Bob Drake
The Shunned Country
LabelReR Megacorp, ReR USAGenreExperimental
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A collection of 52 very short songs on uncanny themes, illustrated in the exquisite 24p full-colour booklet with a set of 20 commissioned paintings by Ray O'Bannon. Perhaps the scariest thing is that each of these miniatures is a fully formed, fully orchestrated and complete structure - no lazy snippets here - and Bob Drake plays all the parts with his famously Paganini-esque virtuosity in spooky variable tempo synchrony, packing more ideas and material into 50 seconds than many manage on an entire album. You think I exaggerate? A paltry 11 pounds will settle the question once and for all. Classic.
Format
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered throughout 2003-2004 at Maison Isolée, Caudeval, France
℗ 2005 ReR Megacorp
© 2005 Crumbling Tomes Archive
Released and distributed in Europe by ReR Megacorp
Released and distributed in USA by ReRUSA
Distributed in Japan by Locus Solus
Made in USA
Clear tray jewel case packaging with 24-page booklet
Release notes
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered throughout 2003-2004 at Maison Isolée, Caudeval, France ℗ 2005 ReR Megacorp © 2005 Crumbling Tomes Archive Released and distributed in Europe by ReR Megacorp Released and distributed in USA by ReRUSA Distributed in Japan by Locus Solus Made in USA Clear tray jewel case packaging with 24-page booklet
| 1 | The Shunned Country: An Introduction | 1:23 | |
| 2 | Something Was Wrong Down There At The Graveyard | 0:25 | |
| 3 | Just Ask Mr. Smith | 0:18 | |
| 4 | Toolshed | 0:14 | |
| 5 | Bad Reputation | 0:18 | |
| 6 | Hand Of Saint Anne | 0:29 | |
| 7 | The Megalith Of Forgotten Purpose | 0:24 | |
| 8 | Rot Of The Stars | 0:23 | |
| 9 | The Tunnels | 0:28 | |
| 10 | Nobody Knows What To Do | 0:27 | |
| 11 | House By The Swamp | 0:32 | |
| 12 | By Then It Was Much Too Late | 0:52 | |
| 13 | Ash Tree - First Movement | 0:25 | |
| 14 | Ash Tree - Second Movement | 0:23 | |
| 15 | A Certain Slab | 0:22 | |
| 16 | Profound Musings | 0:19 | |
| 17 | The Flopper | 0:25 | |
| 18 | Puppy | 0:28 | |
| 19 | They All Told Him Not To Plow That Certain Field | 0:52 | |
| 20 | Another Abandoned Farmhouse | 0:57 | |
| 21 | The Crumbling Of The Monuments | 0:48 | |
| 22 | House In The Dreary Hills | 0:19 | |
| 23 | Yeah | 0:57 | |
| 24 | Song Made Whilst Awaiting A Summer Thunderstorm Which Never Arrived (Instrumental) | 0:45 | |
| 25 | Ask Anybody Around There | 0:37 | |
| 26 | The Sun Slants Strangely | 0:48 | |
| 27 | The Cloud - Introduction (Instrumental) | 1:18 | |
| 28 | The Cloud | 3:01 | |
| 29 | The Dynamistograph | 0:24 | |
| 30 | Miracle | 0:17 | |
| 31 | The Text On The Cover Of Nandor Fodor's "Encyclopedia Of Psychic Science" | 0:22 | |
| 32 | They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To | 0:31 | |
| 33 | Bear | 0:24 | |
| 34 | Modest Listing Of Some Haunted Places | 0:44 | |
| 35 | The Hounds | 0:37 | |
| 36 | It Has No Name (Instrumental) | 0:35 | |
| 37 | October 22 1910, Paris | 0:35 | |
| 38 | Another Unusual Cloud | 0:34 | |
| 39 | Yet Another Unusual Cloud | 0:23 | |
| 40 | Treatise On The Natural History Of The Animal Life Of The Mississippi Valley | 0:13 | |
| 41 | The Cruncher In Semi-Darkness | 1:25 | |
| 42 | Notebook Found In Deserted Hotel | 1:36 | |
| 43 | Splishing (Instrumental) | 1:04 | |
| 44 | The Persecuting Engine | 1:08 | |
| 45 | Lo, The Colour | 1:06 | |
| 46 | Limerick Composed In A Dream | 0:56 | |
| 47 | The Thing On The Roof | 1:13 | |
| 48 | November 18 1911, Paris | 1:35 | |
| 49 | Kaziah's Pet | 2:00 | |
| 50 | The Shunned Country Theme | 0:49 | |
| 51 | Your Visit To The Shunned Country (Instrumental) | 2:17 | |
| 52 | The Shunned Country Coda - Or - A Bit Of Last Minute Advice | 0:35 |
- Bill Ellsworth
- Layout [Final Layout Preparation]
- Ray O'Bannon
- Painting [All Paintings By]
- Bob Drake
- Written-By, Performer, Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By, Layout [Booklet Layout], Photography By [Page 23 Photo By]
