Three Songs on a Trip to the United States / Bismarckstr. 50
| Three Songs on a Trip to the United States / Bismarckstr. 50 | |
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| LP by The Red Crayola | |
| Released | 1983 |
| Recorded | 1983 |
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| Label | Pure Freud |
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Track listing
Three Songs on a Trip to the United States
Bismarckstr. 50
Background
- Released by Pure Freud
Bismarckstrasse 50
Main article: Shows/1983-08-28
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Invitation card[1]
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Cover art
The photos on the cover were taken by Red Crayola co-founder Frederick Barthelme. They appeared previously in Barthelme's book Rangoon (illustrated by Mayo Thompson) in a chapter titled "The Chair". The cover of Soldier-Talk features a similar grid of photos.
Personnel
The Red Crayola
Retrospectives
Mayo Thompson, 1996[2]
After Black Snakes, I made a record called Three Songs on a Trip to the United States, which had three originals on one side, and the other side was live, recorded at some festival in Switzerland. [...]
Reviews
Spin Alternative Record Guide
1995[3]
Byron Coley
Part studio, part live, Three Songs has a muzzy rambunctiousness that is lacking in its immediate precursors. It is the trippiest Red Crayola side since the International Artists days. Not that you'd think it originated then. Allen Ravenstine's synth bloobles and Jesse Chamberlain's wrist-snapping are a far cry from the smudge pyros of the Familiar Ugly.