What a Mess: Ordophon-Upon-Avon Archives

Date

April 20, 2011

Miracler

Chris von Sneidern

Location

San Francisco

You'll recall Mr. vS

from his Nov. '08 mix I'd Rather Feel Normal Than Happy or perhaps it was this past December's Folk Songs from the Old Kit Bag, which elicited a whopping 22 comments, such as "I listened to this sublime mix from start to finish and thought of people who I would definitely be sharing it with—a loop indeed," "Makes me feel like putting together a wood working shop, so I could blast this mix as I made a rocking horse—or something," "Listened to this mix while working all night on a project. Hypnotic," "This mix hangs together so well, it feels like a soundtrack," and "I agree with Kelly," and "As always, I love your mixes—keep them coming!" Your wish: fulfilled!

Liner NotesI've been producing and engineering records for a while now, at various studios around SF.  I thought I'd go through my big box of CDs that I've collected of client albums.  Many of these songs I hadn't heard in years, and it was fun to go through it all again.  Here are a few that stuck out as playable for this "extra" 3MPM submission.  Thanks!  cvs                            

1. Another Road
  /   Map of Wyoming

This album was made in trade for having my studio built in my basement, dug into the dirt below my house on Ord St.  That album went on for quite a long time!  We also built the album from the ground up.

2. Money Spider
  /  The Swamis

Kevin Seidel plays the bongos on this, I believe.

3. The Tears Came Down On Billie's Eyes
  /  Agnelli & Rave

Lauren Agnelli was in the Washington Squares. She and Dave came to SF, and with my friend Wes, we came up with this arrangement, my idea being that we keep changing keys, like in the Jeopardy! theme song.

4. Turned Around
  /  Jerry Boxley

Jerry entered songs into a songwriting contest and won.  I never knew who entered those contests or why. I liked this one best.

5. We Can Talk All Night
  /  Barbara Manning

When they put this out on record, they cut off the beginning where she asks, "Do I just say 1, 2, 3, 4?"  We made this in my bedroom on my reel to reel.

6. The Sun Is Shining For All
  /  Earl Zero

Roger Clark brought this interesting project to me.  Earl is from Kingston, so I was told, and the band were all Santa Cruz hippie guys.  

7. Ord Street Trilogy
  /  Bigwheel

I made two CDs with them.  This song was written (sort of) about my house being sold, and the studio space ultimately heading for landfill.  Before me, someone used the space to store vitamins.  A lot of them.

8. He Flew To the Sun
  /  Fiji Mermaid

She's still asking for remixes of this tune.  Her real name is Justine, and I get a kick out of her most times we record.

9. Tune Of an Evening
  /  Stephen Yerkey

My first gig as a producer in 1994.  Yerkey gave me two albums to listen to before we went to the studio- "Dreaming My Dreams" by Waylon, and "All I want to do in life" by Jack Clement.  This song sounds nothing like either of those LPs.

10. The Loving Kind
  /  Tom Heyman

Tom is a legend in my own time.

11. Makes Me Feel Good
  /  Pete Ham

This is the singer from Badfinger.  All his demos were on little reels in his brother's house in Swansea, and I was asked to overdub some instrumentation, a la "Free As A Bird" for the Lennon song.

Mix is up. See you back here or on our members-only Facebook page soon. 
Until next week, 
XOK