Released: 1987
Fundamental Music, Nate Starkman & Son,
Monkey Hill Records
| HOMEspun | Discography | Lyrics | Chords/Tabs | Media | Grant's Comments | Links | Update | E-mail |
Discography - Albums
| Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque Released: 1987 Fundamental Music, Nate Starkman & Son, Monkey Hill Records |
|
|
Tracks:
1. Indian Summer (3:32)
2. Two Suns (5:23)
3. The Lonesome Death Of Shadow Morton (3:39)
4. The Black Ship (5:30)
5. Morning (3:17)
6. Work The Rat (2:57)
7. Water Lilies (3:35)
8. Train Mystery (3:30)
9. Marysupermarket (4:46)
Total time: 36:51
JAMES
BRENNER: electric & acoustic bass
JEFFREY CLARK: voice
JOEY PETERS:
drums, marimba
GRANT LEE PHILLIPS: electric & acoustic guitars,
piano
Guest
musicians: Aaron Sherer - tabla on Work The Rat
Leslie Medford (courtesy The
Ophelias) - trumpet
Direction: John L. & John L.
Recorded & mixed
Spring & Summer 1987 at Radio Tokyo, Venice CA
Produced by Richard
Andrews & Shiva Burlesque
Engineered by Richard Andrews Mastered by John
Golden at Kdisc, Hollywood, CA
All
songs by Jeffrey Clark & Grant Lee Phillips except Indian Summer by Shiva
Burlesque
Published by Jeweled Explosion Music (BMI) and administered by
Jackson Del Rey Music
Cover: "Something Drew You" by Deborah Lawrence (courtesy Koslow Rayl
Fine Art, L.A.)
Photography by Merlin Rosenberg
Layout & Design by
Bruce Licher & Shiva Burlesque
SHIVA
BURLESQUE: P.O. Box 3021, Hollywood, CA 90078
NATE STARKMAN & SON
544 MATEO STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90013
Also available: Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque (Vinyl): Released: 1987.
Also
available: Shiva Burlesque - Shiva
Burlesque (Greek Pressing):
Released: 1989.
This ultra-rare Greek edition is out of print. In 1989 several of the releases
from the Independent Project and Nate Starkman & Son labels were licensed
to Greece, where they were produced in limited editions with changed cover artwork
and numerous interesting inserts. Only ca. 500 copies of this record were made,
and only a few made it over to the USA. This edition features completely different
artwork from the US edition, as well as a full-color lyric insert and a small
booklet of non-perforated stamps made for the band.
|
Shiva Burlesque - Mercury Blues |
 |
Tracks:
1. Who Is The Mona Lisa? (4:32)
2. Nez Perce (3:45)
3. Sick Friend (4:09)
4. Cherry Orchard* (4:09)
5. Chester The Chimp (4:00)
6. Mercury Blues (5:11)
7. Do The Pony (4:18)
8. Sparrow's Song (3:30)
9. Peace (4:50)
10. At Last Our Flag Has Fallen (1:45)
11. Meet Jake Ruby** (2:46)
12. Chrome Halo** (4:00)
** Extra Tracks
Direction: Peter Himberger
Produced by Brocula and Shiva Burlesque*
Recorded Summer 1990 at The Village Recorder
Engineer: Robert Hart
Asst. Engineer: Kathy Konop
2nd Asst. Engineer: Rick O. Sprout
*"Cherry Orchard" produced on 4-track by Dick Smack
Art
direction and design by Anne Burdick
Cover photo of Mardi Gras Medusa by Daniel Morrison
Band photography by Merlyn Rosenberg
Rep:
Peter Himberger, Get Up Mother Management
Correspondence: Box 3021, Hollywood, CA 90078
NR760
FUNDAMENTAL RECORDS are marketed by:
PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Brussels, Belgium; APT York, UK; SPV Hanover, W. Germany;
SOUTHERN SOUND Los Angeles, CA, USA (213 255-2279).
HEAD OFFICES: (EUROPE) SOUTHERN SOUND SC, 67. RUE DE CUREGREM, 1000,
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM; (USA) ROUTE 2, BOX 649, OXFORD, MS 38655.
All songs (C) & (P) 1990 Jeweled Explosion Music.
