HOMESPUN - Discography

Discography - Albums

Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque
Released: 1987
Fundamental Music, Nate Starkman & Son,
Monkey Hill Records
Catalogue number: NSg 001 (Greek pressing)

Tracks:
1. Indian Summer (3:32)
2. Two Suns (5:23)
3. The Lonesome Death Of Shadow Morton (3:39)
4. The Black Ship (5:30)
5. Morning (3:17)
6. Work The Rat (2:57)
7. Water Lilies (3:35)
8. Train Mystery (3:30)
9. Marysupermarket (4:46)

Total time: 36:51

JAMES BRENNER: electric & acoustic bass
JEFFREY CLARK: voice
JOEY PETERS: drums, marimba
GRANT LEE PHILLIPS: electric & acoustic guitars, piano

Guest musicians: Aaron Sherer - tabla on Work The Rat
Leslie Medford (courtesy The Ophelias) - trumpet
Direction: John L. & John L.
Recorded & mixed Spring & Summer 1987 at Radio Tokyo, Venice CA
Produced by Richard Andrews & Shiva Burlesque
Engineered by Richard Andrews Mastered by John Golden at Kdisc, Hollywood, CA

All songs by Jeffrey Clark & Grant Lee Phillips except Indian Summer by Shiva Burlesque
Published by Jeweled Explosion Music (BMI) and administered by Jackson Del Rey Music

Cover: "Something Drew You" by Deborah Lawrence (courtesy Koslow Rayl Fine Art, L.A.)
Photography by Merlin Rosenberg
Layout & Design by Bruce Licher & Shiva Burlesque

SHIVA BURLESQUE: P.O. Box 3021, Hollywood, CA 90078
NATE STARKMAN & SON
544 MATEO STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90013

Also available: Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque (Vinyl): Released: 1987.

Also available: Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque (Greek Pressing): Released: 1989.
This ultra-rare Greek edition is out of print. In 1989 several of the releases from the Independent Project and Nate Starkman & Son labels were licensed to Greece, where they were produced in limited editions with changed cover artwork and numerous interesting inserts. Only 500 numbered copies of this record were made, and only a few made it over to the USA. This edition features completely different artwork from the US edition, as well as a full-color lyric insert, a mini-poster and a small booklet of non-perforated stamps made for the band.

Shiva Burlesque - Mercury Blues
Released: 1990
Re-released: 1996
Fundamental Music, Delta Recordings, Monkey Hill Records
Catalogue number: DRCD7

Tracks:
1. Who Is The Mona Lisa? (4:32)
2. Nez Perce (3:45)
3. Sick Friend (4:09)
4. Cherry Orchard* (4:09)
5. Chester The Chimp (4:00)
6. Mercury Blues (5:11)
7. Do The Pony (4:18)
8. Sparrow's Song (3:30)
9. Peace (4:50)
10. At Last Our Flag Has Fallen (1:45)
11. Meet Jake Ruby** (2:46)
12. Chrome Halo** (4:00)

** Extra Tracks

Direction: Peter Himberger
Produced by Brocula and Shiva Burlesque*
Recorded Summer 1990 at The Village Recorder
Engineer: Robert Hart
Asst. Engineer: Kathy Konop
2nd Asst. Engineer: Rick O. Sprout
*"Cherry Orchard" produced on 4-track by Dick Smack
Art direction and design by Anne Burdick
Cover photo of Mardi Gras Medusa by Daniel Morrison
Band photography by Merlyn Rosenberg
Rep: Peter Himberger, Get Up Mother Management
Correspondence: Box 3021, Hollywood, CA 90078

NR760
FUNDAMENTAL RECORDS are marketed by:
PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Brussels, Belgium; APT York, UK; SPV Hanover, W. Germany;
SOUTHERN SOUND Los Angeles, CA, USA (213 255-2279).
HEAD OFFICES: (EUROPE) SOUTHERN SOUND SC, 67. RUE DE CUREGREM, 1000,
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM; (USA) ROUTE 2, BOX 649, OXFORD, MS 38655.
All songs (C) & (P) 1990 Jeweled Explosion Music.

Thank you to: Kathy Konop and all the staff at the Village Recorder, Richard Jordan, Phil Drucker, Tony Kaye and everyone at Fundamental (USA & Europe), James Brenner, Anne Burdick, Gail Perry, esq., Merlyn & John, Denise Siegel, De Ivet, Donna Sproul, Iain O'Higgins, Liz Garo, Johnne Peters, Ed & Loretta, Karen Ja Light, Ramblin' Biff Langers, Ed Gerrard, Erin Culley, Christina Boyd, Robert Coyle, Alan Harris, Jay and Brian, Gary, Linda and Matty Rose, Peter Kelsey, Elizabeth. A special thanks to our families and to our friends who have encourages, aided and abetted us.

A metaphor: "The circus has two levels. First of all, it has the level: 'under the Big Top', three rings, beautiful women, animals, horses, glitter, feats of daring-do, and it's rapidly moving and catching your eye. But beneath all that the circus is mysterious. It's erotic. It's dark. The lives of the performers away from the lights are very complicated. It's an old tradition of an out-class group, rooted in nomadism and magic." - Terrence McKenna.

To encounter something interesting and peculiar about yourself, time and nature, it would behoove you to write: Lux Natura, 2140 Shattuck Ave., Box 2196, Berkeley, CA 94704.

