Conversation about split albums March 2006
Dana Duer: Who's Walf Eye? Marc Fischer: Who's what? Dana: Walf Eye? You told me about them. You told me about that split album that they put out. Marc: Oh, Wolf Eyes. They're from Detroit. Dana: Wolf Eyes. Uh, what's their split album? Marc: Oh, I forget that other band that's on there. It's two bands. Dana: Who are they? Marc: I forget what the other band is. Dana: Wolf Eyes, and who's the other band? Marc: The other band I can't remember. Dana: Um, do you buy those together? Marc: Yeah, it's a double album. Dana: What's the name of it? Marc: You know I don't think it's even titled. It's something they put out like a thousand of. It's a really small press. Dana: Is it like one big record and one small record or two big records? Marc: It's two 12 inch records. John (another person in the room): It's two big ones and two little ones. Marc: [laughs at John] Dana: What's the Wolf Eyes? Is that a new band? Marc: Yeah. Dana: When did that come out - the new vinyl by Wolf Eyes - the split album? How hard is that to find? Marc: It's pretty obscure. Dana: What do you mean? Marc: It's hard to find. I bought it from the band when they played. Dana: The Wolf Eyes? Marc: Yeah. Dana: Um, what happened to them? Marc: They're still around. Dana: Don't they have another split album out yet? Marc: [getting fatigued] I don't know. Dana: How many sides to that split album? Marc: Well, each band has one whole album... Dana: Yeah. Marc: ...and there are two sides to each album... Dana: Yeah. Marc: ...and there are two albums altogether. Dana: How many sides? Marc: Well, two sides. Two sides to each record right? Dana: Don't they call it side 3 and side 4, or is it side 1 and side 2 of each band? Marc: I think just side 1 and side 2 of each band. Dana: Is it the same music or is it a different kind of music by each band? Marc: Kind of similar. Dana: What kind of music is Wolf Eyes? Marc: Uh... noisy. Really noisy rock. Dana: Rock? Are they live records or studio records? Marc: Um, I think they're studio records but I think they record all of the sounds together. Like they just play and record everything all at once. Dana: Is one record live and studio or...? Marc: I think they're both the same. Dana: Both of them are? Marc: I think so. Dana: Did you say it's one record... which one's the Wolf Eyes album? Marc: They have half of the record. Dana: Which half? Marc: [laughs] I think it's the first half. Dana: Oh, the first record's the Wolf Eyes record... Marc: ...and the other one is this other band and I still can't remember their name. Dana: Is it like in volumes? Marc: No, it's just one thing. Dana: Is that on CD yet - the Wolf Eyes? Marc: Not that one. Dana: I hope vinyl comes back. How 'bout you? Marc: Oh, I love buying records. Some people still put them out. Dana: They do?! [justifiably excited] Marc: Yeah, there are a lot of people who still appreciate things on vinyl. Dana: Who puts them out? Marc: Uh... different labels. You know what the label Sub Pop just did - I think this is a nice idea... Dana: Who's Sub Pop? Marc: Sub Pop is a Washington record label Dana: What did they put out? Marc: They originally put out Nirvana. But they put out a Mudhoney album on vinyl... Dana: What's Mudhoney? Marc: They're a band from Seattle... Dana: How many records is Mudhoney? Marc: Their new album is one record, but if you buy the vinyl, they'll give you a CD inside the vinyl. So for buying the vinyl, you get a free copy of the CD, and you can use that to import it onto your computer... Dana: Import it? Marc: Yeah. Dana: A blank CD? Marc: No, no. It's a CD with the album. So if you buy the album... that way if you have a CD player in your car... Dana: How many songs are on the record Mudhoney Album? Marc: I don't know. Dana: Is it like 20 songs on one album? Marc: Nah, probably about a dozen. Dana: Twelve songs? Marc: Probably. Dana: Six per each side? Marc: [losing patience] I don't know. I don't know how many. Dana: What other albums are a split album besides Wolf Eyes? Marc: Oh... let's see... what's another split album I have.... Dana: What other albums are a split? Marc: There was a band from Japan called Taj Mahal Travelers, and they put out a split with Rallizes Denudes who are another Japanese psychedelic rock band. Dana: Which one is the Taj Mahal one? Marc: It's one side of the two sides. Dana: And what about the other side? Marc: The other side would be Rallizes Denudes. Dana: Rallizes Denudes. How many records is it? Marc: It would be one side of one record. So, half of a record. It's pretty common for... punk bands will sometimes put out a 7" and that'll be a split between two bands. Dana: How come they split? Marc: Well, sometimes like if bands tour together, to kind of commemorate the tour, they'll put out... Dana: a split album, like one band sings on one side and the other band sings on the other side? Marc: Exactly. Right. Dana: What happens if Paul McCartney put a split album out. One side he sings. And another side, the Chiffons sing? [laughs]. Marc: [laughs] What about him and Yoko? Maybe they could finally make peace with each other. Dana: Really?! Marc: They could put out a Paul McCartney and Yoko split album. Think that'll ever happen? Dana: How 'bout The Chiffons and Paul McCartney? Marc: Sounds like a good idea. Dana: How? Marc: [laughs]. I don't think it's gonna happen. Dana: I wish that would happen, you know - Paul McCartney singing "Yesterday", and on the other side the Chiffons doing "Power to the People"! - the John Lennon song. What would happen? Marc: I think the world might come to an end. Dana: How about [laughing] The Chiffons doing "Gimme Love, Gimme Peace on Earth" - the George Harrison song? Marc: Maybe Paul McCartney could do a Yoko Ono song... Dana: Yeah? How about the Chiffons? Marc: ...maybe they could do a Black Sabbath song. [We'd been listening to a Black Sabbath tape] Dana: How? Marc: Maybe they could reform just to do that. Dana: The Chiffons could do a Black Sabbath song?! Marc: Yeah, they could do this song "The Wizard"...they could just make up some lyrics. Dana: [laughs] Really?! Marc: Sure, why not, right? Dana: How about Paul McCartney doing "My Boyfriend's Back"? Marc: That sounds good. Maybe he has a boyfriend? Dana: [correcting his idea] "My Girlfriend's Back". Marc: He could do "My Girlfriend's Back". It would be in bad taste though if Yoko did "My Boyfriend's Back". Dana: [laughing] Yoko doing "My Boyfriend's Back"? Marc: Yeah, because John's not coming back. |