Lafargue Records
Hosting music from the vaults of deceased record labels.Archive for March, 2009
My People Pray by Starlight – Live at World of Heroes
My People Pray by Starlight at their first gig on their 2003 Southern California tour with 300 Pounds and Walpurgus Night. Recorded in the back of a comic book shop. Released on 30 CD-Rs and 5 video DVD-Rs.
My People Pray by Starlight – Empire Fest
My People Pray by Starlight at the Santa Cruz Empire Music Festival at 2161 Empire Grade in March of 03. Cass McCombs, The Anchors, and 4 Minute Mile shared the bill (among many others). 130 CD-R copies were made and distributed at shows.
1 Exit- Technicolour Sound
2 I Will Bare Witness
3 A Reporter’s Heart
4 The Blood of a Thousand
5 Birth of a Social Society
Ghosts of Progress – The Letters of Lost Hope
The first full length record from the Ghosts of Progress. Recorded in Santa Cruz, California between 2003 and 2004. The groups roster for this recorded included a large number of musicians, including Amanda West, Wooly Mar, and members of 300 Pounds and Travel by Train. It was released in limited numbers and sold out quickly. Initially released on 100 CD-Rs, then again on CD and vinyl 12”.
01 highway lines
02 forecasts broken cars (march 10th, 1937 – Woodward, OK)
03 a quiet pass so long (April 2nd, 1937 – Colorado)
04 out west (march 11th 1937 – Woodward, OK)
05 Oklahoma from California (April 20th, 1937 – Salinas, CA)
06 Interlude
07 letters and pages (may 3rd, 1937 – CA)
08 a living war (may 29th, 1937 – CA)
09 just listen and leave (June 10th, 1937)
10 last song
11 end
Original CD release. Included hand screened case, picture book, and a slipcase.
Inside the CD sleeve.
The Vinyl release.
Travel by Train – Blues for a One Armed Man
Travel by Trains second record, recorded in an abandoned, haunted house in the mountains around Santa Cruz in 2005.
1 no apples for me I’m plum crazy
2 satan’s path is fraught with imitation ice milk
3 ontological truths are found in everyday events
The Technicolour Sound – Live at the Red and Black Cafe
The Technicolour Sound, live at the Red and Black Cafe in Portland, OR on 03/28/2003.
1 I will bare witness
2 A reporter’s heart
3 the blood of a thousand
4 the candle has been out for hours
