2024 Charity Shop Purchases # 63 - Laura Cantrell - The Hello Recordings
It is rare to see anything by Laura Cantrell in the wild. It is even rarer to see something by her which you did not know existed.
From 2004 The Hello Recordings is a 15 minute 5 track mini CD consisting of 4 tracks originally recorded for the Hello CD of the Month Club a subscription only record company which operated from 1993 to 1996. It was organised by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants and Marjorie Green.
The first four tracks appeared on the July 1996 version with the final track Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine being taken from a back porch barbeque at Quiet Life in Brooklyn, New York on 13th June 1993. There is a roll call of those involved given at the end of the song which saves me doing it.
Discogs has the label as Diesel Only Records but my copy is attributed to Glasgow's Spit & Polish label which seems to have been the home for early stuff by her released in the UK. Discogs also confirms that I got a slight bargain given that I paid a pound whereas their median price is £2.93 with the highest price paid a whopping £4.43. Add postage to that and it is even better.
I wasn't familiar with these recordings either and their version of Lee Harvey in particular made for a good start to the day.
ReplyDeleteIs that Marjorie Taylor Green of Jewish space laser fame?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing CC. This had passed me by as well.