Edwin Lechter

This is the third full length release from this San Francisco band. I read the fine print so I can give you the skinny. It was supposed to be recorded in San Francisco's Japan town, but the venue they were shooting for went under before they got the chance so they settled for a sound stage about a mile away and went for the Japanese flavored photos and liner notes anyway. About half the material here is made up of live versions of songs that appeared on either "The Ocean Is Not For Cowards" or "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea." Among the other material, there is a cool medley of familiar music, "Baby Elephant Walk," "Music to Watch girls By," and "Linus and Lucy." They also do admirable takes on "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" and "Hawaii 5-0." There are 19 tracks oncluding a Japanese introductions and a song called "Ubik" which I would imagine is named after a wonderful book by Philip K. Dick.