Silver Apples - The Garden - Psych Rock - Early Electronic 2LP
2LP

Silver Apples - The Garden

Label: Bully Records
Catalog#: FULP003
Format:2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
New
Country: Canada
Previously released on CD in 1998 on Whirlybird Records.
Released: Oct 2006
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock


Tracklist

A1 I Don't Care What The People Say
A2 Tabouli Noodle
A3 Walkin'
A4 Cannonball Noodle

B1 John Hardy
B2 Cockroach Noodle
B3 The Owl
B4 Swamp Noodle

C1 Mustang Sally
C2 Anasazi Noodle
C3 Again
C4 Starlight Noodle

D1 Mad Man Blues
D2 Fire Ant Noodle
D3 Lady And The Clown
D4 Mad Man Blues (Unreleased Outtake)


After hearing an old song of Silver Apples on the radio, Dan Taylor called the station and got in touch with his old partner again. When they met again they discovered a collection of tapes among the Silver Apples memorabilia. Seven complete songs recorded in 1969, plus seven instrumentals of Dan playing drums in 1968. Simeon took these instrumentals and added "noodles" in 1998, thus composing new tracks after 30 years.

By some mysterious and fantastic stroke of luck Sixtoo and Marco's Bully imprint have landed themselves the exclusive rights for this obscure third album from electronic psych masters The Silver Apples. Not only that but they have also now produced the first ever vinyl version of this seminal LP and have even dug deep enough to include some killer bonus cuts - never before heard. The band's name was inspired by the same poetic source that Morton Subotnick nabbed for his seminal 'Silver Apples Of The Moon' and with druggy mental image in tow you can guess there's a splash of acid fuelled psych thrown generously into the mix. As for the tracks themselves, check 'Tabouli Noodle' for a darkened funk variation on Stereolab, with added edgy drugs - this was made in 1970 folks! The main part of the album is fourteen tracks deep, split evenly between the crazy but dope vocal psych numbers and the heavy drums and synth workouts, it's these workouts that I reckon reflect Sixtoo's key reasoning for wanting this out on Bully and I whole heartedly agree. Remastered and mixed down by Sixtoo himself, this is one of the more welcome reissue/rediscoveries on 2006 and a record that fans of Sixtoo, vocal psych rock and heavy acid funk will cherish. A must.

Silver Apples - the garden

performing some of The Garden at Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne, Thursday 8 Jan 2009