The song Cheery Orchard is the only Shiva Burlesque track that has Grant Lee Phillips on vocals. It's produced by Paul Kimble. Grant Lee Phillips: vocal, guitar. Paul Kimble: bass, backing vocal. Joey Petters: tablas, toy xylophone.

Also available: Shiva Burlesque - Mercury Blues (Vinyl): Released: 1990.

Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Released: 02-23-1993
Slash
Catalogue number: 828 389-2

Tracks:
1. The Shining Hour (3:53)
2. Jupiter And Teardrop (5:57)
3. Fuzzy (4:57)
4. Wish You Well (3:28)
5. The Hook (4:10)
6. Soft Wolf Tread (2:50)
7. Stars N' Stripes (4:41)
8. Dixie Drug Store (5:08)
9. America Snoring (3:38)
10. Grace (6:13)
11. You Just Have To Be Crazy (3:36)

Grant Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
Paul Kimble: bass, piano, vocals
Joey Peters: drums, and percussion

All songs written by Grant Lee Phillips, and published by Storm Hymnal BMI
Lyrics reprinted by permission.
All rights reserved.

Produced by Paul Kimble

"FUZZY", "STARS N' STRIPES", and "DIXIE DRUG STORE", recorded and mixed at Machine Elf, North Hollywood, CA, Engineer: Paul Kimble. All other songs recorded and mixed at Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA, and Engineered by Bryan Zee, 2nd Engineer: Mighty Joe Moon, with the exception of "JUPITER AND TEARDROP", and "AMERICA SNORING", mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, Engineers: Paul Kimble, Martin Brumbach, 2nd: Richard Orstein. Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, Assisted by: Jeffrey Norman. Photography: Patricia S. De La Rosa, Design: Liz Hale. Representation: M.F.C. Management, Los Angeles, CA.

THANKYOU'S...
Greg Adamson, Rob Baldwin, Brian Bauwinkle, Bob Biggs, Marcy Blaustein, Jay Bose, James Brenner, Jeffrey Clark, Lisa Dulebohn, Vic and Kelly Firth, Mark Flanagan (at Largo), John Ganem, Elizabeth Garo, Spencer Gates, Geb, Julie Gordon, Sandra Grass, De Ivett, Peter Jesperson, Randy Kaye, Randy Kelly, Norman Kerner, Katherine Landis, Bruce Licher, Karen Licher, Barbara Mitchell, Mike Morse, Bob Mould, Bob Nybe, Marine Panossian, Johnne Peters, Karin and George Peters, Arianne Phillips, Gary Phillips, Murel and Shirley Phillips, Jean Pierre, Steve Richter, Poke Runyon, Stacy Sanner, Denise Siegel and Family, Steven Schayer, Kendra Sparks, David Strayer, Mary Stuyvesant, Ann Marie Vaccaro, Perry Watts-Russell, Jon Wells, Kim Wright.

(p) 1993 Slash Records.
(c) 1993 Slash Records.
Marketed in France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance & broadcasting of this record prohibited. All rights of the manufacturer & of the owner of the recorded work reserved. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records and is exclusively licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. London Records, P.O. Box 1422, Chancellors House, Chancellors Road, London W6 9SG.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Vinyl): Released: 1993, Slash.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Cassette): Released: 1993, Slash, Catalogue number: 828 389-4.

Grant Lee Buffalo / R.E.M. - Westwood One: On The Edge Show
Released: 1993
Westwood One
Catalogue number: 93-12

Grant Lee Buffalo Tracks:
1. This Truck Is Going Down (Live)
2. Interview
3. Shining Hour (Album Version) / Interview
4. Fuzzy (Album Version) / Interview
5. Interview
6. America Snoring (Live Acoustic)
7. Interview
8. Jupiter And Teardrop (Live Acoustic)
9. Outro

The show was aired on 15 March 1993.

America Snoring and Jupiter And Teardrop were performed live in the Westwood One studios.

The lyrics in America Snoring differ from the album version.

Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Released: 09-20-1994
Slash
Catalogue number: 828 541-2

Tracks:
1. Lone Star Song (4:34)
2. Mockingbirds (4:42)
3. It's The Life (2:57)
4. Sing Along (4:24)
5. Mighty Joe Moon (2:47)
6. Demon Called Deception (2:51)
7. Lady Godiva And Me (5:00)
8. Drag (3:03)
9. Last Days Of Tecumseh (1:02)
10. Happiness (3:01)
11. Honey Don't Think (2:44)
12. Side By Side (5:04)
13. Rock Of Ages (4:15)

Grant Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin and harmonica.
Paul Kimble: bass, piano, pump organ, electric organ, vocals.
Joey Peters: drum set, tumbuk, tambourine, tablas, maracas, marimba, shakers, acquired hunks of metal.

Cello on "Mockingbirds" played by Greg Adamson.
Pedal steel guitar on "Lady Godiva and Me" played by Greg Leisz.

Produced and Mixed by Paul Kimble.
Engineer: Bryan Zee.
Assistant: Jeff Robinson.
(Tracks 2 and 12) Engineered by Paul Kimble.
Recorded at Brilliant, San Francisco, CA. and Master Control, Burbank, CA.

Mastering: Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital Mastering, West Los Angeles, CA.

Art Direction: Grant Lee Buffalo and Tom Recchion.
Photography: Melodie McDaniel.
Design: Grant Lee Buffalo and Stine Schyberg.
Antique Wrangler:Sheila Johnson.
Additional Assistance: De Ivett Richter and Steve Richter.

Management: Peter Leak for The New York End Ltd.

