Sunday, January 24, 2021

Something For Sunday: Montage

When
The Left Banke split, leader Michael Brown went into the studio with four unknown musicians (who never did anything else) and cut this slice of vinyl heaven. Co-written with Bert Sommer and the Leftie's Tom Feher,
Montage is often overlooked in a field dominated by Sagittarius, The Left Banke, and Millennium.

Recorded in '68 - the Great Year Of Things Like This - the dumbass record company - why the fuck were they on Laurie? - sat on it until summer '69, when nobody was much interested in '68 any more, and gave it possibly the worst sleeve design in the history of worst [below - Ed.].

Whether your Sabbath is spent cataloging your Hummel© figurine collection, baking muffins for the homeless, or simply beating off into panties lifted from your neighbor's laundry, Montage will make it that much sunnier!


18 comments:

  1. This album contains the greatest "wrong note" in pop - the deliberately (Brown knew what he was doing) off-key "sand" in Men Are Building Sand. Takes a while to get used to.

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    1. If a producer even noticed that now they'd autotune-"fix" it!

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  2. I'd buy your cover any day! I agree that the original looks like cold garbage.

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    1. Thank you. It uses a painting called "Desire" by Pino Daeni, what paints swell pictures of tomatoes in states of undress.

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    2. Tomatoes and Fabio Lanzoni. Pino was also a world-class illustrator.

      Worked with Pino on a feminine hygiene campaign for the "Glossies". Coincidentally, his son and business manager Max, was/is a real douche bag.

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    3. Fabio Labonza!
      Color me impressed that you woiked wit' the Great Artiste!

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    4. Give me some time, and I'll submit something about Pino.

      Will submit part two of "Adventures With Bob: Farts In Church, Lead Balloons, Or How I Was Granted An Audience With Peter, Which Led To This Prequel." later this week

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    5. *theme from Twilight Zone"*
      For Jack Kerouac's Cat, the day begins like any other. A ride to the station for the commute to Madison Avenue. Taking the elevator to the fortieth floor and greeting the stenographers as he makes his way to his office. But things are different today. Someone sits at his desk looking at the layouts for the FemKlene© campaign. Someone who looks exactly like ... him. Someone called ... Martin.


      Starring Martin Balsam as "Martin".

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    6. Adapted for television by Martin Amis

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    7. music by a finely crafted guitar

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  3. The bridge on Michael Brown's journey between Left Banke and Stories.
    And THE definitive recording of Desiree...

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  4. Haven't heard Montage in years, any chance of a link?

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    1. I blacked out from exhaustion after shoveling the drive free of spam.

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  5. a link would be very nice indeed! (and I agree, lovely new cover!)

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  6. Sounds like a lovely soundtrack to my Sunday ritual of sullying my neighbor's undies (who told you?!?!).

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