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+carnival art albums+

carnival art have released 2 lps on the beggars banquet label and have appeared on many compilations and tributes. to make it easier, i'll just make a list of the albums and some notes about each, and maybe even the songs! wow, you're so lucky...


thrumdrone

thrumdrone was their first album, released 08.13.1991 on beggars banquet. members on this album: michael p. tak (vocals, guitar), ed (guitar, vocals), brian bell (bass, vocals), keith fallis (drums, vocals). additional musicians: horace blueveins (vocals), keith woods (clarinet), jay carney, j.p. evans, aurora ali (background vocals). recorded at a&m studios and sweaty elvis studios, los angeles, california. the songs on the album are:

1 - Blind
2 - Backyard King
3 - Little Doorprize
4 - Hammer And Nails
5 - Wrestling Swamis
6 - Octopus*
7 - Sticky Green
8 - Will Power
9 - Neon And Debauchery
10 - Antihero
11 - Mr. Blue Veins
12 - Ruth's Advice
13 - Drop Dead
14 - Itchy Little House
15 - Bigger Things
16 - Mrs. Pear's Reptile Homework

*=remake of Syd Barrett's(Pink Floyd) song


welcome to vas llegas

welcome to vas llegas was carnival art's second album, released on beggars banquet in 1992. members on this album: micheal p. tak (vocals and guitar), ed (guitar), keith fallis (drums and vocals), brian bell (bass). addition musician: horace blue veins (vocals on the 'pussycat song') recorded at cherokee recording and a&m recording, los angeles, california; and at greene street recording, ny, new york. the songs on this album are:

1 - Pussycat Song
2 - Shit Thick
3 - Sucker Punch
4 - Which is Wig
5 - Dread Full Head
6 - Blue Food
7 - Gold Plated Crazy
8 - Bullet Surprise
9 - Crepitus
10 - Little Elvis
11 - Pill Bugg


beggars banquet: the collection

beggars banquet: the collection, is a 29-song double cd released in 1991. the carnival art track which appeared on this album was 'hammer and nails' (1991). other artists featured include: gary newman, buffalo tom, peter murphy, love & rockets, and bauhaus.


welcome to our nightmare: tribute to alice cooper

welcome to our nightmare: tribute to alice cooper, is exactly as the title says: a tribute to the great alice cooper. the album was released on triple x records on 06.24.93. carnival art's cover of 'cold ethyl' appears along with other bands such as: the vandals, the flaming lips, and sloppy seconds. here's a review of the tribute by alternative press (8/93, p.93): "...At last, a tribute album which doesn't send you screeching for the originals!..."


the beggars banquet collection volume 2

deafening divinities with aural affinitites: the beggars banquet collection volume 2 was released in 1993 containing carnival art's 'bullet surprise'. other artists include: love & rockets, mercury rev, and daniel ash.


pspyched!
pspyched!: the secret underworld of alternative nuggets released 1999. here's what beggars banquet has to say about this album:

"THE SECRET UNDERWORLD OF ALTERNATIVE NUGGETS
Fourteen radically different artists compiled into a cohesive whole; the link is guitars and guitars and imagination. This is an update on garage - psyche, contemplative or aggressive, making an unholy noise and stretching out. The ethos has been underground since the 60’s but this is a snapshot of some of the artists who picked up the flame in the 80’s and 90’s. While the music is unlikely to tickle the underbelly of the chart behemouth and gain wide recognition, it can be treasured as a real alternative and there’s much more where this comes from...

PSPYCHED! - pronounced Spiked - is compiled from the Beggars vaults and though most of the artists are probably unfamiliar, there's a wealth of music here from around the world that deserves to be heard and preserved.
Many of the tracks were released as singles at the time or were the lead tracks from their respective albums, so at £5.50 (less than the price of 2 singles or, in the UK, 2 packs of cigarettes + skins!) the album is a total bargain and, we hope, well worth your while taking a chance on buying, with something there to satisfy any fan of alternative rock or substances. Treat yourself, you deserve it!"