All songs written by Grant Lee Phillips.
Published by Storm Hymnal Ltd. BMI.

A Thousand and one thanks to all the folks, friends and familiars who have brought Mighty Joe to life. Your faith, hard work and encouragement are the flesh and blood of this album.

Send correspondence to 1133 Moorpark Street #42, North Hollywood, Ca 91602

(p) 1994 Slash Records.
(c) 1994 Slash Records.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records. Marketed in France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance & broadcasting of this recorded work prohibited. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of this recorded work reserved. London Records, P.O. Box 1422, Chancellors House, Chancellors Road, London W6 9SG.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Vinyl): Released: 1994, Slash/London, Catalogue number: 828 541-1.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Cassette): Released: 1994, Slash/London.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Advance Promo Copy): Released: 1994, Slash/London/Warner Bros., Catalogue number: PRO-CD-7103.
Mighty Joe Moon Advance Promo has the same artwork as the album that was released to the public. The CD has a different artwork it - is mostly black and white. The band and album title are done in the punch label style that is used on the regular release, but on the promo it is yellow with black letters.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Promo Copy): Released: 1994, Slash/London, Catalogue number: 9 45714-2.
This Promo Copy has the same artwork and the same tracks as the standard pressing but the green on the CD is darker than on the standard CD.
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY.
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
PROHIBITED. MUST BE RETURNED ON
DEMAND OF RECORDING COMPANY.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (Japan Promo Pressing): Released 1994, Catalogue number: POCD-1149.
Tracks: 1. Lone Star Song (4:34) 2. Mockingbirds (4:42) 3. It's The Life (2:57) 4. Sing Along (4:24) 5. Mighty Joe Moon (2:47) 6. Demon Called Deception (2:51) 7. Lady Godiva And Me (5:00) 8. Drag (3:03) 9. Last Days Of Tecumseh (1:02) 10. Happiness (3:01) 11. Honey Don't Think (2:44) 12. Side By Side (5:04) 13. Rock Of Ages (4:15) 14. We're Coming Down (4:15) 15. Orpheus (4:52)
Japanese Promo Pressing has the same artwork as the standard pressing but the green on the CD is darker than on the standard CD.

Grant Lee Buffalo - In Concert - Show 613 (BBC Promo Only Transcription Disc)
Released: 1994
Catalogue number: TCD-0844

Tracks:
1. Demon Called Deception /Live/
2. Drag /Live/
3. Mockingbirds /Live/
4. Happiness /Live/
5. Wish You Well /Live/
6. Soft Wolf Tread /Live/
7. Fuzzy /Live/
8. Honey Don't Think /Live/
9. Jupiter And Teardrop /Live/
10. Lady Godiva And Me /Live/
12. The Shining Hour /Live/
13. It's The Life /Live/
14. Last Days Of Tecumseh /Live/

This show was recorded live by the BBC at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 11 Oct. 1994.
Total time: 53 min.

The inlay includes four A4 sides of cue sheets with pic and bio.
The record comes in full size CD jewel case with its original BBC information inserts.

BBC Transcription Discs are the absolute pinnacle of promo-only live radio shows and are simply impossible to find. They are virtually never offered for sale and they have only ever been sent to BBC-affiliated radio stations in the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, even India, Malaya, South Africa, etc. They ideally remain the property of the station and are locked away in their libraries after their solitary airing.

Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis
Released: 06-04-1996
Slash/Reprise
Catalogue number: 828 760-2

Tracks:
1. Homespun (5:37)
2. The Bridge (3:29)
3. Arousing Thunder (5:42)
4. Even The Oxen (3:53)
5. Crackdown (4:00)
6. Armchair (3:22)
7. Bethlehem Steel (6:05)
8. All That I Have (3:09)
9. Two & Two (3:46)
10. Better For Us (4:21)
11. Hyperion And Sunset (4:00)
12. Comes To Blows (5:30)
13. The Only Way Down (3:22)

Grant Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, harmonica.
Paul Kimble: bass, piano, pump organ, mellotron, orbit, vocals.
Joey Peters: drum set, marimba, tumbuk, tambourine, Tibetian bells, shakers.

special guests
Greg Leisz: pedal steel on "Crackdown", "Armchair" and "Comes To Blows."
Bob Fergo: violin on "Bethlehem Steel" and "Even The Oxen".
Ralph Carney: bass clarinet and saxophone on "All That I Have" and "Better For Us."

Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble.
Engineered by Bryan Zee.
Assisted by Josh Achziger.
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Ocean View Digital Mastering, West L.A., CA.
Recorded in luxurious Vibraphonic sound at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA.

All songs written by Grant Lee Phillips.
Published by Storm Hymnal Ltd./Mumbo Jumbo Music BMI.

Art Direction and Design by Grant Lee Buffalo and Chris Bilheimer.
Artwork by Grant Lee Phillips.
Additional help by Steve Richter.
Photography by Dennis Keeley.
Management by Peter Leak for The New York End Ltd. Santa Monica, CA.

Send correspondence to:
11333 Moorpark St. #42
North Hollywood, CA 91602
http://www.RepriseRec.com/GrantLeeBuffalo

"Great jumping donkeys," it was all because of you. it was fun and prizes and lots of friends" Deedle-dee-dee. Deedle-dee-dee"

(p) 1996 Slash Records.
(c) 1996 Slash Records.
Marketed in France by Barclay & in Germany by Metronome Music GmbH. Originated in United Kingdom. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited. HDCD (R) and High Definition Compatible Digital (R) are registered trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc.

