the one and only world-wide ongoing tribute to the music of Robyn Hitchcock, since 1994.
Glass Flesh Volume 4 is here! Only 100 copies available -Order now!
"I 'spect you wish my skin was made of glass, so you could see what I'm digesting. But the feeling's mutual, and there are a lot more of you than there are of me." --Robyn Hitchcock, live at the Knitting Factory, NYC, March 1997
the one and only world-wide ongoing tribute to the music of Robyn Hitchcock, since 1994. Glass Flesh Volume 4 is here! Only 100 copies available -Order now! |
|
Reviews - Releases - MySpace - Tracklist - Order now!
What is GLASS FLESH?
Glass Flesh is a world-wide Robyn Hitchcock tribute project that
has seen the creation of multiple cassette and professional CD releases. Participants
have included such indie darlings as singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt and members
of the beloved "Elephant 6" collective - including members of such groups as
the Decemberists, Elf Power, Marshmallow Coast and others.
October 31, 2011: Volume Four is released!
Another good old-fashioned physical disc packed with over 75 minutes of quality Robyn Hitchcock cover-age. If we may say so, we feel we've outdone ourselves yet again....
Here is the track listing:
1 The Misbelieves: Take this in Remembrance 3:09
2 John Kanis: Fifty-two Stations 3:47
3 Mark Gloster: Beautiful Queen of Eyes 8:18
4 Full Dimensional: Zipper in my Spine 1:52
5 Kevin Slick: Kingdom of Love 3:53
6 Chris Huff: Acid Bird 4:29
7 Modest Mr Brown: Vibrating 3:31
8 Kevin Slick: Flesh Number One 3:20
9 The Four Elements: Filthy Bird* 4:55
10 Edward of Sim: Out of the Picture 3:38
11 Dolph Chaney: Glass 2:09
12 Kevin Slick: Balloon Man 3:18
13 Lazerlove 5: Sweet Ghost of Light* 3:46
14 Paul Montagne: Flesh Cartoons 4:25
15 Onkel Jose: Winter Love* 3:11
16 The Number Nine Line: Driving Aloud (Radio Storm) 5:30
17 2OF: The Face of Death 4:16
18 Nismo S. Rebrot: My Wife and my Dead Wife 4:17
19 Kevin Slick: Madonna of the Wasps 3:57
total time 1 hour, 15 min, 41 sec. (75:41)
*Featuring super sweet female vocals
Get yours before they're gone...
 |
What is GLASS FLESH 3? It's our third CD release (The first was in 1996 and the second was in 2001.) This one is an extremely limited edition home made CD-R. All 30 copies of this release have been sold! Thanks for your interest. You can hear samples of all of the three discs at MySpace. Advantages of the CD-R over downloading the MP3s only:
|
This is the tracklisting, with links to find out more about these fine musical artists.
1 Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis) - Hope
Chest
A cheerful rendition, featuring a little Roxy Music music at the end.
2 Raining Twilight Coast - Jen
Bernard
Beautiful and spare live track from the Robyn tribute gig in Portland, OR in
2000. [mp3]
3 Chinese Bones - Mark
Gloster
Mark the Shark does it again with a powerful and well rendered track, his third
for the Glass Flesh endeavor.
4 Knife - Dolph
Chaney
Some flat out cool sound collages make this cut a winner - indeed, better than
the original.
5 A Happy Bird is a Filthy Bird - The Love Tree
Again, I'd rate this above the original recording.
6 Luminous Rose - 4
Elements
It's the song many RH fans love to hate, but what a beautiful interpretation
with a string section and female vocals.
7 Old Pervert - Smelly Tongues
The other live track on this disc, it's a kick down the doors barn burner.
8 Do Policemen Sing - Centralux
Brilliant take on a classic Hitchcock tune - faithful, yet creative.
9 The Pigworker - Ryan
Conners
A sort of BBC Radiophonic Workshop influence graces this early song - unexpected
and stylistically inventive.
10 When I Was Dead - 50
Cent Haircut
A smoky country and western flavor infuses what some have called the best Robyn
Hitchcock cover they've ever heard. [mp3]
11 Veins of the Queen - Yarn
Deep and complex; highly listenable and catchy. [mp3]
12 Never Stop Bleeding - Lamps
The breathwork will leave you breathless.
13 Creatures of Light - Monkey
Typing Pool
Epic take on this little known track released only on flexidisc in the dark
days of the early 90s.
14 Birdshead - Skates
& Rays
Fun and energy-packed tune bursts from your speakers.
15 Give it to the Soft Boys - The X-mans
Spiffy version with rainstick features (as far as I know) the only father-daughter
team to record a Hitchcock song.
16 The Man Who Invented Himself - Adam
Leonard
An infectious folk drone version of this great Syd Barrett tribute from Black
Snake Diamond Role.
17 If You Were a Priest - The Cogs
Sweet and short post-punk confection. [mp3]
18 The Man with the Lightbulb Head - Gareth
Davies
Faithful and fun right down to the evil laugh!
19 Only the Stones Remain - Number Nine Line
NoNL venture into eastern-mysticism-inspired trance music - no survivors. (Except
Stonehenge).
20 So You Think You're in Love - Canadian
Invasion
Slow and savory, it gets under your skin in a good way.
The Second CD (2001)
is known as Glass Flesh 2
The First CD (1996)
you can read about the first
CD on the venerable fegmania.org, cornerstone of Robyn content on
the web.
The Cassettes (1994-5)
There's a legacy site dedicated to the Cassettes on the venerable
fegmania.org as well.
Purchase the CDs (now with PayPal!) Here is the order form.