Walter Schuman
Pretty Fly/Lullaby (Night Of The Hunter)
KREEP02

Not content with already liberating over twenty dedicated global horror and thriller soundtracks as part of the labels expansive discography, Finders Keepers Records resurrect their ghostly Finders Kreepers imprint, an apparition last spotted back in 2009 with the archival Willow's Songs which exposed the original twisted folk music that inspired the seminal 1972 Wicker Man score. With an unwaning appetite for the rare and obscure side of the genre the labels next short series combines ten vintage recordings from the formative years or International horror introducing a host of bygone soundtrack musicians that combined folklore, musique concrète, early electronics, childlike vocals and flamboyant orchestras to accompany the surreal and hallucinogenic films that inaugurated and inspired the golden age of macabre fantastique cinema.

Sourcing a cross section of obscure global domestic pressings and under the radar vintage vinyl runs this Finders Kreepers reissue series combines a cross section of the rare/unknown and the seminal, bringing unobtainable sonic gems of both classic and uber-classic shock cinema to a discerning new generation of collectors.  A haunting lullaby that needs little introduction. Previously obscured beneath gruff narration within the grooves on a collectible patchwork vinyl audiobook of the film, this musical highpoint of Walter Schuman’s The Night Of The Hunter score finds a dedicated and undisturbed home as part of the Finders Kreepers catalog (amongst its distant doppelganger O Willow Waly lullaby found on our previous theme to The Innocents). Originally sung by the five-year-old actress Sally Jane Bruce but stylistically overdubbed by teenage actress Betty Benson (reverse echoing similar vocal dubbing tales from The Wicker Man’s production log) the high pitched fragility of this immaculate piece of haunting cinematic song has left an indelible sonic memory in the minds of discerning thriller fans which remain synonymous with recycled Sunday afternoon television schedules and the spooked-out aerial shots of composite rabbits, toad and Lotte Reinigner like scenery. This lament of the two riverboat runaways fleeing from the house where the submerged dead body of their murdered mother sways in the reeds still stands up as one of the most haunting and painstakingly pensive pieces of lyrical film music and has since provided direct influence on adaptations and interpolation by Stella Vander (Magma) members of Stereolab, Goldfrapp and Jane Weaver while the film itself (with its roots in purported factual events) continues to inspire the likes of David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch and Rob Zombie.

Before disappearing into relative obscurity this pastoral Swedish/French witch flick benefitted some active global distribution in the 60s due to the stunning lead actress Marina Vlady. A tale of unrequited love, sorcery and persecution this cinematic poem relies on hallucinogenic dream scenes and a paranoia plot to convey a similar tale to that of Eiichi Yamamoto's Belladonna of Sadness. With a shimmering organ and acoustic guitar Norbert Glanzberg score which follows the blonde witch as she rows her boat through twilight lakes and echoing caves while living off the land this unknown soundtrack would not be out of place in a haunted Kubrick ballroom or a Lynchian cabaret club. Scaling the outskirts of the classical horror genre La Sorcierre is more of a supernatural story with a horrific conclusion complete with a shimmering haunting score previously only available on a bizarre Israeli exclusive vinyl EP which has always been hard to track down for those who have literally fallen under the spell of the film.

Walter Schuman - Pretty Fly/Lullaby (Night Of The Hunter)

from the album 'where shine new lights' available 1/27.

tara jane o'neil 'elemental finding'

Becca Mancari // Sara Thompson

Guitar by Ian Ferguson

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Kyle Monroe & Aaron Tosti of TINY TAPE ROOM, Nashville TN.

Queen Of Desire

A 1972 track off Ba Da Bing’s upcoming "Jackson C. Frank: The Complete Recordings" - a 3xCD/6xLP (LP is split into 3 2xLP volumes) with 24 tracks never before heard. Everything completely remastered, including Jackson's classic debut album from 1965. Out August 4th, 2015.

Track listing: http://www.badabingrecords.com/jackson-c-frank-the-complete-recordings-track-listing/

Order: grapefruitrecordclub.com/t/jackson-c-frank

Released in conjunction with Jim Abbott’s book, Jackson C. Frank: The Clear Hard Light Of Genius, The Complete Recordings contains a total of 67 tracks. Every song has been mastered or remastered, many straight from the original, brittle reel-to-reels.
 A life plagued by tragedy with the most haunting music to show for it, Frank’s story can be heard through his music, which has been covered by the likes of Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel, Fairport Convention, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, South Korean jazz singer Nah Youn Sun, French singer Graeme Allwright, sampled by Nas for “Undying Love.” While never gaining full recognition as one of the great musicians of the sixties, Jackson C. Frank clearly had his fans. Frank’s story is a cautionary tale for the dangerous pitfalls of a life lived. At the age of eleven, he was the victim of the infamous Cleveland Hill School Fire in a New York suburb, leaving him burned and disabled, and killing 15 of his classmates. He spent an agonizing eight months in the hospital, during which time he picked up a guitar for the first time. Scarred both physically and psychologically by the first, and left a shell of his former self, Frank would never fully recover from the wounds. His never-released second album was to include the song “Marlene”, which honors his childhood girlfriend lost in the fire. 
Jackson soon found himself making the rounds of the London folk clubs and rubbed shoulders with Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, John Renbourn, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Paxton, Mike Seeger and Sandy Denny (who became Jackson’s girlfriend and later wrote the somber song “Next Time Around” about him). Jackson’s music caught the interest of another young American songwriter in London named Paul Simon, who offered to record and produce his eponymous album Jackson C. Frank in 1965. 
After recording his album, however, Jackson’s health took a turn for the worse and the following years were unkind. He met future wife Elaine Sedgwick, cousin of Edie Sedgwick, at a London party, and when his money began to run out he left London for Woodstock, where they married. The relationship was marked by a miscarriage and the death of their first-born son to cystic fibrosis, and Jackson’s subsequent mental unraveling. Jackson was later diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic and battled excessive weight gain from a thyroid problem developed after the fire. Additionally, he went through bouts of intermittent homelessness between stays at various upstate shelters.  One day, while Jackson waited in a park to be moved to a new facility, he was shot and blinded in his left eye by neighborhood children with a BB gun. The light from this period of his life came from Jim Abbott, who looked after Jackson C. Frank until his death in 1999. Jackson’s recordings span four decades of a hard-lived life, and every experience, every trial, is reflected in his voice.. If ever a person’s individual journey could be traced through his music, it’s Jackson C. Frank’s, and The Complete Recordings is nothing less than a representative map of his life’s high points and deepest, most shadowed valleys. 
While Frank’s album has enjoyed numerous (official and unofficial) reissues, an expanded double CD edition appeared in 2003 from Sanctuary, with 33 songs that had never appeared before. Jackson C Frank: The Complete Recordings contains a total of 67 tracks, including all the Sanctuary material, plus 24 more songs.

China Blue by Jackson C. Frank

SOAP&SKIN - LOST (Instrumental)

Vallens debut album "Consent" out June 24th 2016. 
Video: https://youtu.be/wvNEv3-jagk
ORDER LP + Digital: goo.gl/V4kY7T

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talking in my sleep
defeated
just a twist in the day
be bored any other way

i know you love me
but i see you,
seeing somebody
time will devour,
you and me and what's left between
 
talking but I keep,
depleting
just a kiss of dismay
time's brisk in it's weight

time will devour,
time will devour


Vallens - Devour

First track off debut album, 'Don't Hide From The Light", out now.

You can find the album here: patmoon.bandcamp.com

Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk

Album artwork by Sam Velenne 

Pushit (Demo)

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