Read carefully, this is a totally unofficial version of Die Tödliche Doris's "Invisible 5th LP".
In 1984 Die Tödliche Doris released their vinyl album "Unser Debut", followed two years later by "Sechs". Soon after they issued a big sized poster explaining the concept of both records and their secret 5th LP content. When played on two turntables simultaniously, the tracks form brand new tracks. Each corresponding track on both records has the same length and is composed to accompany the counterpart, thus forming fitting new tracks. They never intended really materializing this secret 5th LP. In starting digital times they choose to issue this experiment on CD, "The Invisible 5th LP Materialized As CD ": Each channel contains one part of each track. When listened to in stereo, you hear the fifth LP. When only listened to the left channel, you'll hear "Unser Debut", when listening only to the right channel, you'll hear "Sechs".
Le Chapiteau Des Fous decided to play the game and mixed both records "Unser Debut" and "Sechs" together to form its own version of "The Invisible 5th LP Materialized As MP3"
"The Invisible 5th LP Materialized As MP3" was released by Le Chapiteau Des Fous in 2011.
Side A :
1. Windstille
2. Grünland In Der Grenzschlade
3. Eine Frau Zur Selben Zeit An Einem Anderen Ort
4. Wir Begrüßen Den Neuen Tag
5. Beim Rechtsanwalt a) Zopf
Side B :
1. Not True !
2. Ortsgespräch 1986
3. Im Tief
4. Finale Der Plattenseite B
Side A :
1. Südwestwind - The Sound Of Bells
2. Ungerechtigkeit (Hinter Glas Oder Folie)
3. Noch 14 Vorstellungen
4. Nachdenken, Gedächtnis Und Gesang
5. Auf Dem Lande b) Tatsachen
Side B :
1. Unser Debut / Dtsch.-Engl.
2. Ungerechtigkeit II (20 Pfennig Finderlohn)
3. Lieblingslied / Verunglückt (5)
4. Weltkonferenz Hochalpen
The boxset comprises the following three vinyl records :
Die Tödliche Doris (LP) :
A1 Stümmel Mir Die Sprache
A2 Posaunen Der Liebe
A3 Der Tod Ist Ein Skandal
A4 Panzerabwehrfaust
A5 Wie Still Es Im Wald Ist
A6 Sie Werden Nicht Beobachtet
A7 Haare Im Mund
B1 M. Rökk: Rhythmus Im Blut
B2 Kavaliere
B3 Fliegt Schnell Laut Summend
B4 Robert
B5 Über-Mutti
B6 In Der Pause
7 Tödliche Unfälle Im Haushalt (10") :
C1 7 Tödliche Unfälle Im Haushalt
C2 Tanz Im Quadrat
C3 Avon-Gard
C4 Stop Der Information
D1 Der Krieg Der Basen
D2 Der Astronaut Und Der Kosmos
Chöre & Soli (7") :
E1 Mädchenherzen Fliegen Durch Die Luft
E2 You See, We Come As Friends
E3 Wir Bilden Eine Rosette
E4 Denk An Mich - Mich Doch Nicht
E5 Ich Habe Noch Keinen Ton Gesagt
E6 Die Sonne Wirft Strahlen Auf Uns
E7 Lichtschwindel, Lichtschwindel
E8 Wir Sind Zwei Witwen
F1 Ein Hölzchen/ - Vier Schnürchen
F2 Kühn - Tapfer - Mutig - Rebellisch
F3 Der Musikant Reicht Dir Die Hand
F4 Holda's Heisse Tränen
F5 Aus Dem Hinterhaus
F6 Wir Stehen In Der Pfütze
F7 Graue Augen
F8 Die Luft Ist Voll Von Licht
"Das Gab's Nur Dreimal" was released by Wave Japan in 1988.
Nostalgie De La Boue is currently posting loads of gems from Big City Orchestra, so here is our little contribution to this essential band.
From Discogs.com : "One of the most idiosyncratic and original groups of the past two decades, BCO is not your standard Orchestra. Situated in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the band has released an enormous catalog of recorded material over the past two decades. Formed in the late 1970's the ensemble continues to maintain a free-flowing roster of artists from around the world that collaborate on specific projects. Categorizing the Orchestra into any given genre can be a task, as releases continue to surprise even the most devout listener. There is never any way to precisely classify the next BCO release. An album of authentic sea-shanties? A wall of noise? A shimmering downpour of lullabies whispered to the wind? A humorous or thought-provoking album of Sound Collages? Vocal excursions set to make Rod McKuen blush? We press play, leaning forward with slight apprehension. We await the first wave of blissful deception. We are perpetually rewarded."
Track 2 : Mixed by John Duncan
Track 4 : Mixed by Brook Hinton
Track 6 : Mixed by Monte Cazazza
Track 8 : Mixed by GX Jupitter-Larsen
"Greatest Hits and Test Tones" was released by Pogus Productions in 1993.
Side A :
1. Off Shore
2. Demain La Guerre
3. Telegram Sam (Mark Bolan)
4. Reine Africaine
5. Machinery Can Move It
6. Plaza De Toros
Side B :
1. Sailing Boat Brand
2. I'm The Walrus (Lennon-McCartney)
3. Round Voyage To India
4. Improvisation 1
5. Guawa
6. Bourbon St.
Side C :
1. Ready With The Answer
2. Improvisation 2
3. Improvisation 3
4. Improvisation 4
5. Le Maçon Davidor
6. Le Monde En Couleurs
7. Souvent Désert
Side D :
1. Danse Papou
2. Bourbon St. No. 2
3. Miss Vandann
4. 50 Années De Travail
"Live In Acapulco" was released by Illusion Production in 1981.
