stern@chem.nwu.EDU (Charlotte Stern) (05/24/91)
To get Happy Rhodes' tapes and the new CD, write: Aural Gratification P.O. Box 8658 Academy Station Albany, NY 12208 Tapes are $9.95 + $1.50 p&h each The CD is $13.99 + $2.00 p&h each UK: send #8 (postage included) per tape, #11 (postage included) per CD. Albums: Rhodes Vol. I 1986 Rhodes Vol. II 1986 Rearmament 1986 Ecto 1987 All these are available only on high-quality CrO2 tape. Warpaint 1991 This is available only on CD. 75 songs in total. All are well worth the price. -anxiouslyawaitingvickiesofficiallyricspostsmjm (mike mendelson)
kyrlidis@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Agathagelos Kyrlidis) (05/24/91)
>-anxiouslyawaitingvickiesofficiallyricspostsmjm (mike mendelson) wrote: > Warpaint 1991 > This is available only on CD. > The catalog I got with my first order (I got it yesterday) mentioned that Warpaint is also available on tape for the same price as the rest of the tapes. And my first Happy impressions: Very good, but gloomy...I would have appreciated a greater diversity in the music. It's not that it's bad or boring - Happy's voice is REALLY AMAZING in both its ranges. I will agree 100% with someone who compared her voice to a hybrid of Annie Lennox's and KaTe's. I won't make any more comments before I listen to the tapes for a couple of more days. BTW, the first four albums were made in a short period of time. What happened between Ecto and Warpaint? Is Warpaint any different in terms of style? More rythmic maybe?? happy-for-finally-listening-to-happy-rhodes, Angelos
barger@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Jorn Barger) (05/24/91)
stern@CHEM.NWU.EDU (Charlotte "mjm" Stern) writes: > Warpaint 1991 > This is available only on CD. oops. CD and tape, of course.
jburka@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU (Jeff Burka) (05/24/91)
Angelos asks: >BTW, the first four albums were made in a short period of time. What happened >between Ecto and Warpaint? Is Warpaint any different in terms of style? >More rythmic maybe?? The first four albums were released in a very short period of time, but I dunno how long it actually took to record them (though I'll admit that no matter how long it took, the actual recording and mixing was far faster than most artists even think about...). I do know that Happy did her first recording at age 18, and I happen to know that some of those first recordings made it onto Volume I (including "The Wretches Gone Awry"). As for the period between the first four albums (which were released in '86 and '87) and _Warpaint_ in '91, I think there's one main thing to which the waiting period can be attributed--Happy's desire to do it up right... The first four albums were played, recorded (ie she worked the controls in the studio), and mixed by Happy alone. She wanted to have a far higher quality on _Warpaint_, which involved the cost of hiring musicians, paying for the far-better-quality studio, CD mastering, proper liner notes, and so on. The album was put together, song by song, as Happy could afford it. It is a much more rhythmic album, with very little of Happy's acoustic guitar work (the one thing I feel the album is missing!). Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka |"I've lost my way through this world of | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | profanities/I thrive on the wind and | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | the rain and the cold." --Happy Rhodes|
larryy@APPLE.COM (Larry Yaeger) (05/29/91)
Does anyone have a phone number for Aural Gratification? I would very
much like to order Happy's music, and would do so now if I had a phone
number (and they could take credit card info over the phone). On the
other hand, I know how incredibly bad I am at sending real, physical
mail...
(I've tried directory assistance in their home city/area code, but no
number was available, so perhaps they simply cannot take phone orders.
Anyone know?)
--
-larryy@apple.com
"You wouldn't recognize a *subtle plan* if it painted itself purple,
and danced naked upon a harpsichord, singing, 'Subtle Plans are Here Again'."
- Edmund Blackadderhargieka@CLUTX.CLARKSON.EDU (Kirstin A. Hargie) (05/29/91)
Hi all! retry here after last nights fiasco! anyway! News about Kate: We were down in Memphis the other day and happened to walk into the Limited in Oak Court Mall and they were playing Kate! It was on a compilation tape, and was "The Morning Fog." The Limited puts these tapes together so someone out there likes her! :) Also if you ever go to Gotham City Comics (in Germantown TN) Dennis the proprietor is a big Kate fan, and would love to argue the possibilities of Kate touring (hee). News about Happy: HAPPY IS!!!! (the holy ghost) for you nonbelievers!! I have wanted to write a comment about her album covers for some time now, but just haven't had the time. ANyway!~ They are simply marvelous, and yes...she too must peek around for those demons that sneak up around at any given moment. They are odd, but people they are an extension of Happy's art form, her humor, and if you can appreciate Kate's weirdness you should be able to appreciate something that comes from the soul! P.S. if you love cats you WILL love NOone HEre by Happy....listen careful like ----meeeow! Look for us on Phobos, but we're in hiding cause it's the wrong century! Kirstin and Courtney! hargieka@clutx.clarkson.edu dallas@utkvx.utk.edu