The lacquers for this RSD 2018 release were cut directly from the analog tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Industry.

Fast forward a few years to Kool Herc (one of the original hip-hop DJs, who began to spin two copies of 'Listen To Me' at the same time-starting the Baby Huey cult, and leading to 'Hard Times' being sampled by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest and Ice Cube. Curtis Mayfield, tipped off by Donny Hathaway, came to check them out and they were in the midst of recording The Living Legend for his label when Huey died in a hotel room, just a few weeks after Jimi Hendrix. During the later '60s, The Babysitters followed Sly and the Family Stone's lead and became a psychedelic soul act, with Huey adding rhymes to their stage act. Because of a glandular disorder, Huey weighed close to 400 pounds at times, contributing to his 'larger than life' stage presence, but also to a host of health issues. By the time they recorded The Living Legend, only Huey and Jones remained (Deacon Jones would go on to play with Freddie King and John Lee Hooker). James Thomas Ramey, better known by his stage name Baby Huey (taken from the Paramount Pictures animated giant cartoon duckling) was born in Richmond, Indiana and moved to Chicago in the early '60s to front his band The Babysitters with co-founders Melvin Deacon Jones on trumpet and Johnny Ross on guitar. And no one ever will again.ÂĪ1 Bone Flute Blues A2 Light The Portals A3 Moon Burnt Mountain A4 Sunset Ruinsī1 No French Quarter B2 D.O.V B3 Flamenco Youth B4 Astrophysical Graffiti B5 Olompali No where else in the world can you find a recording with members of Comets On Fire, Nirvana, Earthless, Melvins, Flying Luttenbachers, Sleepy Sun, Triclops!, Devendra Banhart, Lieutenant, Golden, Black Fork, Victims Family, The Mars Volta, Â fIREHOSE, AND a winner of America's Next Top Model. The line-up of Â“IIÂ” finds Beaulieu and Zavala accompanied by Krist Novoselic, Â Mike Watt, Â Dale Crover, Jonathan Hischke, and many others. The project evolved into an expansive, bizarrely curated cavalcade of A-list psychedelic exhibitionists from all parts California, and a few world famous musicians playing non-famous instruments, all arranged and overseen by a mostly unknown, humble guitar playing surfer dude. The sound began with two friends Christian Eric Beaulieu and Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta) digging into open tuning and hybrid ragas with punk energy. Anywhere II is the second, proper full length release from musical entity Anywhere, following their 2012 self-titled release.

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