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== Background == | |||
Recorded 1967 | |||
Released 1995 | |||
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=== CMJ New Music Report === | === CMJ New Music Report === | ||
July 3, 1995<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1995/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1995-07-03.pdf</ref><blockquote>We casually dismissed initial pre-release announcements of ''Coconut Hotel'', the great "lost" Red Krayola album from 1967, thinking it was merely a joke from those nutty pranksters at Drag City, but lo and behold, here is an unheard curio from the Mayo Thompson archives. Bearing little relation to either the freak-out psychedelia of ''Parable of Arable Land'' (1967) or the wonderfully oddball songs of ''God Bless The Red Crayola And All Who Sail With Her'' (1968), ''Coconut Hotel'' is not a great revelation but a rather interesting oddity: Thompson and Krayola kohorts Rick Barthelme and Steve Cunningham play spare improvisations with a pile of different instruments — occasional plucks, miscellaneous horn bleats, piano tinkling, wandering drones, the sound of pouring water, etc. The highlight is several dozen "One Second Pieces" for trumpet/piano/percussion.</blockquote> | July 3, 1995<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CMJ/1995/CMJ-New-Music-Report-1995-07-03.pdf</ref><blockquote>We casually dismissed initial pre-release announcements of ''Coconut Hotel'', the great "lost" Red Krayola album from 1967, thinking it was merely a joke from those nutty pranksters at Drag City, but lo and behold, here is an unheard curio from the Mayo Thompson archives. Bearing little relation to either the freak-out psychedelia of ''Parable of Arable Land'' (1967) or the wonderfully oddball songs of ''God Bless The Red Crayola And All Who Sail With Her'' (1968), ''Coconut Hotel'' is not a great revelation but a rather interesting oddity: Thompson and Krayola kohorts Rick Barthelme and Steve Cunningham play spare improvisations with a pile of different instruments — occasional plucks, miscellaneous horn bleats, piano tinkling, wandering drones, the sound of pouring water, etc. The highlight is several dozen "One Second Pieces" for trumpet/piano/percussion.</blockquote> | ||
===The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock=== | |||
1997<ref>https://archive.org/details/trouserpressguid00robb_1/page/597/mode/1up</ref><blockquote>Coconut Hotel, however, is pushing it. The all-improvised doodles on various real (guitar, horns, bass, piano, organ) and found instruments (mainly splashing water, handy clangables, shakeables and chalkboard-pleasant scrapeables) was recorded in 1967 by the original Red Crayola (Thompson, Steve Cunningham and Frederick Barthelme) and understandably rejected by International Artists as the followup to The Parable of Arable Land. The trio's photo on the back cover is no less unnerving or off-putting than the random contents, which could only serve as a fatal test for hypertension or the soundtrack to something far more squirm-inducing than ''Eraserhead''.</blockquote> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 17 January 2023
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boards" | 6:28 |
| 2. | "Water Pour" | 4:39 |
| 3. | "One-Second Pieces" (36) | 3:24 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Organ Buildup" | 1:05 |
| 2. | "Vocal" | 6:28 |
| 3. | "Free Guitar" | 6:27 |
| 4. | "One-Minute Imposition" | 1:08 |
| 5. | "Piano" | 2:10 |
| 6. | "Guitar" | 1:28 |
| Total length: | 33:21 | |
Background
Recorded 1967
Released 1995
Personnel
The Red Crayola
Frederick Barthelme, Steve Cunningham, Mayo Thompson
Technical
The Red Crayola (producer), Walt Andrus (engineer)
Cover art
The cover photo is by Mayo Thompson.
The band photo on the back is by Les Blank.
Issues
| Release | Format | Label | Cat. No. | Notes | |
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1995 | LP | Drag City | DC62 | |
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1995 | CD | Drag City | DC62CD | |
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2014 | LP | Drag City | DC62 |
Reviews
CMJ New Music Report
July 3, 1995[1]
We casually dismissed initial pre-release announcements of Coconut Hotel, the great "lost" Red Krayola album from 1967, thinking it was merely a joke from those nutty pranksters at Drag City, but lo and behold, here is an unheard curio from the Mayo Thompson archives. Bearing little relation to either the freak-out psychedelia of Parable of Arable Land (1967) or the wonderfully oddball songs of God Bless The Red Crayola And All Who Sail With Her (1968), Coconut Hotel is not a great revelation but a rather interesting oddity: Thompson and Krayola kohorts Rick Barthelme and Steve Cunningham play spare improvisations with a pile of different instruments — occasional plucks, miscellaneous horn bleats, piano tinkling, wandering drones, the sound of pouring water, etc. The highlight is several dozen "One Second Pieces" for trumpet/piano/percussion.
The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock
1997[2]
Coconut Hotel, however, is pushing it. The all-improvised doodles on various real (guitar, horns, bass, piano, organ) and found instruments (mainly splashing water, handy clangables, shakeables and chalkboard-pleasant scrapeables) was recorded in 1967 by the original Red Crayola (Thompson, Steve Cunningham and Frederick Barthelme) and understandably rejected by International Artists as the followup to The Parable of Arable Land. The trio's photo on the back cover is no less unnerving or off-putting than the random contents, which could only serve as a fatal test for hypertension or the soundtrack to something far more squirm-inducing than Eraserhead.