Alien City – Alien City (Dog Star, 1979)
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- Audio > Music
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- 12
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- 126.31 MB
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- Alien City Dog Star 1979
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- Aug 21, 2015
- By:
- Amon88
Alien City – Alien City (Dog Star, 1979) Originally released in a limited pressing of 500 copies, this album took five years to complete. That’s an absurd amount of time for a microscopically small, self-financed recording at any time — perhaps more so in the ’70s, when not everybody had the means of producing, pressing and distributing an album electronically like so many bedroom artists today. The man responsible for Alien City was a Seattle, WA native named Jon Turnbow, and his labor of love is actually a concept album. The concept is a little vague, it is described as “the Incarnation of Celestial Visitors,” but the message gets a bit lost over the course of the album. The best description one could give of Alien City would be “Ziggy Stardust” or “Aladdin Sane” era Bowie, a little more glam/prog, a little less punk, and a bit more out of left field. Reports indicate that Jon might have spent time in an asylum after recording this album. Unlike Stephen David Heitkotter — whose stunning album Heitkotter was posted here on Monday — hopefully he has since been rehabilitated. Original copies included a lyric sheet. There are currently no plans for a reissue, but just like the Harbinger album yesterday and the Heitkotter LP on Monday, both of these lost gems deserve to be heard. Thanks again to Swan Fungus reader Viagra Falls for this recording — I can’t wait to see what else he uncovers for us to enjoy in the future. Tracklist: 01. Alien City (Overtura) – Get Away 02. Cathode Rays 03. Information Overload 04. Older Men 05. Suffer 06. Almost Every Day 07. Target Area 08. Keep Your Cool 09. Between The Lines (Ruby’s Blues) 10. You’re Being Used 11. Dirty Heaven
by the way, the tracks are in the mp3 format.
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