The cover artwork for the Australian copies of Copperopolis differ slightly from the import versions. The overall colour of the cover is lighter, and instead of the strip of copper colouring inside the sleeve, the Australian version has a burgundy/brown colour. The CD is also a paler copper colour than the import and has white writing on it (not black like the import). The inner lyric sheet is also slightly bigger, and made of glossy paper.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Japanese CD): Released: 1996.
This CD comes with a dual language insert booklet (English & Japanese).

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Cassette): Released: 1996, Slash/London.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Advance Promo Copy): Released: 1996, Slash/Barclay, Catalogue number: 6310.
The back of the CD just lists the songs in the font used on Mighty Joe Moon that looks like an old typewriter. The cover has an orange tint.
(p) 1996 Slash Records, (c) 1996 Barclay.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Copperopolis (Promo Copy): Released: 1996, Slash/London, Catalogue number: 9 46250-2.
This Promo Copy has the same artwork and the same tracks as the standard pressing but the green on the CD is darker than on the standard CD. The cover has a yellow tint.
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY.
SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS
PROHIBITED. MUST BE RETURNED ON
DEMAND OF RECORDING COMPANY.

Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee
Released: 06-09-1998
Slash/Warner Bros.
Catalogue number: 556 048-2

Tracks:
1. APB (3:37)
2. Seconds (4:21)
3. Change Your Tune (3:21)
4. Testimony (3:59)
5. Truly, Truly (3:58)
6.Superslowmotion (5:42)
7. Fine How'd Ya Do (3:52)
8. Come To Mama, She Say (4:31)
9. 8 Mile Road (4:55)
10. Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary (4:31)
11. My, My, My (4:05)
12. Crooked Dice (4:43)
13. Jubilee (3:38)
14. The Shallow End (4:16)

All songs written by Grant Lee Phillips

Grant Lee Phillips: Vocals, Guitars, 12-String Slide, Synthesizer, B3 Organ, Pump Organ, Slide, Banjo, Vibraslap, Mellotron, Celeste
Joey Peters: Drums, Maracas, Tambourine, Timbales, Shaker, Guiro, Marching Band Cymbals, Tablas, Djimbé, Sleigh Bells, Wood Blocks, Concert Bass
Dan Rothchild: Bass, Additional Vocals
Greg Leisz: Lap Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
Jon Brion: Chamberlain, Tack Piano, Pump Organ, Optigan, B3 Organ, Vibraphone
Rami Jaffee: B3 Organ
Andrew Williams: Additional Vocals
E: Additional Vocals
Phil Parlapiano: Accordion
Michael Stipe : Additional Vocals
Robyn Hitchcock: Harmonica, Additional Vocals

Produced By Paul Vox

Recorded by Jeff Tomei at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assistant Engineer at A&M Studios: John Srebalus
Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge at South Beach Studios, Miami Beach, FL
Assistant Engineer at South Beach Studios: Fernio Hernandez

Illustration: Bernard Roundhill
Photography: Matthew Welch
Art Direction: Stephen Walker
Design: Stephen Walker, Neil Kellerhouse
Styling: Shari Simonsen
Hair and Make-up: Natalie Macgowan-Spencer

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, Ca

Drum Tech: Paul Mitchell

Production Coordination: Patrick Dorn for The Marsh Burns Co.

Management: Peter Leak
for The New York End Ltd., Santa Monica, CA

Grant Lee Buffalo World Wide Web: http://WWW.WBR.COM/GLB

Jon Brion appears courtesy of Atlantic Records
E appears courtesy of Dreamworks Records
Robyn Hitchcock appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Rami Jaffee appears courtesy of Interscope Records
Michael Stipe appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

"Our gratitude goes to all of you, whose presence, friendship, and devotion continues to inspire. We thank all the many people who blessed this album."
With Love and Thanks, Grant Lee Buffalo

(p) 1998 Slash Records.
(c) 1998 Slash Records.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records and is exclusively licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this record prohibited. Marketed in France by Barclay and n Germany by Metronome Music GmbH.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Cassette): Released: 1998, Slash.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Advance Promo Copy): Released: 1998, Slash/Warner Bros., Catalogue number: 2-46879-AB.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee (Promo Set): Released: 1998, Slash/Warner Bros.
This Promo Copy of Jubilee comes with a sealed set of Jubilee playing cards, 4 Jubilee postcards and 1 Jubilee sticker. It all comes in a Jubilee cigar box. The cigar box has Jubilee graphics on all sides and inside of the box. The size of the box is: 7" x 5 3/4" x 2".
There is also a promotional printing on the picture insert.
This promo copy has the same cover as the standard Jubilee release.

Grant Lee Buffalo / Radiohead - In The Zone
Released: 1998
Westwood One
Catalogue number: 98-49

Grant Lee Buffalo Tracks:
1. APB
2. Change Your Tune
3. Seconds
4. Testimony
5. Bethlehem Steel
6. Mockingbirds
7. Truly, Truly
8. Drag
9. Jubilee

Radiohead Tracks:
1. My Iron Lung
2. Talk Show Host
3. Paranoid Android
4. Exit Music (For A Film)
5. The Bends
6. Fake Plastic Trees

Rare US Westwood One double CD-R acetate radio show recorded live at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA in June 1997, features 6 Radiohead tracks. Also includes 9 tracks from Grant Lee Buffalo, first broadcast 5/6th December 1998.