Thank you to: Kathy Konop and all the staff at the Village Recorder, Richard Jordan, Phil Drucker, Tony Kaye and everyone at Fundamental (USA & Europe), James Brenner, Anne Burdick, Gail Perry, esq., Merlyn & John, Denise Siegel, De Ivet, Donna Sproul, Iain O'Higgins, Liz Garo, Johnne Peters, Ed & Loretta, Karen Ja Light, Ramblin' Biff Langers, Ed Gerrard, Erin Culley, Christina Boyd, Robert Coyle, Alan Harris, Jay and Brian, Gary, Linda and Matty Rose, Peter Kelsey, Elizabeth. A special thanks to our families and to our friends who have encourages, aided and abetted us.
A metaphor: "The circus has two levels. First of all, it has the level: 'under the Big Top', three rings, beautiful women, animals, horses, glitter, feats of daring-do, and it's rapidly moving and catching your eye. But beneath all that the circus is mysterious. It's erotic. It's dark. The lives of the performers away from the lights are very complicated. It's an old tradition of an out-class group, rooted in nomadism and magic." - Terrence McKenna.
To encounter something interesting and peculiar about yourself, time and nature, it would behoove you to write: Lux Natura, 2140 Shattuck Ave., Box 2196, Berkeley, CA 94704.
The song Cheery Orchard is the only Shiva Burlesque track that has Grant Lee Phillips on vocals. It's produced by Paul Kimble. Grant Lee Phillips: vocal, guitar. Paul Kimble: bass, backing vocal. Joey Petters: tablas, toy xylophone.
Also
available: Shiva Burlesque - Mercury Blues (Vinyl):
Released: 1990.
| Grant
Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy Released: 02-23-1993 Slash Catalogue number: 828 389-2 |
 |
Tracks:
1. The Shining Hour (3:53)
2. Jupiter And Teardrop (5:57)
3. Fuzzy (4:57)
4. Wish You Well (3:28)
5. The Hook (4:10)
6. Soft Wolf Tread (2:50)
7. Stars N' Stripes (4:41)
8. Dixie Drug Store (5:08)
9. America Snoring (3:38)
10. Grace (6:13)
11. You Just Have To Be Crazy (3:36)
Grant
Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Paul Kimble: bass, piano,
vocals
Joey Peters: drums, and percussion
All
songs written by Grant Lee Phillips, and published by Storm Hymnal BMI
Lyrics
reprinted by permission.
All rights reserved.
Produced by Paul Kimble
"FUZZY", "STARS N' STRIPES", and "DIXIE DRUG STORE", recorded and mixed at Machine Elf, North Hollywood, CA, Engineer: Paul Kimble. All other songs recorded and mixed at Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA, and Engineered by Bryan Zee, 2nd Engineer: Mighty Joe Moon, with the exception of "JUPITER AND TEARDROP", and "AMERICA SNORING", mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, Engineers: Paul Kimble, Martin Brumbach, 2nd: Richard Orstein. Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, Assisted by: Jeffrey Norman. Photography: Patricia S. De La Rosa, Design: Liz Hale. Representation: M.F.C. Management, Los Angeles, CA.
THANKYOU'S...
Greg Adamson, Rob Baldwin, Brian Bauwinkle, Bob Biggs,
Marcy Blaustein, Jay Bose, James Brenner, Jeffrey Clark, Lisa Dulebohn, Vic and
Kelly Firth, Mark Flanagan (at Largo), John Ganem, Elizabeth Garo, Spencer
Gates, Geb, Julie Gordon, Sandra Grass, De Ivett, Peter Jesperson, Randy Kaye,
Randy Kelly, Norman Kerner, Katherine Landis, Bruce Licher, Karen Licher,
Barbara Mitchell, Mike Morse, Bob Mould, Bob Nybe, Marine Panossian, Johnne
Peters, Karin and George Peters, Arianne Phillips, Gary Phillips, Murel and
Shirley Phillips, Jean Pierre, Steve Richter, Poke Runyon, Stacy Sanner, Denise
Siegel and Family, Steven Schayer, Kendra Sparks, David Strayer, Mary
Stuyvesant, Ann Marie Vaccaro, Perry Watts-Russell, Jon Wells, Kim
Wright.
(p)
1993 Slash Records.
(c) 1993 Slash Records.
