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The Early Solo Recordings Vol. 2: Hypnagogic Jerk

by David Cronenberg's Wife

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    Professionally produced cassette tape with full colour two sided inlay card and printed label, contains the three bonus tracks, including unreleased song 'Halflove'. Each copy numbered and initialled by DCW lead singer/songwriter Tom Mayne. Only 30 copies available. Note: the track order differs from the digital/CDR version due to tape length constraints, but all tracks are included.

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    Home printed full colour front/back cover in plastic sleeve with white CDR. Contains the three bonus tracks, including unreleased song 'Halflove'. Slightly different artwork from cassette (different Pendlebury stationery).

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about

Another tentative creep down memory lane, a second revisiting of my Daniel Johnston DIY days. The description of Volume 1 sets the scene for this compilation, but to add a little more detail: the track listing of the eventual first three albums wasn't set until we recorded most of these songs with the band. They just seemed to fall into place the way they did. Prior to that, these recordings were packaged onto two CDRs - 'Yes, But What is Sex?' and 'News that Stays News', which basically separated the songs into two groups, a) the ones about sex, b) the ones about everything else.

I thought about maybe releasing these tracks in that form here, but I could never get the order in a satisfactory fashion, and it makes more sense to release them based on the tracklisting of the original albums. Plus I get to do new cover art and come up with new titles.

So here you have more results of my first early experiments in songwriting and recording: the original versions of every song on the second DCW album ‘Hypnagogues’ in solo form, with two exceptions (there's no 'Lou Reed Song' or 'Curtains' which I wrote after the band had been formed). You also have early versions of two songs that became B-sides, and alternate versions of 'Desperate Little Man' and 'Jailbird'.

And if you buy this release, you get an extra three tracks – the never before heard or released song ‘Halflove' (a more heartfelt trip to Suli's House?) and alternates of 'Drawn Again' (guitar version) and 'Sweden'. (the latter slightly more hi-fi as I didn't record it myself).

You can hear how the songs evolved, spot different lyrics here and there, and see the blueprint of what would eventually become 'Hypnagogues'.

The only exception to the 'solo' rule is 'Fight Song' which dates from around 2005 and features then DCW guitarist Nathan Kidd on the main guitar and drum. He recorded it too.

The full 16 track version is also available on limited edition audio cassette (30 only, each numbered and initialled) and CDR. Both have full colour inlay (tape), back/front cover (CDR). The two versions have slightly different artwork (different Pendlebury stationery) due to their different sizes.

All recordings previously unreleased

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released February 3, 2023

Mastered by Jon Clayton at One Cat.
Cassette tape manufacture by Fairview Duplication.

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David Cronenberg's Wife London, UK

Who are DCW? Three sessions on BBC 6 Music (Marc Riley and Cerys Matthews), they supported The Fall, and are one of the key bands in the Antifolk UK DIY scene which served as a catalyst for other like-minded bands in London to follow suit, like the Fat White Family and Goat Girl. This Bandcamp features songs from the band's archive - want the official releases? Go to the Blang Records Bandcamp. ... more

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