Description:	CD on Birdman
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Drone / Kosmische
	Label:	Birdman
	Price:	£12.89
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...according to our Ant on 17 April 2008.

Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis is the work of Spectrum (Sonic Boom from Spaceman 3) and producer Jim Dickinson (Big Star). 'Indian Giver' starts with a real American dirty country sound and then just shifts direction all over the place sounding like bits of Tom Waits, Primal Scream, Spiritualized, The Stooges. Filthy slow rock that at times is a little too close to its influences at times but then something completely different happens. I reckon they've been getting shitfaced on Sourmash whiskey. Out on Birdman. After you get this CD from us you have to give it back.

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What their label says...

A once in a lifetime musical meeting between Spectrum (Sonic Boom from Spaceman 3) and legendary producer Jim Dickinson (Big Star, etc…).

A few years ago Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3, Spectrum, EAR) traveled to Independence Mississippi to work with legendary producer Jim Dickinson aka Captain Memphis.  The result is the record Indian Giver, a true collaboration that finds both artists sharing a stage and sharing their musical visions.  The Lonesome Death Of Johnny Ace, a biopic-epic groover shows the two musicians playing off a southern fried radiation telling the tale of a of a famous singer’s Russian Roulette tragedy on Christmas day.  The rest of the album finds Sonic revisiting his past: a new, fuzzier rendition of Mudhoney’s WHEN TOMORROW HITS, a revamped version of ultra-rare Spectrum popper TAKE YOUR TIME and Spaceman 3 staple Hey Man (Amen) where Dickinson throws down some back-ups.  The Dickinson tunes are brand new and eerie…with his resuscitations backed by ecstatic symphonies.  The record is book ended by new Spectrum number Mary, which carries with it a decidedly NEU! Theme.  A once in a lifetime musical meeting and a resultant sound that could only have come from these two musical icons.

1.    Mary                 
2.    The Lonesome Death of Johnny Ace
3.    Take Your Time        
4.    Til Your Mainline Comes
5.    When Tomorrow Hits        
6.    The Old Cow Died
7.    Hey Man
8.    Confederate Dead
9.    Mary Reprise