Marketed in France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Unauthorised
copying, hiring, lending, public performance & broadcasting of this record
prohibited. All rights of the manufacturer & of the owner of the recorded
work reserved. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records
and is exclusively licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. London Records, P.O. Box
1422, Chancellors House, Chancellors Road, London W6 9SG.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Vinyl): Released: 1993, Slash.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Cassette): Released: 1993, Slash.
|
Grant
Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon |
 |
Tracks:
1. Lone Star Song (4:34)
2. Mockingbirds (4:42)
3. It's The Life (2:57)
4. Sing Along (4:24)
5. Mighty Joe Moon (2:47)
6. Demon Called Deception (2:51)
7. Lady Godiva And Me (5:00)
8. Drag (3:03)
9. Last Days Of Tecumseh (1:02)
10. Happiness (3:01)
11. Honey Don't Think (2:44)
12. Side By Side (5:04)
13. Rock Of Ages (4:15)
Grant
Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin and
harmonica.
Paul Kimble: bass, piano, pump organ, electric organ,
vocals.
Joey Peters: drum set, tumbuk, tambourine, tablas, maracas, marimba, shakers,
acquired hunks of metal.
Cello
on "Mockingbirds" played by Greg Adamson.
Pedal steel guitar on "Lady Godiva
and Me" played by Greg Leisz.
Produced and Mixed by Paul Kimble.
Engineer: Bryan Zee.
Assistant:
Jeff Robinson.
(Tracks 2 and 12) Engineered by Paul Kimble.
Recorded at
Brilliant, San Francisco, CA. and Master Control, Burbank, CA.
Mastering: Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital Mastering, West Los Angeles, CA.
Art
Direction: Grant Lee Buffalo and Tom Recchion.
Photography: Melodie
McDaniel.
Design: Grant Lee Buffalo and Stine Schyberg.
Antique
Wrangler:Sheila Johnson.
Additional Assistance: De Ivett Richter and Steve
Richter.
Management: Peter Leak for The New York End Ltd.
All
songs written by Grant Lee Phillips.
Published by Storm Hymnal Ltd. BMI.
A Thousand and one thanks to all the folks, friends and familiars who have brought Mighty Joe to life. Your faith, hard work and encouragement are the flesh and blood of this album.
Send correspondence to 1133 Moorpark Street #42, North Hollywood, Ca 91602
(p)
1994 Slash Records.
(c) 1994 Slash Records.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records. Marketed in
France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Unauthorised copying,
hiring, lending, public performance & broadcasting of this recorded work
prohibited. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of this recorded
work reserved. London Records, P.O. Box 1422, Chancellors House, Chancellors
Road, London W6 9SG.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Vinyl): Released: 1994, Slash/London.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Cassette): Released: 1994, Slash/London.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Advance Promo Copy):
Released: 1994, Slash/London/Warner Bros., Catalogue number: PRO-CD-7103.
Mighty Joe Moon Advance Promo has the same artwork as the album
that was released to the public. The CD has a different artwork it - is mostly
black and white. The band and album title are done in the punch label style
that is used on the regular release, but on the promo it is yellow with black
letters.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Promo Copy):
Released: 1994, Slash/London, Catalogue number: 9 45714-2.
This Promo Copy has
the same artwork and the same tracks as the standard pressing but the green
on the CD is darker than on the standard CD.
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY.
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
PROHIBITED. MUST BE RETURNED ON
DEMAND OF RECORDING COMPANY.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Japan Promo Pressing): Released
1994, Catalogue number: POCD-1149.
Tracks: 1. Lone Star Song (4:34)
2. Mockingbirds (4:42) 3. It's The Life (2:57) 4. Sing Along (4:24) 5. Mighty
Joe Moon (2:47) 6. Demon Called Deception (2:51) 7. Lady Godiva And Me (5:00)
8. Drag (3:03) 9. Last Days Of Tecumseh (1:02) 10. Happiness (3:01) 11. Honey
Don't Think (2:44) 12. Side By Side (5:04) 13. Rock Of Ages (4:15) 14. We're
Coming Down (4:15) 15. Orpheus (4:52)
Japanese Promo Pressing
has the same artwork as the standard pressing but the green on the CD is darker
than on the standard CD.
| Grant
Lee Buffalo - In Concert - Show 613 (BBC Promo Only Transcription Disc) Released: 1994 Catalogue number: TCD-0844 |
 |
Tracks:
1. Demon Called Deception /Live/
2. Drag /Live/
3. Mockingbirds /Live/
4. Happiness /Live/
5. Wish You Well /Live/
6. Soft Wolf Tread /Live/
7. Fuzzy /Live/
8. Honey Don't Think /Live/
9. Jupiter And Teardrop /Live/
10. Lady Godiva And Me /Live/
12. The Shining Hour /Live/
13. It's The Life /Live/
14. Last Days Of Tecumseh /Live/
This
show was recorded live by the BBC at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on
11 Oct. 1994.
Total time: 53 min.
