<<There are a few things by Doug Edmunds I'm still tracking down. Before The Gladhands, he was in a band called The Seen. They released on LP
called Under the Sun/In the Rain in the mid-80's. I don't think it's ever made it to CD. That band also featured a member of The Berkeley Squares.>>

Chris - re: THE SEEN

"Under The Sun/In The Rain" did make it to CD for a 20th anniversary edition with a few bonus tracks.  It is excellent.  As a Penn State student in the mid-80's, The Seen were my favorite local band and I used to go see them play live as much as possible.  They had a whole Paul Weller/Jam vibe to them down to the Rickenbackers.  Doug used to work at City Lights, the cool record store under street-level, and Glenn Sadin (guitar) used to work in a similar record shop called Ameoba Records.  They rarely played bars, instead playing student-union type events and were very popular.

I heard they played a rousing show at Penn State's annual "Arts Festival" the same year as the anniversary CD came out.  Scheduling prevented me from making the show, but I heard from Doug's old boss at City Lights that there may be a video floating around of it and I'd sure like to see that.

I have no idea if "UTS/ITR" is still available.  If you're can't find it anywhere, contact me off-list and I can make you a copy.  It's great stuff.

Michael
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> Hey Dave, 
> 
> OK, here's the poop (from what I can remember off the top of my head 
> without having all their discs in front of me). 
> 
> Brilliant Charade was their 1st release. It was cassette only and came 
> out when they were still based out of Omaha. It came out in the early 
> 90's (I want to say around `92). After that came 3 on Big Deal- "From 
> Here to Obscurity," "La-Di-Da," and "Wow & Flutter." W&F almost doesn't 
> count as the label went under just as promo copies in cardboard sleeves 
> were released. So while those are still floating around, but I don't 
> believe any non-cardboard sleeve advances were ever pressed up. They've 
> also released a smattering of 7"s (one on Tallboy and their very first 
> one of "Do You Have a Reservation" on some teeny tiny label) and 
> compilation tracks (mostly on Big Deal releases such as the Bacharach 
> tribute and Yellow Pills). 
> 
> Fast forward a few years and Air Mail Recordings from Japan released on 
> Brilliant Charade (for the first time on CD), W&F, and a Best of The 
> Gladhands. They also released From Here to Obscurity and La-Di-Da. All 4 
> albums (not counting the best of) contain bonus tracks. 
> 
> I'm not sure what all is in print still (obviously none of the Big Deal 
> recordings are although...I believe the label has just become active 
> again releasing the new Billy Bob Thornton CD). 
> 
> I also have some piano sheet music that was professionally printed (I'm 
> pretty sure it was Kill `Em with Kindness and either Smallsville or 
> House of Mirrors- I'd have to pull them out). Whenever I'd buy things 
> like sheet music or a shirt, the guys would always throw in all kinds of 
> signed posters and other cool stuff. 
> 
> Jeff Carlson has a new CD that's only available at Homer's right now. I 
> haven't heard it yet, but have heard great things about it. 
> 
> There are a few things by Doug Edmunds I'm still tracking down. Before 
> The Gladhands, he was in a band called The Seen. They released on LP 
> called Under the Sun/In the Rain in the mid-80's. I don't think it's 
> ever made it to CD. That band also featured a member of The Berkeley 
> Squares. 
> 
> Damn it, now that I've said all this, I'm itchin' to hear some 
> Gladhands! 
> 
> Your pal, 
> Chris 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf 
> Of Dave Seaman 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:35 PM 
> To: audities@smoe.org 
> Subject: Gladhands question 
> 
> I recently got hold of and have been enjoying some rare Gladhands stuff 
> (tracks from their debut cassette, B sides, live work, etc.) from a few 
> of 
> the kind folks on this list. As a followup, I've been digging for 
> information on these tracks, and haven't had much luck. Apparently 
> there is 
> no Gladhands web site. But I did find some of their stuff listed on 
> Amazon.com, which leads to my question to y'all - Amazon lists 
> "Brilliant 
> Charade" as a 2001 CD release. I thought it was their debut, and only 
> released as a cassette. Since their next release, "From Here to 
> Obscurity", 
> was released in 1995, something here doesn't compute. Anyone have any 
> illumination for me? 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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