. In The Blood Of The Blues  4:54
Bass – Lex Price, Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Derrick Procell, Terry Abrahamson
09. Such A Pretty Flame  4:37
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar – Al Perkins
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – John Hahn, Oliver Wood
10. One I Love  2:56
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Harmonica – J.D. Wilkes
Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Gwil Owen, Kevin Gordon
11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else  4:19
Bass – Lex Price
Drums – Pete Abbott
Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Ray Davies
12. Go To Sleepy Little Baby  1:56
Lead Guitar – Will Kimbrough
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland
Written-By – Traditional

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UNCIVIL WAR  2020

                                         

Shemekia Copeland – Uncivil War
Label:Alligator Records – ALCD 5001
Format:    CD, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Oct 23, 2020
Genre: Blues
Style: Modern Electric Blues

TRACKS

                 

01. Clotilda's On Fire  4:26
Written-By – John Hahn, Will Kimbrough
02. Walk Until I Ride  4:13
Written-By – John Hahn, Will Kimbrough
03. Uncivil War  4:46
Written-By – John Hahn, Will Kimbrough
04. Money Makes You Ugly  3:36
Written-By – John Hahn (2), Will Kimbrough
05. Dirty Saint  3:33
Written-By – John Hahn, Will Kimbrough
06. Under My Thumb  3:10
Composed By – Mick Jagger & Keith Richards*
07. Apple Pie And A .45  3:45
Written-By – John Hahn, Will Kimbrough
08. Give God The Blues  3:47
Written-By – Chuck Cannon, Phil Madeira, Shawn Mullins
09. She Don't Wear Pink  3:00
Written-By – John Hahn, Webb Wilder
10. No Heart At All  4:17
Written-By – John Hahn , Tom Hambridge, Will Kimbrough
11. In The Dark  4:27
Written-By – Don Robey, Herman Parker
12. Love Song  3:04
Written-By – Johnny Clyde Copeland

CREDITS

                                     

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Janelle Means (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Lisa Oliver Gray (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Will Kimbrough (tracks: 2)
Backing Vocals, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – The Orphan Brigade (tracks: 3)
Bass – Lex Price
Booking – Mint Talent Group, Patrick McAuliff
Design [Packaging Design By] – Kevin Niemiec
Dobro – Jerry Douglas (tracks: 3)
Drums – Pete Abbott
Executive-Producer [Executive Producer] – John Hahn
Guitar – Duane Eddy (tracks: 9), Phil Madeira (tracks: 8), Steve Cropper (tracks: 11), Webb Wilder (tracks: 9), Will Kimbrough
Lap Steel Guitar – Jerry Douglas (tracks: 2, 10)
Lead Guitar – Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (tracks: 4), Jason Isbell (tracks: 1)
Management – John Hahn Management
Mandolin – Sam Bush (tracks: 3)
Mastered By – Jim DeMain
Organ – Phil Madeira (tracks: 5)
Organ [Hammond Organ B-3] – Steve Conn (tracks: 3)
Percussion – John Hahn (tracks: 6), Pete Abbott (tracks: 6), Will Kimbrough (tracks: 6)
Photography By [Photos By] – Mike White
Producer [Produced By] – Will Kimbrough
Recorded By – Sean Sullivan
Vocals – Shemekia Copeland

MONEY MAKES YOU UGLY  LYRICS

                                   

The ice is meltin' and my lawn's on fire
The world 's got a fever gettin higher and higher
Raping mother nature fracking up the earth
Selling off the land for all that it's worth
Just a little blue rock flying through space
Whoever told you that you own this place

Money makes you ugly
Baby that's the truth
Money makes you ugly
You're the livin' proof
One thing in life I know for sure
Money makes you ugly
That's why I'm glad to be poor

We're drinkin' dirty water while you're sippin' champagne
When do you think you'll start to feel ashamed
Your conscience was laid off with all the people you fired
Took back their benefits before they retired
The lap of luxury it must feel nice
But one day you're gonna have to pay the price

Money makes you ugly
Baby that's the truth
Money makes you ugly
You're the livin' proof
One thing in life I know for sure
Money makes you ugly
That's why I'm glad to be poor

You can have the best smile
Money can buy
Botox your lips
Change the color of your eyes
But when judgement day comes
You'll never gonna win
When deep down inside you know you're ugly as sin

