http://www.bar-none.com/Individuals.html
Finally, for the first time ever on CD on July 22, 2008. Fans of The Embarrassment, Spiral Jetty, dBs, Bongos and The Feelies should check this out. I found out about this only because I was checking the Bar/None site to confirm rumors that they're reissuing the first two Feelies discs. No confirmation yet. But considering the Individuals disc is full of B-sides and alternative takes, it's a good sign that they'd do the Feelies right. Hmm, and then maybe Spiral Jetty...
From their site:
"Their album Fields was named as one of the ten best albums of the year by Robert Palmer in the NY Times in 1982. Their single “Dancing With My Eighty Wives” was played often on WLIR on Long Island while “Walk By Your House” was a hit at WHFS in DC. Produced by Gene Holder of the dBs, Fields was the first album to be recorded at Mitch Easter’s Drive In Studio."
Glenn Morrow --
"In no time the streets were awash with young musicians, dbs, Cucumbers and Bongos roamed the streets; Golden Palominos were drunk at the bar and you could always spot Tiny Lights, Phosphenes and the Human Switchboard around town. The Individuals were part of a tangled web of musicians; co-workers and roommates whose love lines and chord changes criss-crossed and coalesced into a tight community of like-minded folks. We were in love with the modern world and the sea of possibilities in three-chord rock and roll. We were the children of the Velvet Underground—mostly suburban kids lured to the metro area by the CBGBs scene. We soaked in the Warholian detachment of the Talking Heads and the transcendental guitar work of Television. On the far side of the Hudson we found a temporary haven in Hoboken."
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 3 July 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)
More from Morrow (via link at top) --
"I would argue that a unique indigenous strain of pop music sprang up from Maxwell’s and its early patrons. The sound was post-punk or “agit-pop” as I liked to call it--music to leave you happily agitated. Hoboken bands played trebly guitars at a punky speed with catchy enigmatic song structures--danceable stuff that aimed to move the mind and body. Major chords rubbed up against minor chords to keep a dark under current flowing right into the lyrical content. “Living a Lie” by the dBs, “The Bulrushes” by the Bongos and our very own “Swimming In The Streets.” all come to mind.
We felt like we could come up with new kinds of songs that had yet to be written but were still accessible to the general public. Everybody had a pack of Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards and the fantasy of being the next Beatles still held allure even if Hoboken bands tended to lean towards their weirder psychedelic songs like “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “I’m Only Sleeping” from the British version of Revolver."
I want a set of Eno's Oblique Strategies cards! Must check eBay...
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 3 July 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)
Nice! I've long owned and loved both vinyls. Always thought they got a bum rap in the Trouser Press Guide.
― Dan Peterson, Thursday, 3 July 2008 20:16 (seventeen years ago)
three weeks pass...
No one else interested in this, huh? "My Three Sons (Revolve Around The Earth)" was on the radio this morning, and damn was it fun to crank it in the car.
― Dan Peterson, Friday, 25 July 2008 15:17 (seventeen years ago)