Saturday, July 16, 2011

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE GRANDMOTHERS

1981 saw the release of the first Grandmothers album. It was a superb collection of demos and recordings by the early Mothers: Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk & Buzz Gardner, Eliot Ingber, Motorhead Sherwood, ...
Shortly thereafter, Panda Records released a Fan Club Talk album. It was not just an album as the package included a newsletter, an offical fan club membership card, an autographed picture and a Cal Schenkel art piece (the cover) on an iron transfer.
The first edition of this Fan Club Talk album was issued on a white 'square' vinyl album. It was a cut-out of a 12" disc, resulting in some sort of 10" square vinyl.
After the first edition, 500 copies of white vinyl, Panda did a second release of 450 copies on pink vinyl. The vinyl was cut in the same way as the first edition.
In 1983, Panda records re-released the Fan Club Talk Album as a picture disc. Actually, it got released shortly after the "Looking Up Granny's Dress" album.
In 1982, Rhino release the third Grandmothers album, "Looking Up Granny's Dress". The album included fragments of a live concert in Denmark from 1980, and some interesting bonus material, including a very early version of 'Deseri' with Ray Collins, Frank Zappa and Ronnie Williams.
After "Looking Up Granny's Dress" & the 1982 tour, the first part of the The Grandmothers story ended, only to return in 1988 when Jimmy Carl Black assambled a band that he called The Grandmothers.
Data and pictures have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

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