Category: 2013
Six Star General Hair Supply vinyl
75OL-180V Six Star General – Hair Supply 12″ Vinyl Album
$30.00 S&H Included
Digital download and streaming is available here
Track Listing
- Christopher Walken
- I Don’t Know Where We’re Going (But I Know That It’s Not Good)
- Trans Am Hands
- Shaking Fists
- I’m Expanding Slowly
- Way Out of Control
- Life in Vain (Daniel Johnston)
- Breathe at Different Speeds
Limited to 25 copies on black vinyl. Includes cd of the album, bonus lathe cut 7″ single, 75orLess stickers and patch, while supplies last.
Junior Varsity Arson – Self Titled EP
75OL-176 Junior Varsity Arson – Self Titled CD
[sold out]
Track Listing
1. Her Parents Love Me
2. Brown Jacket and Purple Keds
3. Hippy Dippy Milk Man
4. Skull Collection
5. I’m Hooked
Junior Varsity Arson play Lonely Guy Rock. A soundtrack for men who are banned from certain establishments; men who were thrown out of record stores and video stores; men who have endless theories and endless amounts of time to explain those theories; men who are willing to tell you what you’re doing wrong; men with big crushes on the women behind the counter; men with the inside story; old men who despise what this country has become; young men who play Dungeons & Dragons with vintage pewter pieces; men who know their own IQs; men who cannot rock. Junior Varisty Arson have a lot of rock to do. They consist of Kraig Jordan, Don Sanders, Dave Narcizo and Guy Benoit. Featuring original artwork by William Schaff.
Mark Cutler – Dreamland
75OL-182 Mark Cutler – Dreamland CD
$10.00 S&H Included
Digital download is available here
Mark Cutler’s new record Dreamland is a collection of songs recorded in a little room in his little house and features some guest appearances by his good friends Jim Berger, Rick Couto, Richard Reed and Bob Kirkman. It’s an intimate record that you might enjoy with headphones but feel free to blast the stereo. It’s also the first record he’s done since he quit his day job to pursue a life outside of the rat race. Dreamland features songs about every day life and every night life and the times in between.
Rhode Island guitar slinger/songwriter Mark Cutler’s latest release is called “Dreamland”. It’s an apt title for the followup to last year’s critically acclaimed and award winning “Sweet Pain” (both available from 75orLess, iTunes, etc.). Along with sparse touches of accompaniment from his excellent live band The Men of Great Courage, MC plays most of the instruments himself this time around. Recorded at his home studio- just down the hall from his bedroom- dreamlike qualities abound, in the title cut, in songs like “I’ll Play For You”, “Soul Flame” and “You’re Gonna Need My Help”, to name but four. Like the mixed memories and visions of wonderful recurring dreams you wish you’d have more often, instruments, lyrics, harmonies and riffs intermingle in ways both familiar and surprising. And, like a dream you can’t quite get out of your head all day, the rustic surrealism of this “Dreamland” will stay with you long after your ear buds are slipped into a pocket.- DR
CD is limited to 200 numbered, brown and white jackets with screen print design
Dan Baker – Pistol in my Pocket
75OL-183 Dan Baker – Pistol in my Pocket CD
$9.00 S&H Included
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Pistol in My Pocket
2. Threw Me Down the Well
3. Never Alone
4. What I’m Looking For
5. Up On the Roof
6. Down in the Canyon
7. One of Them
8. She’s Not Gonna Call
9. Coming Home
10. Not Gonna Say It
Dan Baker was living in Chelsea MA, during the recording of his new record. A small city on the outskirts of Boston, Baker describes the city as “A place littered with factories, oil tanks, and pot holes… surrounded by great heaps of salt and scrap metal”. The city of Chelsea, luckily for Baker, is also where 1867 Recording Studio is located. A former Masonic Temple. The studio boasts 60 foot vaulted ceilings and walls still equipped with their masonic images and moldings. The result is Dan Baker’s third record, “Pistol in my Pocket”. A record that finds Baker more matured and in command of his craft. Songs of betrayal and revenge, as well as songs of love-lost and love-regained. For fans of dark rural blues, Okkervil River, Magnolia Electric Co., Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen.
Six Star General – Hair Supply
75OL-180 Six Star General – Hair Supply CD
[sold out]
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Christopher Walken
2. I Don’t Know Where We’re Going (But I Know That It’s Not Good)
3. Trans Am Hands
4. Shaking Fists
5. I’m Expanding Slowly
6. Way Out of Control
7. Life in Vain
8. Breathe at Different Speeds
Hair Supply was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Plan of a Boy by Kraig Jordan in Providence, RI Dec 2012 – June 2013.
Dan Ulmschneider – drums, percussion
Kyle Jackson – guitars
Mark MacDougall – vocals, bass
also appearing
Stan Sobczak – moog synthesizer
Kraig Jordan – acoustic guitar
Tom Chace – piano
backing vocals by Jodie Treloar, Suicide Bill, Mark Cutler, Dan Ulmschneider
Artwork by William Schaff
All songs copyright Six Star General, except Life in Vain by Daniel Johnston.
