| 27 October 2009 | Big Legal Mess / Fat Possum | BLM0249 |
| A1. Gee, I Really Love You A2. Good Man A3. Bumble Bee A4. The Pill A5. Pimento A6. (Sometimes You Got to Be) Gentle B1. Isolation |
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US vinyl version of the Fat Possum / Big Legal Mess edition of Midnight Soul Serenade by Heavy Trash. Issued with printed inner sleeve, download card and stickered sellophane wrapping.
This pressing has additional run-out groove engravings reading; “DEDICATED TO ALL THE LOVERS.” and “XO TO X.NA + XTINA”. In Europe this album was released on CD by Bronzerat (UK) and Crunchy Frog (DK) with the labels co-releasing a vinyl edition. In the US it was issued by Fat Possum / Big Legal Mess on Vinyl and CD. Sweet Little Bird features and was co-written by Charlie Spencer (who also performed on 6×3 by The King Brothers). The Pill was originally released by Heavy Trash on the EP Favoritenserie no. 2 and Bumble Bee is a cover of a song originally released by Lavern Baker in 1960. PRESS INFORMATION: Recorded at NY HED Studios in the Lower East Side and Toe Rag in London, Mssrs. Spencer and Verta-Ray are joined by an all-star team featuring New York roots-rock champion Simon Chardiet (Simon & the Bar Sinisters, James Chance, Joey Miserable & the Worms, Bo Diddley) on double bass, Sam Baker (Lambchop) on drums, and numerous guests, including Danish rockers PowerSolo, piano ace Mickey Finn (who has also held down that job for Motown legends The Miracles and Barrett Strong), Daniel Collas (The Phenomenal Handclap Band) on organ, and Tennessee sweethearts Those Darlins. Additional mixing was done with Scott Harding (New Kingdom) and Alap Momin (Dalek). From the brooding promise of “Good Man” to the subtle brutality of “(You’ve Got to Be) Gentle,” the outer-space terror of “Isolation,” and the lysergic balladry of “That’s What Your Love Gets,” this is the sound of two men, souls stripped bare, transmogrified. Midnight Soul Serenade is a slightly darker, barrel-fermented, and brilliantly matured dose of Heavy Trash. On every track Verta-Ray’s guitars pulsate, ooze, and percolate, while Spencer croons and twangs, shakes and shudders, with raw power and passion. There are more switch-blade riffs, crazy rhythms, sexual tension, and mind-blowing moments of palpable release on this record than ever before. Heavy Trash are risk takers, rockabilly daredevils flirting with fate. As with all Heavy Trash productions, Midnight Soul Serenade embraces both the future and the past. Backed by their troupe of veteran tricksters, road dogs, blues wizards, punks, and evil geniuses, they have created a new kind of groove, a soundtrack suitable for haunted bordellos and hedonistic ho-downs. There are surprises around every corner — sounds no one else would even dare to create. Is this the world of two men keeping their psychosis at bay, or have they found true peace of mind and discovered the meaning of love? The answer lies within. Welcome to the Midnight Soul Serenade” |
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A1. Gee, I Really Love You Writers: Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray Published: Patrica Ann Music/Marsupial Parlay Vous Music, BMI Produced: Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray Engineered: Matt Verta-Ray at NY Hed, NYC Mixed: Scott Harding at Duro of Brooklyn and at NY Hed by Jon Spencer / Matt Verta-Ray Vocal/Acoustic Guitar: Jon Spencer Electric Guitar: Matt Verta-Ray Drums/Clave: Sam Baker Double Bass: Simon Chardiet & Matt Goldpaugh Piano: Micky Finn Vocals: Christina Campanella & John Rose A2. Good Man A3. Bumble Bee A4. The Pill A5. Pimento A6. (Sometimes You Got to Be) Gentle B1. Isolation B2. Bedevilment B3. Sweet Little Bird B4. That’s What Your Love Gets B5. In My Heart Mastered: Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering Inc., NYC |
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| “Thank You: Xavier Benoit, Boche, Marcos Bofa, Angie Carlson, The Cha Cha Chicas, Creative Man, Fergus Denham, Glenn Dicker, Mike Edison, The Great Nalna, Charles Hall, Phil Hernandez, Ivan Julian, Jens Jurgensen, Michael Lavine, Torn Lezaire, Sarah Lowe, Cristina Martinez, Micragirls, and Smi, Peter Norrman Matthew Porter, PowerSolo, Radical Production, The Sadies, Rich Sandrok at Shure, The Silver Fox, Jim Spring, Michael Stuart, Mort Todd, Kurt Wolf, Xtina AND Yebo.” | |
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| ARTWORK: Jean-Luc Navette at VivaDolor Design: Jeffrey Kurtz and Jon Spencer BARCODE: 8 95102 00249 2 RUN-OUT GROOVE ENGRAVING: |
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