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Rascal Reporters : The Foul-Tempered Clavier
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Intricate, neurotic Elevator Music from Hell.
Genre: Rock: Instrumental Rock
Release Date: 2001
The Foul-Tempered Clavier Record Label: Pleasant Green Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
The White Bloodsheets 2:17 Album Only
Seven Is A Long Time 2:20 Album Only
Shoe Salad 3:09 Album Only
Efrem Cymbalist, Jr. 4:36 Album Only
R.D.S. 2:30 Album Only
Steve Kretzmer 5:44 Album Only
Klezmer's Ragu 2:23 Album Only
Son of Steve Kretzmer 5:15 Album Only
The Cymbalist 9:39 Album Only
Sarahbella 5:48 Album Only
Prisms 2:25 Album Only
Tomorrow 4:11 Album Only
My Name 0:58 Album Only
Ricky and His Dad 1:39 Album Only
Fresh Leather and Poultry Mix 5:36 Album Only
Over Triangle 3:42 Album Only
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Album Notes

*In Memory of Steve Gore, 1958-2009*

**DECEMBER, 2008: STOP THE PRESSES! 'The Mind Boggles' is here! The first new full-length Rascal Reporters album in seven years!**

Twenty-one years after their debut release, FREAKS OBSCURE, suburban Detroit's Rascal Reporters unveiled their sixth album: THE FOUL-TEMPERED CLAVIER.

From the Canterbury Sound to Pet Sounds; from Rock-In-Opposition to Mothers Of Invention, the Rascal Reporters approach "rock" music like no other band. Mind-boggling entertainment from these freaks obscure!

Includes the ultra-rare unreleased single from 1978, "My Name" and "Ricky And His Dad," plus two other bonus tracks from the Rascal Reporters vault!

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Rascal Reporters Discography:

"My Name" b/w "Ricky And His Dad" single CANCELED! 1978

FREAKS OBSCURE - cassette/reel + booklet (Hebbardesque Records) 1980

WE'RE GOD - cassette/reel + booklet (Hebbardesque Records) 1980

"Guns For Jerry's Kids" b/w "Beatrice" - 7" picture sleeve single + insert (Hebbardesque Records) 1981

RIDIN' ON A BUMMER - LP + insert (Hebbardesque Records) 1984

HAPPY ACCIDENTS - LP (Hebbardesque Records) 1988

PURPLE ENTRAPMENT - CD (Wafer Face Records) 1995

HAPPY ACCIDENTS - CD (ZNR Records) 1996

WE'RE GOD - CD (Wafer Face Records) 1997

THE FOUL-TEMPERED CLAVIER - CD (Pleasant Green Records) 2001

RIDIN' ON A BUMMER, 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - CD
(Hebbardesque Records) 2005

THE MIND BOGGLES - mp3 (Hebbardesque Records) 2008

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REVIEWS

author: LasseM
If your hooked on Zappas instrumental-funny-classical-era, this is a "must-have" .
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a 3-ring circus
author: Kinesis
This is complex, keyboard-dominated, mostly instrumental rock music in the vein of Frank Zappa, The Muffins, Zamla Mammaz Manna and other RIO bands, Supersister, Soft Machine, and a three-ring circus. ...quite melodic, but it is very often dense and occasionally neurotic, hurling ideas at the listener at a breakneck pace. Unexpectedly, the one actual song with vocals sounds like Genesis and The Beatles.
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complexity
author: Wayside Music
The complexity of the compositions and ideas here will thrill and astonish fans of rehearsal intensive rock. The opening track is so wonderful that even at 2:15, it's almost alone worth the price of the album.
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Canterbury style
author: Musea
RASCAL REPORTERS are one of a few American groups influenced by the Canterbury style. They play very elaborate music in which fuzz organ is frequently featured, much like EGG or HATFIELD AND THE NORTH.
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