RED LETTER DAY - RED LETTER DEMOS
Hailing from San Francisco, Red Letter Day (Gino Nave, John Reinert and Ernie Taira) have managed to become a cult group and will stay in history of Power Pop as one of the most elusive band of the era. Red Letter Day released their self produced album in 1996 to critical acclaim. The album evoked the best of power pop, Shoes, Jellyfish, The Posies or even Off Broadway. Red Letter Day were also featured on the Bam Balam Explosion # 5 with an exclusive song "Bubblegum" which was part of a bunch of demos recorded by the band. Those demos have never been officially released (except "Bubblegum"). Here they are at last in full stereo.
Today, Gino Nave and John Reinert have formed Achievements in Sound and have released two albums full of amazing power pop a la Squeeze/McCartney: "Microbeings" (2005) and "The Swim-Wade Threshold" (2008) which are available on itunes, they also played on the excellent Jarret Cooper's "Sorry For The Wait" (2008).
Special note: I got these pristine demos a while back from the same power pop fan, but they were all unnamed, so they got shelved until i could title them. That day came recently when i got some help from Curt & Mick who had found a different source with the names but with a lesser sound quality. As usual, i made the artwork using parts of the original Red Letter Day CD. A PPC exclusive.
Songs
1 Feels Like Gulliver / Shangri-La / Try / The Man Who Invented Wheel / Spirit Your Blues Away / Live Eternally / Bubblegum / Baby Takes A Train / Still Feel The Sting / I Scream In Code / Water / Seize The Day / Red Letter Day / Hero / Never The One / Transition Time
2 I Go Crazy (Alt Version 1) / I Go Crazy / Olympia / Nice Girls / For You / M.Grey / Proving Ground / Heaven / Hazy Jane / Goodbye / Is Everybody Satisfied / Better Beginning / M.Grey (Alt Version 1) / I Go Crazy (Alt Version 2) / Come To My Place
Today, Gino Nave and John Reinert have formed Achievements in Sound and have released two albums full of amazing power pop a la Squeeze/McCartney: "Microbeings" (2005) and "The Swim-Wade Threshold" (2008) which are available on itunes, they also played on the excellent Jarret Cooper's "Sorry For The Wait" (2008).
Special note: I got these pristine demos a while back from the same power pop fan, but they were all unnamed, so they got shelved until i could title them. That day came recently when i got some help from Curt & Mick who had found a different source with the names but with a lesser sound quality. As usual, i made the artwork using parts of the original Red Letter Day CD. A PPC exclusive.
Songs
1 Feels Like Gulliver / Shangri-La / Try / The Man Who Invented Wheel / Spirit Your Blues Away / Live Eternally / Bubblegum / Baby Takes A Train / Still Feel The Sting / I Scream In Code / Water / Seize The Day / Red Letter Day / Hero / Never The One / Transition Time
2 I Go Crazy (Alt Version 1) / I Go Crazy / Olympia / Nice Girls / For You / M.Grey / Proving Ground / Heaven / Hazy Jane / Goodbye / Is Everybody Satisfied / Better Beginning / M.Grey (Alt Version 1) / I Go Crazy (Alt Version 2) / Come To My Place
6 comments:
hi there
i´ve got The finders- 'Calling Doctor powerpop' album (bloody good). if u are interested in publishing it just let me know. I´d be very glad to share it.
anyway thanks for your blog
cheers
great to see these beautiful gems finally out there to be heard as they long ago should be....the red letter day album was always a wonderful thing and these fabulous demos are every bit as vital. it was only recently that i came across the fantastic news that gino nave and john reinert were musically active once more and i have to say the two achievement in sound albums are absolute winners....everything a longtime red letter day lover could hope for.....
all the best
mick
hi,passwords is ..?
thanks
link for disc 2 does not work. re-up? Thank you
meant to say links for the 2 cd set are both down. Thanks again
Any chance of a reup, discovered ACHIEVEMENTS IN SOUND here, loving it, gotta go backwards now...Thanks for all the great stuff
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