From Allmusic.com : "Smegma's roots lie in the Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) scene of the mid-'70s, and yet this long-running avant-rock collective are one of the few groups from that era that are still active today. With the musicians hidden behind ridiculous pseudonyms, Smegma offered a strange psychedelic improvisational music, throwing in all sorts of odd instruments as well as tapes, and turntables. The group began in Pasadena, CA in 1973 as a reaction to the bloated fusion rock of the day. They were unaware that other nearby groups had also formed to perform similar free-form experimental music. They became part of a gang of similar noise artists who gathered almost nightly in the backroom of the Poo-Bah record store in Pasadena, which in 1975 merged with the LAFMS. Smegma have always been a loosely run collective, and early members included Amy Zonbambi, Chucko D.K. Fatts, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Dennis Duck, Cheez It-Ritz, Cheese-Bro, Dr. Id, Dr. Odd, and Reed Burn. Ace Ford Farren, who joined the group in early 1974, introduced Smegma to crazed street performer and Zappa protégé Wild Man Fisher, and in two sessions, one on New Years Day of 1975 and one a few months later, they recorded some tracks with Fisher on vocals. Smegma moved to Portland, OR by the end of 1975 but remained in touch with the rest of the LAFMS crowd. After appearing on various LAFMS compilations, their first LP, Glamour Girl 1941/Five Years Wasted was recorded and produced in their own studio in July 1978 and released by LAFMS the following year. They also released several 7" singles that same year on their own Pigface label. The next year found them sharing a 7" with industrial pioneer Non (Boyd Rice), released by Mute. Throughout the '80s Smegma kept a low profile and continued to put out LPs, singles, and cassettes on their own label, and occasionally gigged live. With their worldwide reputation firmly cemented, their LP Nattering Naybobs of Negativity was released by the U.K. label Dead Mans Curve and the LP Smell the Remains by the German label Dom. More albums came out in the mid-'90s on the Portland label Tim/Kerr, including the LP Smegma Plays Merzbow/Merzbow Plays Smegma with Japanese noise artist Merzbow. In the late '90s, rock & roll author Richard Meltzer became their vocalist, adding his verbal ramblings and sardonic wit to their improvised sound."
Side "Studio" :
01. Semi-Incongruous Morass
02. Project 22
03. Grammer
04. Hairlip Diary
05. Jungle Ride
06. Now It's Dark
07. Tiny Everlyn
08. Sanctum
09. Imp-Namics
10. Nail Scarred Hand
Side "In Performance 1985-1987" :
01. Intro
01. Happy Baby Rhumba
03. No Eyes
04. Back To Normal
05. Feed Me
06. Everything Grows Together
07. A-Go-Go
08. Well...
Another classic from Déficit Des Années Antérieures !
Side A :
1. Le Cratère Central
2. The R. Standards
3. Les 25 Pièces
4. Psychedelic Song
5. Courir Vers Le Bois
6. Les Yeux Fermés
7. Ne Plus Rien Voir
8. Le Cargo Du Soir
Side B :
1. Loin Dans Le Froid
2. Baltique
3. La Ferovia
"La Famille Des Saltimbanques" was released by ADN Tapes in 1984.
From Allmusic.com : "This obscure group of radical experimental noise makers used improvisation and collage to craft strange sounds and deconstructed songs for highly creative music that is as far off the path of conventions as that of similar but more known visionaries like the Residents and Nurse With Wound. In fact, DDAA roughly began the same time as NWW in the late '70s, started by three visual artists, Sylvie Martineau, Jean-Philippe Fee, and Jean-Luc Andre in Lion sur Mer, France. The multi-talented trio originally formed Illusion Productions to create plastic sculpture and other various artistic pursuits and DDAA became the musical arm of Illusion. Déficits des Années Antérieures, their full name, translates roughly in English as "last year's deficit," though perhaps more appropriate is the fact that their initials are an anagram of Dada, that pre-Surrealism art movement at the time of World War I. As none of the three were trained musicians, their music had a distinct naïve quality of outsider art and with few noticeable influences, exists on a plane of its own. Like others whose music is too uncompromisingly different to become commercial, DDAA began releasing recordings under the umbrella of Illusion Productions, starting with a 7" 45, Miss Vandam, in 1979. Research into various traditional ethnic music resulted in the EP Adventures in Africa in 1981 and the LP Action & Japanese Demonstration the next year, with hand-painted covers and elaborate packaging and inserts. Bernard C joined the lineup to play on the 1984 album Les Ambulants and continued on and off with them until the early '90s. Throughout the '80s and '90s, the group continued to put out records and tapes, as well as perform, and even exhibit artwork in various galleries in Paris and Nice. Starting with the 1992 CD Nouveaux Bouinages Sonores (Dans la Période), DDAA has further enhanced its pursuit of strange sounds with the invention of an imaginary culture, the Maracayace, a theme explored more fully on the three-CD Baggersee and the full-length La Conference Maracayace, as well as live shows. DDAA continues to forge on in the new millennium with its highly creative artistic vision."
"Nouveaux Bouinages Sonores (Dans La Période)" was released by Front De L'Est in 1992.
"Tim Hodgkinson's first band after the split of Henry Cow. "Slow Crimes", their first album has the complexity of Henry Cow and the energy of punk rock. This release is the Megaphone Records reissue of "Slow Crimes", the "I Hate America" EP and the song "Houdini". Catherine Jauniaux does guest vocals." (www.megaphonerecords.com)
"Slow Crimes" was originally released in 1982 while the Megaphone reissue dates back from 1992.
