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10/14/22.

I had to do a double take on the liner notes for this compilation issued by Efficient Space (Melbourne, Australia). The Mod 4 apparently is a collection of 8th graders - but "A Puppet" sounds so mature. Dennis Harte's "Summer's Over" is a heartfelt song that is the work of a young teenager who was backed by The Left Banke.

I've been caught being gullible before, but if the Bandcamp notes are to be believed then this compilation might be one of the coolest to come out. The vibe of the three songs available reminds me of Beach House and/or Vashti Bunyan. It also reminds me a bit of the excellent Light in the Attic compilation from Kearney Barton's recordings.

#Efficient Space #Melbourne #Australia #The Mod 4 #Dennis Harte #Beach House #Vashti Bunyan #Kearney Barton #Light in the Attic Records #Bandcamp

Se supone que “tenían el beat” y las Go-Go´s han sido “inducidas” por el R&R Hall of Fame. Un grupo tan justito puede con Dionne Warwick, Kate Bush, Fela Kuti, Iron Maiden, Devo, New York Dolls... ¿Y qué pasa con Sparks? ¿Les llegarán tan siquiera a nominar algún año? Los del metal tienen razón, se les nomina para disimular, pero ese no es el “cool” de los chachis del Salón y entran con cuentagotas. A este paso van a incluir a las Secret Dynamics para solaz de amantes del naif más lofi y rarote. Estas chicas verdaderamente hicieron honor a su nombre y no se sabe una palabra de ellas. Parecen dos niñas happy- happy cantando como una “ampolla en el sol”.

#secret dynamics #kearney barton #the gogos

Uno de los cortes más sorprendentes del recopilatorio de Kearney Barton, que no es más que un disco de pop rock al fin y al cabo, es “Flying Bird” por la Tropical Rainstorm Steel Band, una sicodelia que no se escucha todos los días. La steel band grabó para el sello Topaz un único álbum en 1978 titulado “Yours Truly“. La propia “tormenta de lluvia tropical” produjo el disco, correspondiendo a Barton la labor de ingeniero de sonido.

#tropical rainstorm steel band #kearney barton

Escucho con deleite “Kearney Barton: Architect of the Northwest Sound”, publicado el año pasado por Light in the Attic en CD y doble LP. Era conocido sobre todo por producir a grupos de garaje y frat (Wailers, Sonics, Frantics, Kingsmen), pero aquí hay de todo: pop barroco, piezas naif, soul, folk, oriental (arriba Prabha Devi se merienda al sitar “Spanish Harlem” de Ben E. King), doo wop, canción de autor... Barton era hombre de música y grababa rico y variado, lo mismo a envarados émulos de los Walker (Woody Carr & The Entertainers) que el funky-soul de Black On White Affair o el power pop de Sweet Rolle. Sin mayor problema o complejo. Sólo para oídos desprejuiciados.

#kearney barton #prabha devi #ben e king

2/24/20.

This new Light in the Attics release has been buzzing around my periphery for a couple of weeks. I finally found time to listen to it. Wow.

Kearney Barton was a music producer in the Northwest for years. He passed in 2012.

[from the LITA webpage]...the 80 year-old studio veteran had spent the past 50 years recording the cream of the Seattle music scene through the decades. The Fleetwoods, Quincy Jones, The Ventures, The Wailers, The Sonics, Ann Wilson (Heart), The Frantics, The Kingsmen, and Dave Lewis to name a few. Barton also captured Seattle’s vibrant 1960s-70s R&B and soul scene, including Black On White Affair and Soul Swingers, among others, as documented in Light in the Attic’s Wheedle’s Groove series. In his later years Barton’s old school reputation drew in contemporary bands like Young Fresh Fellows, The Smugglers, The Minus 5, and The A-Bones into his studio. Essentially, when a local unknown band wanted to make a demo tape, or record their debut album, or perhaps someone just wanted to capture their uncle playing banjo or their kid sister’s first songs, they’d go to Barton’s studio.There were 7,000 reel-to-reel tapes piled up in Barton’s house at the time of his passing. The University of Washington carefully cataloged these tapes, and former Sub Pop employee Dan Trager (who had learned the art of recording from Kearney years earlier as a student) began listening and taking notes. With input from a team drawn from the university and Light in the Attic, Dan compiled a shortlist of essential tracks that would form the basis of this compilation.

What is here is an amazing collection of styles and sounds.

#Kearney Barton #Light in the Attic Records #Dan Trager #University of Washington #Sub Pop #Ann Wilson #The Sonics #The Young Fresh Fellows #Soul #James Brown

Trash City are sad to announce the passing of Kearney Barton, one of the greatest producer/engineers that has ever lived.

The same way Sam Philips created the sound of Memphis with his recording studio and Sun label, Kearney Barton captured the wild sound of the Pacific Northwest.

Seemingly always recording IN THE RED, Barton gave teen punks like The Sonics, The Wailers, Rocky and the Riddlers, The Frantics and many many more their raucous, badder than bad sound.

RIP Kearney Barton.