Light in the Attic's Liner Notes

Latest Episodes:

Record Store Day 2017 Apr 05, 2017

Show notes

The stories behind our wild bunch of Record Store Day Releases, including the soundtrack to the 1973 Edie Sedgwick film Ciao! Manhattan; a box set of transcendental, minimalist proto-new age piano music by George Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann; and the trance-inducing soundtrack to the Volcom surf film Psychic Migrations.

Track List:

White Fence - "Only Man Alive" (Psychic Migrations)
Gurdjieff/de Hartmann - "Prayer & Despair"
Gurdjieff/de Hartmann - "Caucasian Dance"
Gurdjieff/de Hartmann - "The Struggle Of The Magicians" (Fragment No. 5)
Gino Piserchio - "Angel Shock" (Ciao! Manhattan)
Edie Sedgwick - "Turn the whole world on just for a moment..." (Ciao! Manhattan - Dialogue Track)
Richie Havens - "To Give All Your Love Away" (Ciao! Manhattan)
John Phillips - "Malibu People" (Ciao! Manhattan)
Skip Battin & Kim Fowley - "Citizen Kane" (Ciao! Manhattan)
Al Lover - "Flight Patterns" (Psychic Migrations)
Gurdjieff/de Hartmann - "The Struggle Of The Magicians" (Fragment No. 5)(Psychic Migrations)
Bitchin Bajas - "Bajas Ragas" (Psychic Migrations)
Cave - "Shikaakwa" (Psychic Migrations)

Credits:

Hosts/Producers: Hilary Staff & Jackie Allen
Editor/Producer: Michelle Lanz
Guests: Charles Ketcham, David Weisman, Kurt Midness, Ryan Thomas

The Tumbleweed Records Story Mar 21, 2017

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This is the story of the little record label that could... until it couldn't. From 1971-1973 Tumbleweed Records put out an eclectic range of music from a wild family of musicians, many of whom were local to Denver, Colorado. Over the past few decades, crate diggers have stumbled upon Tumbleweed's records in dollar bins around the country, unaware of the short-lived, glittering empire behind them.

Credits:

Creators, Hosts, Production: Hilary Staff & Jackie Allen
Liner Notes & Interviews: Sarah Sweeney
Production, Sound Design, Editing: Michelle Lanz
Thanks to Bill Szymczyk for granting us an interview.

Track Listing: (all the music from this episode is from Sing It High, Sing It Low: Tumbleweed Records 1971-1973)

Dewey Terry - Sweet As Spring
Danny Holien - Colorado
Arthur Gee-Whiz Band - Sunday Sherry
Robb Kunkel - Turn Of The Century
Danny Holien- Colorado (again)
Dewey Terry - Do On My Feet (What I Did In The Street)
Pete McCabe - Late Letter
Michael Stanley - Rosewood Bitters
Robb Kunkel - Abyss
10.Dewey Terry - Sweet As Spring
Arthur Gee - Plain Talk

Spooner Oldham Feb 08, 2017

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You may not know his name, but you know his music. Spooner Oldham is a linchpin of southern soul and R&B. A legendary ivory-tickler whose name is synonymous with the Muscle Shoals sound of Alabama, Oldham has backed and/or written songs for the likes of Etta James, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and so many more (check out a more complete list here, if you want your mind blown).

We can't wait for y'all to get to know him better.

Hosted by Hilary Staff & Jackie Allen
Edited by Michelle Lanz
Guests: Spooner Oldham, Andria Lisle, Roxanne Oldham, Matt Sullivan

The Philosophy Of The Shaggs Jan 03, 2017

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The story of The Shaggs is larger than life. It includes a grandmother’s prophecy, a driven father, three unassuming sisters, a cat named Foot-Foot, and perhaps the most polarizing outsider album of all time. In this episode of the Light In The Attic Podcast Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) interviews original Shagg Dot Wiggin, and Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) reads excerpts from his liner notes for our reissue of The Shaggs' 'Philosophy Of The World.'

Hosts/Producers: Hilary Staff & Jackie Allen
Editor & Co-Producer: Michelle Lanz
Guests: Dot Wiggin, Ira Kaplan, Lenny Kaye
All music from The Shaggs - Philosophy Of The World and The Shaggs - 7" Sweet Maria b/w The Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)

Heartworn Highways Dec 06, 2016

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Once in a blue moon, a filmmaker hits record at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened in ’76 with music doc 'Heartworn Highways,’ which follows key players in the outlaw country music of the 1970s. Emboldened by the radical 60s, country musicians in Tennessee and Texas rejected the commercial “Nashville sound” and returned country music to its rougher honky-tonk roots. This episode of The Light In The Attic Podcast goes behind the scenes of our reissue of the soundtrack to this cult classic documentary that captured Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Allan Coe, Steve Young, Steve Earle and many others before they hit it real big.