The
inlay includes four A4 sides of cue sheets with pic and bio.
The record comes in full size CD jewel case with its original BBC information
inserts.
BBC
Transcription Discs are the absolute pinnacle of promo-only live radio shows
and are simply impossible to find. They are virtually never offered for sale
and they have only ever been sent to BBC-affiliated radio stations in the UK,
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, even India, Malaya, South Africa, etc. They
ideally remain the property of the station and are locked away in their libraries
after their solitary airing.
| Grant
Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis Released: 06-04-1996 Slash/Reprise Catalogue number: 828 760-2 |
 |
 |
Tracks:
1. Homespun (5:37)
2. The Bridge (3:29)
3. Arousing Thunder (5:42)
4. Even The Oxen (3:53)
5. Crackdown (4:00)
6. Armchair (3:22)
7. Bethlehem Steel (6:05)
8. All That I Have (3:09)
9. Two & Two (3:46)
10. Better For Us (4:21)
11. Hyperion And Sunset (4:00)
12. Comes To Blows (5:30)
13. The Only Way Down (3:22)
Grant
Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, mandolin,
harmonica.
Paul Kimble: bass, piano, pump organ, mellotron, orbit,
vocals.
Joey Peters: drum set, marimba, tumbuk, tambourine, Tibetian bells,
shakers.
special guests
Greg Leisz: pedal steel on "Crackdown", "Armchair" and
"Comes To Blows."
Bob Fergo: violin on "Bethlehem Steel" and "Even The
Oxen".
Ralph Carney: bass clarinet and saxophone on "All That I Have" and
"Better For Us."
Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble.
Engineered by Bryan
Zee.
Assisted by Josh Achziger.
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View
Digital Mastering, West L.A., CA.
Recorded in luxurious Vibraphonic sound at
Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA.
All
songs written by Grant Lee Phillips.
Published by Storm Hymnal Ltd./Mumbo
Jumbo Music BMI.
Art
Direction and Design by Grant Lee Buffalo and Chris Bilheimer.
Artwork by
Grant Lee Phillips.
Additional help by Steve Richter.
Photography by
Dennis Keeley.
Management by Peter Leak for The New York End Ltd. Santa
Monica, CA.
Send
correspondence to:
11333 Moorpark St. #42
North Hollywood, CA
91602
http://www.RepriseRec.com/GrantLeeBuffalo
"Great jumping donkeys," it was all because of you. it was fun and prizes and lots of friends" Deedle-dee-dee. Deedle-dee-dee"
(p)
1996 Slash Records.
(c) 1996 Slash Records.
Marketed in France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Originated
in United Kingdom. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending,
public performance and broadcasting prohibited. HDCD (R) and High Definition
Compatible Digital (R) are registered trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc.
The cover artwork for the Australian copies of Copperopolis differ slightly from the import versions. The overall colour of the cover is lighter, and instead of the strip of copper colouring inside the sleeve, the Australian version has a burgundy/brown colour. The CD is also a paler copper colour than the import and has white writing on it (not black like the import). The inner lyric sheet is also slightly bigger, and made of glossy paper.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Cassette): Released: 1996, Slash/London.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Advance Promo Copy):
Released: 1996, Slash/Barclay, Catalogue number: 6310.
The back of the CD just lists the songs in the font used on Mighty
Joe Moon that looks like an old typewriter. The cover has an orange tint.
(p) 1996 Slash Records, (c) 1996 Barclay.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Promo Copy):
Released: 1996, Slash/London, Catalogue number: 9 46250-2.
This Promo Copy has
the same artwork and the same tracks as the standard pressing but the green
on the CD is darker than on the standard CD. The
cover has a yellow tint.
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY.
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
PROHIBITED. MUST BE RETURNED ON
DEMAND OF RECORDING COMPANY.
| Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee Released: 06-09-1998 Slash/Warner Bros. Catalogue number: 556 048-2 |
 |
 |
Tracks:
1. APB (3:37)
2. Seconds (4:21)
3. Change Your Tune (3:21)
4. Testimony (3:59)
5. Truly, Truly (3:58)
6.Superslowmotion (5:42)
7. Fine How'd Ya Do (3:52)
8. Come To Mama, She Say (4:31)
9. 8 Mile Road (4:55)
10. Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary (4:31)
11. My, My, My (4:05)
12. Crooked Dice (4:43)
13. Jubilee (3:38)
14. The Shallow End (4:16)
All songs written by Grant Lee Phillips
Grant
Lee Phillips: Vocals, Guitars, 12-String Slide, Synthesizer, B3 Organ, Pump
Organ, Slide, Banjo, Vibraslap, Mellotron, Celeste
Joey Peters: Drums,
Maracas, Tambourine, Timbales, Shaker, Guiro, Marching Band Cymbals, Tablas,
Djimbé, Sleigh Bells, Wood Blocks, Concert Bass
Dan Rothchild: Bass,
Additional Vocals
Greg Leisz: Lap Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
Jon
Brion: Chamberlain, Tack Piano, Pump Organ, Optigan, B3 Organ,
Vibraphone
Rami Jaffee: B3 Organ
Andrew Williams: Additional Vocals
E:
Additional Vocals
Phil Parlapiano: Accordion
Michael Stipe : Additional
Vocals
Robyn Hitchcock: Harmonica, Additional Vocals
Produced By Paul Vox
Recorded by Jeff Tomei at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assistant
Engineer at A&M Studios: John Srebalus
Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge at South
Beach Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Assistant Engineer at South Beach Studios:
Fernio Hernandez
Illustration: Bernard Roundhill
Photography: Matthew Welch
Art
Direction: Stephen Walker
Design: Stephen Walker, Neil
Kellerhouse
Styling: Shari Simonsen
Hair and Make-up: Natalie
Macgowan-Spencer
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles,
Ca
Drum Tech: Paul Mitchell
Production Coordination: Patrick Dorn for The Marsh Burns
Co.
Management: Peter Leak
for The New York End Ltd., Santa Monica,
CA
Grant Lee Buffalo World Wide Web: http://WWW.WBR.COM/GLB
Jon
Brion appears courtesy of Atlantic Records
E appears courtesy of Dreamworks
Records
Robyn Hitchcock appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Rami Jaffee appears courtesy of Interscope Records
Michael Stipe appears courtesy
of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
"Our
gratitude goes to all of you, whose presence, friendship, and devotion continues
to inspire. We thank all the many people who blessed this album."
With Love
and Thanks, Grant Lee Buffalo
(p)
1998 Slash Records.
(c) 1998 Slash Records.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records and is exclusively
licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying,
reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this record
prohibited. Marketed in France by Barclay and n Germany by Metronome Music GmbH.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Cassette): Released: 1998, Slash.
Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Advance Promo Copy): Released: 1998, Slash/Warner Bros., Catalogue number: 2-46879-AB.
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Promo Copy):
Released: 1998, Slash/Warner Bros.
This Promo Copy comes with a sealed
set of "Jubilee" playing cards, 4 "Jubilee" postcards and
1 "Jubilee" sticker. It
all comes in a "Jubilee" cigar box. The cigar box has "Jubilee"
graphics on all sides and inside of the box. The size of the box is: 7"
x 5 3/4" x 2".
There is also a promotional printing on the picture insert.
This promo copy has the same cover as the standard Jubilee release.
| Grant
Lee Phillips - Ladies' Love Oracle Released: 1999 Magnetic Field Recordings Catalogue number: LLO-999 |
 |
Tracks:
1. You're A Pony (2:05)
2. Heavenly (2:24)
3. Squint (3:38)
4. Don't Look Down (4:40)
5. Flamin' Shoe (3:53)
6. Folding (3:31)
7. Lonesome Serenade (3:25)
8. Nothin' Is For Sure (4:30)
9. St. Expedite (2:59)
10. Snow Flakes (Special
Addition) (5:40)
"Recorded
over the course of three days in October of ninety nine, Ladies' Love Oracle
just is me in the raw, me in the dark, me in the basement. Sometimes a sketch
says more than a mural..."
Grant-Lee, '99
All
Songs Written, Performed and Produced by Grant-Lee Phillips
Recorded by Tom Biller*
* with the exception of "Squint" by Grant-Lee Phillips
Mixed by Tom Biller and Grant-Lee Phillips
Photography by Denise Siegel
Album Design by Grant-Lee Phillips
Mastering
by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Hollywood, Ca.
Design Production by CDS Graphics, Inc.
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI)
All Rights Administered By Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published by Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd.
Management: Tommy Manzi For The Umbrella Group
A huge debt of gratitude to Jon Brion & his basement.
For Denise, way wiser than me, my constant inspiration.
visit Grantleephillips.com
Also
available: Grant Lee Phillips- Ladies' Love Oracle (International Release):
Released: 08-20-2002, Zoe, Catalogue number: ZOE
1031.
