The Stroke Band - Green And Yellow (Reissue) (1978/2014)

03 Mar, 09:52
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Artist: The Stroke Band
Title: Green And Yellow
Year Of Release: 1978/2014
Label: Anthology Recordings
Genre: Alt Rock, Art Rock, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:13:41
Total Size: 480 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

The Stroke Band - Green And Yellow (Reissue) (1978/2014)

Tracklist:

01. Don't Get Angry (Joyner) - 2:51
02. Green And Yellow (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes, Jones) - 2:42
03. Fiction/Non-Fiction (Fleming) - 2:54
04. Spaced (Joyner) - 2:49
05. Gun Fighting Man (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes, Jones) - 3:40
06. Rat Race (Joyner, Jones) - 2:53
07. Janie's Linving In A Cell (Fleming) - 2:29
08. Son Of Sam (Joyner, Jones) - 2:32
09. Latin Melodies (Joyner) - 2:47
10. The Waves Rush In (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes, Jones) - 5:32
11. Jesus In A Trenchcoat.5:39
12. Don't Get Angry (Joyner) - 2:44
13. Green And Yellow (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes, Jones) - 2:42
14. Damn! Bam! (Fleming) - 2:05
15. Rock Star (Crawford, Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 3:59
16. Spaced (Joyner) - 2:52
17. At The Hop (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 1:10
18. White Trash Girls (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 2:19
19. Screamin' In The Middle Of A Dark Room (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 4:35
20. The Songsters (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 3:14
21. Rhodesian Love Song (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 5:42
22. The Law Is Watching You (Joyner, Fleming, Sikes) - 5:32

Line-up::
Bruce Joyner - Vocals, Synthesizers, Percussion
Don Fleming - Guitar, Bass, Synthesizers, Percussion
Rusty Jones - Guitar, Bass
Robert Folsom - Acoustic Guitar, Moog, Percussion
Max Sikes - Drums
Alva Dickerson - Guitar
Danny Heitzhausen - Bass
Jerry Williams - Moog

First ever reissue (fully authorized) of this 1978 cult private press LP. Band includes Bruce Joyner, Don Fleming (producer with Sonic Youth, Hole), Mark Neill (Grammy winning producer for The Black Keys). Produced by Robert Lester Folsom (Mexican Summer reissue artist). Includes unseen photos, ephemera, comprehensive oral history, unreleased material.

This ten-track album is enhanced with a plethora of digital extras. Included is their debut live performance at Joe’s Cellar, and while it’s a rough-sounding recording, it’s clear that The Stroke Band had something. Also included are a handful of demos, practice space recordings, and studio experiments. Some are rough, some are complete, but the most interesting is the final track, “The Law Is Watching You,” which is apparently the band’s last recording—a prophetic realization of the reality that would soon bring the band to a sudden halt.

It’s clear that Joyner had musical talent and songwriting skills, but it was also clear it was never gonna happen for him in Georgia. Green and Yellow is a diamond in the rough—very rough—but its story and its spunky determinism—documented in an excellent zine-size oral history of the group—make it a unique document of a young man’s dreams and visions.

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