Front cover imagery assistance by Jim Blackwood, archivist.








 

 

SELECTIONS CIRCA 1990-2000

LOOSE VJCD121

2001

U.K./IRELAND           C.D.
V2 -

2001

EUROPE/AUSTRALIA C.D.
Song Information = Lyrics and Song Information Artist Information = Artist Information Recording Information = Recording Information

Produced By Howe except where noted
Original Concept By Loose
Remastering By Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering.
Sonic assembly and front cover imagery assistance by Jim Blackwood 
(Thanks to KXCI radio, Tucson, AZ)
Published By Amazing Black Sand (BMI) except where noted.


This record is a crumpled cluster of sling slams from the last decade of the last century hereby displayed in a chronological order going backwards in time mostly

TRACK LISTING

Song Information 1 Shiver Gelb Recording Information (From "Chore Of Enchantment")
Song Information 2 Temptation Of Egg   Gelb Recording Information (From "Chore Of Enchantment")
Song Information 3 The Inner Flame Ptacek Recording Information (From "The Inner Flame")
4 Sand Hazlewood Origianl recording by Giant Sand with Lisa Germano, this is the mix and tapping done on our own dime before we applied it to that which would become OP8. Produced by everyone there (1996) (From "Slush")
5 Music Arcade Young (From "Rock Opera Years")
Song Information 6 Remain Distorted Gelb To come from the forthcoming 'Unsung Glum - Official Bootleg #3" (From "Unsunglum: Official Bootleg #3")
Song Information 7 Yer Ropes Gelb Paula Brown-Bass/Rainer-Dobro Slippage & Wired/Peter Holsapple-Slender Slide Git/Malcolm Burn-Fat Organ & Omni Chord & Tamb/Trina Shoemaker-Thick Lip Singin' Finery (From "Glum")
Song Information 8 Corridor Gelb Howe-Vocal,Guitar (right)/Malcolm-Guitar (left)/Mark-Bass/John-Drums/Psycho Sisters-Backing Vocals (From "Purge And Slouch")
Song Information 9 Stuck Gelb Joey Burns-Bass/John Convertino-Kalimba/Sofie Albertsen-Voice (From "Center Of The Universe")
Song Information 10 Center Of The Universe Gelb Joey Burns-Bass and Vocals/Victoria Williams-Vocals/Sofie Albertsen-Lip Flip (From "Center Of The Universe")
Song Information 11 Nowhere Gelb Recording Information (From "Ramp")
Song Information 12 Wonder Gelb Recording Information (From "Ramp")
Song Information 13 Burning Desire Gelb Lucienda Williams - Sings/Howe - Sings, Guitar/Bob Soto - Lead Guitar/Steve Wendling - Bass/Neil Harry - Pedal Steel/Tom Larkins - Drums (From "Sage Advice")
14 Change Is Now McGuinn/Hillman Produced by Russ Tolman (apart from radio noise) (From "Time Between")

PERSONNEL

Artist Information Howe Gelb Guitar, piano and singing
Artist Information John Convertino Drums
Artist Information Joe Burns Bass
Sofie Albertsen Gelb Backing vocals (1)
Juliana Hatfield Backing vocals (2)
Artist Information Rainer Vocals & Slide (3)
Lisa Germano Vocals, Keyboards (4,6)
Evan Dando Vocals (5)
Victoria Williams Vocals (5,12)
Trina Shoemaker Vocals (7)
Susan Cowsill Vocals (8)
Vicky Petersen Vocals (8)
Pappy Allen Vocals (11)
Lucinda Williams Vocals (13)
Artist Information Paula Brown Bass, backing vocals (14)
Greg Leisz Pedal Steel
Malcolm Burn Guitar
Mark Walton Bass
Chris Cacavas Keyboards
John Parish Piano
Kevin Salem Mellotron (1)
Rich Mercurio Drums (1)
Rob Arthur Organ (1)
Nick Luca Piano 
Artist Information Neil Harry Pedal Steel 
Scott Loder Bass (1)
David Mansfield Pedal steel,  banjo (1)

John, Joe & Howe - 1993 - Photo: Sofie Albertsen
thank tank: steve left and jelle kuiper for all the road work, nigel kerr and anita jones for bookings, kate hyman for signings, jackie nalpant for managing, richard grabel for the law, patti keating, liddy popageorgiou, bettina richards, tom bridgewater, mark rogers, jeremy pearce, howard greynolds, sheila sachs, ali giampino, maria mochnacz, michelle henning, sarah brewer, marriane dissard, joyce lineham, andy childs, james bedbrook, joe regis, liz garo, janet billig, ted harris, ted jensen, craig schumacher, head, bill carter and yves beauvais and to the families, especially all the children.

Howe, pappy, Joey & John - 1991