Grant Lee Phillips - Mobilize
Released: 08-21-2001
Zoe/Rounder
Cataloque number: ZOE 1021

Tracks:
1. See America (5:08)
2. Humankind (3:09)
3. Love's a Mystery (4:09)
4. Sadness Soot (4:20)
5. We All Get a Taste (3:54)
6. Spring Released (3:15)
7. Lazily Drowning (4:18)
8. Like a Lover (4:31)
9. Mobilize (4:07)
10. Beautiful Dreamers (4:27)
11. Sleepless Lake (2:50)
12. April Chimes (2:45)
13. Hugo's Theme (Special Bonus Track) (0:46)
14. Sunday Best (Special Bonus Track) (3:27)

Hugo's Theme & Sunday Best: all "mobilize" credits apply with the addition of guest musicians, Bill Bonk - bass, clarinet · Kevin Jarvis - drums · Eric Gorfain - violin.

My deepest gratitude goes to my wife, Denise, and to our families - the bedrock. The gratitude extends to Tommy and Sharon for their tireless attention to the details of my work. Additionally, ever thankful am I, for folks like Flanagan, the home we call Largo, and the colorful spirits who haunt it. Fortunate am I, to find safe harbor among such an inspiring tribe, be they scattered about the City of Angels, the bungalows of North Hollywoodland (Kendra and David), or even in orbit, as my pirate comrades often are. My many thanks to Phil and Bill for their good souls, and fast fingers. A debt of thanks to my mentors and brethren, Michael Stipe and Robyn Hitchcock, who have taught by example, what it means to follow a vision. I also wish to express my utmost respect and appreciation for the many professionals who continue to play a roll in the integrity, longevity and maintenance of my work, as well as to those who I will always cherish no matter whose roof we're under (Thank you Rick Greaten, Stephen Walker). Warm regards to my labels, both at home and abroad; Zoe/Rounder, Cooking Vinyl and Liberation for the faith invested, for the opportunity to create and share this album. Finally, I thank all of you, holding this album in hand, having managed to follow me down a twisting stretch of road who knows where. I thank you for making these songs your own, for simply lending an ear.
Most Positively yours, Grant-Lee Phillips, 2001

All songs Written and Performed by Grant-Lee Phillips
Produced by Grant-Lee Phillips and Carmen Rizzo*
Mixed and Programmed by Carmen Rizzo*

*April Chimes - Produced by Grant-Lee Phillips and Carmen Rizzo, Mixed by Carmen Rizzo

*Like A Lover - Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Grant-Lee Phillips

*Spring Released - Programming by Carmen Rizzo and Grant-Lee Phillips, Mixed by Carmen Rizzo

Mastering: Chris Bellman for Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood

A&R Troy Hansbrough

Cover Photography: Denise Siegel
Interior Photography: Michael Stipe
Design Stephen Walker
Additional Design: Grant -Lee Phillips

Artist Management: Thomas Manzi for the Umbrella Group, New Your City
Multi-tasking: Sharon Tapper
Business Management: Ronald A. Kramer, C.P.A. for Kramer Balaban
$ Trauma Hotline: Marla Doyle
Legal Representation: Linda H. Benjamin for Garvin & Benjamin, LLP

Spiritual Guidance & Headlocks: Denise M. Siegel

Visit www.grantleephillips.com

Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (excluding USA & Canada)
US & Canada: (c) Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI)

(p) Magnetic Field Recordings under exclusive license to Cooking Vinyl. (c) 2002 Cooking Vinyl under exclusive license from Magnetic Field Recordings. Made in the UK.
Cooking Vinyl, PO Box 1845, London W3 0ZA
www.cookingvinyl.com | info@cookingvinyl.com

LC 7180

Also available: Grant Lee Phillips - Mobilize (Promo CDs): Released: 2001. Zoe, Catalogue number: ZOE 001143-1021-2 and Cooking Vinyl, Catalogue number: COOKCD 232 P.

Also available: Grant Lee Phillips - Mobilize (International Release): Released: 2002, Magnetic Field Recordings/Cooking Vinyl, Liberation, Catalogue number: COOKCD 232.
The International Release has two special bonus tracks Hugo's Theme and Sunday Best and the same artwork as the US version on Zoe/Rounder.

Also available: Grant Lee Phillips - Mobilize (Super Audio CD): Released: 2002.
This special CD plays in all types of CD players.

Storm Hymnal - Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo
Released: October 2001
Warner Bros. UK
Catalogue number: 0927-41064-2 EW 851

Disc I: Takes
Tracks:
1. Fuzzy (4:56)
2. The Shining Hour (3:52)
3. Jupiter And Teardrop (5:57)
4. Stars N' Stripes (4:41)
5. Lone Star Song (4:34)
6. Mockingbirds (4:41)
7. Honey Don't Think (2:43)
8. Happiness (3:00)
9. Bethlehem Steel (6:04)
10. Arousing Thunder (5:42)
11. Homespun (5:35)
12. Two & Two (3:45)
13. Truly, Truly (3:58)
14. Testimony (4:00)
15. My, My, My (4:06)
16. The Shallow End (4:14)

Disc II: Double Takes
Tracks:
1. We're Coming Down (4:12)
2. The Shining Hour /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (3:24)
3. Wish You Well /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (3:43)
4. Soft Wolf Tread /Alternate Acoustic Version/ (2:36)
5. I Will Take Him (4:26)
6. Let Go Of My Hand (4:09)
7. Orpheus (4:53)
8. Goodnight John Dee (3:15)
9. Halloween (4:15)
10. Gold Chain Drag (2:16)
11. Crashing At Corona (4:20)
12. Mr. Know-It-All (2:55)
13. Were You There (6:46)
14. Where Do We Go From Here (3:49)

I'll try to wrap it up nicely in one bright package, this accumulation of songs, years, sweat and dreams. All of these shared among myself and my bandmates, Paul Kimble and Joey Peters. Grant Lee Buffalo was our band name - and the sum total force of our efforts for the better part of a decade.

