I was wondering when Alcohol was finally gonna bring that out. The 'Pataphysical Revue music is QUITE different from the two Shimmy Disc albums even though the personal are by and large the same on all of them. Lane (aka Time Reed) was the Beefheartian genius behind his own records, he was simply a brilliant guest at the 'Pataphysical Revue. He sings none of his own songs on that record, just "Volare" and "My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)"--albeit brilliantly--along with some monologues. The rest of the record is more "concept" than "Fred Lane." Sort of a "Fluxus of the Deep South" kind of thing. I don't have my dub of the original LP handy, but there's "The Three Parts of Gaul" (or something in Latin) which is their recreation of ancient Roman music, Anne LeBaron's "Concerto for Active Frogs" wchich was debuted at the Revue, and some similar things. (LeBaron went to high school with Lane.) Don't expect great (or even good) sound quality from the reissue, although it's been improved (I hear) from that of its original LP release on Say Day-Bew Records. I LOVE Fred Lane's albums, they hit me on so many levels, they disturb me. The "Pataphysical Revue, on the other hand, is more an interesting curiosity. It's a warm up for the real thing. What I want to hear is the THIRD Fred Lane record that is still languishing half-finished in the can. Jerry ================ Gerald E. Brennan PO Box 4631 Arcata, CA 95518 USA Message: 7 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:18:15 -0700 From: Chris Selvig <selvig@earthlink.net> Subject: Fred Lane To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030719170623.02624030@pop.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I see on the new Forced Exposure update that Alcohol's departing from el-ac to reissue Ron 'Pate & His Debonairs' 'Pataphysical Revue, with the Rev Fred Lane's whacked ramblings. I know I'm getting the CD eventually & maybe this'll answer my questions, but does anyone know much about the Fred Lane orbit? I really loved the LPs Shimmy-Disc put out & although there's not much to go on, the inner sleeve either has pictures of dozens of real Lane LPs or fake ones he made up. For the uninitiated, they're amazing collisions of big-band music, free jazz, and post-acid Dadaism. Chris Selvig ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 02:18:10 -0400 From: "josephneff" <jneff@visuallink.com> Subject: RE: Fred Lane To: <zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <CGEILDCHKAAPHDAMCGJHCEODCNAA.jneff@visuallink.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, ....there was an article in the July '01 Mojo about this reissue. The Debonairs were an extension of a group of University of Alabama dada crazies that included Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, and Anne LeBaron. The group did a batch of exhibitions under the name Raudelunas, including a musical variety show, 'The Pataphysical Revue', where Fred Lane was the M.C. and he was backed for his part of the show by the Debonairs. The album is a document of that particular show. And yeah, it sounds like it'll sound pretty damn spectacular. Originally it was pressed in an edition of 200, w/ handmade pizza-box cardboard silk-screened sleeves. The article doesn't mention that there were other releases between "Pata Revue" and the Shimmy Disc albums (though "Pata" was reissued twice), so the lovely looking LP covers on the back of "From the One That Cut You" (yup, I ogled them numerous times, wondering about authenticity) are either fake or possibly different covers for the first "Pata Revue" press. Maybe the booklet from the new CD will shed further light on this. I'll back up the claim that the Lane albums on Shimmy Disc are some kinda great. IIRC, they are combined on one CD that is probably still floating around for sale. The Lane track on the "Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings" comp is pretty killer, also. I remain... Joseph