Loren Connors
Night through. Singles and collected works, 1976-2004
LabelFamily VineyardGenreExperimental
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Reissue. Essential 3xCD collection of Singles by New York City guitarist Loren (nee MazzaCane) Connors, one of America's most unique and challenging voices. Night through.spans four decades of Connors' recordings from the earliest acoustic session and first solo 7 - Ribbon o' Blues on St. Joan - to rare Singles issued by Table of the Elements, Road Cone, Father Yod, Menlo Park, Gyttja, Union Pole, and others, to his late 90s band Haunted House and recent acoustic recordings. Overall, three and half hours of music: 12 7 Singles, private CDR releases, collaborations with Suzanne Langille, Robert Crotty, and Haunted House, compilation appearances, and 22 unreleased pieces including a 1959 recording by Connors' mother Mary Mazzacane. 24 page color booklet contains detailed notes and cover art for each single, never before seen photographs, an essay by renowned blues scholar Dr. William Ferris and commentary from Connors, Langille, Road Cone's Mike Hinds and others. Remastered from the original tapes by Jim O'Rourke.
Details
Cat. number: FV36
Year: 2006
Release notes
1-1: Unreleased; Recorded 1976, New Haven, CT. 1-2 to 1-4: [url=http://www.discogs.com/Loren-Matei-Ribbon-OBlues/release/2936361]Ribbon o' Blues[/url] 7". St. Joan St. J. 5, 1986, 200 copies. Recorded in New Haven, CT. Released as Loren Mattei. 1-5 to 1-10: [r=1051691] 7". Road Cone RoCo 005, September 1993, 500 copies. 1-11 to 1-15: [r=299617] 7". Table of the Elements TOE-SS-15 Phosphorus, April 1994, approx. 500 copies, of which 20-60 were charcoal-gray vinyl. Part of the Table of the…
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Come On In My Kitchen | 1:49 | |
| Ribbon O' Blues | |||
| 1-2 | Ribbon O' Blues | 7:04 | |
| 1-3 | Pickin' It Up | 1:24 | |
| 1-4 | Tight And Loose | 3:53 | |
| Mother & Son | |||
| 1-5 | Mother & Son | 2:18 | |
| 1-6 | Many Miles More | 2:54 | |
| 1-7 | When You Sleep | 1:45 | |
| 1-8 | Along The Way | 3:02 | |
| 1-9 | Home Again | 1:20 | |
| 1-10 | No Goodbyes | 2:30 | |
| Five Points | |||
| 1-11 | Departure | 2:57 | |
| 1-12 | The Five Points | 1:51 | |
| 1-13 | Moonyean | 2:13 | |
| 1-14 | Saoirse ("Freedom") | 4:16 | |
| 1-15 | Little Shoes | 2:29 | |
| The Stations Of The Cross | |||
| 1-16 | Jesus Is Condemned To Death | 1:24 | |
| 1-17 | Jesus Carries The Cross, The First Fall | 2:05 | |
| 1-18 | Jesus Meets Mary | 1:35 | |
| 1-19 | Simon Helps Carry The Cross, Veronica Wipes His Face, The Second Fall | 1:26 | |
| 1-20 | Jesus Comforts The Women Of Jerusalem | 1:18 | |
| 1-21 | The Third Fall, Jesus Is Stripped Of His Garments, The Crucifixion | 0:58 | |
| 1-22 | Jesus Dies | 1:22 | |
| 1-23 | The Deposition | 1:34 | |
| 1-24 | Entombment | 0:47 | |
| - | |||
| Deirdre Of The Sorrows (A Four-part Suite) | |||
| 1-25 | Deirdre Of The Sorrows | 0:29 | |
| 1-26 | Deirdre Of The Sorrows | 0:41 | |
| 1-27 | Deirdre Of The Sorrows | 0:47 | |
| 1-28 | Deirdre Of The Sorrows | 2:59 | |
| Battle Of Clontarf (A Six-part Suite) | |||
| 1-29 | Battle Of Clontarf | 1:45 | |
| 1-30 | Battle Of Clontarf | 1:15 | |
| 1-31 | Battle Of Clontarf | 3:29 | |
| 1-32 | Battle Of Clontarf | 2:02 | |
| 1-33 | Battle Of Clontarf | 1:58 | |
| 1-34 | Battle Of Clontarf | 2:45 | |
| 2-1 | Betty Mae | 5:14 | |
| 2-2 | Night Through | 1:55 | |
| Exile | |||
| 2-3 | Blight | 2:05 | |
| 2-4 | Eviction | 2:14 | |
| 2-5 | Exile | 1:11 | |
| - | |||
| 2-6 | The End, The Afternoon, The Light | 3:10 | |
| The End, The Afternoon, The Light Pt. 2 | |||
| 2-7 | The End, The Afternoon, The Light Pt. 2 | 4:45 | |
| 2-8 | A Selke's Air | 4:41 | |
| - | |||
| 2-9 | Adonais | 4:12 | |
| 2-10 | Spirit | 6:28 | |
| 2-11 | In A Street Full Of Rain | 4:59 | |
| 2-12 | Air | 4:42 | |
| 2-13 | Oh Bonny Doone | 3:58 | |
| 2-14 | Woman Taken In Adultery | 4:21 | |
| 2-15 | For NY 9/11/01 | 4:08 | |
| 2-16 | Pretty As Ever | 2:45 | |
| 2-17 | The Departing Of A Dream Vol. 4 | 1:34 | |
| 2-18 | Moon Gone Down | 9:58 | |
| 2-19 | Peace | 1:15 | |
| 3-1 | Why We Came Together | 1:38 | |
| 3-2 | Suzanne's Rain | 6:09 | |
| 3-3 | I've Had Trouble, I've Had Joy | 5:15 | |
| 3-4 | Untitled | 2:11 | |
| 3-5 | Haunted House | 15:21 | |
| 3-6 | Shadows | 3:29 | |
| 3-7 | Only When You Sleep | 5:05 | |
| 3-8 | Star Of Bethlehem Pt. 1 | 3:41 | |
| 3-9 | Star Of Bethlehem Pt. 2 | 1:43 | |
| 3-10 | I Love You Porgy | 1:35 | |
| 3-11 | Earth | 3:15 | |
| 3-12 | Stars | 2:24 | |
| 3-13 | Night In Vain | 2:56 | |
| 3-14 | Untitled | 1:50 | |
| 3-15 | Untitled | 1:20 | |
| 3-16 | Untitled | 1:48 | |
| 3-17 | For Miles Davis | 6:54 | |
| 3-18 | For Miles Pt. 2 | 3:20 | |
Credits
- Dr. William Ferris
- Liner Notes [Essay]
- Loren Connors
- Music By (1-2 to 1-34, 2-2 to 2-18, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-6 to 3-9, 3-11 to 3-18), Photography By [Booklet Cover, Booklet Page 11]
- Hans Permbo
- Photography By [Booklet Back]
- Dmitry Kiyatkin
- Photography By [Booklet Page 2]
- Emily Evans
- Photography By [Booklet Page 4]
- Jon Abbey
- Photography By [Booklet Page 9]
- Unknown Artist
- Photography By [Booklet Pages 7, 13], Illustration [Booklet Page 5]
- Joseph Mazzacane
- Photography By [Outer Packaging Back, Booklet Page 16]
- Peter Gannushkin
- Photography By [Outer Packaging Cover, Booklet Page 20]
- Eric Weddle
- Reissue Producer, Design
- Jim O'Rourke
- Remastered By [Analog To Digital Mastering]
- Paul Mahern
- Sequenced By [Final Sequencing]
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