Side One
DEAD GIRLS OF LONDON 5:21
(Music: L. Shankar, F. Zappa; Lyrics: F. Zappa)
WINDY MORNING (L. Shankar) 3:57
KNEE DEEP IN HEATERS 5:36
(Music: L. Shankar; Lyrics: F. Zappa)
LITTLE STINKER (L. Shankar) 3:20
Side Two
DARLENE (L. Shankar) 2:56
TOUCH ME THERE 3:01
(Music: L. Shankar; Lyrics: F. Zappa)
NO MORE MR. NICE GIRL (L. Shankar; F. Zappa) 8:09
LOVE GONE AWAY (L. Shankar) 3:33 - "Touch Me There is an album by L. Shankar, released in 1979 on Zappa Records. Shankar performed acoustic and 5-string Barcus Berry electric violin, string orchestra, and provided vocals on the track "Knee Deep in Heaters." It was produced by Frank Zappa, and released by Zappa Records.
The album was produced by Frank Zappa who also served as the album's lyricist and who co-wrote, with Shankar, the music for the tracks "Dead Girls of London" and "No More Mr. Nice Girl." Shankar composed all the other music for the album, and further served as an arranger and orchestrator on the record.
The song "Dead Girls of London" was released as a 12" maxi single on September 24, 1979.
In the final version of "Dead Girls Of London", the lyrics are sung by Zappa and collaborator Ike Willis. Vicky Blumenthal provides the chorus on "Dead Girls Of London," "Knee-Deep In Heaters," and "No More Mr. Nice Girl," while Jenny Lautrec sings the lyrics to the album's title track, "Touch Me There," and Shankar himself sings the lyrics to the album's final track, "Knee-Deep In Heaters."
The lyrics for the album's opening track, "Dead Girls Of London" were originally supposed to be sung by Van Morrison, but since Morrison was signed to the Warner Bros. Records record label who Zappa was in a legal dispute with at the time, Zappa was unable to release the song on his label with Morrison's vocals, and so it was re-recorded with vocals by Zappa and Ike Willis. The original version appeared on the compilation The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011."
V/A - Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves From Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979
Up next will be:
V/A - Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound
Both of these have been released in the last 15 months, and lead me to need to revise my initial "Dispatches from Funkytown" post on MiG. The Twin Cities absolutely were Funkytown already, it just wasn't mainstream.
Also, if you don't have any releases by Numero Group, get one. I finally was able to get a physical copy of Purple Snow and the linear notes are so amazing I'm filing the album with my music books rather than my CDs. It's just under 150 pages of color photos and in depth information about the artists' histories. Took me about two hours just to get through it, and I feel like I need to read it several more times. The notes on Lost R&B Grooves are excellent as well, but Numero Group are so far beyond my expectations it's crazy.
From my Top 10 Twin Cities releases of 2013. I didn't mention it in the MiG post, but the drummer is Martin Dosh, who I know has gotten a mention or two around here.
Comments
The Rhythm of the Sound Current by Josh Maxey. Half duets with piano, half with a quartet. Strong improvs, but not as melodic. Still a good listen.
Sirens by Oceanus. Metallic post-rock. Nice sound overall, although i think the drums are too straight forward. Should appeal to fans of Swervedriver
Solid African music. Once NYOP, now 4 euros.
Thanks GP and BT
The Stranger - Bleaklow
- "Bleaklow is a journey by The Stranger (Leyland Kirby aka. The Caretaker) across the Northern English moorland."
Thanks BT!
V/A - Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves From Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979
Up next will be:
V/A - Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound
Both of these have been released in the last 15 months, and lead me to need to revise my initial "Dispatches from Funkytown" post on MiG. The Twin Cities absolutely were Funkytown already, it just wasn't mainstream.
Also, if you don't have any releases by Numero Group, get one. I finally was able to get a physical copy of Purple Snow and the linear notes are so amazing I'm filing the album with my music books rather than my CDs. It's just under 150 pages of color photos and in depth information about the artists' histories. Took me about two hours just to get through it, and I feel like I need to read it several more times. The notes on Lost R&B Grooves are excellent as well, but Numero Group are so far beyond my expectations it's crazy.
Craig
Grateful Dead 1974-10-18; from the Archive, a nice recording, said to be from Bear.
- New stuff in Februaty
Posting that Wedding Present album cover yesterday made me wonder if I could find the original C86 album on the intertubes. Turns out I could.
BNLX - LP
Noise rocky, post punk.
Craig
The Cloak Ox - Shoot the Dog
From my Top 10 Twin Cities releases of 2013. I didn't mention it in the MiG post, but the drummer is Martin Dosh, who I know has gotten a mention or two around here.
Craig
Maybe its me but not too excited by this
Aby Wolf - Wolf Lords
Basically indie pop, but it was produced by Grant Cutler (attn: BN), so there is a bit of an experimental feel to some of it.
Craig
They let it rip, you won't be surprised to hear. Lateef's last recorded performance apparently, very lovely on the flute.
Kitten Forever - Pressure
They also let it rip. But in a more punk manner and there is less flute.
Craig
- Supercool !