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*1970: [[Texas Revolution]] | *1970: [[Texas Revolution]] | ||
*February 1970: Recording begins for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first solo album | *February 1970: Recording begins for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first solo album | ||
*1970: | *1970: Thompson forms group [[Saddlesore]] *1970: Thompson releases his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' with Barthelme and others | ||
*1970: Thompson releases his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' | |||
*July 1970: [[Frederick Barthelme]]'s first book, ''[[Rangoon]]'', illustrated by Mayo Thompson is published by Winter House | *July 1970: [[Frederick Barthelme]]'s first book, ''[[Rangoon]]'', illustrated by Mayo Thompson is published by Winter House | ||
* | *1970: [[Texas Revolution]] releases Thompson's his first solo album ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' | ||
*1970: [[Texas Revolution]] releases Saddlesore's first and last single ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]'' | |||
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File:Corky-front.png|''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' cover art, 1970 | File:Corky-front.png|''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' cover art, 1970 | ||
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== 1971 == | == 1971 == | ||
* January 7, 1971: Ad in Rolling Stone for ''[[Corky's Debt to His Father]]'' and ''[[Old Tom Clark (single)|Old Tom Clark]]'' | |||
* Spring 1971: Winter House's projected release date for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first book ''Regular Everything II''. The book was never released. Illustrations from the book were included in Thompson's exhibition [[8th Floor|''8th Floor'']] in 2015. | * Spring 1971: Winter House's projected release date for [[Mayo Thompson]]'s first book ''Regular Everything II''. The book was never released. Illustrations from the book were included in Thompson's exhibition [[8th Floor|''8th Floor'']] in 2015. | ||
* August 1971: Thompson hosts a radio show on Pacifica KPFT-FM 90.1<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref> | * August 1971: Thompson hosts a radio show on Pacifica KPFT-FM 90.1<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref> |
Revision as of 21:06, 4 December 2023
1970
- 1970: Texas Revolution
- February 1970: Recording begins for Mayo Thompson's first solo album
- 1970: Thompson forms group Saddlesore *1970: Thompson releases his first solo album Corky's Debt to His Father with Barthelme and others
- July 1970: Frederick Barthelme's first book, Rangoon, illustrated by Mayo Thompson is published by Winter House
- 1970: Texas Revolution releases Thompson's his first solo album Corky's Debt to His Father
- 1970: Texas Revolution releases Saddlesore's first and last single Old Tom Clark
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Corky's Debt to His Father cover art, 1970
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Back cover
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Old Tom Clark label, 1970
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Ad in Rolling Stone, January 7, 1971
1971
- January 7, 1971: Ad in Rolling Stone for Corky's Debt to His Father and Old Tom Clark
- Spring 1971: Winter House's projected release date for Mayo Thompson's first book Regular Everything II. The book was never released. Illustrations from the book were included in Thompson's exhibition 8th Floor in 2015.
- August 1971: Thompson hosts a radio show on Pacifica KPFT-FM 90.1[1]
1972
- 1972: Thompson forms new group The Rockin' Blue Diamonds
- May - July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform each week at The Old Quarter
- 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record a demo for John Fahey's Takoma Records which he does not accept
- July 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds' equipment is stolen
- August 3, 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds perform an acoustic set on the KPFT Free Music Store radio program
- 1972: Thompson illustrates a William H Gass short story for Fiction
1973
- Thompson visits Greece to record with Manos Hadjidakis; doesn't happen
- Thompson becomes an assistant to Robert Rauschenberg along with Christine Kozlov
- Writing for Art & Language's "Music-Language" project begins
1974
- 1974: Robert Rauschenberg in Israel
- 1974: Done To
1975
- September 1975: Mostly About Rauschenberg premieres
1976
- May 1976: The Fox 3
- June 1976: (Provisional) Art & Language exhibition
- June 1976:
Corrected Slogans
- June 1976:
Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors
- October 1976: Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4
- 1976 October/November: Filming for
And Now for Something Completely Different
1977
- April 27, 1977: First screening of Struggle in New York
- October 1977: Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2
1978
- May 1978: Mayo Thompson meets Pere Ubu
- July 1978: Recording session: "Wives in Orbit", "Yik Yak", "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
- Radar Records reissues of The Parable of Arable Land and God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
- October 1978: [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]] promo and
Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State
- October 1978:
Hurricane Fighter Plane
- October 1978:
Wives in Orbit
- November 1978: UK Ubu Dance Party tour
- December 1978: Red Ubu tour
1979
- March 1979:
Soldier-Talk
- 1979: Thompson producing The Raincoats featured on South Bank Show S2E02: Rough Trade[2]
- October 1979:
Micro-Chips & Fish