Wednesday 18 June 2014

Steaming Coils - "Complete: The Archive" (1985 - 1989)

Before Uber-Blog Mutant Sounds got forced out of existence by evil powers and the general shit that life brings; they had the fortune to have full access to the unreleased Steaming Coils Archive, thanks to the very accommodating mr Brad Laner.
To save me straining my ,already strained, brain from searching for the many deserved superlatives that describe this fantastic band ; i'll resort to some lazy cut'n'paste thievery from the dust gathering Mutant Sounds site itself. As it(Mutant Sounds) hangs there in cyber space like a lost tomb full of mummified,but largely inaccessible(the links are broke), treasures.
I have raided this hallowed sepulchre of these underground musical treasures, and reanimated them for you all to enjoy once more.
A kind of blog grave-robbing if you will?

Que some paraphrased Mutant musings that include the word 'Seminal':

"The final word for enthusiasts of this seminal
L.A. underground project of Brad Laner and David Chrisman: a complete archival haul of all remaining unreleased Steaming Coils material spanning the full length of their career, all direct from the master tapes courtesy of Brad. From the feral teen freakishness of the early proto-Coils , to the gorgeous material from their abandoned fourth studio album, this is a pure goldmine of insular, hermetic art damage and warped psych pop smarts, with the full array of their musical co-conspirators present here, from the early L.A. Free Music Society-related era that included Rick Potts, Joseph Hammer and Spencer Savage to latter-day accomplices like James Grigsby and Lynn Johnston from The Motor Totemist Guild. A terminal mindfuck of herculean proportions....grab 'em all!"


(The pre-coils project, 'The Prostate Gland Massagers, will be given their own glorious space after these downloads as viewed below: click the titles for downloading....as if you didn't know!)

"Secret Messages From The Schrodinger House-1985"

 1. Daddy Please (0:37)
2. Anchor (1:57)
3. Cherish (0:48)
4. Schrodinger Disco (1:12)
5. Eight O'hundred (1:07)
6. Bigger Now (1:48)
7. Good Things/bad Things (1:14)
8. All Light In Your Eyes (2:38)
9. T-Bow's Egg House (2:30)
10. Don't Worry Lizzy (0:20)
11. Corners Together (2:12)
12. Gotta Have A Concept (1:34)
13. Nipple (2:37)
14. David Says (0:30)
15. I Love You (0:36)
16. I See You (2:30)
17. Cold Mouth Ear (2:12)
18. Marble Halls (2:07)
19. Paul And Linda In Northridge (2:33)
20. Reflection (2:04)
21. The Last Waltz (2:02)
22. Jim Was Feeding Back (3:02)
23. Spraying And Smoking (0:40)
24. Lake Norman (2:27)
25. Touch The Tree (2:02)
26. With Mfz 1 (3:03)
27. Hello (1:30)
28. Apricot Orangepeels (0:47)
29. Hash Oil Wishes (4:52)
30. With Mfz 2 (2:01)
31. Truck Seven (1:24)
32. Thing As One (2:29)
33. That Girl (1:36)
34. Nothing On Me (1:47)
35. Palsy (1:15)
36. Communication Society (7:35)
37. Tied To Heaven (6:10)


 "Sometimes Live-1985-1988":

1. Milk/Blood Coagulation Carnivale Anticlub 10-2-85 (14:59)
2. Intro/Canada's Biggest Hero KPFK radio August 1986 (5:25)
3. Puppet Tomb KPFK radio August 1986 (4:47)
4. Serenade KPFK radio August 1986 (3:45)
5. Bottom's Preacher KPFK radio August 1986 (7:26)
6. Bonnie Barnett KPFK radio 3-10-87 (4:45)
7. Great Gobs of Broken Glass KPFK radio 3-10-87 (17:26)
8. Bonnie Again KPFK radio 3-10-87 (0:18)
9. Intents and Puposes Live at Lhasa 3-14-87 (2:26)
10. Maggie May Not Live at Lhasa 3-14-87 (4:08)
11. Forth Family live at lhasa 3-14-87 (8:09)
12. Diamond Pillow Live at LACE 5-17-87 (2:08)
13. The Hue the Cry Live at LACE 5-17-87 (5:34)
14. Terrible Hot Day Live at LACE 5-17-87 (2:53)
15. Under Particle Exchange Live at LACE 5-17-87 (11:14)
16. Proposed Pink City Live at LACE 5-17-87 (7:27)
17. Stains of Broken Glass Live at LACE 5-17-87 (4:12)
18. Four Tenths Live at LACE 9-25-87 (3:18)
19. Monster Live at LACE 9-25-87 (9:21)
20. Lucious and Green Live at LACE 9-25-87 (3:06)
21. Red Brown Book Olio 8-6-88 (2:01)
22. Singing Notice Olio 8-6-88 (2:55)
23. Carne del Sol Olio 8-6-88 (2:48)


