Bar/None Records to Release the Swimming Pool Q's New Disc, Royal Academy of Reality, on May 20, 2003.Entertainment Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 On May 20, 2003, Bar/None Records Bar/None Records is an independent record label based out of Hoboken, New Jersey. The label was founded by Tom Prendergast in early 1986 as a logical progression from Pier Platters, an indie record store in Hoboken. will release Royal Academy of Reality, the new disc by the legendary Atlanta group The Swimming Pool Q's. Produced by Q's singer/songwriter Jeff Calder and engineer Phil Hadaway, this release is The Swimming Pool Q's first full-length album in more than 10 years. The Royal Academy contains 20 tracks recorded in Atlanta and Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. . During the sessions, The Q's core line-up since 1982 (Bill Burton, drums; Jeff Calder, vocals, rhythm guitar; Bob Elsey, lead guitar) was augmented by Neill Calabro (vibes), Marty Kearns (keyboards) and percussionist Pete Jarkunas, who played bass on The Q's 1981 debut, The Deep End. The Swimming Pool Q's classic vocalist, Anne Richmond Boston, rejoined the band as primary recording drew to a close and she appears on several key tracks. Additional contributions were made by an extraordinary collection of more than two dozen musicians including Brendan O'Brien (producer of Bruce Springsteen's The Rising), Tom Gray (The Brains), the late Samarai Celestial (Sun Ra) and Moe Tucker (Velvet Underground). The Q's supplement their guitar-based sound with a sweep of exotic instrumentation; Clavioline, glass harp, dulcimer dulcimer (dŭl`sĭmər), stringed musical instrument. It is a wooden box with strings stretched over it that are struck with small mallets. The number of strings may vary. The dulcimer is related to the psaltery and modern zither. , bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes , muted trumpet, harpsichord harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. , turntables, tamboura tam·bou·ra or tam·bu·ra also tan·bur n. An unfretted lute of India and Turkey, used as a drone. [Urdu , sitar sitar (sĭtär`), fretted string instrument with a gourdlike body and a long neck, similar to the lute. It has from 3 to 7 gut strings, tuned in fourths or fifths (or both), and a lower course of 12 wire strings that vibrate sympathetically with and chang contribute to the album's rare atmospheric beauty, reinforcing Royal Academy's poetic themes. Royal Academy of Reality follows the acclaimed 2001 reissue of The Swimming Pool Q's 1981 DB Recs' debut, The Deep End, now hailed as a seminal work of the Southern New Wave era. See Swimming Pool Q's biography at www.swimmingpoolqs.com for additional details. Title: ROYAL ACADEMY OF REALITY Label: Bar/None BRN-CD-145 Artist: The Swimming Pool Q's Release date: May 20, 2003 Distributed by Koch International THE SWIMMING POOL Q's are: Anne Richmond Boston: vocals Bill Burton: drums Jeff Calder: vocals, rhythm guitar Tim DeLaney: bass Bob Elsey: lead guitar |
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