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Artist:	GUNN, STEVE
Title:	Boerum Palace
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$21.50
Catalog #:	3LOBED 054LP

"Steve Gunn's prodigious talent for fusing traditional American song structures with a raga influence is almost criminally unheralded. Gunn's songcraft is so strong and his playing style so effortlessly beautiful that folks should be shouting his name from every tall building and mountaintop. It is with such high esteem for the man's work that Three Lobed Recordings is humbled by the association and thrilled to announce the release of Boerum Palace by Steve Gunn. Without any doubt, Boerum Palace is a staggering accomplishment and is certainly Gunn's most assured and confident work to date. Includes a limited edition glass-mastered CD presenting new, scarce and previously unheard Gunn material that is not available separately. "

Artist:	ROSE, JACK
Title:	The Black Dirt Sessions
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 066LP

"Let's get the dirty work over with first. The Black Dirt Sessions is, all hyperbole aside, Jack Rose's most complete and telling work to date. Those who have been following this Philadelphia wanderer's development and growth as a solo artist (both live and on record) know that such a statement is strong praise, as Rose's catalog is certainly not devoid of unqualified classics. The album takes its title from the studio where it was recorded -- Jason Meagher's Black Dirt Studios located in Westtown, New York. Old friends Rose and Meagher developed a good working relationship and full understanding of each other's work habits and styles over the course of a spring 2008 joint tour between Rose and one of Meagher's bands, D. Charles Speer & The Helix. Rose, that eternal road warrior, booked some time at Black Dirt between tours in August, September and October of 2008 to lay down some new and fully realized material. This album is the complete result of those sessions. Rose's prior albums have tended to both pick and remain true to a musical theme. The Black Dirt Sessions excels by displaying fully-honed examples of all of Rose's various styles and themes -- traditional, raga and ragtime. Central to the album's spirit is the absolutely epic 'Cross the North Fork.' This thirteen-minute revisiting of a track first laid down on the great Kensington Blues is a winding, thoroughly engrossing journey. This new version is the product of Rose's perfectionist streak, which constantly pushes him to re-explore and re-visit his prior works. As presented on The Black Dirt Sessions, the 'new' track is full of rich nuances from Rose's years of additional scrutiny of the original composition. Much like Rose himself, 'Cross The North Fork' is certainly comfortable in its skin and helps make it a welcome neighbor to the album's other splendid joys ranging from the jaunty and infectious 'Fishtown Flower' (featuring a guest appearance from D. Charles Speer & The Helix's Hans Chew on ragtime piano) to the pensive and appropriate melancholy punch of 'Box Of Pine.' The album's artwork is somewhat of the yin to the yang of Rose's 2008 release on Three Lobed Recordings, I Do Play Rock And Roll. Bearing the same overall design aesthetic as that prior release, albeit presented in a contrasting white with black print, The Black Dirt Sessions features a photo of Rose performing in New York in 2006. The LP is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and housed within an 'old style' high gloss Stoughton cover. The record is from a one-time pressing of approximately 2,000 copies."

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Peri
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 067LP

"In early 2008, Bardo Pond and Three Lobed Recordings teamed up to assemble Batholith, a collection of tracks that were close to the band's heart but for various reasons had never been released. The result was an extremely cohesive and vital statement that was positively received by both old and new Bardo Pond fans. During the compilation of Batholith, the band had to agonize over the wealth of material that they were sitting on in constructing the ultimate tracklisting -- there were too many good songs. The band approached this 'problem' by structuring two sister albums, Batholith and Peri, each possessing their own musical themes and each fully capable of standing independent from the other. For this reason, Peri is every bit as potent as its predecessor. The meticulous sequencing of Peri's five tracks provides a classic Bardo Pond experience. While the initial description of the material might lead one to think that these tracks are 'outtakes' or cutting-room floor type material, neither conclusion could be further from the truth. The band is quite excited to finally see all of the material on Peri venture into the public. For example, 'Chicken Gun' will be recognizable to the band's longtime fans. A former live staple from 1996 through 1998 (even making an appearance in the band's set at the first Terrastock festival), it is a propulsive and fiery rocker every bit as monumental as some of the band's classics such as 'lb.' and 'Tommy Gun Angel.' 'The Path' is a subtle number featuring floating flute work from Isobel Sollenberger. The album-closing 'Silver Pavilion' is the sort of meditative psychedelia that has been Bardo Pond's calling card over their lengthy career. The track dates to the band's extremely fertile, yet barely documented, period between the release of Dilate and On the Ellipse. ;Silver Pavilion's' slow, enveloping build properly see the listener to the door and is reminiscent of such flawless Bardo closing tracks as 'RM,' 'Aldrin' and 'Night Of Frogs.' Peri is pressed on 180g RTI vinyl and is housed within heavy 'old-style' one-pocket Stoughton gatefold jackets bearing new collage work from Michael Gibbons."