"At Le Forte Four Studio"-1986:

1. Bottom's Preacher (4:24)
2. Deaf Salad Bender (2:12)
3. Flagella Seeks (2:27)
4. Puppet Tomb (3:31)
5. Serenade (2:54)
6. Singular (3:02)
7. Butterfly's Color (3:20)
8. Canada's Biggest Hero (2:48)
9. Imagine All The Frogs (4:50)
10. The Twohey Shuffle (1:50)
11. Bronchi Ride (7:02)
12. She She Lots (0:45)


"In An 8x8 Bedroom"-1987:

1. Any Pattern My Disease (2:30)
2. Christmas 96 (5:04)
3. California (1:55)
4. Bend And Dome Again (0:55)
5. A Seller's Story (4:39)
6. Can And Can't (2:34)
7. Spring Loops (1:30)
8. Cloverdale Rag (1:17)
9. The Classics (0:26)
10. Never Clari (1:08)
11. Do And Don't (1:15)
12. A Giant Bug (1:00)
13. Minuet (0:35)
14. Hide And Seek (1:19)
15. Wheezy (2:11)
16. Checkers (1:25)
17. Hairpiece (0:56)
18. Cynthia's House (1:00)
19. City Song/lucie (3:08)
20. Second Hand News (2:19)
21. Sun Chlorella (1:06)
22. Circus Stomp (1:19)
23. Old Woman (3:11)
24. Monopoly/more Pelvis Wick For The Baloney Boners (1:18)
25. Chocolate Covered Clown (2:04)
26. What I Think You Know (1:05)
27. To Be Near Me (2:11)
28. Traps And The Wheel (0:48)
29. Tunnels Of Cheese (1:05)
30. Twinkle (1:20)
31. Harmoniumarch (2:21)
32. First Screamo (1:52)
33. The Day The Clown Cried (1:09)
34. The Story Of Bloody (2:55)
35. Second Screamo (2:27)
36. Proposed Pink City (Original Version) (5:39)
37. Even The Simple (2:11)
38. Golding Operations (Original Version) (2:46)
39. Ruff Ruff (2:15)
40. That Time In Lichtenstein (4:38)
41. Whole Lotta Lovin' (4:08)


 "Vista Del Monte Archive"-1986:

1. Sad Eyes (2:16)
2. 71 Flood (1:33)
3. Machine Message 1 (0:29)
4. Pat Nixon Sunshine (2:19)
5. And Answer (2:01)
6. Rock's Dead (3:33)
7. Looking For Jocko (1:19)
8. Fortunate Families (1:20)
9. Banquet In A Box (3:02)
10. Machine Message 2 (0:53)
11. Something Special (1:23)
12. Silver Lake (2:32)
13. Anticlub Backing Tape 1 (5:07)
14. Nooks And Crannies (1:35)
15. Happy Goodness (1:46)
16. Bartholomew (1:37)
17. Ed Asner (2:28)
18. No Denial (3:03)
19. Arrested In God's Country (3:55)
20. Multi-Faith (4:30)
21. Phone Calls (15:03)
22. Audio Letter To Wm Davenport (4:12)
23. Anticlub Backing Tape 2 (7:45)
24. Closing Message (15:56)
25. The Rebirth Of America (4:01)


 "Unfinished"-1989:

1. Wood Carving Ice (3:28)
2. The Bishop (2:28)
3. Down For More (1:53)
4. handler Just West Of Laurel Canyon (3:27)
5. Singing Socket (2:00)
6. Tough Tough (2:21)
7. Vista Del Monte (4:27)
8. Song Of Love (2:18)

4 comments:

Mrs. Inside said...

Hi Jonny - "Sometimes Live" appears to be incomplete. There are only 10 tracks in the file. Thanks for ressurecting this set from the ashes of Mutant Sounds!

Jonny Zchivago said...

Balls! Of course you are correct,i appear to have mislaid a few tracks. Ah well, no ones perfect eh?
ps, if anyone out there has the compleat 'Sometimes Live',would you be so kind as to help in the vital cultural work of archiving this great groop for posterity by sending me a link?
Thank Q

GRK. said...

Found it! All 23 tracks. https://www.mediafire.com/?b3nz013war73pf7

Jonny Zchivago said...

GRK you are a star. I point all frustrated steaming coils fans in the general direction of this link.
I will update my files as soon as i can be fucking bothered.
Once again, hoist your thanks towards mr GRK.
Together we can do anything....yes...even that.