Peter Laughner Box Set?

[erickelric]

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/cleveland_legend_peter_laughne.html

[Spacecase Records]

Some cool photos and clippings. Thanks for the link.

[erico]

Details are here! https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/peter-laughner-box-set-5-lps-plus-book




Record One: 1972 (Fat City Jive)

Side One:

01. Hesitation Blues (Billy Smythe)
02. The Sidewalks of New York (Blake/Lawler arr: Laughner)
03. I’m Willing (Lowell George)
04. Solomon’s Mines (Peter Laughner)

05. Please Mrs. Henry (Bob Dylan)
06. Mean Ol’ Frisco (Arthur Crudup)
07. Drunkard’s Lament (Terry Hartman)
08. T For Texas (Jimmie Rodgers)

Side Two:

09. Good Time Music (John Sebastian)
10. Love Minus Zero (No Limit) (Bob Dylan)
11. I’m Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed)
12. Eyes Eyes (Michael Hurley)
13. Eyes of A New York Woman (Ogden/Pynchon)
14. It’s Saturday Night (Dance The Night Away) (Peter Laughner)
15. These Days (Jackson Brown)
16. Fat City Jive (Terry Hartman)
17. That’s The Story of My Life (Lou Reed)

1 – 8, 16: The Original Wolverines (Peter Laughner/Mike Sands/Pete Sinks), WMMS “Coffeebreak Concert”, September 20, 1972 (excerpts)
9 – 15, 17: Peter Laughner and Mike Sands, WMMS “Coffeebreak Concert”, November 15, 1972 (excerpts)

Record Two: 1973 – 1974 (One of The Boys)

Side One:

01. Rock & Roll (Lou Reed)
02. One of The Boys (Hunter/Ralphs)
03. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

Side Two:

04. Heroin (Lou Reed)
05. I’m So Fucked Up (Peter Laughner)
06. White Light/White Heat (Lou Reed)/Call The Ambulances (Cynthia Black)

1, 3, 4, 6: Cinderella Backstreet, The Cellar, Sandusky, OH June 23, 1973
2: Cinderella Backstreet, JB’s, Kent, OH March 23, 1973
5: Cinderella’s Revenge, Viking Saloon, Cleveland May 11, 1974

Cinderella Backstreet: Peter Laughner, Cynthia Black, Rick Kalister, Albert Dennis, Scott Krauss. The soundman was Pat Ryan.

Cinderella’s Revenge: Peter Laughner, Susan Schmidt, Deborah Smith, Lachlan McIntosh, Eric Ritz. The soundman was Mark Price.

Record Three: 1974 – 1977 (Rock It Down)

Side One:

01. What Goes On (Lou Reed)
02. Ain’t It Fun (Laughner/O’Connor)
03. Amphetamine (Peter Laughner)

Side Two:

04. Prove It (Tom Verlaine)
05. Dear Richard (Peter Laughner)
06. Hideaway (Peter Laughner)
07. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Bob Dylan)
08. Pablo Picasso (Jonathan Richman)
09. Rock It Down (Peter Laughner)

1: Fins, block party, 2765 Euclid Hts Blvd., Coventry, Cleveland Hts July 27, 1974
2: Rocket From Tombs, The Agora, Cleveland February 10, 1975
3: Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1976
4 – 7: Friction, The Pirate’s Cove, Cleveland November 2, 1976
8: Friction, rehearsal, Cleveland October 31, 1976
9: Peter Laughner and Adele Bertei, “Secret Session”, unknown studio, Cleveland 1977 (circa March)

Fins: Peter Laughner, Robert Bensick, Deborah Smith, Lachlan McIntosh, Scott Krauss. The soundman was Mark Price.

Rocket From The Tombs: David “Crocus Behemoth” Thomas, Peter Laughner, Cheetah Chrome, Craig “Darwin Layne” Bell, Johnny “Madman” Madansky. Soundperson unknown.

Friction: Peter Laughner, Susan Schmidt, Deborah Smith, Anton Fier. The soundman was Pat Ryan.

Record Four: 1977 (Nocturnal Digressions)

Side One:

01. See No Evil (Tom Verlaine)
02. Come On In (Whatcha’ Doin’ On Them Stairs?) (Tom Verlaine)
03. Everything I Say Just Goes Right Through Her Heart (Peter Laughner/Adele Bertai)
04. The Next Room Of The Dream (Peter Laughner)
05. Do It (Jesse Winchester)
06. Slim Slow Slider (Van Morrison)

Side Two:

07. Blank Generation (Richard Hell)
08. Wild Horses (Jagger/Richards)
09. Isn’t That So? (Line of Least Resistance) (Jesse Winchester)
10. Me And The Devil Blues (Robert Johnson)
11. Pale Blue Eyes (Lou Reed)
12. (Going To) China (Peter Laughner)
13. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)

Recorded by Peter Laughner solo at the Laughner residence, Bay Village, OH June 21, 1977

Record Five: 1973 – 1977 (Pledging My Time)

Side One:

01. Cinderella Backstreet (Peter Laughner)
02. Down At The Bar (Peter Laughner)
03. Baudelaire (Peter Laughner)
04. 32-20 Blues (Robert Johnson)
05. Rain On The City (Peter Laughner)

Side Two

06. “I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind” (Peter Laughner)
07. Pledging My Time (Bob Dylan)
08. (My Sister Sold Her Heart To) The Junk Man (Peter Laughner/Adele Bertai)
09. First Taste of Heartache (Peter Laughner)
10. Sylvia Plath (Peter Laughner)
11. Lullaby (Peter Laughner)

1: Peter Laughner, solo home recording, circa 1975
2: Peter Laughner and Deborah Smith, WMMS Coffeebreak Concert, October 11, 1974
3, 10, 11: Peter Laughner and Albert Dennis, 4-track recording, East Cleveland, 1976 (circa August/September)
4: Peter Laughner, solo home recording, Cleveland Hts., 1976 (September or October)
5: Peter Laughner and Wally Wefel, living room session, 1973 (circa November/December)
6: Peter Laughner, solo home recordings (mystery 4-track session), circa 1976
7: Peter Laughner, solo home recording, Cleveland Hts., December 15, 1976 (NB: This is the “unmixed” version)
8, 9: Peter Laughner, solo home recording (“New Songs”), Cleveland Hts., 1977 (circa January/February)

Pre-sale for the box set begins now. 

TWO special pre-order only bonuses will be included and these bonuses will not be sold separately or in stores.

The first bonus is a 7" record sold ONLY during the pre-sale.  The track list for the bonus 7" record is as follows:


Bonus 45: 1973 – 1976 (Easily Excited)

Side A:

01. Drugstore Cowboy/I’m So Bored (Bangs/Laughner)
02. Venus De Milo (Tom Verlaine)

Side B:

03. Heart (Section 2) (Michael Hronek)
04. Who’s Been Here? (Bo Carter)
05. Instrumental (fragment) (Peter Laughner)

01:  Peter Laughner and Lester Bangs, from “Critic’s Choice”, Creem offices, Walled Lake, MI 1975 (circa February/March)
02: Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1976
03: Michael Hronek, Peter Laughner, Robert Bensick, Albert Dennis, and Scott Krauss, from “Fall 1974” tape, Cleveland 1974 (circa October) (NB: Laughner’s guitar work here is the origin of “Ain’t It Fun”)
04: Peter Laughner, David Krauss, Alan Echtler, Spa John, and Carl Woideck, Hillel House, CWRU, Cleveland February 10, 1973. Soundperson unknown.
05: Peter Laughner, solo home recording (mystery 4-track session), circa 1976

[Mitch]

Pumped.

[Smithsix]

Also pumped.

[Mort Subite]

I was in, until I saw the shipping cost. I could probably drive to Cleveland and pick the damn thing up in person for less.

[vedicardi]

will this be up for streaming anywhere?

[SmogVeil]

I was in, until I saw the shipping cost. I could probably drive to Cleveland and pick the damn thing up in person for less.

The box set weighs more than 8 pounds.  The box we use to ship it in costs us $5.

$12 shipping in the USA doesn't cover all our costs.

I hate to have to charge an insane amount to ship overseas, $70.  But postage is in excess of $65, plus $5 for the box.  Plus, I have to pay the person who does the shipping.  We lose money, even at that outrageous price.

Soundohm in Europe will have them at some point...

[SmogVeil]

will this be up for streaming anywhere?

Not until after the first of the year.  Book will not be available as a download.

[SmogVeil]

I think the track listing that was posted above is wrong. 

https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/peter-laughner-box-set-5-lps-plus-book

Here's the actual track list including the bonus 7":

Record One: 1972 (Fat City Jive)

Side One:

01. Hesitation Blues (Billy Smythe)
02. The Sidewalks of New York (Blake/Lawler arr: Laughner)
03. Willin' (Lowell George)
04. Solomon’s Mines (Peter Laughner)
05. Please Mrs. Henry (Bob Dylan)
06. Mean Ol’ Frisco (Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup)
07. Drunkard’s Lament (Terry Hartman)
08. T For Texas (Jimmie Rodgers)

Side Two:

09. Good Time Music (John Sebastian)
10. Love Minus Zero (No Limit) (Bob Dylan)
11. I’m Waiting For The Man (Lou Reed)
12. Eyes Eyes (Michael Hurley)
13. The Eyes of A New York Woman (Ogden/Pynchon)
14. It’s Saturday Night (Dance The Night Away) (Peter Laughner)
15. These Days (Jackson Brown)
16. Fat City Jive (Terry Hartman)
17. That’s The Story of My Life (Lou Reed)

1 – 8, 16: The Original Wolverines (Peter Laughner, Mike Sands, Pete Sinks), WMMS “Coffeebreak Concert”, Cleveland, September 20, 1972 Host: Shauna Zurbrugg
9 – 15, 17: Peter Laughner and Mike Sands, WMMS “Coffeebreak Concert”, Cleveland, November 15, 1972 Host: Kid Leo

Record Two: 1973 – 1974 (One of The Boys)

Side One:

01. Rock & Roll (Lou Reed)
02. One of The Boys (Hunter/Ralphs)
03. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

Side Two:

04. Heroin (Lou Reed)
05. I’m So Fucked Up (Peter Laughner)
06. White Light White Heat (Lou Reed) / Call The Ambulances (Cynthia Black)

1, 3, 4, 6: Cinderella Backstreet, The Cellar, Sandusky, June 24, 1973
2: Cinderella Backstreet, JB’s, Kent, March 23, 1973
5: Cinderella’s Revenge, Viking Saloon, Cleveland, May 11, 1974

Cinderella Backstreet: Cynthia Black, Albert Dennis, Rick Kalister, Scott Krauss, Peter Laughner.

Cinderella’s Revenge: Peter Laughner, Lachlan McIntosh, Eric Ritz, Susan Schmidt, Deborah Smith.

Record Three: 1973 – 1977 (Pledging My Time)

Side One:

01. Cinderella Backstreet (Peter Laughner)
02. Down At The Bar (Peter Laughner)
03. Baudelaire (Peter Laughner)
04. 32-20 Blues (Robert Johnson)
05. Rain On The City (Peter Laughner)

Side Two

06. “I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind” (Peter Laughner)
07. Pledging My Time (Bob Dylan)
08. (My Sister Sold Her Heart To) The Junk Man (Peter Laughner - Adele Bertei)
09. First Taste of Heartache (Peter Laughner)
10. Sylvia Plath (Peter Laughner)
11. Lullaby (Peter Laughner)

1: Peter Laughner, solo home recording, circa 1975
2: Peter Laughner and Deborah Smith, WMMS "Coffeebreak Concert", Cleveland, October 11, 1974
3, 10, 11: Peter Laughner and Albert Dennis, 4-track recording, East Cleveland, 1976 (circa August/September)
4: Peter Laughner, solo home recording, Cleveland Heights, 1976 (September or October)
5: Peter Laughner and Wally Wefel, home recording, 1973 (circa November/December)
6, 11: Peter Laughner, solo home 4-track recordings, circa 1976
7: Peter Laughner, solo home 4-track recording, Cleveland Heights, December 15, 1976
8, 9: Peter Laughner, from the “New Songs” tape, solo home recording, Cleveland Heights, 1977 (circa January/February)

Record Four: 1974 – 1977 (Rock It Down)

Side One:

01. What Goes On (Lou Reed)
02. Ain’t It Fun (Laughner/O’Connor)
03. Amphetamine (Peter Laughner)

Side Two:

