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| From | "Steve" <toddfan@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Titan Records |
| Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:33:45 -0500 |
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Wow...that is pretty cool news, especially to ME...lol....I happened to be
Gary Charlson's bass player in his band just before he started The Gary
Charlson band and his "solo" carreer. I can remember the founder of Titan
Records following us around to our gigs. We used to let him pretend to play
in our band...he would strap on a guitar (which was unplugged) and prance
around the stage while we played! Great times! Gary is still active in the
KC music scene (be that as it may)
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Scotthomewood@cs.com
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:07 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Titan Records
To anyone that loved the Titan Records catalog as much as I did should be
excited about the info below from
the Numero Group (same label that put out the "Yellow Pills: Prefill" comp
in
2004).
From Numero:
Two weeks later we take the catalog down I-70 and in a completely different
direction. From 1978-1981 the Titan label issued only eight records, but
over
the years their tiny catalog has crawled to the top of power pop want lists
worldwide and appeared on scads of bootleg cassettes, building a legacy to
rival
L.A.'s Bomp or New York's Ork. Located in fly-over country, Titan was forced
to start their own scene, import their own skinny ties, and scour the
Missouri
Valley for their own talent. Their midwest AM bubblegum roots are apparent
in
the likes of Gary Charlson, the Secrets*, Arlis!, Gems, Millionaire At
Midnight, the Boys, J.P. McClain &the Intruders, Bobby Sky, and Scott
McCarl, but
Titan was clearly influenced by the glam-punk spit being hocked from the 100
Club
stage. 30 years since they meekly flopped out their first 7" single, Kansas
City's Titan Records finally returns to record bins everywhere. The two disc
collection features 42 tracks, 19 of which are previous!
ly unreleased, a 40 page booklet crammed with photos, ephemera, an essay and
discography, all sandwiched between two environmentally friendly digipaks
and
crammed into Numero's eye-catching slipcase.
Titan: It's All Pop! drops on November 4th. Vinyl is taking shape for 2009
as
a box of 45s.
Sounds like a great comp. Numero has always put out wonderful stuff. Mostly
soul, but exceptional nonetheless. Each one of their comps is excellent,
with
great liner notes, pictures, and, most importantly, great music obtainable
nowhere else. If you love soul music (and Prefill is fantastic too) Numero
comps
are a must-have.
Scott Homewood
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