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"THROTTLE & CLUTCH"
Songs, Sounds, Scores and qwerty blues
by Junglebook
"Throttle & Clutch" comes in
three main chunks:
A. cuts 1, 2 & 3 are songs.
B. cuts 4 through 11 comprise the
soundtrack to a hypothetical film.
C. cuts 12 through 22 are a collection
of sounds, atmospheres, comments, songs, and noise recorded around 1985
in San Francisco.The main performers for each track are noted in the list
below and in the credits near the bottom of the page. I mixed
the pieces together to try and recreate the mood of the time.
SONGS:
1. Star Time
2. A Crazy Life (Part 2)
3. Riptide
ORIGINAL SCORE FROM "THROTTLE &
CLUTCH"
4. Hector Gets Loose
5. Oslo Airport (Main Titles)
6. Jamaica Flashback
7. Moonroof
8. Something in the Ecstasy
9. Leona Drops the Dime
10. Hovercraft Tango
11. Oslo Again
BRAVE EARS ONLY: ATMOSPHERIC RECREATIONS
FROM THE SECOND REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
12. 17th and Noise - Mark, John,
Jim, Rich and Dave
13. Road Rage - The Streets &
Intelligent & Loud
14. Two Steps Forward - Junglebook
15. Freestyle Elephants - The Trees
16. The Laugh Muscles - Intelligent
& Loud
17. Rollin' and Burnin' with Malcolm
- ensemble + McLaren
18. Rattle the Cage - Junglebook
with Jim, Rich, and Dave
19. Bouncer - The Trees
20. Members of The Happy - The
1/2Fast Five
21. Our Cultural Mission - Blue
Movie with Junglebook
22. Garfield Park - Red English
NOTES AND CREDITS
1. Star Time - Contains samples
of Freddie Mercury from "Queen: Live Killers" (Elektra, 1979), the audience
and an uncredited announcer from "That Funky Tramp in a Nightclub, Jimmy
Lynch: Tramp Time, Volume 1" (LaVal, 1964), and vocal samples from John
Gootee and Jim Hoadley from "Jay's Tape: Volume One" (Ox, 1985).
Rhythm track performed and recorded on the Apple iMac, guitar and samples
recorded on the Dell PC.
2. A Crazy Life - Performed and recorded
entirely on the iMac.
3. Riptide - Rhythm section performed
and recorded on the iMac, guitars on the Dell.
4. Hector Gets Loose Vocal sample
from the radio spot for "Thunderball" from "The Best of James Bond - 30th
Anniversary Limited Edition" (EMI 1992), explosion augmented with
explosions from "Black Diamond" by KISS from "KISS Alive".
5. Oslo Airport (Main Titles), 6.
Jamaica Flashback, 7. Moonroof and 11.Oslo Again (Credits) - Recorded entirely
on the iMac.
8. Something in the Ecstasy - Contains
a vocal sample from the "Thunderball" radio spot. Johnny Loud scream
sampled from "Burn Down the Night - Live at Club Graffiti" by Intelligent
& Loud (Ox, 1986). Recorded on the Dell PC.
9. Leona Drops the Dime - Recorded
with Cakewalk on the Dell.
10. Hovercraft Tango - Includes choral
vocal samples created from several tracks on the "1977 Indiana All-State
Honors Choir" LP, conducted by Dr. Howard Swan (RMC, 1977).
Some reverse guitar samples are from "Two Steps Forward" on the Junglebook
"Number One" demo, (Commonwealth, 1987) rhythm track recorded on the iMac,
guitar parts recorded on the Dell.
Tracks 1 through 11 composed, arranged,
produced and performed by Junglebook.
Tracks recorded, mixed and mastered
at the Slurry Lab South, San Francisco, Spring 2000.
12. 17th and Noise - Vinyl noise from
"Windmills of Your Mind" by Oscar Peterson, vocal samples from "44"
and "Jay's Tape, Part Two", by The Trees (both Ox, 1984), vocal
excerpts from "One Quick Question" by Forst Haus (Ox, 1984), Rich and Dave
excerpted from unreleased tapes of the Ox Cassettes Tape Release Party
at Nightbreak, circa1985. Pete Townsend excerpted from the Laserlight
Audio Book "Summer of Love:Rock of Ages" (Delta, 1997). Narrator
Peter Thomas sampled from "Everything You Need to Know to Operate a CB
Radio" (GemCom, 1976). "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" excerpt
performed by Intelligent & Loud from "Jay's Tape, Part Two". The World's
Famous Supreme Team excerpts from "Duck Rock" by Malcolm McLaren,
(Chrysalis, 1982). Vocal sample from "Big Dipper" by Intelligent &
Loud from "1/2 of the Junglebook Hour", episode 1. Audio collage
by Junglebook.
13. Road Rage - Kick drum samples
from "Thin Ice", feedback guitar samples from "The Night Came Thundering
Down", plus various other drum and guitar sounds sampled from the unreleased
live recording "Clean Sweep at Thonander's" by The Streets, recorded live
in Evanston, Illinois, in 1980, by way of the "TetsaBlinker" remix by Jeff
Left (EPR 1999). Guitar and drum machine samples from various gig
and rehearsal tapes by Intelligent & Loud. Bass sounds sampled
from "Lobster Quadrille" and "One Quick Question" performed by Forst Haus.