Artist:	SPEER & THE HELIX, D. CHARLES
Title:	Distillation
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$21.50
Catalog #:	3LOBED 072LP

"It is a tremendous understatement to say that it is with grand excitement that Three Lobed Recordings is proud to announce the release of Distillation by D. Charles Speer & the Helix. For the last couple of years we have been continually excited by each of the fruits that have resulted from Speer/Helix collaboration. For our money, 2008's After Hours album was one of the best released by anyone. Distillation only ups the ante from that prior full length by elaborating upon some of the musical themes from the late 2008 In Madagascar 7". The resulting album presents a tightly focused modern honky tonk quintet more than happy to blur the lines between country, psychedelia and the overall American musical tradition. Consisting on this album of D. Charles Speer (aka Dave Shuford from the No Neck Blues Band and Enos Slaughter), Hans Chew (last seen providing some ripping piano accompaniment on 'Fishtown Flower' from Jack Rose's The Black Dirt Sessions), Marc Orleans (Enos Slaughter, Sunburned Hand of The Man), Jason Meagher (No Neck Blues Band, Coachfingers) and Rob Gregory (the Suntanama), the Helix are a seriously experienced and talented crew. Distillation was recorded over time between the winter and summer of 2008 at the band's home away from home, Meagher's Black Dirt Studios in Westtown, New York. Includes a limited edition glass-mastered CD titled Of Snow Smoked Moose presenting a full, killer live set from the full band recorded on April 25, 2008 at the Turf Club in St. Paul, MN. This CD is not available separately." Gatefold sleeve.

Artist:	CHEW, HANS
Title:	New Cypress Grove Boogie/Forever Again
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	7" PIC. DISC
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 075EP

"Hans Chew's skill as a piano player has previously been on display both in a complementary fashion to Jack Rose (appearing as a member of Jack's live backing band at Arthurdesh as well as on both The Black Dirt Sessions and Luck in the Valley) and as a integral member of D. Charles Speer & the Helix (including his vocal turns on both 'Life Insurance' off Distillation and 'Bar-Abbas Blues' off the In Madagascar 7"). This new single offers an expanded glimpse at not only Chew's songwriting prowess but also his powerful boogie-blues, bar-rockin' piano skills. Both tracks presented on this 7" are slated to appear on Chew's debut album, Tennessee and Other Stories, but appear in different versions exclusive to this release. The 7" itself is a vivid picture disc bearing stunning shots by Jake Cunningham and comes from a limited edition of 500 copies. This record is a joint release between Three Lobed and Divide By Zero."

Artist:	HEAVY WINGED
Title:	Fields Within Fields
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 078LP

"They're back. Heavy Winged has continued to stretch their leathery, scarred, er, wings and grow since their last release for Three Lobed Recordings, 2008's Alive In My Mouth. The band was determined to make Fields Within Fields into a significant part of their discography from the very outset. In October 2009, the band decided to enter the 5D Studios in Brooklyn to engage in what would be a first-time experiment - recording in a multi-track studio with overdubs planned from the session's start. Prior to this experience the band's entire catalog was centered on displaying their ferocious live spirit. Having already proven themselves to be adept at creating grand and heavy statements in an improvised, one-take-only setting, they felt that were ready for the challenge of being both improvisational and composition-minded. The band hunkered down for the session and even brought in some friends to help augment the Heavy Winged vibe. Their time in 5D yielded the two dark fruits which combine to form Fields Within Fields. Brutal and hard, 'Among The Maori' leads the album off and encompasses the entire first side of vinyl. The track opens with a slow, deliberate fade into Jed Bindeman's (Eternal Tapestry, Jackie-O Motherfucker) tribal drumbeat. This beat may start controlled but the track's velocity and volume continue to accelerate, eventually turning 'Among The Maori' into a highly tuned jet engine. Ryan Hebert's guitar playing is exceptional throughout, beginning with an initial prolonged banshee-like wailing and slowly building and fully giving way to a fantastically cranking and grinding post-metallic din by the track's conclusion. 'Among The Maori' stands out among the band's entire catalog as perhaps their truest moment. The album's second side is fully dedicated to the drone doom opus 'The Hum Of The Universe.'" Includes insert and bonus CD entitled Infinite In Every Direction.

