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The Feelies - MP3 & reissue details ++ 3 NY show weekend

by Andrew Frisicano

DOWNLOAD: The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms (MP3)

The FeeliesThe Feelies will be launching the ATP NY weekend on Friday (Sept. 11th) as the day’s second set. They’ll be playing their 1980 album Crazy Rhythms in full, starting at 4:45pm.

They play another Catskills show in Woodstock, NY, the next night, before retreating to the familiar urban landscape of NYC for a gig at Southpaw on September 13th. At that show, the band will play two sets (regular + Crazy Rhythms?). Tickets are still on sale.

The Feelies’ first two records, Crazy Rhythms and 1986’s The Good Earth, were both reissued on CD earlier this week on Bar/None Records. The LP versions for both will be out September 22nd.

Unlike Crazy Rhythms‘ 1990 reissue, which ends with a by-the-book cover of the Rolling Stones‘ “Paint It Black” (recorded in a different session with a modified lineup), the new version, and presumably their set on Friday, ends with the title track’s caffeine-driven jam. Check out the song, posted above.

That’s not to say the new discs are without extras. The full details on those albums (and their rare/demo bonus tracks) are below…

FEELIES REISSUE DETAILS

U.S. & Canada CD Release Date (for both): September 8, 2009.
U.S. & Canada LP Release Date (for both): September 22, 2009.
Domino has the rights for the rest of the world.

Crazy Rhythms CD/LP reissue track listing:
Side One:
1. The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
2. Fa cé-La
3. Loveless Love
4. Forces At Work
Side Two:
5. Original Love
6. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
7. Moscow Nights
8. Raised Eyebrows
9. Crazy Rhythms

*** NOTE: Their cover of “Paint It Black” was left off the reissue as per the band’s request. A&M added it without the band’s permission and it was a recording from the late 80s with a different line-up than what was on “Crazy Rhythms”.

Crazy Rhythms Bonus Tracks [on Download card]:
1. Fa cé-La [single version] – originally released as a 7″ on Rough Trade.
2. The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness [Carla Bley demo version]
3. Moscow Nights [Carla Bley demo version]
4. Crazy Rhythms [Live] – From the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009.
5. I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms [Live] – From the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009. Modern Lovers cover.

The Good Earth CD/LP reissue track listing:
Side One:
1. On The Roof
2. The High Road
3. The Last Roundup
4. Slipping (Into Something)
5. When Company Comes
Side Two:
6. Let’s Go
7. Two Rooms
8. The Good Earth
9. Tomorrow Today
10. Slow Down

The Good Earth Bonus Tracks [on Download card]:
1. She Said, She Said – originally on the “No One Knows” vinyl EP on Coyote Records through Twin/Tone Records (US). Beatles cover.
2. Sedan Delivery – originally on the “No One Knows” vinyl EP on Coyote Records through Twin/Tone Records (US). Neil Young cover.
3. Slipping (Into Something) [Live] – From the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009.

Download cards will be included in each respective CD & LP reissue. The full album + bonus tracks will be included on each. Domino has graciously offered to host the downloads.

Bar/None’s LP reissues were mastered by Andy VanDette at Masterdisk
Pressings will be handled by Rainbo Records and will be 180 gram
Andreas Meyer from Tangerine Mastering mastered both albums.
Tapes obtained from the band were used for the Fa cé-La [single version], The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness [Carla Bley demo version] and Moscow Nights [Carla Bley demo version]. The live tracks were recorded by their live sound engineer Andy Peters.

Crazy Rhythms Digital Album track listing:
1. The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
2. Fa cé-La
3. Loveless Love
4. Forces At Work
5. Original Love
6. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
7. Moscow Nights
8. Raised Eyebrows
9. Crazy Rhythms
10. I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms [bonus track – live] – from the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009.
11. The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness [bonus track – Carla Bley demo version] [THIS TRACK BUNDLE ONLY]

The Good Earth Digital Album track listing:
1. On The Roof
2. The High Road
3. The Last Roundup
4. Slipping (Into Something)
5. When Company Comes
6. Let’s Go
7. Two Rooms
8. The Good Earth
9. Tomorrow Today
10. Slow Down
11. She Said, She Said [bonus track] [THIS TRACK BUNDLE ONLY]

Insound will be exclusively carrying a limited edition 7″ reissue of the original “Fa cé-La” single.
Side A: Fa cé-La (single version)
Side B: Raised Eyebrows (album version)

Pressing for this single will also be handled by Rainbo Records

The Feelies – 2009 Tour Dates
September 11th, 2009 – Kutshers Country Club, Monticello, NY
September 12th, 2009 – Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY
September 13th, 2009 – Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY