TS: Denny Lethargy VS. Denny Vertigo

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Nevermind, just checked, it's out of stock.

Insound has a copy -- only $120!

orgiastic voices chanting "Grunt the suck" over bleepy arrangements borrowed happily from early Depeche Mode singles is, if nothing else, unique.

Hahaha, too true -- it's obvious that "Dreaming Of Me" didn't leave Vertigo's turntable around the time of those studio sessions.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link

D: that one semi-hit from the early 80s with that horrible PLOOM PLANG Linn drum machine beat

"forest of fate"? i think that's the one that chuck writes about in stairway to hell.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link

B-side, dude. The hit was in 1983 and is called "Running Down The Demon's Alley."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link

There's that 3-song run on the blue record that could even pass as a 12" on Areal or Border Community.

Recently picked up this old Luciano tune from when he was recording as Shy Guy that samples "Foreign Shocks". It's a monster, from around 97 I think, has that kind of bouncy, elasticy early Klang Elektronik/Playhouse sound, samples the "what is this foreign shock/is our culture about to stop" line but picthed down with a load of delay, it could easily fit into say an Ada or Daniel Bell set.. I'll try and YSI in a bit.

― Ridley, Thursday, 25 August 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry, ned. like i said, i'm only really starting to dig into this stuff!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

That's quite all right. Make sure you look for the bootleg from the 1983 tour, Rectal Rockism.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Recently picked up this old Luciano tune from when he was recording as Shy Guy that samples "Foreign Shocks".

I've heard that tune, and while I'm no authority, I'm pretty sure he was actually sampling an old Egyptian Lover track that sampled "Foreign Shocks." (I don't remember the name of it, sorry.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link

hi denny wat is sister email why becuz she look interesting

― tombstone1414, Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

What hippy loser wasn't in Huautla de Jimenez trying to score some magic mushrooms after having read about it in Life when they were a freaking teenage loser? Vertigo was just one more lame, drug addled attendant at this spiritual buffet, standing in line right behind John Lennon, Bob Dylan and hundreds of other "celebrities" who wanted to go on their own "Great Adventure" and then bore everybody else with it.

don't forget vertigo's brief stint at the navajo sweat lodge. word has it jim seals and dash crofts were there that week too. they went down there to clean up and by the second day it was a veritable smorgasbord of coke, pot, shrooms, peyote, mescaline, and ludes.

― and I can walk out into the world, singing with my people (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Is there any truth to the story that Vertigo was an informant for the FBI like Timothy Leary?

― Jack Cole (jackcole), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link

i thought he was working for the CIA like chuck barris.

― and I can walk out into the world, singing with my people (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

I always imagined Vertigo as more of a snitch than a stealthy assassin.

― Jack Cole (jackcole), Thursday, 25 August 2005 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link

exactly

― and I can walk out into the world, singing with my people (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

BEST THREAD EVER

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha, fuckin right.

― F (Ferg), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

And Ladies and Gents, that's a wrap!

― My life with Baaderonixx and the Choco-pops babies (Fabfunk), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

i told you guys the backlash was coming.

― petesmith (plsmith), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Poor gear!

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, and with Narnack releasing the Lethargy tribute next month, and Vice putting out the Vertigo one in October, that's just gonna add fuel to the fire. Anybody got a tracklist on either of these?

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

playing optimo apparently

anyone know anything about this?

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link

haaaa

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link

is Denny Vertigo's solo LP Astral Milk-Fed Ganglia any good? i've heard so many people swear by that album, like it's a touchstone for proto-ambient psych-ish stuff.

d4n s3lz3r was trying to do a proper cd release through acute, but vertigo's unreliability coupled with legal issue over ownership has pretty much stalled the whole thing.

