RFI: Ypsilanti records

and can we eat them?

i've got a Teach Me Tiger 7" on Ypsilanti, and i think they did an Aislers Set/Fairways split too (that may be wrong, i'd need to check). i got them at Insound and Tonevendor respectively.

if you can afford it, i'd call Encore Recordings in Ann Arbor, MI.

you can also contact them thru their webpage at http://www.encorerecordings.com/

They would have a VERY GOOD idea of what Fred Thomas is up to. Trust me on this.

also, Fred Thomas has down stuff with Flashpapr, His Name is Alive, and various other Ann Arbor/Ypsi/Detroit fun.

Ask them to keep an eye peeled for Toystore's Jazz For Twee while you're at it.

Another thread with "Ypsilanti" in it!!!

If you talk to Doug, please tell him I'll be in soon.

i think doug can go for 6 months -> 1 year without getting a haircut. it's kinda interesting, as i've seen him around for a good half-decade plus, and never seen the guy with short/managable hair. hmm.

fred used to run westside audio, but i think it's pretty kaput. he's been busy touring around w/saturday looks good to me lately.
and yeah, i think encore would know what fred's up to...*chuckle*

Mr. Thomas emailed me the following catalog last August, so it may be a bit out of date - I would email him before sending any money, just to make sure:
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hi there!!!! some long time ago you asked for a catalog, including stuff for
the saturday looks good to me cd. here is the ypsilanti records catalog,
everything available at all. hope you're still interested. thanks!!!
lAVAILABLE MUSIC, BY LABEL
YPSILANTI RECORDS 2001-Present
#10 Kelly Caldwell CDR (10 songs by amazing Michigan girl. The female Will
Oldham on some Mazzy Star downers??? Availble late September. $10.00)
#9 Fred Thomas "Tour EP" CDR (a 23minute ep of loose, sad country songs and
weird sounds. Juan is in there on banjo and lap steel, and Kelly sings some,
too. Sold on East Coast summer tour and only 75 made. About 15 left. $8.00)
#8 Surrounded By Snakes CDR (legendary short-lived Michigan noise-core band.
all singers/no microphones!!! members of lovesick, red or dead. sounds like
a less tribal Lightning Bolt doing Antioch Arrow songs, remixed by wolf
eyes. Recorded live on WCBN and presented in a single track form. cool bear
on the cover. $8.00)
#7 Saturday Looks Good To Me CD Only (a non-burned CD reissue of the
out-of-print and highly backwards groundbreaking debut 12" released in 2000,
plus songs of a CD R and also two new songs. Phil Spector and Motown meeting
confused political punk kids, resulting in magnanamous dance party. The best
band ever. $11.00)
#6 AAB "Bright Dole" CDR (Andrew WK was AAB when he was 15, 16, 17. Really
championship four-track noisy pop songs, but way conceptual and
self-conscious. 7 songs from a 1996 cassette, all songs from Westside
compilations, and a demo of the title track. limited to 30 copies. $10.00)
#3 Fred Thomas/Elizabeth Mitchell split 7" (Liz from Ida and Fred from SLGTM
cover each others songs. only a few copies left. $4.00)
#1 Teach Me Tiger 7" (Crispy from Detroit makes awesome pop songs like Joe
Meek or the 1950s. $4.00)

HEREFOREVERALWAYS 2000
#2 Control Panel 12" (Warn DeFever of 4ad's HIS NAME IS ALIVE in his
electronic music moniker. busted beat tone poem. good sounds. $6.00)
#1 Pillow "Feild On Water" LP (Memebers of Town & Country and other Chicago
improvisers. Full color covers. $7.00)

WESTSIDE AUDIO LABORATORIES 1994-1999
#25 Flashpapr "Do What You Must Do" CD Only (a fully realized recording by
this sad, slow band of new folk with strings and electronics. acoustic
instruments and real feelings wrapped in beautiful songs. 10 songs, 38
minutes. $11.00)
#22 Triggers 7" (three songs by organ-driven rock party killers. pre-Rants.
$3.00)
#19 Flashpapr "Pain Taped Over" LP Only (1st and more experimental album by
string/sound trio 8 songs, 45 minutes. $7.00)
#18 Mini-Systems 7" (pre-Wolf Eyes beat noise. really good and really long.
$3.00)
#15 Amps For Christ 7" (Members of Man Is The Bastard folk osscilation
pretty noise. $3.00)
#14 Alivia Zivich 7" (strange dance music. 200 made. $3.00)
#13 Ohio 7" (best space rock band from Michigan ever. $3.00)
#10 Data Cadet 7" (who knows? $1.00)
#8 Gondolier 7" (like slint/june of 44 $1.00)
#7 Chore 7" (2nd single from pre-lovesick band $1.00)
#3 Cabal 7" (ypsilanti rock.$1.00)
#1 Chore 7" (first record i ever did. $1.00)

OTHER RECORD LABELS:
Fred Thomas 7" (sleep furiously records. two songs of Bob Dylan killing
Bright Eyes with sadder harmonica. really good and brand new. $4.00)
Fred Thomas "Everything Is Pretty Much Totally Fucked" CDR(little hands
records. a solo album with 12 songs. really good sounds. $10.00)
Lovesick/Aloha split 7" (makoto recordings. one in their split 7"s series.
yellow vinyl and awesome liner notes from both bands. $4.00)
Flashpapr "New Leaves" CDR (a tour cd with all new songs. 300 made, a few
left. color covers. great!! $10.00)

all prices are postage paid within the United States. outside US please add
money for airmail or whatever.
checks or money orders made out to Fred Thomas can be sent to:
YPSILANTI RECORDS
P.O. BOX 970021
YPSILANTI MI 48197 USA
you can send cash if you want, but i can't help you if i never get it cause
someone steals it.
my e-mail is westsideaudio@hotmail.com
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Of the above, I only have Do What You Must Do by Flashpapr (lovely music, but the vocals are hard to swallow), and the self-titled Saturday Looks Good to Me, which you MUST get. It's one of those discs that won't leave your player for weeks. I mean, here are some lyrics from "Ambulance":

Somewhere the ghosts of factory workers dance
with the ghosts of kids who never had a chance
and we still hear it out our window every night
Like a fistfight in an ambulance

i just realised the aislers/fairways was on Yakamashi not Ypsilanti. carry on

fred thomas is the new warren defever, maybe his label is the new time stereo, but who is his davin?

Thanks v. much for the info