Greatest Show On Mars, The
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2014-07-25
Reviewed 2014-07-25
Americana reinvented, Alan Lomax & others field recordings with updated instrumental backing.
Produced by and all instruments arranged and played by Conrad Praetzel(except harmonica by Turner Junior Johnson) All tracks are GREAT
1: 2:25 mid tempo, female vocal, nice guitars with handclap percussion
2: 2:26 mid tempo, INSTRUMENTAL
3: 3:14 slow to mid male vocal with harmonica then tremolo? guitar noodling(Turner Junior Johnson recorded by Alan Lomax, Clarksdale, MS on July 19, 1942.)
4: 4:20 mid to faster INSTRUMENTAL nice guitar picking with drone therimin
5: 4:47 slow to mid, male spoken word with electronics & e guitar (Unidentified 80 year old preacher’s sermon radio broadcast, SF Bay Area, 1980s.)
6: 1:59 slow instrument noodling
7: 3:30 mid tempo, electronic gunshot sounds then female vocal (Sidney Hemphill Carter) with tremolo guitar
8: 3:13 fast pounding e guitar boogie INSTRUMENTAL
9: 2:30 banjo, guitar, mandolin? with bass & drums INSTRUMENTAL
10: 2:24 mid tempo, male spoken word ( about UFO sighting), kick drum with low drone
11: 2:21 slow to mid tremolo e guitar noodling and drone INSTRUMENTAL
12: 4:08 mid tempo, male vocal & chorus with blues guitar & drum (Ed McNeil and “unidentified men” recorded by Alan Lomax at Fred McDowell’s home in Como MS on September 25, 1959.)
13: 2:23 mid to faster guitar INSTRUMENTAL
Produced by and all instruments arranged and played by Conrad Praetzel(except harmonica by Turner Junior Johnson) All tracks are GREAT
1: 2:25 mid tempo, female vocal, nice guitars with handclap percussion
2: 2:26 mid tempo, INSTRUMENTAL
3: 3:14 slow to mid male vocal with harmonica then tremolo? guitar noodling(Turner Junior Johnson recorded by Alan Lomax, Clarksdale, MS on July 19, 1942.)
4: 4:20 mid to faster INSTRUMENTAL nice guitar picking with drone therimin
5: 4:47 slow to mid, male spoken word with electronics & e guitar (Unidentified 80 year old preacher’s sermon radio broadcast, SF Bay Area, 1980s.)
6: 1:59 slow instrument noodling
7: 3:30 mid tempo, electronic gunshot sounds then female vocal (Sidney Hemphill Carter) with tremolo guitar
8: 3:13 fast pounding e guitar boogie INSTRUMENTAL
9: 2:30 banjo, guitar, mandolin? with bass & drums INSTRUMENTAL
10: 2:24 mid tempo, male spoken word ( about UFO sighting), kick drum with low drone
11: 2:21 slow to mid tremolo e guitar noodling and drone INSTRUMENTAL
12: 4:08 mid tempo, male vocal & chorus with blues guitar & drum (Ed McNeil and “unidentified men” recorded by Alan Lomax at Fred McDowell’s home in Como MS on September 25, 1959.)
13: 2:23 mid to faster guitar INSTRUMENTAL
Recent airplay
O Happy Land
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Not Have No Spot
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Not Have No Spot, O Happy Land
The Songsmith Show — Sep 19, 2014
Move Up
Global Warming — Sep 09, 2014
O Happy Land
Global Warming — Sep 01, 2014
O Happy Land
Homeward Bound — Aug 21, 2014
Charting
2014-07-25 — 2014-09-26
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 21 | 3 |
| Sep 14 | 1 |
| Sep 7 | 1 |
| Aug 24 | 1 |
| Aug 17 | 2 |
| Aug 10 | 3 |
| Aug 3 | 3 |
| Jul 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | O Happy Land | ||
| 2. | March Of The Cosmic Puppets | ||
| 3. | Steal Away | ||
| 4. | The Last Train From Pluto | ||
| 5. | Not Have No Spot | ||
| 6. | The Electric Ant | ||
| 7. | Leather Britches | ||
| 8. | Barnun's Boogie | ||
| 9. | Barrel Of Feathers | ||
| 10. | A Mysterious Light | ||
| 11. | Olympus Mons | ||
| 12. | Move Up | ||
| 13. | Cosmic Puppets Revisited |