Search - Lee Ranaldo :: Scriptures of the Golden Eternit

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Funkmeister G | 02/11/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the 1st solo Lee I experienced & so far the most outstanding [last year's Dirty Windows was nice but not attention-commanding too much]. The 1st track goes for about 25 minutes & has loops & guitar noise & a monologue about an old episode of Superman, "not the cartoon, the actual show" & about the Echo Canyon, apparently this theme was also used as a bonus track for the Bad Moon rising cd [I've only got the lp]. The performance is raw & real, the liner notes say he is naked & alone recording this, Lee later said that this record is a sort of official bootleg & he hadn't really intended for it to come out @ all, whilst he was working on a more edited album. There is no editing here. The other 2 tracks go for about 15 & 10 minutes respectively & are instrumental droning & that's a good thing. Probably not the sort of record to put on @ parties, not really danceable."