Another hurricane is comin'
A whole bunch of quakes
The air just poisoned
Grandma's birthday cake
You turned a pretty garden
Into livin' hell
Like throwing wooden nickels
In a wishing well
It was good while it lasted
Fun there's no doubt
Will the last person leavin'
Please turn the lights out

Money makes you ugly
Baby that's the truth
Money makes you ugly
You're the livin' proof
One thing in life I know for sure
Money makes you ugly
That's why I'm glad to be poor

(Money makes you ugly)
That's why I'm glad to be poor
(Money makes you ugly)
I'm so happy I'm poor
(Money makes you ugly)

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South Of No North: Fell Frozen 1986

 

South Of No North was one of the first true darkwave bands to emerge in Greece. South of No North,

from the densely populated districts of northern Athens that were home to most of the country's post-punk scene, were one of the first significant bands to form within the nascent dark wave and goth scene in Greece. Taking their name from the title of Charles Bukowski's 1973 book, they began playing local clubs shortly after their formation, first appearing on stage as South of No North in March 1984.
      

They signed to pioneering local label Creep records and recorded "Lacrimae Christi" in September 1984. The album showed clear influences of contemporary British bands such as Japan, Echo & The Bunnymen, Clock DVA, and, above, all, Bauhaus. Both lyrics and music were a collaborative effort with no single composer dominating the songwriting process though the lyrics, for practical reasons, gradually became the singer's domain.
                         

Their debut album Lacrimae Christ featured the classic 10.000 Eyes.
Took their name from a Charles Bukowski's book title.
On 23/3/1984 they performed live for their first time at Σχολικό Συγκρότημα Γκράβας (Athens), along with 'Στρυχνίνες', 'Ghetto', 'Cpt Neφos', 'Metro Decay', 'Art Of Parties', 'Yell-O-Yell' & 'Villa 21'.
On 16/3/1985 they performed live at Πήγασος Club (Athens), along with 'Villa 21'.
On 13/3/1987 they performed live at Muswell's Pub (Athens).
On 17/9/1987 they performed live at Club 17 (Kiato, Korinthos), along with 'Συμμορία'.
                                  

Creep Records also released their second album "Fell Frozen" in 1986 being one of its last releases, ending the company's five-year active presence.

Following the second album a pair of keyboard players was added to the line-up and two more full-length albums followed on Wipe Out, Greece's largest indie label of the day. The band maintained a steady following, mostly in Athens itself, but never broke out internationally despite their local popularity as a live act and a number of demo tapes sent abroad. Songs from the band's first two albums, particularly "10.000 Eyes" and their musical rendition of Poe's "Annabel Lee," continued to feature on local club playlists for the next two decades, and their influence was a given for most bands that developed within the scene in the late 1980s and 1990s.
                                                              
The band went on hiatus early in 1993, shortly after the release of "Rajah". Though it was generally thought that they had split up, the band never formally disbanded and maintain that they kept writing songs even after they ceased being an active group. They reunited in 2003 for the local Elfentanz 2

music festival with two changes in the line-up: Andreas Grigoriadis, who had abandoned music altogether, was replaced by his brother, Daniel, and the band became a septet with the addition of a second guitarist. The reunion gig was followed by a re-release of their first album about a year later, and promises of further releases of old and new material were made.
                                             

Από τα πλέον κλασικά darkwave συγκροτήματα, οι South Of No North σχηματίστηκαν τον Νοέμβριο του 1983. Πυρήνας ήταν ο Μιχάλης Κράλλης στη κιθάρα και ο Γιώργος Κουλούρης στο μπάσο, που

τότε έπαιζαν στους PsychoMafia, μαζί με τους Φοίβο Περιγιαλιώτη, από τους Ex-Humans, στα τύμπανα, και Ανδρέα Γρηγοριάδη στη φωνή. Κύριες επιρροές τους στάθηκαν συγκροτήματα όπως Bauhaus, Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, Cure, Sound, Clock DVA και πολύ περισσότερο Dave Sylvian και Japan. Την πρώτη τους συναυλία έδωσαν στο Λύκειο της Γκράβας τον Μάρτιο του 1984.
                        

