Arabic Yodelling
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CD: T. E. C. Tones 93082
LP: Ralph

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Contemporary Review: from Sounds Magazine

More than two years in the making, "Arabic Yodelling" was Renaldo and Ted the Loaf's second release on Ralph issued in 1983. Recorded in a home studio (Sneff's Surgery) on 4 track, the pieces here were constructed using tape manipulation, loops, found sound and conventional instruments, including a keyboard for the first time.

This collection of songs and tunes describes characters, places and covert observations, although not designed to have a preconceived storyline, the songs seem to lend themselves to a picture show of the mind. Each listener is free to wander through this place, creating (or not) their own interpretation. My personal catalogue of images and scenarios would go something like this....

Imagine a frontier scene where pyramids meet a De Chirico cityscape, where sand dunes almost reclaim Main St., where neon-lit nomads, cowboys and carousers mix with dubious characters of the night, totally self-sufficient on the 'Urban Range'. Encounter the Bearded Cats (a sleazy club combo), Lonely Rosa (party guest from hell), Feral Nelda (gross yet graceful) and the little boy, resident in an 'adult shop', who believes mother is boxed and inflatable. Even Joe, hot from the cowboy's conga, makes his appearance as he sets off on a sand counting expedition. So close your eyes, mount your camel and transport yourself to this Vegas of another world -- let your pictures come too!

Brian 1993
LP Side one
Green Candle
Night
Bearded Cats
The Blowflies' Dilemma
Dichotomy Rag
A Critical Dance
 LP Side Two
Wilf in Builth
Leery Looks (from Father's Books)
None After Rain
Clean Gender
Vitamin Song
Lonely Rosa
J.P.W.B.C.
Like Some Kous-Kous Western
Nelda Danced at Daybreak
There's a Cap on the Lawn

P + © 1993 T. E. C. Tones,
P.O. Box 1477 Hoboken, N.J. 07030


RENALDO AND THE LOAF are:
BRIAN POOLE: 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, Casiotone 202, piano, bowed bouzouki, rababa, mesmer, glockenspiel, thumbpiano, harmonica, kazoo and voice.
DAVE JANSSEN: Clarinet, electric guitar, bouzouki, Casiotone 202, percussion, fragmentor and loops.
with DAVE BAKER: Violin on Bearded Cats and J.P.W.B.C.

Recorded and mixed at home over a protracted period from December 1980 to January 1983.
CD package Deign: Steven Cerio; Type: Susan Conley
Our appreciateion to Gary, Dave and John for occasional equipment loan.

The Hums Do Not Intrude

A ROTCOD PRODUCTION 1983
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