The International Release has one additional bonus track (Snow
Flakes) and an inlay with lyrics.
| Grant Lee Phillips - Mobilize Released: 08-21-2001 Zoe/Rounder Cataloque number: ZOE 1021 |
|
 |
Tracks:
1. See America (5:08)
2. Humankind (3:09)
3. Love's a Mystery (4:09)
4. Sadness Soot (4:20)
5. We All Get a Taste (3:54)
6. Spring Released (3:15)
7. Lazily Drowning (4:18)
8. Like a Lover (4:31)
9. Mobilize (4:07)
10. Beautiful Dreamers (4:27)
11. Sleepless Lake (2:50)
12. April Chimes (2:45)
13. Hugo's Theme (Special Bonus Track) (0:46)
14. Sunday Best (Special Bonus Track) (3:27)
Hugo's Theme & Sunday Best: all "mobilize" credits apply with the addition of guest musicians, Bill Bonk - bass, clarinet · Kevin Jarvis - drums · Eric Gorfain - violin.
My
deepest gratitude goes to my wife, Denise, and to our families - the bedrock.
The gratitude extends to Tommy and Sharon for their tireless attention to the
details of my work. Additionally, ever thankful am I, for folks like Flanagan,
the home we call Largo, and the colorful spirits who haunt it. Fortunate am
I, to find safe harbor among such an inspiring tribe, be they scattered about
the City of Angels, the bungalows of North Hollywoodland (Kendra and David),
or even in orbit, as my pirate comrades often are. My many thanks to Phil and
Bill for their good souls, and fast fingers. A debt of thanks to my mentors
and brethren, Michael Stipe and Robyn Hitchcock, who have taught by example,
what it means to follow a vision. I also wish to express my utmost respect and
appreciation for the many professionals who continue to play a roll in the integrity,
longevity and maintenance of my work, as well as to those who I will always
cherish no matter whose roof we're under (Thank you Rick Greaten, Stephen Walker).
Warm regards to my labels, both at home and abroad; Zoe/Rounder, Cooking Vinyl
and Liberation for the faith invested, for the opportunity to create and share
this album. Finally, I thank all of you, holding this album in hand, having
managed to follow me down a twisting stretch of road who knows where. I thank
you for making these songs your own, for simply lending an ear.
Most Positively yours, Grant-Lee Phillips, 2001
All
songs Written and Performed by Grant-Lee Phillips
Produced by Grant-Lee Phillips and Carmen Rizzo*
Mixed and Programmed by Carmen Rizzo*
*April Chimes - Produced by Grant-Lee Phillips and Carmen Rizzo, Mixed by Carmen Rizzo
*Like A Lover - Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Grant-Lee Phillips
*Spring Released - Programming by Carmen Rizzo and Grant-Lee Phillips, Mixed by Carmen Rizzo
Mastering: Chris Bellman for Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood
A&R Troy Hansbrough
Cover
Photography: Denise Siegel
Interior Photography: Michael Stipe
Design Stephen Walker
Additional Design: Grant -Lee Phillips
Artist
Management: Thomas Manzi for the Umbrella Group, New Your City
Multi-tasking: Sharon Tapper
Business Management: Ronald A. Kramer, C.P.A. for Kramer Balaban
$ Trauma Hotline: Marla Doyle
Legal Representation: Linda H. Benjamin for Garvin & Benjamin, LLP
Spiritual Guidance & Headlocks: Denise M. Siegel
Visit www.grantleephillips.com
Published
by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (excluding USA & Canada)
US & Canada: (c) Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI)
(p)
Magnetic Field Recordings under exclusive license to Cooking Vinyl. (c) 2002
Cooking Vinyl under exclusive license from Magnetic Field Recordings. Made in
the UK.
Cooking Vinyl, PO Box 1845, London W3 0ZA
www.cookingvinyl.com | info@cookingvinyl.com
LC 7180
Also
available: Grant Lee Phillips- Mobilize (Advance Promo Copy):
Released: 2001.
This Advanced Promo Copy is in a slim line jewel case with just
the track listing and no artwork.
Also
available: Grant Lee Phillips- Mobilize (International Release):
Released: 2002, Magnetic Field Recordings/Cooking Vinyl, Liberation, Catalogue
number: COOKCD
232.