Πολύ σύντομα, ήρθαν σε επαφή με την Creep Records και μπήκανε στο studio τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1984 για να ηχογραφήσουν το πρώτο τους άλμπουμ. Το ντεμπούτο τους "Lacrimae Christi", κυκλοφόρησε τον Απρίλιο του 1985. Επηρεασμένο από το γοτθικό κλίμα που επικρατούσε τότε στην ελληνική σκηνή. Ξεχώριζαν οι συνθέσεις "10.000 Eyes", "Suddenly" και "Another Dead Day".
                                                  

Το 1986 θα κυκλοφορήσει ο δεύτερος δίσκος του γκρουπ "South Of No North" με τίτλο "Fell Frozen",

από την "Creep Records". Ο δίσκος περιέχει επτά συνθέσεις της μπάντας. Οι στίχοι του τραγουδιού "Anabelle Lee" είναι βασισμένοι στο ομότιτλο ποίημα του Edgar Alan Poe. Ξεχωρίζουν τα τραγούδια ''Fell Frozen'' και ''Annabelle Lee''. Πρόκειται για έναν εναλλακτικό ροκ δίσκο με dark wave στοιχεία. Ο δίσκος ''Fell Frozen'' σχεδόν 25 χρόνια αργότερα συμπεριλήφθηκε στους 20 καλύτερους δίσκους των '80s στην ειδική έκδοση του Sonik με τίτλο ''Μισός Αιώνας Ελληνικό Ροκ - Από τα '60s στα '00s''.
                                      

Λίγο καιρό μετά την κυκλοφορία του δίσκου θα έρθει το κλείσιμο της "Creep Records" και ο δίσκος ''Fell Frozen'' ήταν ο τελευταίος που κυκλοφόρησε από αυτή την ιστορική πλέον εταιρεία. Το ομώνυμο άλμπουμ τους "South Of No North" κυκλοφόρησε το 1989 από την εταιρεία Wipe Out και θεωρείται το καλύτερο τους. Τον δίσκο ανοίγει το γοητευτικό και λυρικό "Sha La La" ένα από τα πιο γνωστά τους τραγούδια. Το Μάιο 1989 άνοιξαν την συναυλία των Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds στο κλαμπ Ρόδον. Το άλμπουμ "Rajah" του 1992, περιείχε τελευταίες ηχογραφήσεις αλλά και παλιότερα ακυκλοφόρητα τραγούδια.
                                         

Δεκατρία ολόκληρα χρόνια μετά την τελευταία τους συναυλία και με αφορμή το δεύτερο Elfentanz Festival, οι South Of No North έδωσαν ένα μοναδικό reunion show στις 27 Σεπτεμβρίου του 2003 στο κλαμπ Gagarin 205. Στα φωνητικά αντί για τον Ανδρέα Γρηγοριάδη στάθηκε ο μικρότερος αδελφός του, Δανιήλ.

To 2016 θα δημιουργηθεί το συγκρότημα ''Overalt?'' από δυο από τα ιδρυτικά μέλη του συγκροτήματος ''South Of No North''. Πρόκειται για τον Γιώργο Κουλούρη στο μπάσο και τον Φοίβο Περγαλιώτη στα τύμπανα. Επίσης οι δύο τους είναι μέλη του ροκ συγκροτήματος ''Dreamline'' το οποίο έχει κυκλοφορήσει τρεις δίσκους μέχρι και σήμερα. Η μπάντα ''Overalt?'' έπαιξε live παρουσιάζοντας τραγούδια των South Of No North το Δεκέμβριο του 2016 στην Death Disco.

MEMBERS

George Koulouris (bass)
Foivos Pergaliotis (drums)
Michalis Krallis (guitar)
Vasilis Krallis (keyboards, 1987-present)
Makis Bithimiris (keyboards, 1987-present)
Daniel Grigoriadis (vocals, 2003-present)
Leonidas Chronopoulos (guitar, 2003-present)
Andreas Grigoriadis (vocals, 1983-93)
                                            

South Of No North – Fell Frozen
Label:    Creep Records – CREEP 13
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Greece
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock, Indie Rock, Darkwave

                                     

SIDE A.

A1        It's Only A Song    4:00
A2        Fell Frozen    6:22
A3        Creeping    9:48

SIDE B.

B1        Annabelle Lee    5:05
B2        Melancholy Bells    4:47
B3        Behind The Eternal Tree    6:17
B4        Fairy Tale    5:27

Recorded At – Mastersound Studio, Athens
Recorded At – +1 Studio
Mixed At – Mastersound Studio, Athens
Mixed At – +1 Studio
Manufactured By – Fabelsound

Notes
All songs recorded and mixed at Mastersound Studios between September 1985 and March 1986,
except track B2, which was recorded and mixed at +1 Studios in September 1985.

The lyrics of track B1 were adapted from a poem by Edgar Alan Poe.
                                    

This is for Josef From Austria.

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