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Hand-packed in red craft slip sleeves, hand-stamped discs, and color printed inserts... this 3-CD set is limited to 40 copies. 172 minutes of medicated goo.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Compleat Trancing Master
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Feb 2022 update:
This set has now been re-issued as a double cassette (minus the comp tracks -- now all LIVE DWLVS all the time) by Nashville's finest Centripetal Force.
Includes NEW liner notes by Glen Burnout, NEW classic Coumbia Tape Club packaging by Jeffrey, the Creator has a faster van imagery by Sir Plastic Crimewave. It's a great collection, pro-dubbed 2x extra-long C-64s, all pro-print. Lovely.
Thank you.
Tri-coastal psychic rock ensemble DWLVS present THE COMPLEAT TRANCING MASTER. We want you to get out of your heads. Originally a wee collection of hard to find compilation tracks, but then gobs of previously un-heard live jammers were piled on. All hand-selected for maximum wig blowing. It soon grew to be a three-disc set. WOW you betcha: 172 minutes of crispy headers including covers of Faust and The Clean, not to mention the elusive studio recording of Earth Rising Earth part 2 !! (ERE parts 1 + 3 were released by Sloow Tapes on the Drumbar and Basspear cassette). I might add a super-rare live recording of ERE part 2, if I can find the tape. Oh shit - bonus track !
UPDATE: I found it ! bonus track added... the one and only live performance of Earth Rising Earth (part 2) is now added as a download-only bonus ... track 17. Live at the Hemlock in SF from 2015. * it does not appear on the CD versions, ok.
Dire Spires
previously unreleased
recorded at Nublu Classic, New York NY on May 10, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Ka Baird: flute, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Luv Ya Frack-and-Mold
originally released on Ride Me There cassette (Love You Becky Thatcher Recordings, Pittsburgh PA) 2011
recorded at The Shop, Pittsburgh PA on July 14, 2011
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, pedals
Matt Wellins: saxophone
Indigo Blue
originally released on Toy Box Smoke: a hidden tribute to Flying Nun (2020)
recorded at Bessie Street Bunker, San Francisco CA on Jan 26, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitars, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
As In Bob Dwyer
previously unreleased
recorded at TP’s house, Madison WI on Apr 14, 2019
Jeffrey, Sheila, Brian, Arjun, Taralie: various instruments and voices
Spyhopping
previously unreleased
recorded at Empty Bottle, Chicago IL on May 6, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Earth Rising Earth (part 2)
originally released on TimeMazine #11 magazine (Time Machine Productions, Athens Greece) 2019
recorded at Santo, Oakland CA on Feb 4, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Georgia Carbone: voice
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Lila Hausmarmalade
originally released on CosmoPraesidium (Eiderdown Records, Seattle WA) 2020
recorded at Purple House, Oakland CA on Dec 10, 2016
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Kelly Ann Nelson: voice, flutes, pedals
Michael Whittaker: saxophone
Auld Lang Syne > The Great Combustion
previously unreleased
recorded at midnight at ATA’s New Years Eve party, San Francisco CA on Dec 31, 2017
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, moog
Sheila Bosco: drums
Georgia Carbone: voice
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
previously unreleased
recorded at Nublu Classic, New York NY on May 10, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Ka Baird: flute, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Star-Spun Bowls
previously unreleased
recorded at Make Out Room, San Francisco CA on July 2, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, moog
Sheila Bosco: drums, harmonica
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Roaming The Rut
previously unreleased
recorded at Finnish Hall, Berkeley CA on Mar 4, 2017
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, fife
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Kelly Ann Nelson: voice, flutes, pedals
And When the Sky Was Opened
originally released on A Berry Feast Vol. 6 Sampler cassette (Feathered Coyote Records, Vienna Austria) 2019
recorded at Santo, Oakland CA on Feb 3, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar
Sheila Bosco: drums
Georgia Carbone: voice
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Fuck Climate Deniers
originally released on Aquarium Drunkard Presents: The Drop Bear's Song - An Australian Bushfire Relief Album (2020)
recorded live to one handheld mic at El Rio, San Francisco CA on Nov 6, 2018
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Fisty-Cuffs
previously unreleased
recorded at TP’s house, Madison WI on Apr 14, 2019
Jeffrey, Sheila, Brian, Arjun, Taralie: various instruments and voices
Divine Islands
previously unreleased
recorded at Jerry’s On Front, Philadelphia PA on May 11, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, fife, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
Scott Verrastro: percussion
Lion's Breath
originally released on My Body, 'Tis Of Thee cassette (Centripetal Force, Nashville TN) 2019
recorded at Mickey’s Tavern, Madison WI on Apr 14, 2019
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Taralie Peterson: saxophone, voice
DOWNLOAD-ONLY BONUS TRACK .................
Earth Rising Earth (part 2)
**the one and only time this was ever performed live**
recorded at Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco CA on Nov 6, 2015
Jeffrey Alexander: guitar, voice
Sheila Bosco: drums
Brian Lucas: bass
Arjun Mendiratta: violin
Kelly Ann Nelson: voice, pedals
Founding member of The Iditarod in 1996, Black Forest/Black Sea in 2003 and Dire Wolves in 2008. Joined JOMF in 2013.
Started The Heavy Lidders in 2019. Former label owner of Magic Eye Singles and Secret Eye Records. Also toured with and featured on recordings by Kemialliset Ystävät, Avarus, Es, Fursaxa, Christina Carter, Gravenhurst, Jeffrey Alexander-Andrea Belfi-Stefano Pilia Trio....more
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