Richard Swift - Other People's Songs

[bigideas]

some of this may have been recorded at The Loft...

 

08/06/08

RICHARD SWIFT

Releases Free Digital EP, Hits the Road With Stereolab and The Walkmen

Secretly Canadian is pleased to announce "Ground Trouble Jaw," a new digital EP from RICHARD SWIFT, which is being given away for free for a limited time via our friends at EMusic. The EP is sure to please fans of classic Swift, as the five tracks run the gamut from 60s girl group pop to Motown soul to Onasis-flavored 50s street gang doo-wop to synth-fueled pop classics (think Prince sitting in on the "Plastic Ono" sessions) - all with Swift's emerging trademark vocals which bring his songs to life like few other singers do today.

[myboyblue]

This is really good. Thanks for the link.

[TCP]

Thank you, kind sir/ma'am! Haven't heard him since I saw him open for Wilco one year ago. I forgot how enjoyable his music is.

[bigideas]

Thank you, kind sir! Haven't heard him since I saw him open for Wilco one year ago. I forgot how enjoyable his music is.

 

then you also probably missed his double EP Swift as Onasis, too.

i didn't understand why he made it a double ep - which i've never heard of being done before. each EP was around 20 mins, so it would not even take up half a disc. i think one is a little more lo-fi, so it's possibly maybe the were done at different times periods. there are only a handful of the tracks with vocals actually, just instrumentals, etc.

 

of course, i would recommend someone to get his actual albums before getting Onasis.

[blindgonzo]

i'm liking this!

[bigideas]

good.

i still haven't downloaded all the tracks (slow connection).

 

do any of you have any of his other stuff?

 

i've known about him since he was putting out 7"'s on Velvet Blue Music.

if you see any of those, pick them up. they're different versions than what ended up on Dressed Up for the Letdown and there are some great b-sides.

[bigideas]

http://www.blogotheque.net/Richard-Swift,4393

 

some vids/songs from his b-day party.

small wilco mention.

[bigideas]

http://otherpeoplessongs.tumblr.com/

 

“Other People’s Songs Vol. 1” is a collection of covers recorded on the weekend of August 21-22, 2010 (with the aid of a four-track cassette recorder and a Coles-4038 ribbon microphone). It is available to you (the world) via the inter-webs for FREE. These recordings came about spontaneously, and we wanted to share them in the same manner. Look for another one around Winter time. “Thanks, Brochacho” - DJ/RS

 

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CREDITS:

 

Damien Jurado: singing, guitars, percussion, fx

 

Richard Swift: singing, guitars, bass, drums, various keyboards, fx

 

Josh Ottum: additional guitar on “Hello Sunshine”

 

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Recorded/Mixed by Richard Swift @ National Freedom

 

Mastered by Christopher Colbert @ Cobra Research Center

 

Photo by Sarah Jurado / Layout & Type by ONASIS

 

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THANKS: Josh Ottum, Chris Colbert & The Swansons

 

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“Be Not So Fearful” - Originally by Bill Fay

 

“Hello Sunshine” - Originally by Relatively Clean Rivers

 

“Sweetness” - Originally by Yes

 

“Sincere Replies” - Originally by Oh! Calcutta! Original Broadway Cast

 

“If The Sun Stops Shinin’” - Originally by Chubby Checker

 

“Follow Me” - Originally by John Denver

 

“Outside My Window” - Originally by The Fleetwoods

 

“Radioactivity” - Originally by Kraftwerk

 

“Crazy Like A Fox” - Originally by Link Cromwell & The Zoo

[Calexico]

Anything involving Damien Jurado is a go for me. I really like this too, great choice of covers and just banged down on tape and no fiddle faddling.

[bigideas]

Swift has been putting up unreleased b-sides on his Tumblr/website.

 

Is there a way to download those tracks?