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| From | Anna Borg <tallboyrecords@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Tickets! New CD and CD Release Show in O.C. Tonight |
| Date | Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:23:01 -0700 (PDT) |
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I'm going. If only to see Walter and his band get
drunk and get hilarious.
This is probably more likely since they are playing
early.
Join us, won't you?
anna
--- Popdude@aol.com wrote:
> For those of you who haven't heard it (and even
> those who have), The Tickets'
> MAKE A RECORD was one of the coolest, most obscure
> slabs of pure pop to come
> out of the L.A. area in the early '90s. Originally
> released on cassette only,
> it has now been given a digital dressing up by none
> other than Brewery
> Records mastermind Walter Clevenger, who is
> releasing the CD (along with bonus
> tracks). For more info, read the article from
> today's ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER below.
> Big Walt's also putting on a CD release show tonight
> at Fitzgerald's in
> Huntington Beach, where he and The Tickets (with all
> the members who recorded the
> CD) are both playing. Here's the scoop:
>
> The Tickets Record Release Party
> Friday, September 15th, 9PM
> Fitzgerald's Pub
> 19171 Magnolia St.
> Huntington Beach, CA
> 714.968.4523
>
> Walter C. and the Dairy Kings will start at 9PM and
> The Tickets will finish
> the night off with two sets. Hope to see you there!
>
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> ------
> Orange Pop: Tickets finally make a CD
> By ROBERT KINSLER
> Special to the Register
> One of the most eagerly anticipated power-pop
> releases of the year is
> actually a long-lost treasure recorded more than 17
> years ago.
> "The Tickets Make a Record," a 1990 cassette-only
> release by Orange County's
> the Tickets, has been scrupulously remastered by
> Walter Clevenger and is
> finally seeing the light of day in 2006. It includes
> a number of bonus tracks.
> Moreover, the longest-running lineup of the original
> band has reunited to perform
> at a CD release party tonight at Fitzgerald's in
> Huntington Beach.
> Copies of the 14-song "The Tickets" CD will be
> available at the show. The
> Tickets featured singer-lead guitarist Bryan
> Shaddix, singer-rhythm guitarist
> Brian Martin (who replaced Donald Mabbott in 1988),
> drummer Marcos De La Cruz
> (currently a member of the popular Tijuana Dogs) and
> bassist Andy Winston, and
> were likely Orange County's most popular and
> talented unsigned outfit during
> most of the group's 1985-95 run.
> "Walter gave me a call one day (in 2005) and got me
> interested in making a
> record," said Shaddix, who moved from his native
> Washington to Orange County in
> the mid-1980s to play music, but then moved to
> Modesto "to relax a little" in
> 2000.
> Shaddix is thrilled with Clevenger's remix and
> remastering of the album. In
> addition to cleaning up the overall sound of the
> original tracks, he removed
> some of the dated-sounding echo and reverb that were
> commonly used throughout
> the 1980s. Clevenger also brought up the lead guitar
> solo in "Heartland,"
> enhancing one of the standout songs on the disc.
> "I think Walter got it. We didn't go overboard,"
> Shaddix said. "It's defini
> tely 'now,' but still has the Tickets feel to it."
> The release of "The Tickets" on Brewery Records and
> the one-time reunion show
> by the band tonight isn't the end of renewed
> interest in the group. An
> alternative version of the song "Dream About Me"
> (slightly different than the cut
> included on "The Tickets") will also be featured on
> a companion CD that is being
> included with copies of John Borack's "Shake Some
> Action: The History of
> Power Pop," a forthcoming published guide to the 200
> most essential power-pop CDs
> being sold by the nation's leading pop-rock label,
> Not Lame Recordings.
> This year may long be recognized as the year that
> provided the world
> long-thought-lost recordings. Just last month, the
> release of YMC Records' "Waylon
> Sings Hank Williams" showcased a dozen Hank Williams
> songs recorded by Waylon
> Jennings in 1985. And Amoeba Records announced
> earlier this year that the label
> is preparing an album of unreleased material by the
> late alt-country pioneer
> Gram Parsons (who died in 1973) for release.
> Power-pop fans around the globe
> that have worn-out copies of the Tickets' vinyl and
> cassette releases will be
> amazed by Clevenger's remixing and mastering efforts
> across the disc.
> "Eric (Garten) was surprised anyone contacted him
> after so many years; the
> original sessions were in 1989," Clevenger said. "He
> said Brian (Shaddix) was
> one of the most talented guys he ever worked with.
> And he was excited about this
> getting out on CD."
> Garten, who co-produced "The Tickets Make a Record"
> with Shaddix at his For
> the Record studio in Anaheim, wasn't sure if he
> still had the master 24-track
> tapes. Frequently when artists don't purchase the
> tapes, they are wiped clean
> and reused. After a week-long search, Garten phoned
> Clevenger with the good
> news that he still had the master tapes with all of
> the original recordings.
> "Eric called and said 'It sounds like it was
> recorded yesterday,' " Clevenger
> recalled.
> Indeed, "The Tickets" sounds like something from the
> digital age, with
> Beatles-styled harmonies layered atop ringing
> guitars and in-the-pocket rhythms that
> equal the strong songs themselves.
> "We went into it with the sense as if you are in the
> studio when we were
> recording the album," Shaddix said.
> For Clevenger, imagining that he had traveled back
> in time to 1989 to
> participate in the original recording sessions
> couldn't have been easier.
> "I've listened to this album so many times, I had it
> committed to memory,"
> Clevenger said. "I made it sound as good as I
> could."
> The Tickets' CD release party is at 9 tonight at
> Fitzgerald's, 19171 Magnolia
> St., Huntington Beach. Walter Clevenger & the Dairy
> Kings will open the show.
> Admission is $5.
> Information: www.breweryrecords.com.
>
Anna Borg
AIM: cakeab
TallBoy Records
P.O. Box 27757
Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
http://www.tallboyrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/anna23
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