"PURGE
AND SLOUCH"
| BRAKE OUT | 1993 |
| Double LP | |
| OUT
115-1 |
GERMANY |
| Produced By | Howe Gelb and Harvey Moltz with John Convertino |
| Mastered By | Tom Brick at Absolute Audio, NY |
| Recorded At | Harvey Moltzs' Living Room (guest bedroom and porch) Tucson - Summer 1993 |
| Published By | Amazing Black Sand adm. by Warner Chappell Music Ltd/Bug Music |
| All Songs By | Howe Gelb except:- 1 - Gelb/Perry/Dircks 4,5,10,14,15,16 - Gelb/Convertino/Burns 8 - Gelb/Convertino 19 - Redding/Cropper |
| Side 1 | ||
| 1 | Slander | 1:13 |
| 2 | Bender | 4:40 |
| 3 | Swamp Thing | 5:05 |
| 4 | Santana, Castanada And You | 5:06 |
| 5 | Blue Lit Rope | 6:06 |
| Side 2 |
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| 6 | Overture (Part 1) | 3:15 |
| 7 | Rice Road Rumba | 0:34 |
| 8 | Slice And Dice Blues | 1:53 |
| 9 | High Lonesome Curl | 3:28 |
| 10 | Owed Ode | 2:51 |
| 11 | Overture (Part 2) | 0:50 |
| 12 | Here On The Planet | 1:55 |
| 13 | Elevator Music | 7:19 |
| Side 3 |
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| 14 | Song For The Accountants | 3:55 |
| 15 | Tripping Moon | 4:41 |
| 16 | Dance Of The Cicadas | 2:08 |
| 17 | Disclaimer | 0:46 |
| 18 | Smokey Joe's Deep Blue Pancakes | 12:39 |
| Side 4 |
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| 19 | Dock Of The Bay | 1:24 |
| 20 | New Carjack City Blues | 1:28 |
| 21 | Thin Lizzy Tribute/Personality Flaws/Last Word Johnny | 6:25 |
| 22 | Bed Of Nails | 5:43 |
| 23 | Overture (Finale) | 1:51 |
| Howe Gelb | Sings, Guitars, Piano |
| John Convertino | Drum |
|
Paula Jean Brown |
Bass (13) |
| Joey Burns | Acoustic Bass, Bass |
| with |
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| Rainer Ptacek | Dobro (2,3) |
| Neil Harry | Steel (2,3,13) |
| Malcolm Burn | Guitar (18) Bass (4,7,8,19) |
| Al Perry | Guitar (1,3) |
| Loren Dirks | Guitar (1,2,3) |
| Mark Walton | Bass (18) |
(L-R) Joey Burns - John Convertino - Loren Dirks - Howe Gelb - Al
Perry
This entire purge(ing) was spun in Harvey's living room, guest bedroom and porch....and mostly sung slouched on the couch. Jessica assisted above and beyond. Harv never recorded an album before and did so nicely. Some overture stuff was recorded by Howe with those microphone earplugs (thanx Sabine Gietzelt for the healthy hunch) at John's and Howe's in the corridor, Barrio Viejo. All was concieved, mustered and forgotten in Tucson during the summer of '93. Slight intentional reference to Lisa Germano's song "Bad Attitude" in "Swamp Thing".
Thanks in bulk to all the Restless folks: Joe, Bill, Liz, Staci, Mel, Tammy, Pat, Wendy, Rich, Clark....and everybody.
The Enemy folks: Mike, Sylvia, Rosalie and soon Barbara.
Yep to Flower Booking & Susanne as well as Tom Johnston & Richard Grabel & always Regina, Bettina & Joyce & Brother Rick for the roadwork & David.
Thanks
more to Rainbow Guitar, Mark for the tiny tape deck & the folks at
ABS: Barry, Nigel etc.
& particularly Boosta, Anthony & Steve
Listen.
The air in the room took precedence. Lyrics were just luggage. Should have
been wordless. Instead it got sputtered on. We thought we would run with
Metal Machine Music Volume II.... but instead an immensely quiet record
took place.... waking blankly. Pictured here in the insert (not) is a
black and white shot of two Octavia pedals (those flying saucer things) I
used with the new $50.00 supro git. John mostly held a brush in one hand
and a stick in the other while he shadowed the drums. (A fine cross of
feathering wisp and urk of a Louisville slugger.) I can't imagine a 13½
minute blues drench without ol' Mark Walton. (Now we never have to do that
again). And Malcolm swung by to liquify the clotted grooves. Joey and
Paula retain their master status. Rainer and Neil were as slippery as
ever. Al and Loren kicked this pup off nicely. We loved the air in this
thing and we won't be playing it live 'cause it was only for when it was
Whenever. (The next record will be severely shorter.)
I don't know what we did here, 'cept purge and slouch.
