Firsts for Everyone!
Julienne recorded this track in 1982 under the arrangement of a man named Russel. Russel was more or less a musical genius, particularly good at writing, arranging, producing and coaxing the talent into a long term relationship. From the little information that surrounds this magical LP, Julienne and Russel had a summer gig somewhere on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. They drove a car from the 30's. They recorded in San Jose at a still functioning studio that never responded to my querying emails. Julienne perfected the delivery of Mystery over a thousand restaurant shows and the ocassional park gazebo appearance. Russel recorded it to a perfection with intricate woodblock (cowbell would have been too harsh), twirling synthesiser countermelodies and the ultimate guitar tone.
Julienne - Mystery
Moncton, New Brunswick, 1965. Although they were only teens at the time, The Brunswick Playboys have a slightly more sophisticated melancholy sound. Covered bridges? Magnetic Hill? Long winters? Their instruments chime together like The Shadows with all the goofiness and showman stripped stripped away. I Need You is only slightly sentimental, just glossy enough to get these a guys a record and a performance on CBC television but not much more.
The Brunswick Playboys - I Need You
Julienne - Mystery
Moncton, New Brunswick, 1965. Although they were only teens at the time, The Brunswick Playboys have a slightly more sophisticated melancholy sound. Covered bridges? Magnetic Hill? Long winters? Their instruments chime together like The Shadows with all the goofiness and showman stripped stripped away. I Need You is only slightly sentimental, just glossy enough to get these a guys a record and a performance on CBC television but not much more.
The Brunswick Playboys - I Need You
posted by david b at 1:20 PM
9 Comments:
Dave!
Welcome!
Great stories. Great Songs.
I look forward to more posts.
Yes, welcome to popsheep Dave!
yip!
Sounds like "Mystery" is ripped from vinyl? Maybe?
It's cute.
Same goes for "I Need You," but is that a priemeval Morrissey I hear? Maybe?
Nice debut, guy!
Is this post by Diskettes Dave? That picture looks an awful lot like him. And will this be a regular thing? If so, you just made my Saturday afternoon.
yes, I'm so glad David is here. A new brother to the nicest family in town.
- dan from stg
I feel silly being the one to say this, but Michael - yeah it's Diskettes Dave, and he is now a PopSheep regular.
I think he's still gonna do a StG post some time, though! Those popsheep fuckers stole him away! :)
Sean, I have your phones tapped.... How else could we run Popsheep?
yeah, mystery is from an LP
i promise never to post an mp3 found as an mp3.
sean: i'm saving two very special songs for stg. i would have sent them to you by now except i love them so much that it is impossible to write anything about them.
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