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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: A-Z, F-M |
| Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:17:45 -0500 |
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At Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:46:46 David wrote:
>FM? Yeah! I loved "Phasers On Stun" and "One O'Clock Tomorrow"; two
>amazingly melodic slices of >prog, and an awesome one-two punch to open
>their Black Noise album! I also loved "Truth Or >Consequences" from their
>third album, and their cover of "Shapes Of Things" was not half bad,
>either!
There was a rarely spoken of FIRST album ("Black Noise" was #2) called "Head
Room" which was the original two members of FM -- Nash The Slash and Cameron
Hawkins -- taking a full suite each on separate sides of the LP.
It was recorded direct-to-disc as an experiment that CBC Studios were
conducting in the mid-70s. There was no master tape and no mixing involved.
The album was recorded live right onto a lacquering lathe, pressed and
released within a week of the performance. Rough Trade also released an
album like this....quite innovative at the time...just never caught on.
Nash is still crazy as a loon recording audio for restored silent horror
films from the '20s & '30s. The DVD print of Nosferatu now contains HIS
soundtrack. He's also done work on The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari and Dr.
Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.
Of course, it was future k.d. lang collaborator, Ben Mink, who replaced Nash
as the electric mandolin virtuoso on the two albums following "Black Noise"
-- "Surveillance" & "City Of Fear" -- before Nash rejoined them for their
synth-pop phase in the '80s [they sounded EXACTLY like the Cars during this
short-lived fad] -- you've got to hear "Good Vibrations" and "Baba O'Riley"
performed with Electric Mandolin to get the full effect!
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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