"proVISIONS"
| YEP ROC | 2008 |
| Double LP | |
| YEP
2188 |
USA/WORLD |
| Produced By | Kent Olsen and Howe Gelb and/or vice versa |
| Mixed By | Definitely Kent |
| Recording Land | In
Denmark... Some stuff recorded at Feedback Recording, Aarhus by Jakob Berthelsen and the rest recorded by Kent Olsen at his own studio (Aarhus) Tracks 5 & 10 engineered by Frank Birch and Kent at Sun Studio, Copenhagen In Tucson... Some recordings were done at wavelab Studios by Chris Schultz, extra bits by Mike Prado at Big Block. Nathan Sabatino captured Isobel at Loveland. Nick Luca toggled Neko at Upstairs Studio and handled pre-mastering edits. Adam Seltzer fadered Matt in Oregon at Type Foundry Recording, and Howe added stuffing at home on his 4 track cassette for good luck, but in Phoenix, Lonna was harvested by Catherine Vericolli at 513 Analog. In Canada... Chris Shreenan-Dyck snagged Lucie at Woodshed Studios (Toronto). Dave Draves bundled the Voices Of Praise folks live and in the Little Bullhorn Studio, Ottawa. Side 4: Tracks 14, 16-18 recorded and mixed by Jim Blackwood Tracks 15 & 19 recorded and mixed by Chris Shultz and Nick Luca Track 14 recorded live at St. Peters, Tucson |
| Mastered By | Roger Seibel @ SAE |
| Published By | Scatterland My Little Darlin' (BMI) |
| All Songs By | Howe Gelb except:- 5 - PJ Harvey |
| Side 1 | ||
| 1 | Stranded Pearl | 3:59 |
| 2 | Without A Word | 3:39 |
| 3 | Can Do | 3:08 |
| 4 | Out There | 3:03 |
| 5 | The Desperate Kingdom Of Love | 3:26 |
| Side 2 | ||
| 6 | Increment Of Love | 3:01 |
| 7 | Spiral | 4:47 |
| 8 | Pitch & Sway | 5:20 |
| 9 | Muck Machine | 3:16 |
| Side 3 | ||
| 10 | Belly Full Of Fire | 4:41 |
| 11 | Saturated Beyond Repair | 3:31 |
| 12 | World's End State Park (wordless) | 2:55 |
| 13 | Well Enough Alone | 3:08 |
| Side 4 | ||
| 14 | Spiral (Live) | 3:42 |
| 15 | Conditioned Air | 1:32 |
| 16 | Random Stillness Then Flame And Go | 3:24 |
| 17 | Tangulation | 4:41 |
| 18 | Alone And Nested Drone | 3:06 |
| 19 | Loss And Its Hold On Us | 5:23 |
| Downloadable Bonus Tracks |
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| The New Romance Of Falling | 8:52 | |
| Dear Diary | 1:49 | |
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| Howe Gelb | attempted singing, played too many guitars and every piano |
| Anders Pedersen | slinging slide and guitar flick |
| Thøger T. Lund | bass plunk |
| Peter Dombernowsky | pummel + drum |
| with | |
| Isobel Campbell | sings (1) |
| Neko Case | sings (2) |
| Henriette Sennenvalt | sings (7, 11) |
| M Ward | sings (3) |
| Voices Of Praise | sings (7) |
| Lonna Kelley | sings (9) |
| Lucie Idlout | sings (8) |
| Christine
Metenge & Jerusha Lewis (VOP) |
backing voices (11) |
| Electric Apes horn section.. Eric Weiden Dan Meichel JC Jones Andrew Blizzard |
Trumpet Tenor Sax Trombone (5, 6, 11) Baritone Sax (11) |
| John Convertino |
Drums (15-19) |
This
record is severely lovingly dedicated to Bill Gelb