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Portuguese Murder Ballads by This Old Earthquake (CD, 2012) NEW SEALED
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Language
- Portuguese
- Style
- Ballad
- Features
- Sealed
- UPC
- 0812616010898
- Artist
- This Old Earthquake
- Format
- CD
- Release Year
- 2012
- Record Label
- CD Baby, Cdb
- Release Title
- Portuguese Murder Ballads
- Genre
- Folk
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Record Label
CD Baby, Cdb
UPC
0812616010898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26046046909
Product Key Features
Release Year
2012
Format
CD
Genre
Folk
Artist
This Old Earthquake
Release Title
Portuguese Murder Ballads
Dimensions
Item Height
0.12 in
Item Weight
0.07 lb
Item Length
5.13 in
Item Width
5.02 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks
9
Number of Discs
1
Tracks
1.1 Lisbon 1.2 Birthday Card 1.3 Tsunami 1.4 Salvation 1.5 400 Angels 1.6 Make Yourself at Home 1.7 Cemetery Street 1.8 Say Goodbye 1.9 End of the Line
Notes
Bearing nearly 80 years of musicianship between three members, This Old Earthquake brings to full gestation the tears, toils and joys of experience with the release of the groups' first album, Portuguese Murder Ballads. The self-produced nine-song collection of originals blends sweet harmony and a laid- back tempo into melodies that linger just behind the beat. The effect is somber, bitter- sweet and nostalgically melancholic. The songs invite meditative reflection. In May of this year, the three men-Steve Trivelpiece, Michael Burton and Ethan Okamura-made the 3600-mile-round-trip to Palmer Texas for a coveted five-day session in Palmyra Studios. A cut above "It's one of the nicer analog studios in the country," say Ethan Okamura, This Old Earthquake's singing, song-writing guitarist. Owned and operated by Paul Middleton, an engineer to Bonnie Raitt since 1986, Palmyra is home to the audiophile's collection of state of the art vintage audio equipment as well as his crown jewel, the 1969 Automated Neve analog-mixing board previously owned by Abbey Road Studios in London. Middleton first heard This Old Earthquake in Bolinas at a private party. "He took some interest in us," says guitar and vocal artist Steve Trivelpiece. Later, a mutual friend provided Middleton with a copy of the promotional CD the group completed in December of 2008. From his studio in Texas, Middleton told the Citizen, "I listened to the songs at least hundreds of times...these songs touched me so strongly I just couldn't get away from it." An industry professional for many years, Middleton expresses concern he has with standard digital recording practices and the tendency to tweak things or over produce, "I didn't want that to happen to their music," he says. "I knew they didn't need to tamper with it. All the group needs is find the right feeling and go in there and record," says Middleton. "We wanted to help capture that." All said and done he adds, "The sheer passion in the music...it's one of the best albums I've heard in many, many years." It takes a village Being family men, it took the group several months to arrange time off from work and child-care. Family and friends heartily orchestrated necessities for the journey a van, coolers packed with provisions and domestic support for the young family members staying at home. Upon arriving, the group set to the task. "We made the most of it. We slept right in the studio; we recorded-we were in there [working] 13 or 14 hour days," says Trivelpiece. Drawing on experience The difference between performing before a live audience and recording in a studio is far from subtle. While individual instrumental nuances and interpretations may come off nicely during a performance, they don't necessarily translate into solid musical terms on record. "For several years, I've been spending a lot of time in the studio," says Okamura. In addition to a former partnership in the Terra Linda studio, Okamura has a studio at home. Thanks to the advancement and availability of technology, "It is easy to stock yourself with a descent home studio," he says. Going into the studio is often a challenge for performers. However, all three of the seasoned musicians have done studio work on other projects. During sessions in Terra Linda for the 2008 demo, This Old Earthquake worked out arrangements and solidified parts. The solidarity served them well when they hit Texas-nine songs in five days is quite a feat. "We barely got what we needed to get done;" Okamura iterates, "literally, at three in the morning." "We were loading the van," Trivelpiece chimes in. "I was finishing up a guitar track," Okamura says with a grin. The group hit the highway for a long haul home at 3:30 a.m.. Fixing an identity "Wasn't our first gig at the community center?" asks Trivelpiece, unable to recall the exact moment the ball began rolling. To be certain, in the fall of 2007 Trivelpiece moved back to West Marin following an eleven year-hiatus. Okam
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