Some drum sounds and rolls sampled from "Percussion I" from the Chappell
Recorded Music Library. Drums and drum machine programming by Johnny (Gootee)
Loud, guitars by "Leavin'" Steven (Junglebook) Intelligent. Audio
collage composition by Junglebook.
14. Two Steps Forward - (Junglebook)
From "Habit of Decision" (Ox, 1985), vocals, guitar, percussion by Junglebook,
additional percussion by Jeff Mooney, percussion and guitar recorded at
Lennon Studios, San Francisco, vocals recorded at The Magic Shop, Half
Moon Bay.
15. Freestyle Elephants - (Hoadley,
Gootee, Junglebook) Built from samples from "Rain in California", "Thank
You, Goodnight", and "Why Is Arthur Depressed?" all by The Trees, from
their unreleased collection "Hand of God" (Ox 01, 1984) The Trees feature
percussion, guitar, tape manipulation and bass by Junglebook, Gootee, and
Hoadley. Also includes excerpts from "I Oughta" from The Streets'
(guitar by McRae, drums by Donaldson) live recording from 1980. Audio collage
composition by Junglebook.
16. The Laugh Muscles - (Gootee, Junglebook,
& cbrown) Based on Puffy-sized samples from "I Can't Believe", written
by John Gootee, performed by Intelligent & Loud - guitars by Junglebook,
bass by Hoadley, percussion by Gootee. Vocal samples of Hoadley,
Junglebook and Gootee from "Jay's Tape, Part One". Feedback sampled
from "Firehouse" by KISS, from "KISS Alive". Timpani roll from "In the
Hall of the Mountain King" as performed by the Berlin Opera Orchestra.
Whistle atmospherics from "I Dreamt I Carried Pizza" from the soundtrack
to "1/2 of the Junglebook Hour", episode 4. Audio collage composition
by Junglebook and cbrown.
17. Rollin' and Burnin' with Malcolm
- Samples from "Life in the Fast Lane" (Henley, Frey & Walsh) as performed
by Intelligent & Loud, vocal samples by Hoadley, Gootee, Ferguson,
Stevowitz and Junglebook from "Jay's Tape, Part One". Excerpts from
"Sweet Toby" by S.Walker, also from "Jay's Tape". Various samples
from "Duck Rock" by Malcolm McLaren. Excerpt from "I Can't Believe" (Gootee),
performed by Intelligent & Loud. Lead guitar sample from The
Streets live recording. Audio collage by Junglebook.
18. Rattle the Cage - (Hoadley/Junglebook)
Reverb abuse and guitar sound effects by David Brian; Drums by Rich Ferguson;
bass by Jim Hoadley; vocals by Junglebook. Jungle sounds by the ensemble
(I think Gootee is just in the video). From "Habit of Decision" (Ox,
1985) Recorded at Lennon Studios, San Francisco, vocals at
The Magic Shop, Half Moon Bay. Produced by Junglebook.
19. Bouncer - (Hoadley, Gootee, Junglebook)
Built from samples from "Grasshopper" and "Hand of God" written and performed
by The Trees, plus sample from "Firehouse" by KISS from "KISS Alive".
Guitars, bass, tape manipulation and drum machine programming by The Trees.
One sample from "Hand of God" contains an interior sample from "Music in
the World of Islam, Vol. 1: The Human Voice"(Tangent, 1976). Audio
collage composition by Junglebook.
20. Members of The Happy - Built from
samples from: "One Night Only: The 1/2Fast Five live at The Nightbreak",
contains excerpts from "Girl From Ipanema" (Jobim/Moraes/Gimbel) performed
by David Brian, "Back In the USSR" (Lennon/McCartney) and "Happy Together"
(The Turtles) as performed by The 1/2Fast Five - David Brian, guitar and
vocals; John Gootee, vocals; Rich Ferguson, drums, Jim Hoadley, bass
and vocals, and Junglebook, keyboards and vocals. Mick Jagger
and Jerry Garcia comments excerpted from Laserlight Audio Book "Summer
of Love: Woodstock Nation". Yodeling by Mark C. Daly. Audio
collage by Junglebook.
21. Our Cultural Mission - (words
and music by Blue Movie [published by Beat Not Beat Music, ASCAP, 1987])
Original track recorded on a portable tape recorder at a Blue Movie gig
at The Stone, San Francisco, circa 1988 with Jb on lead vocals for one
song. Guitar, vocals: David Brian, Drums: Rich Ferguson, Bass, vocals:
Jim Hoadley, Remixed with additional Junglebook vocal track ("KISS Alive
II" style) in 1999.
22. Garfield Park - (Hoadley/Junglebook)
Performed by Red English (Jim Hoadley, bass; Jb, guitar) compiled and edited
from the improvisational recording "Russian Hills II" (Ox 1985).
This collection produced and assembled
Spring 2000 by Junglebook
Package design and production by Junglebook
and cbrown
These recordings published and copyrighted
2000 by Mark Gunnion
For information email JunglebookMusic@earthlink.net
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