Saturday, July 8, 2017

Group Du Jour "Official Bootleg #2" released at Band Camp!

Group Du Jour's early years: 1983-1985. Compiled from the best sourced open reel, digital and cassette masters.



Tracks 1-6 released on cassette as "The Perfect Triangle" in 1985.
Track 7 was released as the A-side of a cassette single in 1983.
Track 8 was released on the cassette "4 Songs" in 1985.
Tracks 9, 11, 12 released on the "Triple Entendre" cassette in 1983.
Track 10 previously unreleased.

All tracks recorded at Sackneussem Sound by Paul Parker except "Can't Tame the Jungle", "Outskirts" and "Taping Gunther to the Floor" which were recorded at Retching Jackal by Richard Paige, and "DMSO" which was engineered by Don Weiss.

Bo Parker: vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion.
Paul Parker: electric guitar and bass, vocal on "The Sparrow".
Daniel Crommie: vocals, flute, recorders, synthesizers, clarinet, drum machine, harmonica, bowed psaltery, harmonica & percussion. 
Track Listing:
 1 The Perfect Triangle (1985 version)
 2 Roses in the Rain (1985 version)
 3 Man of the Hour (1985 version)
 4 Can't Tame the Jungle (1984 version)
 5 The Nightland
 6 The Sparrow
 7 Outskirts
 8 Mars Needs Uganda
 9 Taping Gunther to the Floor
10 DMSO
11 Blue Pluto (live at East Avenue)
12 Daniel's Brain Lesion 

Digital Download Only Available at Band Camp