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RURAL ISOLATION PROJECT/BLUE CIRCLE PROUDLY PRESENT:
COZ THE SHROOM "BUM HENRY ADAMS AND CRAIG STEWART'S PRINCE"
LIMITED EDITION VINYL. SCREEN PRINTED COVERS.
This record is a tribute to the genius of two remarkable individuals: Coz the Shroom and Craig Stewart. Of course, the songs are pure Coz, but the concept and impetus behind the project came purely from Craig.
Craig Stewart and I have both been huge Coz the Shroom fans from way back. As far as cassette underground Austin TX 1980s-90s weirdos went, Coz and Daniel Johnston were leaders of the pack. Daniel got all the acclaim, however, and Coz remained (for the most part) defiantly obscure. Coz, like Daniel, was prolific, and his output soon outpaced our ability to keep up. My own label, (currently (blue circle), then known as SPASMS Cassettes), attempted to help out both artists by issuing a Coz cassette (Instant Osmosis) (CZ 46, 1988) and, as a benefit effort with Daniel’s permission, a Johnston reissue (Yip/Jump Music) (SPASMS 1992).
Craig seized upon the idea of issuing a Coz The Shroom “best of“ compilation on his label Emperor Jones. He got with me, and we exchanged dupes, dubs and burns of our burgeoning Coz collections, digitizing the covers and duly noting the track listings as we progressed, but it soon became evident that the task was beyond our scope. Coz just kept releasing more and more material, we kept getting behind, and we got distracted with brutal reality…
So, finally, here in 2017, Craig and I attempt to present to you the fruits of our efforts. Craig painstakingly listened and re-listened to a number of Coz releases, as did I. Craig made extensive notes on everything he listened to. He graded everything on a scale of 1 -10. I took the top-rated tracks and selected them for this compilation. Consider this a retrospective of Coz’s early years, specifically, the six cassettes that Craig’s surviving extensive notes covered, which were:
Rocketship Rolter - early 1987
Destroy All Monsters - mid 1987
Bride of Mars; or, These Are the Last Days of Doc Vomit and the Shithead Gang on Earth - later 1987
Instant Osmosis - earlier 1988
Throat Gorge - later 1988
A Ghoul in a Gum Factory - late 1989
The Blood Gusher - later 1989
The one exception is “Tiger Bay”, which I chose to replace Craig’s original selection of “Go Insane”, from “Rocketship Rolter”, because the songs are essentially identical except for the lyrics, and I selfishly believe the one I released on “Instant Osmosis” is better!
--Scott Telles