The 1990s saw the underground uprooted and the mainstream flooded when, for one golden moment, no one seemed to be at the wheel. Our own history was rooted in Los Angeles. The end of the '80s with Shiva Burlesque - part band, part lodge. For every show we played, we must have held 30 rehearsals. Those humid evenings would often disintegrate into long-winded talks n the Marx Brothers and Aldous Huxley, and the hidden parallels that lay between them. My role was primarily that of guitarist, co-songwriter and co-conspirator. Jeffrey Clark (from my hometown of Stockton, Calif.) was the band's singer and main lyricist. Drummer Joey Peters brought with him and original style the was at once subtle, intuitive and also extremely dramatic. Our musical marriage was a spontaneous one, and suspect that our influence on one another's development is apt to be indelible.

Two years into this journey I met Paul Kimble. Paul had traveled the farthest, from Freeport, Ill. His demeanor was thoughtful, reflective and, as I would eventually learn, positively maniacal. (I mean that in the sweetest way.) Most important, we clicked - especially Paul and I. But when the three of us came together we tapped into something transcendent. Shiva Burlesque had brought us together, but our power as a trio would change our lives.

Moonlighting under a different band name for every show, we began to explore the songs that were gushing out of me during my mid-20s. Rex Mundi would perform one night, followed by the Machine Elves the next. These bands, as well as a few others, had a whole lot in common - we were all of 'em. Yearning to step forward with the songs I was writing, I needed the security of a veil to fully accept my lot as a performer. Grant Lee buffalo was precisely that. It provided me with the strength and the camaraderie of a pack and allowed me the freedom to be vulnerable as an artist.

Question of who are, who is and what is Grant Lee Buffalo still seem to be abound. Within our little world, the axis was forever shifting. A demo recording of Fuzzy was picked up by Bob Mould's Singles Only Label in the summer of '92, and before too long was gathering significant airplay at Boston's WFNX. In October of that same year we signed a recording deal with Slash Records. The same acoustic-based song that blazed its way to Beantown hurled us in stark contrast to the climate of the day. Perhaps that's my lesson - stick to the back roads, the hounds won't catch us if we cut through the stream.

Within a year we went on to create Mighty Joe Moon, which gave us our first real exposure in the US. We toured at breakneck speed, headlining throughout the world and frequently supporting some of the most highly regarded artists of our time, including R.E.M. out adventures were as volatile as they were beautiful. On record, we rejoiced in the task of creating a lasting album. That was the conquest at hand.

Onstage, however, our collective shadow would emerge, the music sometimes approaching assault. I can only regard this phenomena as reactionary. A kind of unconscious response to the teetering balance our lives were suspended in, struggling with this new profession. The demands, the sacrifices and the expectations which the three of us heaved upon ourselves, both on tour and in the studio, eventually collected their tax. During and interview in Brussels for our third album, Copperopolis, a journalist asked innocently, "How long will Grant Lee Buffalo" continue?" Ironically, Paul Kimble responded with, "Seven years …give or take, we burn pretty brightly." Within three years of that interview, Paul and I parted ways. Paul was invaluable, both as a musician and as the producer of Fuzzy, Mighty Joe Moon and Copperopolis, but the price of success cost us our relationship at the time.

Joey and I continued onward for a fourth and final Grant Lee Buffalo recording, Jubilee. Paul Fox was brought on board to produce the album, which also featured a host of guest musicians - all of them friends, including Jon Brion, Robyn Hitchcock, Michael Stipe and others. I had spent some time that year jammin' off and on with bassist Dan Rothchild at an LA club called Largo. Joey and I asked Dan to help us fill out the basic tracks for the record. Later Grant Lee Buffalo grew to a mighty four piece on the road with the inclusion of Bill Bonk and Phil Parlapiano, who played anything you threw into their hands. Jubilee was well-received, and again the expectations of the labels were high. Nevertheless, I sensed they were beginning to wonder if we'd ever get through finishing school.

By this time the scenery was changing and I was looking for new explorations. This collection, however, seeks to capture a time that won't ever be repeated. These songs live on, my memories linger, master tapes rot. We thought you might want a copy.

Grant-Lee Phillips, 2001

Disk I: Takes

All songs written by Grant-Lee Phillips

I-XVI Grant -Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, dobro, mandolin, electric organ, mellotron, celeste and harmonica.

I-XII Paul Kimble: bass, additional vocals, piano, pump organ, electric organ, mellotron, vibraphone.

I-XVI Joey Peters: drum set, tumbuk, tambourine, tablas, maracas, shakers, sleigh bells, acquired hunks of metal.

Guests of Grant Lee Buffalo:

Bass on Truly, Truly, Testimony, My, My, My & The Shallow End by Dan Rothchild
Cello on Mockingbirds by Greg Adamson
Pedal steel guitar on The Shallow End by Greg Leisz
violin on Bethlehem Steel by Bob Fergo
B3 organ on Truly, Truly, Testimony, My, My, My by Rami Jaffee
Harmonica and additional vocals on My, My, My and The Shallow End by Robyn Hitchcock.
Additional vocals on the Shallow End by Dan Rothchild
Additional vocals on Truly, Truly by Andrew Williams

I-IV from album Fuzzy. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1993 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).