Hosts/Producers: Hilary Staff & Jackie Allen
Editor & Co-Producer: Michelle Lanz
Guests: Matt Sullivan, Patrick McCarthy, Sam Sweet
All music from the Heartworn Highways Original Soundtrack

Hazlewoodology Apr 19, 2016

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In episode four, we take you on a wild ride through the wonderful world of Lee Hazlewood. This in-depth look at the life and tunes of the legendary mustachioed cowboy crooner is the first of its kind and features incredible insight thanks to our guest host, Hunter Lea — a Hazlewoodologist. Push play to hear all about Hazlewoodism, its cause, and its cure.

Guest Producer & Host: Hunter Lea
Mastering: Hunter Lea
Intro & Outro Host: Morgan Chosnyk
Creators/Coordinators: Matt Sullivan & Jackie Allen
Opening Credit Song: Jim Sullivan - "Highways"

Low Down With Flea & Amy-Jo Sep 02, 2015

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Episode 3 is finally here and it's all about our recent jazz soundtrack release, Low Down. Listen in on a conversation between Flea (co-producer & co-star of the Low Down film) and author Amy-Jo Albany (whose memoir about growing up with her dad, legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany, sparked the film). They talk about their shared experiences growing up with drug-addicted jazz musician fathers in the Los Angeles of the 60s & 70s. They also talk about hitchhiking, that one time Flea chased Amy-Jo around a supermarket, and the strange relationship between pain and beauty. We've included many musical interludes of Joe Albany's enchanting ivory-tickling, and Amy-Jo reads us a few passages from her brilliant book: Low Down: Junk, Jazz & Other Fairy Tales From Childhood. Have a listen to episode 3 right here on iTunes!

Greetings From Suicide Bridge Jun 02, 2015

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This episode tells the story behind our reissue of the 1984 Los Angeles loner folk album Songs From Suicide Bridge by David Kauffman and Eric Caboor. Album producer Patrick McCarthy describes how the reissue came about, author Sam Sweet reads his liner notes, and we play several tracks from the album.

Your Host:
Jackie Allen (LITA editorial & social media coordinator)

This Week’s Guests:
Patrick McCarthy (LITA project manager & producer of reissue of Songs From Suicide Bridge)
Sam Sweet (Los Angeles-based author who wrote the liner notes for Songs From Suicide Bridge)

Links:
The Light In The Attic Website
Songs From Suicide Bridge release page
Q&A with David Kauffman & Eric Caboor
Sam Sweet’s website

All songs are from Songs From Suicide Bridge: (in order of appearance)
"Kiss Another Day Goodbye"
"Neighborhood Blues"
"Life Without Love"
"One More Day"
"Life And Times On The Beach"

Credits:
Mastering by Patrick McCarthy (LITA Project Manager/Producer)

Any questions, feedback, suggestions, or requests? Please email podcast@lightintheattic.net or tweet @lightintheattic.

Record Store Day 2015 Apr 14, 2015

Show notes

Welcome to the Light In The Attic Podcast pilot episode! We are so excited to finally be presenting this new format to you all. In our first episode, we discuss our Record Store Day 2015 releases. Episode 2 will be out in May and will focus on one of our most recent releases, 1984 folk album Songs From Suicide Bridge with guest Sam Sweet.

Your Hosts:

Matt Sullivan (founder and co-owner of LITA)

Jackie Allen (LITA editorial & social media coordinator)

This Week’s Guest:
Lydia Hyslop (LITA Girl Friday, zine editor, and filmmaker)

Events:

Record Store Day is April 18th, 2015 at your local shop!

In Los Angeles, there will be a midnight showing of Shogun Assassin at Cinefamily on Record Store Day.

In Seattle, LITA will be DJing and selling some of our RSD wares at Populuxe Brewery starting at 3pm on RSD.

Relevant Links:

The Light In The Attic Website

Our blog post about our Record Store Day releases

Shogun Assassin release page

Willie Nelson’s Teatro release page

Zine release page - check out that picture of Sugluk!

Native North America release page (the comp. that Sugluk is featured on)

The LITA Podcast is supported by our friends at Gnar Tapes. Check out their podcast Gnar FM TGIF Podcast and the new Gnar Burger Shop in Highland Park, LA.

The Shogun Assassin Trailer

Music From The Episode:

Intro Song: “Highways” by Jim Sullivan from UFO

[Song in Shogun Trailer] “Lone Wolf’s Theme” from Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin song preview “Eyes of a Demon”

First Teatro song preview “Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour (Where Are You, My Love)”

Second Teatro song preview “I Never Cared For You”

Outro Song “Fall Away” by Sugluk from Native North American Vol. 1

Credits:

Mastering by the amazing Patrick McCarthy (LITA Project Manager/Producer)

Any questions, feedback, suggestions, or requests?

Please email podcast@lightintheattic.net.