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Artist:	DANIELSON FAMILE
Title:	A Prayer For Every Hour
Label:	SECRETLY CANADIAN
Format:	2CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	SC 041CD

"This lost classic from '94 -- the world's first glimpse of the remarkable Smith family of New Jersey, best known as the Danielson Famile -- is being made available once again to the public. The group, led by eldest brother Daniel, initially had critics and audiences alike scratching their heads wondering if their collision of aesthetics and spirituality was, as some put it, 'an elaborate put-on.' In those days artists and rockers alike were dumbfounded by just how complicated a marriage the Famile's collision of aesthetics and faith seemed to them. In '94, there weren't many artists weened on Sonic Youth and the Pixies who were as serious about spirituality as the Danielson Famile. The independent rock underground, rather, was more comfortable leaving faith issues to be dealt with by folks such as Marvin Gaye and George Harrison. Daniel and Co., however, have helped contribute to a partial breaking down of that barrier of cool, and it all started with A Prayer For Every Hour, a 24-song cycle of tunes intended to be performed or experienced once an hour, on the hour, as a devotional gesture of faith."

Artist:	DANIELSON FAMILE
Title:	Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block
Label:	SECRETLY CANADIAN
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SC 042LP

"September marks the beginning of a season in which we look back upon and celebrate some of our favorite Danielson titles from a rich back catalog that has spanned over a decade. This epic journey of retrospection begins with the vinyl reissues of Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block and Fetch The Compass Kids (both being released on Secretly Canadian) and Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega) (being released on Sounds Familyre). In addition to being back in print for the first time since 2001, these reissues have some unique attributes such as: Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block is now available as a 2LP format (as opposed to the 2x10" format in which it debuted) and includes 4 bonus songs from a live WFMU session from 1996. Tri Danielson!!! (Alpha/Omega) has been partially remixed and fully remastered and makes its vinyl return dressed up in a brilliant new gatefold jacket along with a very special bonus track. Remember this is just the kick off of a busy season for Danielson, so stay tuned."

Artist:	DANIELSON FAMILE
Title:	TriDanielson!!! (Alpha)
Label:	SECRETLY CANADIAN
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SC 043CD

"Their next two full-lengths, Tri-Danielson!!! (Alpha) and Tri-Danielson!!! (Omega) were recorded together and released separately as sister albums. An experiment in album form, they attempted to push out in three opposite directions from one source without a unification attempt. They proved that the Famile was a band who could translate the intensity of their increasingly famous live performances -- in which the band dons nurses uniforms that act, according to Daniel, as 'visual reminders of the spiritual and emotional healing taking place' within audience members -- onto record. With these two records, the Famile's highly choreographed, yet still quite improvisational, songs showed a kinship with the bombastic theatricality of Queen and ABBA, the serrated and damaged edge of Captain Beefheart and early Talking Heads, the child-like perspective and uninhibited sense of adventure of Half Japanese and the Shaggs, and the deep spirituality of Washington Phillips and father Lenny Smith."

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