V-VIII from album Mighty Joe Moon. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1994 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).

IX-XII from album Copperopolis. Produced and mixed by Paul Kimble. (p)1996 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada).

XIII-XVI from album Jubilee. Produced by Paul Fox. (p)1998 Slash Records.
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd for the World (ex USA & Canada). US & Canada: Warner-Tamerlane publishing Corp./Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI). All right administered by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI).

Personal Management for Grant Lee Phillips: Tommi Manzi for the Umbrella Group, NYC.
Grant Lee Buffalo Thank All The Photographers That have Contributed Throughout The Year
Album Co-ordination by John Waller. Sleeve Design at M4 (London).

This compilation (p)2001 Slash Records (c)2001 London Records 90 Ltd
the copyright in this sound recording is owned by Slash Records and is exclusively licensed to London Records 90 Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of the recorded work prohibited.
Made in Germany by WARNER MUSIC MANUFACTURING EUROPE.

Disc II: Double Takes

All songs written by Grant-Lee Phillips

All rarity tracks produced by Paul Kimble wit the exception of "Were You There" and "Where Do We Go From Here", produced by Paul Fox

Rarity tracks I-VIII engineered by Paul Kimble
Rarity tracks IX-XII engineered by Bryan Zee
Rarity tracks XIII-XIV engineered by Jeff Tomei

Grant Lee Buffalo studio line up rarities:

Disc 2 tracks I-XII
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Paul Kimble: bass, additional vocals, piano and pump organ
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion

Disc 2 track XIII
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion
Dan Rothchild: bass
Jon Brion: piano and pump organ

Disc 2 track XIV
Grant-Lee Phillips: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Joey Peters: drum set, assorted percussion
Dan Rothchild: bass
Greg Leisz: pedal steel guitar

Fuzzy Mighty Joe Moon Copperopolis Jubilee

For More Information
www.grantleebuffalo.com / www.grantleephillips.com

GEMA /BIEM LC 2828

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Takes (Advance Promo Copy for Storm Hymnal - Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo): Released: 2001, Slash/London.
This Advance Promo has a different title - it's called "Takes". Track 12 on disc two is misspelled: Hr. Know-It-All instead of Mr. Know-It-All.

Also available: Grant Lee Buffalo - Takes (Promo Copy for Storm Hymnal - Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo): Released: 2001, Slash/London.

Grant Lee Buffalo - The Music Of Grant Lee Buffalo 1991-1998

Tracks:
1. Fuzzy
2. Wish You Well
3. Jupiter And Teardrop
4. Dixie Drug Store
5. You Just Have To Be Crazy
6. Mockingbirds
7. Lady Godiva And Me
8. Honey Don't Think
9. Lone Star Song
10. Homespun
11. Crackdown
12. All That I Have
13. Two & Two
14. Comes To Blows
15. Truly, Truly
16. Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary
17. My, My, My
18. Shallow End

This is a rare publishing CD.

Grant Lee Phillips - Virginia Creeper
Released: 24 February 2004 / 16 February 2004
Zoe / Cooking Vinyl
Catalogue number: COOKCD 292

Tracks:
1. Mona Lisa (4:11)
2. Waking Memory (4:07)
3. Lily-A-Passion (4:30)
4. Dirty Secret (3:37)
5. Always Friends (3:33)
6. Calamity Jane (3:44)
7. Josephine of the Swamps (5:22)
8. Far End of the Night (4:46)
9. Susannah Little (6:08)
10. Wish I Knew (3:58)
11. Hickory Wind (4:08)

Produced by Grant Lee Phillips
Recorded and Mixed by S. Husky Höwkulds

© 2004 Magnetic Field Recordings under exclusive license to Cooking Vinyl.
© 2004 Cooking Vinyl under exclusive license from Magnetic Field Recordings.
Cooking Vinyl PO Box 1845 London W3 OZA England
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LC:7180 WAG 329 Made In The UK
www.grantleephillips.com

Personnel: Grant-Lee Phillips (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano); Cindy Wasserman (vocals); Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar, dobro, mandolin); Jon Brion (ukulele); Bill Bonk (accordion); Zac Rae (keyboards, vibraphone); Sebastian Steinberg, Sheldon Gomberg (upright bass); Kevin Jarvis (drums); Danny Frankel (percussion).

Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California in August 2003.

Pistol Star - Crawl
Released: 26 November 2004
Wax Orchard
Catalogue number: n/a

Tracks:
1. Mr DJ
2. Shine
3. Crawl
4. Fool
5. Halo
6. I Don't Feel That Way
7. Candy
8. Lovely Lolita
9. It's OK
10. We Never Close
11. I Know

www.pistol-star.com
www.waxorchard.com

Engineering by Bryan Zee and Paul
Other than that produced, mixed, engineered by Paul
All songs written by Paul Kimble
2004 © Paul Kimble

Very special thanks to Michael Shrieve, without his help and incredibly huge heart this record would have never been finished. Special Thanks: Scott, Ryan, Timmy, Michael, Erin, Will, Joey, Sandra, Ricky, Terry, Ris, Dev, Sassy, John, Jenblu, Kevin, Colt, Daniel, Katie, Josh, Dennis Grosbner AKA Sir Dennis DeLuxe, Jude, Andy, Flannnegan, Eric Oz, mapanaebemsoleyva, Rachel and anyone else I’ve forgotten that provided inspiration in one way or another.