04. Prove It (Tom Verlaine)
05. Dear Richard (Peter Laughner)
06. Hideaway (Peter Laughner)
07. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Bob Dylan)
08. Pablo Picasso (Jonathan Richman)
09. Rock It Down (Peter Laughner)

1: Fins, block party, Coventry, Cleveland Heights, July 27, 1974
2: Rocket From Tombs, The Agora, Cleveland, February 10, 1975
3: Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Ann Arbor, February 1976
4, 8: Friction, rehearsal, Cleveland, October 31, 1976
5 – 7: Friction, The Pirate’s Cove, Cleveland, November 2, 1976
9: Peter Laughner and Adele Bertei, from the “Secret Session” tape, 4-track home recording, Cleveland Heights, 1977 (circa March)

Fins: Robert Bensick, Scott Krauss, Peter Laughner, Lachlan McIntosh, Deborah Smith.

Rocket From The Tombs: David “Crocus Behemoth” Thomas, Peter Laughner, Cheetah Chrome, Craig “Darwin Layne” Bell, Johnny “Madman” Madansky.


Friction: Anton Fier, Peter Laughner, Susan Schmidt, Deborah Smith.

Record Five: 1977 (Nocturnal Digressions)

Side One:

01. See No Evil (Tom Verlaine)
02. Come On In (Whatcha’ Doin’ On Them Stairs?) (Tom Verlaine)
03. Everything I Say Just Goes Right Through Her Heart (Peter Laughner - Adele Bertei)
04. The Next Room Of The Dream (Peter Laughner)
05. Do It (Jesse Winchester)
06. Slim Slow Slider (Van Morrison)

Side Two:

07. Blank Generation (Richard Hell)
08. Wild Horses (Jagger/Richards)
09. Isn’t That So? (Jesse Winchester)
10. Me And The Devil Blues (Robert Johnson)
11. Pale Blue Eyes (Lou Reed)
12. (Going To) China (Peter Laughner)
13. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)

From "Nocturnal Digressions", solo home recording, Bay Village, June 21, 1977

The 7" record sold ONLY during the pre-sale.  The track list for the bonus 7" record is as follows:


Bonus 45: 1973 – 1976 (Easily Excited)

Side A:

01. Drugstore Cowboy/I’m So Bored (Bangs/Laughner)
02. Venus De Milo (Tom Verlaine)

Side B:

03. Heart (Section 2) (Michael Hronek)
04. Who’s Been Here? (Bo Carter)
05. Instrumental (fragment) (Peter Laughner)

01:  Peter Laughner and Lester Bangs, from “Critic’s Choice”, Creem offices, Walled Lake, MI 1975 (circa February/March)
02: Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1976
03: Michael Hronek, Peter Laughner, Robert Bensick, Albert Dennis, and Scott Krauss, from “Fall 1974” tape, Cleveland 1974 (circa October) (NB: Laughner’s guitar work here is the origin of “Ain’t It Fun”)
04: Peter Laughner, David Krauss, Alan Echtler, Spa John, and Carl Woideck, Hillel House, CWRU, Cleveland February 10, 1973. Soundperson unknown.
05: Peter Laughner, solo home recording (mystery 4-track session), circa 1976

[SmogVeil]

I love the fact that you made this box look like a release on the Mosaic Records label (brilliant touch.)

Thanks!

Johnny Dromette did the box and LP/CD covers.  Ron Kretsch did the book.

There one little fact that helps explain why this took so long to get done: all told, between the estate, music collaborators, photographers, reprint licensors, and songwriters who are entitled to a mechanical, there is about 50 people/organization/estates that had to sign off on the license.  At least one of those persons, we didn't even have a name, just a nickname (and, that person should be the featured character if anyone ever does a book/project about the Hessler Street Fair).

pressing plant

Furnace.  We always use them.

