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Originally compiled for Park The Van Records
Digital Download format only; issued 2 December 2008
this comp (c) 19 Sept 2008 (77:44)
sleeve photography by -max-
"The Park" artwork by R
01. World's Fair (2:35)
02. Another Day Slips Away (4:27)
03. The Disabled Lad Wants You To Buy Him A Wheelchair
With The Money That You Won At The Horse Race (6:28)
04. The Ghost Of Stringbean (4:03)
05. If I Fell Down (6:28)
06. Take Back (2:28)
07. Anytime You Leave (2:45)
08. A Whiter Shade Of Pale (5:31)
09. Effluvium (2:49)
10. Sleep Suite (4:18)
11. One Sight Of Me (2:16)
12. Me So Horny (3:46)
13. Rock 'N Roll Kit (2:39)
14. Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning To Work (4:01)
15. Tale Of The Sweet Violin (6:55)
16. The Middle (8:01)
17. If You See Kay/Bleu Space (2:44)
18. I Hate Your Radio Show! (3:16)
19. No Fears (2:17)
* written by Moore, published by H.P. Music (ASCAP), but
* 02. lyrics by Ferguson
* 03. lyrics by Shrigley, music by Brazen/Moore
* 07. lyrics by Lee Kid
* 08. by Brooker/Reid
* 10. by Jodry/Moore
* 12. by 2 Live Crew Campbell
* 16. by Steinberg/Moore
* 19. lyrics by ShrigleySONG STORYS + LIBRETTO COMING SOON.
"19 tracks of self-recorded wonderment, a living inspiration to home recording enthusiasts everywhere, and a damn good songwriter at that!"
Hartford (CT) Courant review:
R. STEVIE MOORE Compiling esoteric home recordings since the '70s and offering hundreds of cassette compilations by mail-order to this day, R. Stevie Moore is a cult figure whose fractured take on pop is at once wily and weird. The first of several collections to be released on Philly's Park The Van label -- its flagship band, Dr. Dog, has claimed Moore as a huge influence, which may surprise people who harp on the band's Beatles-y sound -- the 19-song, download-only "Special Needs" is a suitable primer to Moore's woozy, erratic work. A good place to start is his bluegrass-informed transformation of Procol Harum's tortured "A Whiter Shade of Pale" into a softly trotting ditty, the affable Nashville drawl of his lugubrious voice for once floating on air. (He happily tweaks the lyrics here and there too.) Like other Moore tunes, it's spiked with low-fi touches like thin keyboards and tinny drum machine, but more often than not, that's half the charm. Elsewhere, "Me So Horny" feels like dark and rascally near-rap-rock, "The Ghost Of Stringbean" is sleepy psych-country, and the live-recorded "I Hate Your Radio Show!" gets laughs from a somewhat baffled audience with its cock-eyed release of bile. Essential Download: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" -- Doug Wallen |
Another related item at skinnyvin.blogspot.com/2008/11/man-with-special-needs-r-stevie-moore.html
check out 'The Ghost Of Stringbean', new first song autostart streaming at
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