Rocket from the Tombs Black Record

Background:

Members of Cleveland group This Moment In Black History (TMIBH) contributed vocals, tambourine and other bits to 'Black Record.'

"We've had a mutual admiration society going for years. I wanted them involved in the recording," singer Crocus Behemoth said. "For awhile the album was going to be titled This Moment In Blackness."

TMIBH was kept in touch with the album's progress through demo tapes and works-in-progress downloads.

"I wanted to feel a rival group's eyes on us as we worked," Behemoth said. "As Pere Ubu became increasingly globalized, I worked with different methods of keeping it grounded in a specific geography. Originally, I intended to incorporate TMIBH into a Pere Ubu record but 'Carnival Of Souls' went off in its direction and RFTT inherited the idea."

TMIBH guitarist Buddy Akita is a member of RFTT.

Production Notes:

Produced by David Thomas.

Mixed by David Thomas and Paul Hamann.

Engineered by Paul Hamann at Suma, Painesville OH.

Package design by John Thompson, idrome.

Basic tracks were recorded on an Ampeg 24-track tape machine. The 2-inch analog tape was transferred to digital at 192khz / 24 bit resolution. Overdubs were recorded digitally at the same resolution. The mix was mastered by Paul Hamann in Ozone 6. Download audio was prepared by David Thomas. The vinyl was cut by Pete Norman at Finyl Tweek, London, on a Neumann VMS80 lathe.

All songs written by Akita - Bell - Mehlman - Siperko - Thomas and published by Fire Songs, except 'Read It And Weep' written by Bell and published by Hearpen Music, 'Strychnine' written by G. Roslie and published by Valet Publishing Company, and 'Sonic Reducer' written by O'Connor - Thomas and published by Larry Spier Music.

Rocket From The Tombs is:

Crocus Behemoth vocals, musette, duotron

Gary Siperko guitar, vocals

Buddy Akita guitar

Craig Bell bass, vocals

Steve Mehlman drums, vocals

This Moment In Black History is:

Lamont Thomas vocals on Hawk Full Of Soul, backing vocals, tambourine

Lawrence Caswell backing vocals

Chris Kulcsar synthesizer on Welcome To The New Dark Ages, backing vocal

and Buddy Akita.

1. Waiting for the Snow
2. Welcome to the New Dark Ages
3. Strychnine
4. Sonic Reducer
5. I Keep a File on You
6. Nugefinger
7. Spooky
8. Coopy (Schrödinger's Refrigerator)
9. Hawk Full of Soul
10. Read It and Weep
11. Parking Lot at the Rainbow's End