Artist:	CHEW, HANS
Title:	Tennessee & Other Stories...
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 085LP

"For Chew, Tennessee & Other Stories... is the culmination of many paths leading out of the wilderness. Like how the waning South of old has given way to the new, his tale is a coming-of-age story starting with narrowly averted self-destruction and concluding in a painful resurrection. This theme is woven musically and thematically throughout Tennessee & Other Stories... as Chew pays homage to his southern beginnings, a lineage that includes tobacco farmers and Methodists, bluegrass musicians and evangelists, gamblers and alcoholics. Chew's skill as a multi-instrumentalist (he takes the reigns on most of the playing on the entire album) adds tremendous intimacy to his ability to fully relay the album's stories with a singular voice." Gatefold sleeve.

Artist:	GUNN-TRUSCINSKI DUO
Title:	Ocean Parkway
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 087LP

"Ocean Parkway covers a great deal of sonic territory. For all of the slow, furious build of both the album's opening and closing tracks, there are also tracks featuring a substantial bit of playful and hypnotically mesmerizing phrasing ('Banh Mi Ringtones'), acoustic twelve string?centric strolls ('Don't Lean On Door') and the full-on rollicking rockers ('County Fair Getaway'). Both players are on the absolutely top of the game throughout the totality of every track. For each shimmering moment of guitar genius from Gunn, Truscinski -- the perfect percussive foil -- fills the exact and right space around him. It is breathtaking to listen to these near-telepathic instances unfold. While these flashes were around every turn on Sand City and contained reminiscences of the most potent moments of both Fantasias-era Sandy Bull and the more guitar-centric Sun City Girls albums, they move to yet another level on Ocean Parkway. This album demonstrates that they have fully moved into their own sphere with their own completely signature sound. This is unmistakably a Gunn-Truscinski Duo album."

Artist:	BARDO POND/TOM CARTER
Title:	4/23/03
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	2LP+CD
Price:	$29.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 089LP

"Originally released on CD in 2004, this new edition of 4/23/03 is now pressed on two slabs of American vinyl pressed by United Record Pressing and housed within a handsome two color silkscreened gatefold jacket bearing artwork replicating that from the album's CD incarnation. The album, from an edition of approximately 700 copies, presents the entire contents of the original CD version plus a 'new' additional track from the original record�ing sessions. All copies of the 4/23/03 2xLP are accompanied by the hour long 4/25/03 CD presenting a blistering collaborative live set from Bardo Pond and Tom Carter recorded at Philadelphia's Tritone two days following the album's studio sessions and gloriously exploring like-minded sonic territory."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eight Trails, One Path
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 091LP

"Three Lobed Recordings is excited to release its first ever Record Store Day exclusive -- the guitar composition compilation Eight Trails, One Path. Eight Trails, One Path is a celebration of the various styles, approaches, and concepts used by eight contemporary guitar masters. The last decade has seen guitar practitioners continue to push the boundaries of the instrument across the entire underground scene. This compilation presents a series of newly commissioned and previously unreleased tracks from some of the scene's essential and unique guitar voices: Alvarius B. (Alan Bishop of the Sun City Girls), Sir Richard Bishop, David Daniell (solo, San Agustin, Rhys Chatham ensembles), Danny Paul Grody (solo, Tarentel, The Drift), Steve Gunn (solo, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, GHQ), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Six Organs of Admittance and William Tyler (solo, Lambchop, Silver Jews). Eight Trails, One Path presents an exciting glimpse at the infinite possibilities presented by this ubiquitous instrument."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Oscillation III
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	10CD BOX
Price:	$78.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED BOX

"Along the lines of the prior subscription CD EP series, Purposeful Availment and Modern Containment, Oscillation III consists of ten CDs by ten different artists which were released over the course of 2008. These discs were previously only available through Three Lobed Recordings as a complete set and not a la carte. The only way to get this set was to subscribe to the series via mailorder. Each CD is at least 25 minutes long (or longer in most cases) and features new, exclusive material from that particular artist. Each disc is only available through the purchase of a complete set. Again, these discs will *not* be sold individually (except for a small number of copies of TLR-055). Similar to the previous two series, the set comes in a hand silkscreened slipcase to house the series. The slipcase for Oscillation III features new artwork from Robert Beatty of Hair Police. 10 CDs housed in mini-LP style sleeves with inserts. Housed in a silk screened slipcase." Contains the following CDs: Bark Haze - One For Merz; Bardo Pond - Circuit VIII; Tom Carter - Skyline Grinder; Lee Ranaldo - Maelstrom From Drift; Jack Rose - I Do Play Rock And Roll; The Michael Flower Band - The Michael Flower Band; Magik Markers - Gucci Rapidshare Download; Howlin Rain - Wild Life; GHQ - Everywhere At Once; Vanishing Voice - The Morning After.

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Artist:	MV & EE
Title:	Country Stash
Label:	3LOBED
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	3LOBED 076LP