The McGunks – Highlights for Lowlifes
75OL-177 The McGunks – Highlights for Lowlifes CD
$7.00 S&H Included
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. Halfway to Hell
2. Working on Another Hangover
3. Bad Decision
4. Beer and a Beating
5. Speaking of Crazy
6. Love Song
7. Dead to Me
8. One More Ride
9. The Devil Was Right
10. One for the Road
The McGunks are a drinking band with a playing problem. They play high energy rock and roll with a good dose of punk. Crack a beer and turn the volume to 10.
Sister Mary – Sanctuary
75OL-172 Sister Mary – Sanctuary CD
$8.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Brother
2. Whippoorwillow
3. Bed of Roses
4. Hungry Hearted Blues
5. Mother
6. Mountain
7. Road whiskey
8. Gettin’ In Blues
9. Father
10. Left Handed Cigarette
11. End of the World Blues
12. Sister
Sanctuary is the second full length album by Sister Mary. It could be described as psychedelicate bluesgrass, and is deeply rooted in American musical traditions – think if Skip James and Emmylou Harris had a lovechild. The album treats its musical heritage with great reverence, while also honoring the tradition of creative progress. Sanctuary was created in and behind a barn in Ashaway, RI and was written, performed, and produced by Mary T. S. Brooks. Judas Brooks and Max Rose contributed pedal steel, mandolin, fiddle, and mountain dulcimer.
Screen print edition of 250 copies on brown/white jackets with black/silver ink
Allysen Callery – Mumblin’ Sue
75OL-175 Allysen Callery – Mumblin’ Sue CD
[sold out]
Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. In Your Hollow
2. I Had A Lover I Thought Was My Own
3. Spare Parts
4. Lily Of The Valley
5. Highway Gone
6. My Carolina
7. Long Black Veil (written by Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill)
8. In the Ring
9. Your Minnesota Sunrise
10. Your Skin Does Not Lie
Allysen Callery’s fifth release “Mumblin’ Sue” is a collection of natural beauties finger picked on a steel stringed guitar with delicate intricacy, with a haunting and intimate voice that recalls the late 60s/early 70s British Folk revival. Recorded by Eric Michael Lichter at Dirt Floor and mastered by Specialized Mastering, including cover art and design by William Schaff. Sounds like: Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Meg Baird, Josephine Foster, Kristen Hersh, Marissa Nadler, Jessica Prat.
Red and black inks on white jackets, individually numbered. Very limited quantities on brown jackets. Also, some copies are reversed and have violet flowers on the inside panels instead of red. If you prefer one of the unusual copies, please include a message with your order.
Northern Lands – He Took a Dive
75OL-173 Northern Lands – He Took a Dive CD
$10.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. With Regards to Gregg Allman
2. Sydney
3. Home Free
4. Like the State or the Quarterback?
5. Gallows
6. Crumb
7. Lucky, Tonight
8. He Took a Dive
9. Burnside
Formed in the summer of 2011 as a backing band for singer Josh Cournoyer’s appearance at the WBRU Summer Concert Series, Northern Lands has since evolved into a full fledged rock and roll collaborative with Aaron Jaehnig (bass), Peter Hayden (lead guitar), and Joshua Wallace (drums) rounding out the lineup. In the past year they’ve played shows at New York’s Bowery Electric, TT The Bear’s Place,The Middle East in Cambridge, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel sharing the stage with acts such as Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band, Chris Conley (Saves The Day), I Am The Avalanche, Titus Andronicus, Turf War, and Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons. Recorded at the Parlour in Pawtucket (a studio that Sub Pop’s Six Finger Satellite built in the 90’s) with producer Dan Sawyer (B. Dolan, Prayers For Atheists, Ask The Dead) and mastered by Keith Souza and Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets (Brown Bird, Fang Island) . Joining the band for guest spots on the album is Roz Raskin (The Ricecakes). Northern Lands also recently teamed up with Revival Brewing to launch their own craft lager, Northern Lands Lager which is available regionally this summer to coincide with the launch of He Took A Dive. For Fans of: The Hold Steady, Lucero, Dinosaur Jr., The E Street Band
Stan Sobczak – Stanatron
75OL-167 Stan Sobczak – Stanatron CD
$6.00 S&H Included
Track Listing
1. Stan Has Been Sick
2. Stan Stopped By Tonight
3. Stan Has Been Sick II
4. Stan The Dank
5. Stan in F
6. Stan Flounders (free mp3 download)
7. Stan Intercepts
8. Stan’s Old Tricks
9. Stan Can’t Remember
10. Stan’s New Moog (links to video)
Stanatron contains 10 ambient, hypnotic, cinematic soundscapes for fans of Brian Eno, Harold Budd, prescription medications, or sleeping.
Message from Stan: I don’t like the sound of voices – either singing or talking on telephones. I wish there was a way to remove vocals from records. They must have a computer program that can do this. Stuff like ‘Revolver’ or ‘Around The World In A Day’ would be so much better without all the talking, which is what most singing is: talking. The instrumentals on this LP represent what I think the soundtrack of my day would be. Most of the songs are meant to evoke the downstairs part of the house, where I spend a lot of time; but a few are for the upstairs; at least two are for work.