Rain Parade
Demolition
Label ©  090 Records
Release Year  1991
Length  1:02:20
Genre  Rock/Paisley Underground
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  R-0039
Bitrate  (various) Kbps
  Other  
  Info  
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Sad Eyes Kill  
       3:07  
      2.  
      		 Mystic Green  
       3:16  
      3.  
      		 Shoot Down The Railroad Man  
       3:01  
      4.  
      		 My Secret Country  
       2:57  
      5.  
      		 Invisible People  
       2:17  
      6.  
      		 Only Business  
       1:55  
      7.  
      		 Crashing Dream  
       6:44  
      8.  
      		 Depending On You  
       3:20  
      9.  
      		 Gone West  
       3:47  
      10.  
      		 My Dog's Last Dream  
       3:26  
      11.  
      		 Tranquility Base  
       3:01  
      12.  
      		 The Sniper  
       4:08  
      13.  
      		 Murder Boy  
       3:22  
      14.  
      		 Got The Fear  
       4:43  
      15.  
      		 Tv Stone  
       2:14  
      16.  
      		 Undermine  
       2:30  
      17.  
      		 Novocaine  
       2:43  
      18.  
      		 Power  
       2:47  
      19.  
      		 Every Morning Does  
       3:02  
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      DEMOLITION
      090 090 010 1991 U.S.A. C.D.

      Produced By 090 Records
      Remixed By Norm Kerner with Greg Remillard at Brilliant Studios, San Francisco.
      Mastered At Rocket Studios, San Francisco by Kenneth K Lee, Jr.
      Recorded In Bathrooms, bedrooms, ballrooms, TV studios, living rooms, garages, rehearsal halls,
      night clubs and recording studios

      TRACK LISTING
      Bucketfull Of Brains Flexi Single 1 Sad Eyes Kill 3:07 Piucci/S.Roback mp-gr/vox, sr-vox/bass/piano, jt-gt, wg--keys, mm-drums Recorded at Robbie Weaver's The Studio by Jim Hill - August 1984 (Also on Flexi 7")
      2 Mystic Green 3:15 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox,gt, sr-bass, jt-gt/vox, wg-keys, mm-drums Recorded at Provart/Carruthers and Livonia freeway Studios by Jim Hill - Summer 1985
      3 Shoot Down The Railroad Man 3:00 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt, sr-bass/vox, jt-gt, wg-keys, mm-drums Recorded as 2.
      4 My Secret Country 3:00 Piucci/S.Roback/Glenn mp-vox/gt, sr-bass, jt-gt/vox, wg-keys, mm-drums Recorded as 2.
      5 Invisible People 2:15 Piucci/S.Roback/Thoman mp-vox/gt, sr-bass, jt-gt, wg-keys Recorded at Livonia Freeway Studios, Summer 1985
      6 Only Business 1:55 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt/bass recorded at John Hoff's garage, Culver City, CA - Spring 1985
      7 Crashing Dream 6:44 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt, sr-bass/vox, jt-gt, wg-keys, mm-drums Recorded live at the Decade, Pittsburg, PA , Vets Day, 1984
      8 Depending On You 3:19 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt, sr-bass/vox, jt-gt/vox, wg-keys, mm-drums Recorded live BBC TV studios 22/11/85
      9 Gone West 3:45 Piucci/S.Roback mp-gt/vox, sr-vox/bass, jt-gt/vox, reb-keys, cn-drums Recorded live at the Ritz, NYC July 4, 1986. Mix by Jim Hill
      10 My Dog's Last Dream 3:24 Piucci/S.Roback mp-gt/bass, sr-vox/gt Recorded Livonia Freeway Studios Summer 1985
      11 Tranquility Base 3:01 Piucci mp-vox/gt/keys/percussion Recorded MLK Jr Way Spring 1987
      12 The Sniper 4:10 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt/keys, sr-bass, jt-gt, ik-drums Recorded at Shanee In Amber and Forth Studios, Oakland and LA, CA Spring 1988
      13 Murder Boy 3:18 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt/ebow bass/percussion, sr-bass/vox recorded at Shanee In Amber, Oakland, Winter 1987
      14 Got The Fear 4:40 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt, sr-bass/vox, jt-gt, rs-gt, ik-drums recorded live at Berkeley Square, CA 14/4/88, mix by Jim Hill
      15 TV Stone 2:09 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt, sr-bass Recorded at Forth Studios, LA fall 1987
      16 Undermine 2:30 Piucci/S.Roback mp-gt/bass, sr-vox Recorded at Forth Studios, LA fall 1987
      17 Novocaine 2:43 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/gt/keys, sr-bass/vox, jt-gt, ik-drums Recorded at Forth Studios, LA spring 1988
      18 Power 2:47 S.Roback sr-vox/bass/gt, rs-gt, mp-gt Recorded at Forth Studios, LA summer 1988
      19 Every Morning Does 3:30 Piucci/S.Roback mp-vox/bass/gt, sr-piano, jt-gt, wg-violin, mm-drums recorded at Provart/Carruthers Studios, Venice, CA summer 1985

      PERSONNEL
      Steven Roback Vocals, Bass, Guitar
      Matthew Piucci Vocals, Guitar, Bass
      Will Glenn Keyboards, Violin (1-5,7,8,19)
      Mark Marcum Drums (1-4,7,8,19)
      Junkyard Love/Ghosthand John Thoman Guitar, Vocals (1-5,7-9,12,14,17,19)
      Ivan Knight Drums (12,14, 17)
      Continental Drifters Carlo Nuccio Drums (9)
      Raymond E. Berg Keyboards (9)
      Rob Stennet Guitar (18)


      Thanks: Stefanie, Pat, Paul and Naomi, Jim Hill, Marc Greiger, Jud Cost, Jon Storey, Bucketfull Of Brains and readers, Fred Mills, Clive Jones, Brad, J. Sciarra, Auntie, Sam, Hilary, Mike Hinc, Stormbringer, Andy Proudfoot, the Captain, John Lee, Lester I. Strouse III, Jorge Luis Borges, Ian Icicle and Liverpool, Stoney Burke and Rick Starr, Robbie and Dennis Weaver, Laura, Richard Bird, Brigitte, Skipper, Committee of Eight, Ears, Hearts, Brains, The Electron, Nikolai Tesla, Dave Berg, Sammy Davis Jr., Freida Kahlo and Paul Rubenfield.090 logo

      In 1984 I discovered the music of my peers - a sound that stretched from Hoboken to Athens and from LA to Chico. Among the many indie-rock godheads during the mid 80's expolosion, Rain Parade shined high above the rest. Since 1985, despite rumours of a pending double album, Rain Parade has remained silent on the recording front.
      You hold in your hands the 'lost double album'. The songs released here for the first time present a broad view of the RP genius. Side one gives you most of the 'Crashing Dream' album as originally intended (including two unknown tracks). This is a much deeper and more personal vision than that released by Island records in 1985. Side two documents 'the new world order' version of RP, far removed from the perfumed garden noise of some earlier work. A nightmarish amalgam of cathederal organ and distorted guitars are the backdrop for tales of desperate love, psychic disintergration, serial murders and immoral foreign policy.
      What is referred to as the 'Manchester sound' owes a huge debt to the music and musicians contained herein. These demos and live versions are more than historical artifacts - they stand as emotional scars. Forget the Led Zep box set. This is the music of our generation. Dig it.
      Pat Thomas
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