MR DJ
Vocals: Paul Kimble, Julie Ritter, Fate
Keyboards: Paul
Drums: Michael Shrieve
Bass: Fate
Guitar: Ryan Leyva
Percussion: Paul

SHINE
Vocals: Paul, Julie, Fate
Keyboards: Julie
Drums: Michael
Bass: Paul, Fate
Guitar: Paul, Ryan, Fate
Percussion: Paul
Micro cassette vocal treatment: Paul

CRAWL
Vocals: Paul
Keyboards: Paul
Drums: Michael
Bass: Paul
Guitars: Paul
Percussion: Paul

FOOL
Vocals: Paul
Keyboards: Paul
Drums: Michael
Bass: Paul
Guitars: Ryan
Halo
Vocals: Paul
Backing Vox: Camille Bloom
Keyboards: Paul
Guitars: Ryan

I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY
String arrangement: Paul and Randy Brion
Strings transcribed and conducted: Randy
Everything else: Paul

CANDY
Vocals: Paul, Julie, Fate
Swamp guitars: Fate
Drums: Michael
Everything else: Paul

LOVELY LOLITA
Paul

IT'S OK
Paul

WE NEVER CLOSE
Vocals: Paul, Julie, Fate
Keyboards: Julie
Drums: Paul
Bass: Fate, Paul
Guitars: Fate, Ryan
Slide bass: Paul

I KNOW
Backing Vox: Camille
The rest: Paul

Grant Lee Phillips - Nineteeneighties
Released: 27 June 2006 / 24 July 2006
Zoe / Cooking Vinyl
Catalogue number: COOKCD 380

Tracks:
1. Wave of Mutilation
2. Age of Consent
3. Eternal
4. I Often Dream of Trains
5. Killing Moon
6. Love My Way
7. Under the Milky Way
8. City of Refuge
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10. Boys Don't Cry
11. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Also available: Grant Lee Phillips - Nineteeneighties (Promo CD): Released: 2006. Cooking Vinyl, Catalogue number: COOKCD 380 P.

Grant Lee Phillips - Strangelet
Released: 27 March 2007
Zoe
Catalogue number: 01143-1108-2

Tracks:
1. Runaway (3:47)
2. Soft Asylum (No Way Out) (5:03)
3. Fountain Of Youth (3:49)
4. Hidden Hand (3:36)
5. Dream In Color (4:26)
6. Chain Lightning (3:48)
7. Raise The Spirit (4:59)
8. Same Blue Devils (3:32)
9. Killing ADead Man (3:50)
10. Johnny Guitar (3:43)
11. Return To Love (3:08)
12. So Much (3:43)

Grant Lee Phillips - Little Moon
Released: 13 October 2009
Yep Roc
Catalogue number: CD-YEP-2203

Tracks:
1. Good Morning Happiness (2:48)
2. Strangest Thing (4:08)
3. Little Moon (4:18)
4. It Ain't The Same Old Cold War Harry 3:40)
5. Seal It With A Kiss (3:44)
6. Nightbirds (3:14)
7. Violet (2:43)
8. Buried Treasure (4:26)
9. Blind Tom (2:56)
10. One Morning (4:50)
11. Older Now (3:16)
12. The Sun Shines On Jupiter (4:11)

Words and music by Grant-Lee Phillips
Produced by Paul Bryan
Recorded and mixed by Ryan Freeland at Stampede Origin
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering

Recorded May 4 – May 8, 2009
Mixed May 11 – May 14, 2009
Mastered May 29, 2009

Grant-Lee Phillips – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, baritone guitar, banjo
Jamie Edwards – piano, clavinet, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, Moog, additional keys and backing vocals on One Morning, Seal It With A Kiss, The Sun Shines on Jupiter
Paul Bryan – Bass and backing vocals on One Morning, Seal It With A Kiss, The Sun Shines On Jupiter
Jay Bellerose – Drums and percussion
Sebastian Aymanns – percussion

The Section Quartet:
Eric Gorfain – violin
Daphne Chen – violin
Alma Fernandez – viola
Richard Dodd – cello

Jason Thor – trombone, bass trombone, tuba
Denise Siegel – backing vocals

Art concept and photography – Denise Siegel
Layout – Michael Triplett
Management – Thomas Manzi for the Umbrella Group, New York City

Official artist website www.grantleephillips.com

All Songs Written By Grant-Lee Phillips © 2009 – The world excluding US + Canada: Chrysalis Music Ltd./Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI) US + Canada: Published by Storm Hymnal Ltd. (BMI), Administered by Chrysalis Music

I thank everyone who worked to create this recording, all of you who believed in these songs and asked for so little in return. To the gifted musicians assembled here, everyone behind the scenes and all those in the wings, to my wife and little girl, blessed am I to sit at the same table.

Magnetic Field Recordings © 2009 Exclusively licensed to Yep Roc Records. yeproc.com
Manufactured and distributed by Redeye. redeyeusa.com grantleephillips.com

Also available: Grant Lee Phillips - Vinyl (Promo CDs): Released: 13 October 2009, Yep Roc, Catalogue number: LP-YEP-2203.

Pre-order copies of the album contain a bonus disc entitled Little Mono (The Demos).

Tracks: 1. Good Morning Happiness 2. Little Moon 3. Seal It With A Kiss 04. Nightbirds 5. Buried Treasure