The International Release has two special bonus tracks Hugo's
Theme and Sunday Best and the same artwork as the US version on Zoe/Rounder.
| Storm
Hymnal - Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo Released: October 2001 Warner Bros. UK Catalogue number: 0927-41064-2 EW 851 |
 |
 |
Disc I: Takes
Tracks:
1. Fuzzy (4:56)
2. The Shining Hour (3:52)
3. Jupiter And Teardrop (5:57)
4. Stars N' Stripes (4:41)
5. Lone Star Song (4:34)
6. Mockingbirds (4:41)
7. Honey Don't Think (2:43)
8. Happiness (3:00)
9. Bethlehem Steel (6:04)
10. Arousing Thunder (5:42)
11. Homespun (5:35)
12. Two & Two (3:45)
13. Truly, Truly (3:58)
14. Testimony (4:00)
15. My, My, My (4:06)
16. The Shallow End (4:14)
Disc
II: Double Takes
Tracks:
1. We're Coming Down (4:12)
2. The Shining Hour /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (3:24)
3. Wish You Well /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (3:43)
4. Soft Wolf Tread /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (2:36)
5. I Will Take Him (4:26)
6. Let Go Of My Hand (4:09)
7. Orpheus (4:53)
8. Goodnight John Dee (3:15)
9. Halloween (4:15)
10. Gold Chain Drag (2:16)
11. Crashing At Corona (4:20)
12. Mr. Know-It-All (2:55)
13. Were You There (6:46)
14. Where Do We Go From Here (3:49)
I'll try to wrap it up nicely in one bright package, this accumulation of songs, years, sweat and dreams. All of these shared among myself and my bandmates, Paul Kimble and Joey Peters. Grant Lee Buffalo was our band name - and the sum total force of our efforts for the better part of a decade.
The 1990s saw the underground uprooted and the mainstream flooded when, for one golden moment, no one seemed to be at the wheel. Our own history was rooted in Los Angeles. The end of the '80s with Shiva Burlesque - part band, part lodge. For every show we played, we must have held 30 rehearsals. Those humid evenings would often disintegrate into long-winded talks n the Marx Brothers and Aldous Huxley, and the hidden parallels that lay between them. My role was primarily that of guitarist, co-songwriter and co-conspirator. Jeffrey Clark (from my hometown of Stockton, Calif.) was the band's singer and main lyricist. Drummer Joey Peters brought with him and original style the was at once subtle, intuitive and also extremely dramatic. Our musical marriage was a spontaneous one, and suspect that our influence on one another's development is apt to be indelible.
Two years into this journey I met Paul Kimble. Paul had traveled the farthest, from Freeport, Ill. His demeanor was thoughtful, reflective and, as I would eventually learn, positively maniacal. (I mean that in the sweetest way.) Most important, we clicked - especially Paul and I. But when the three of us came together we tapped into something transcendent. Shiva Burlesque had brought us together, but our power as a trio would change our lives.
Moonlighting under a different band name for every show, we began to explore the songs that were gushing out of me during my mid-20s. Rex Mundi would perform one night, followed by the Machine Elves the next. These bands, as well as a few others, had a whole lot in common - we were all of 'em. Yearning to step forward with the songs I was writing, I needed the security of a veil to fully accept my lot as a performer. Grant Lee buffalo was precisely that. It provided me with the strength and the camaraderie of a pack and allowed me the freedom to be vulnerable as an artist.
Question of who are, who is and what is Grant Lee Buffalo still seem to be abound. Within our little world, the axis was forever shifting. A demo recording of Fuzzy was picked up by Bob Mould's Singles Only Label in the summer of '92, and before too long was gathering significant airplay at Boston's WFNX. In October of that same year we signed a recording deal with Slash Records. The same acoustic-based song that blazed its way to Beantown hurled us in stark contrast to the climate of the day. Perhaps that's my lesson - stick to the back roads, the hounds won't catch us if we cut through the stream.
Within a year we went on to create Mighty Joe Moon, which gave us our first real exposure in the US. We toured at breakneck speed, headlining throughout the world and frequently supporting some of the most highly regarded artists of our time, including R.E.M. out adventures were as volatile as they were beautiful. On record, we rejoiced in the task of creating a lasting album. That was the conquest at hand.
Onstage, however, our collective shadow would emerge, the music sometimes approaching assault. I can only regard this phenomena as reactionary. A kind of unconscious response to the teetering balance our lives were suspended in, struggling with this new profession. The demands, the sacrifices and the expectations which the three of us heaved upon ourselves, both on tour and in the studio, eventually collected their tax. During and interview in Brussels for our third album, Copperopolis, a journalist asked innocently, "How long will Grant Lee Buffalo" continue?" Ironically, Paul Kimble responded with, "Seven years …give or take, we burn pretty brightly." Within three years of that interview, Paul and I parted ways. Paul was invaluable, both as a musician and as the producer of Fuzzy, Mighty Joe Moon and Copperopolis, but the price of success cost us our relationship at the time.