You got that wrong. I was only interested in the stuff from the disco/new wave years, but Futurismico sold the rights to Cherry Red, who had great success using "I Beat the Machine" on one of their jock-jam UK football compilations. Apparently is was big with Arsenal? Maybe another team, I don't remember. But now they're asking too much to license it.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Both of these bands are so crazy, you couldn't make this shit up.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link

oh yeah, not sure which team but apparent it was easily changed as "I Beat Manchester".

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, you're right, I dimly remember some promo video hash from 1994 when they dug Vertigo up for a rerecording of that...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Futurismico sold the rights to Cherry Red, who had great success using "I Beat the Machine" on one of their jock-jam UK football compilations. Apparently is was big with Arsenal? Maybe another team, I don't remember.

Leeds United. Kevin Blackwell's a big fan apparently.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

That YSI is such a fake. And I've kinda got to go with Ian here. Not bad just not worth the absurd import prices. Yeah, the Dennys can play but that sustains you for an album or two not a career (especially one that dovetailed into 80s new wave junk). There was no group dynamic and the tunes were half-thought-out most of the time (though, yes, "Solar Cock" is undeniable). You'd be better off picking up some early ZZ Top records out of the dollar bins people!

― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 25 August 2005 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ZZ Top is cool, Sundar, but... open your fucking eyes, that dragon is totally playing the fuck out that guitar, dude

― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 25 August 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link

out _of_ that guitar

sorry, I just get excited sometimes

& I did that vinyl transfer myself, buddy. should have left the clicks in.

Alex in NYC can pull the brakes but he can't stop the train

― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 25 August 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link

"That YSI is such a fake."

i don't know about that, it's a rare record and there was a big problem for a long time with fake bootlegs of Astral Milk-Fed Ganglia popping up (not quite as much as in the early 90's though). but from what i've read about the LP that YSI file it matches the descriptions completely. though prolly some in Vertigo's camp don't ever want it reissued!

"Not bad just not worth the absurd import prices."

Like I told Ian upthread, you have to hear "Narwhal Curiosity" from the Sledding Daze LP!

― latebloomer's rectal mocha latte (latebloomer), Friday, 26 August 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Like I told Ian upthread, you have to hear "Narwhal Curiosity" from the Sledding Daze LP!
Though it's not nearly as good as the original, this interpretation from 1988's Double Live Sledding is, um, interesting:
http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SWXSFPP2DNUV122C9W9CSBFYW
and those of us who were at some of the shows on that tour know why! ;)

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 29 August 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

I was at Atomic Records today and they had a fucking 7" of Denny Lethargy's "Funkgasm", with this gray/marble colored sleeve and red vinyl. It was $12 and the fucking thing was scratched to hell. Guy behind the counter sniffed, "Someone will buy it, they always snatch up that Lethargy stuff quick."

I almost bought it for the artwork alone, but still...

― gear (gear), Friday, 7 October 2005 06:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Was that Enough album mentioned upthread ever reissued on CD?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 7 October 2005 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know, but I love the cover, it reminds me of Black Mountain or something.

― gear (gear), Friday, 7 October 2005 06:50 (eighteen years ago) link

OH KAY GUYZ I GET IT

― ALEC IN NEW YORK, Friday, 7 October 2005 09:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't do that, please.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 October 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Where can I find Denny Lethargy cds?

Cheers,

Chris

― Chris T. (ex machina), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link

So close.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

ask alex in nyc

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link

jon forgot to log out, roffles.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I loved him on Taxi.

― Kristos Tassos (Ken L), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Ian, googlers can't tell.

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Googlers also don't know who you are, so you could just post under your regular name.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Fictional Googlers don't realize they're fictional?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link

googlers also probably wouldn't google for musicians that they've never heard of.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Would the Googler be inspired by the Chris T post to then try and seek out the CDs himself? Was there to be a followup post (mis)directing him to the a place where they could be found?

― Konstanz Lake (Ken L), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link

this could be helpful to everyone, who was interested in finding from more over the seminal work in the catalog of lethargy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Sharrock

― avant fan, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link

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