Re: Jazz Butcher

[David Haxton <d4coz@ya...co.uk>]

Wow, thanks.  This isn't as easy as I thought and may cost me more than 
I'd hoped.

D

--- On Sun, 14/2/10, e.h.doxtator@ac...com <e.h.doxtator@ac...com> wrote:

> From: e.h.doxtator@ac...com <e.h.doxtator@ac...com>
> Subject: [BluePlanes] Jazz Butcher
> To: BluePlanes@bl...org
> Date: Sunday, 14 February, 2010, 20:19
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> My favorite band.   
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> If it wasn’t for the madness of
> the Jazz Butcher, I
> would have never found the Blue Aeroplanes.   
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> Pat’s assessment of his work is
> a good (but brief
> read).  http://www.jazzbutcher.com/htdb/albums
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> Of the pre-Creation (the late lamented
> Glass Records label)
> stuff: 
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> The early records are good, and
> “A Scandal In Bohemia”
> is a good recommendation, and the reissue (from Vinyl
> Japan) is still around. 
> However, there’s an E.P. called “Sex And
> Travel” of the same
> vintage that is also worth a listen.  The original CD
> issue of “Scandal”
> included “Sex And Travel”, but sadly, the
> re-issue does not include
> these tracks.  A lot of folks slag on his first effort
> “In Bath of
> Bacon”, which is unfortunate.  There’s a
> lot in that record,
> but it’s not the most approachable document. 
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> “Distressed Gentlefolk” is
> likewise a fine
> record (comes after Scandal).  I’d suggest
> seeking out the original,
> rather than the re-issue, as it contains “South
> America”.   
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> The EP “Max Eider V. The Jazz
> Butcher” is also
> highly recommended.  In four songs, it shows the
> amazing breadth and depth
> of Pat’s songwriting ability.  “Big Old
> Wind” is among
> the best in the songs ever written, IMHO. 
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> There are a ton of EP’s and
> singles from this time.  “Angels”,
> “Real Men”, “Grooving In The Bus
> Lane”, “Hard”. 
> All worth picking up if you find them used in a second-hand
> record shop.  
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> About this time Glass records died,
> the catalog went into
> receivership, and the rights are now owned (I think) by
> Fire Records. 
> Fire isn’t keen on re-issuing the bulk of the
> Glass-era material, which
> is a pity.   
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> On the Creation label: 
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> My favorite is still probably
> “Big Planet Scarey
> Planet”, closely followed by “Condition
> Blue”.   “Illuminate”
> is a great record, but I find it’s a little
> uneven.  There’s a
> recording from a CBC radio show where Pat covers
> “Spooky” (also the
> name of the record).  There’s a chopped up
> version that was released
> in the US (if you find a record with “Blame (It On
> The Libyans)”,
> that’s the one). 
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> Vinyl Japan Label: 
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> The last studio record was on Vinyl
> Japan, called “Rotten
> Soul”.  It has good songs (other than Owen
> Jones’ overwrought stuff)
> but the production isn’t the greatest.  I find
> the electronic drums
> a huge distraction. 
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> Live records 
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> “Hamburg” (Glass era),
> “Western Family”
> (Creation era), and “Glorious & Idiotic”
> (entire catalog on the
> ROIR label).  The production suffers on these guys too
> (“Western
> Family” particularly).   
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> The Best-Ofs: 
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> There’s a lot of bits and
> pieces: 
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> “Bloody Nonsense” –
> Glass era US/Canada
> release. 
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> “The Gift of Music – Vol
> 2”. 
> Creation-era ep’s and singles 
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> “Unconditional”
>   I think that’s
> Creation era, but it has a pretty wide swath of stuff 
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> “The Jazz Butcher’s Free
> Lunch”, “Excellent
> – The Violent Years” are more or less the same
> collection of Creation
> stuff (Sony owns the Creation Catalog; any further reissues
> will just be
> reordering of the tracks that are on these records). 
> 
> “Cake City” is decent
> compilation of Glass-era
> stuff, and I think it’s still available (Vinyl
> Japan) 
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> “Draining The Glass” also
> a good compilation of
> Glass-era, but it’s out of print (Fire Records own
> the publishing rights,
> it was put out on the label “Nectar Reissues”,
> I think) 
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> Offshoots: 
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> Black Eg:  Don’t. 
> Just walk away. 
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> Wilson:  Pat’s current
> band.   
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> Sumosonic:  “This Is
> Sumo” is still one of
> my favorite records of all time.  Creation screwed the
> pooch on this one. 
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> Strange Attractors:  Pat’s
> other band where he
> sometimes plays drums.  On extended hiatus. 
> 
> Max Eider solo records:  Best
> Kisser in the World,
> Hotel Figueroa, and Max Eider III: Back in The
> Bedroom.  Of these, I like “Back
> in the Bedroom” the best.  Max says he’s
> gonna put out another
> solo record later in 2010. 
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> “Cellartime” – Peter
> Couch’s solo
> effort (he played guitars on Waiting for the Love Bus and
> Max Eider III)  
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> Dave Coverly’s “Speed
> Bump”, which appears
> on the comic pages of US newspapers.  He and Pat have
> been working for
> years on a children’s book called “Buffalo
> Shame”, which I
> wish they’d finish.  The artwork looked
> fantastic.  Dave did
> the artwork for Max Eider III as well. 
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> The Blue Aeroplanes –
> “Beatsongs”, where
> Pat plays guitars, but I don’t remember on what :),
> and “Rough
> Music”, where Pat plays guitars on “Whatever
> Happened To Our Golden
> Birds” (I think he has a cowriting credit on that),
> and also (I think)
> guitars on “Detective Song”. 
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> regularly-scheduled Blue
> Aeroplanes content. 
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