Joey and I continued onward for a fourth and final Grant Lee Buffalo recording, Jubilee. Paul Fox was brought on board to produce the album, which also featured a host of guest musicians - all of them friends, including Jon Brion, Robyn Hitchcock, Michael Stipe and others. I had spent some time that year jammin' off and on with bassist Dan Rothchild at an LA club called Largo. Joey and I asked Dan to help us fill out the basic tracks for the record. Later Grant Lee Buffalo grew to a mighty four piece on the road with the inclusion of Bill Bonk and Phil Parlapiano, who played anything you threw into their hands. Jubilee was well-received, and again the expectations of the labels were high. Nevertheless, I sensed they were beginning to wonder if we'd ever get through finishing school.
By this time the scenery was changing and I was looking for new explorations. This collection, however, seeks to capture a time that won't ever be repeated. These songs live on, my memories linger, master tapes rot. We thought you might want a copy.
Grant-Lee Phillips, 2001
Disk I: Takes
All songs written by Grant-Lee Phillips
I-XVI Grant -Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, dobro, mandolin, electric organ, mellotron, celeste and harmonica.
I-XII Paul Kimble: bass, additional vocals, piano, pump organ, electric organ, mellotron, vibraphone.
I-XVI Joey Peters: drum set, tumbuk, tambourine, tablas, maracas, shakers, sleigh bells, acquired hunks of metal.
Guests of Grant Lee Buffalo:
Bass
on Truly, Truly, Testimony, My, My, My & The Shallow End by Dan Rothchild
Cello on Mockingbirds by Greg Adamson
Pedal steel guitar on The Shallow End by Greg Leisz
violin on Bethlehem Steel by Bob Fergo
B3 organ on Truly, Truly, Testimony, My, My, My by Rami Jaffee
Harmonica and additional vocals on My, My, My and The Shallow End by Robyn Hitchcock.
Additional vocals on the Shallow End by Dan Rothchild
Additional vocals on Truly, Truly by Andrew Williams
I-IV
from album Fuzzy. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1993 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).
V-VIII
from album Mighty Joe Moon. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1994 Slash
Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).
IX-XII
from album Copperopolis. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1996 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).
XIII-XVI
from album Jubilee. Produced by Paul Fox. (p)1998 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada). US &
Canada: Warner-Tamerlane publishing Corp./Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI). All right
administered by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI).
Personal
Management for Grant Lee Phillips: Tommi Manzi for the Umbrella Group, NYC.
Grant Lee Buffalo Thank All The Photographers That have Contributed Throughout
The Year
Album Co-ordination by John Waller. Sleeve Design at M4 (London).
This
compilation (p)2001 Slash Records (c)2001 London Records 90 Ltd
the copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records and is exclusively
licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the
owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending,
public performance and broadcasting of the recorded work prohibited.
Made in Germany by WARNER MUSIC MANUFACTURING EUROPE.
Disc II: Double Takes
All songs written by Grant-Lee Phillips
All rarity tracks produced by Paul Kimble wit the exception of "Were You There" and "Where Do We Go From Here", produced by Paul Fox
Rarity
tracks I-VIII engineered by Paul Kimble
Rarity tracks IX-XII engineered by Bryan Zee
Rarity tracks XIII-XIV engineered by Jeff Tomei
Grant Lee Buffalo studio line up rarities:
Disc
2 tracks I-XII
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Paul Kimble: bass, additional vocals, piano and pump organ
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion
Disc
2 track XIII
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion
Dan Rothchild: bass
Jon Brion: piano and pump organ
Disc
2 track XIV
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion
Dan Rothchild: bass
Greg Leisz: pedal steel guitar
Fuzzy Mighty Joe Moon Copperopolis Jubilee
For
More Information
www.grantleebuffalo.com / www.grantleephillips.com
GEMA /BIEM LC 2828
Also
available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Takes (Advance Promo Copy for Storm Hymnal -
Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo):
Released: 2001, Slash/London.
This Advance Promo has a different title - it's called "Takes".
Track 12 on disc two is misspelled: Hr. Know-It-All instead of Mr. Know-It-All.
