Red Crayola info??

[Michael Lim]

I would appreciate any info on this band...releases, reviews,
opinions, recommendations...thanks!

-Mike

[malcolm riviera]

I assume you mean the Red Crayola of the late sixties (and then again in
the early 80's). Here's what I know:

LPs

"Parable of Arable Land" (International Artists) 1967
(Radar reissue) 1978
"God Bless the Red Crayola and All Who Sail On Her) (IA) 1968
(RR) 1979
"Soldier Talk" (Radar) 1979

with other groups:

Art & Language and The Red Crayola:
"Corrected Slogans" (Music Language) 1976
"Kangaroo?" (Rough Trade) 1981
"Black Snakes" 1983

Recommendations? Originally a wacked-out 60's acid/psych group, then
resurrected when Radar Records reissued there stuff in the midst of
the art punk craze of the late 70's (e.g., Pere Ubu). Mayo Thompson did a
solo record in 1983, but don't know what they've done since then. RC is a
difficult listen, but worth the effort.

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[NICK NELSON]

ML>I would appreciate any info on this band...releases, reviews,
ML>opinions, recommendations...thanks!

I have the LPs Soldier Talk ('79), Kangaroo? ('81), and Black Snakes ('83)
(the latter two with Art & Language). ST is kind of Pere Ubu-esque, which
is not surprising since all of PU appear on it. They and Mission of Burma
are the only two bands I've heard to match Ubu's glory.

Kangaroo? is my favorite - it is somewhat like Henry Cow on their Desperate
Straights LP, but with more humor. BS is similar but more somber, and is my
least favorite of the three.

"They say it's art killed Jackson Pollack -
As if that could be.
In fact he missed a bend
And drove his Ford into a tree."
- Mayo Thompson

* SLMR 2.1 * Friends don't let friends read the Haubens

[Carl M Stone]

In article <9401181...@patchbay.com>

nick....@patchbay.com (NICK NELSON) writes:
>I have the LPs Soldier Talk ('79), Kangaroo? ('81), and Black Snakes ('83)
>(the latter two with Art & Language). ST is kind of Pere Ubu-esque, which
>is not surprising since all of PU appear on it. They and Mission of Burma
>are the only two bands I've heard to match Ubu's glory.
>Kangaroo? is my favorite - it is somewhat like Henry Cow on their Desperate
>Straights LP, but with more humor. BS is similar but more somber, and is my
>least favorite of the three.

I have "Soldier Talk" and "God Bless The Red Crayola And All Who Sail
Upon Her"('69). "God Bless..." is certainly one of the most unusual
albums I've ever heard, and probably worth finding. From what I've read,
both "God Bless" and their other early LP, "Parable Of The Arable Land"
are now available on CD from Collectables, and I think there was a UK
CD that had both LPs on one CD.
Carl M Stone

[Ned Raggett]

In article <9401181...@patchbay.com>,

NICK NELSON <nick....@patchbay.com> wrote:
>
>ML>I would appreciate any info on this band...releases, reviews,
>ML>opinions, recommendations...thanks!
>
>I have the LPs Soldier Talk ('79), Kangaroo? ('81), and Black Snakes ('83)
>(the latter two with Art & Language). ST is kind of Pere Ubu-esque, which
>is not surprising since all of PU appear on it. They and Mission of Burma
>are the only two bands I've heard to match Ubu's glory.

Those are among the band's later releases, but they first got their start
in the late sixties. "Parable of Arable Land" came out in 1967, "God
Bless the Red Crayola and All Who Sail On Her" in 1968, both on the
Int'l Artists label. Tunes from both albums have since been covered--
from "Parable", 'Hurricane Fighter Plane' by Alien Sex Fiend and
'Transparent Radiation' by Spacemen 3; from "God Bless", 'Victory
Garden' by Galaxie 500. They laid low for some time and surfaced next
in 1976 with the first Art & Language collaboration, "Corrected Slogans",
on the Music Language label. The first two albums have since been
reissued on the UK Charly label on one disc. If anyone has information on
how to get a copy, please let me know!

[Liz Wilding-White]

Word also has it that Thompson has rekindled The Crayola and that
the current lineup (which includes Dave Grubbs and John Macentyre) have
already recorded an album for Drag City.
I have a 45 entitled "Red Crayola On 45", which comes with no info
of any kind. Can anyone fill in the gaps for me?

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