[SmogVeil]

Here's our notes on the bonus 7" sold only to Peter Laughner box set pre-orders:

https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/peter-laughner-box-set-5-lps-plus-book

Bonus 45: 1973 – 1976 (Easily Excited)


Side A:


01. Drugstore Cowboy/I’m So Fuckin' Bored (Bangs/Laughner)

02. Venus De Milo (Tom Verlaine)


Side B:


03. Heart (Section 2) (Michael Hronek)

04. Who’s Been Here? (Bo Carter)

05. Instrumental (fragment) (Peter Laughner)



01:  Peter Laughner and Lester Bangs, from the “Critic’s Choice” tape, Creem offices, Walled Lake, 1975 (circa February/March)

02: Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Ann Arbor, February 1976

03: Michael Hronek, Robert Bensick, Albert Dennis, Scott Krauss, and Peter Laughner, from the “Fall 1974” tape, Cleveland, 1974 (circa October)

04: Peter Laughner, Alan Echtler, Spa John, David Krauss, and Carl Woideck, Hillel House, CWRU, Cleveland, February 10, 1973.

05: Peter Laughner, solo home 4-track recording, circa 1976



01. Drugstore Cowboy/I'm So Fuckin' Bored: from “Critic’s Choice”, Peter Laughner and Lester Bangs, Creem offices, Walled Lake, 1975 (circa February/March)

This medley is an excerpt of one of several sessions that Peter did with Lester Bangs, the legendary music critic who was writing mainly for Creem at this time. Peter later performed "I'm So Fuckin' Bored" solo at one of his Bottleworks shows in early 1976; in the intro to that performance, he confirmed that the shout out in the middle of the song is to Creem editor Jaan Uhelszki.

Regarding the origin of the title "Critics’ Choice", Jane Scott reported in the Plain Dealer on April 11, 1975 that “WMMS has a tape of Rocket (From the Tombs') guitar player Peter Laughner playing and singing with Creem writer Lester Bangs.  Peter also writes for Creem.  ‘From our forthcoming album, “Critics’ Choice,”’ jokes Laughner.”

02. Venus De Milo: from “The Ann Arbor Tapes”, Peter Laughner and Don Harvey, Ann Arbor, February 1976
With strong support from Peter's former Mr. Charlie bandmate Don Harvey on pump organ, Peter turns in a loving and devoted cover of this emblematic Tom Verlaine song.

03. Heart (Section 2): from “Fall 1974” tape, Cleveland, 1974 (circa October). Michael Hronek, Peter Laughner, Robert Bensick, Albert Dennis, Scott Krauss.  This recording comes from Fender Rhodes player Michael Hronek's "Fall 1974" tape for which he enlisted the help of his friends Peter, Robert Bensick, Albert Dennis, and Scott Krauss. Though the session was focused solely on Hronek's original jazz-fusion compositions, the guitar parts Peter came up with for "Heart" reveal themselves to be the lead riffs (albeit in embryonic form) that he would play over Cheetah Chrome's music on the RFTT song “Ain’t It Fun".

04. Who’s Been Here?: Peter Laughner with David Krauss, Alan Eckler, Spa John, and Carl Woideck, Hillel House, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, February 10, 1973. This rendition of the Mississippi/Tennessee bluesman Bo Carter song is the only surviving recording from a solo set Peter did opening for Tiny Alice at CWRU. He also quotes the lyrics of "Alabama Bound", best known in its 1940 version by Leadbelly. Peter is joined on this performance by most of the then-version of Tiny Alice including his frequent collaborator and harmonica player David Krauss.

05. Instrumental (fragment): Peter Laughner, solo home 4-track recording, circa 1976. This brief multi-tracked guitar instrumental shows a side of Peter that indicates not only his continued embrace of a broad range of styles but also another possibility for the direction his music might have taken.

[grievous angel]

Sorry if this is clearly stated somewhere and I’m just missing it, but does the presale go all the way to August or does it end sometime before that?

[SmogVeil]

Sorry if this is clearly stated somewhere and I’m just missing it, but does the presale go all the way to August or does it end sometime before that?

Ends a week or 2 before the street date and while we haven't announced the date yet, I'm fairly certain that will be at the end of July or sometime during the 1st 2 weeks of August OR until the supply of 7"s runs out (we pressed 1000 7"s and getting low).

All book proofs now approved, just awaiting final printing and assembly.

[SmogVeil]

Peter Laughner box set in stores August 2, 2019.

Pre-sale w/bonus 7" ends June 16, 2019.  The bonus 7" will only be sold during the pre-sale.

https://www.smogveil.com/collections/frontpage/products/peter-laughner-box-set-5-lps-plus-book