Nick Bensen Sampler II - Quantity Control Issues

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1.	Castle Keep 03:01	info	buy track
2.	Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (Alternate Acoustic Version) 02:53	info	buy track
3.	The Bond's International Casino Riots 05:33	info	buy track
4.	Did Dad Burn The Sheriff's Car? 03:06	info	buy track
5.	Impressionistic Panhandle 05:38	info	buy track
6.	Feast* (Stuffed Mix) 01:43	info	buy track
7.	Quantity Control Issues: 1st Impression 07:46	info	buy track
8.	Quantity Control Issues: 2nd Impression 08:35	info	buy track
9.	Quantity Control Issues: 3rd Impression 07:12	info	buy track
10.	!!!Win Gene Simmons' Money!!! (Keep It Tight Mix) 04:20	info	buy track
11.	Haunted Hoidelworks 05:43	info	buy track
12.	The Missing Ghost Buildings Of North Riverside 09:23	info	buy track
13.	Visions Of An Electric Metal Skeleton On Fire In Space 03:57	info	buy track
14.	(In Search Of) That Excelsior Feeling 03:27	info	buy track
15.	Hard Luck Of The Hollow (Still Long, But Not As Long Version) 09:23	info	buy track
16.	Bears In The Yard 04:00	info	buy track
17.	What DO People DO All Day?! No, Really ... (Leaving Early Mix) 03:34	info	buy track
18.	Everything In Its Time 03:46	info	buy track

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New compilation album idea 6/20/20
Completed 6/28/20
Master finished 8/10/20

Nick Bensen 2020 Sampler II - Quantity Control Issues
(BE20024-2S)

A second recap to help spread the word. This double dose of top tracks offers fans several previously unreleased curios: a special extended Stuffed Mix of "Feast*;" trimmed down versions of the epics "!!!Win Gene Simmons' Money!!!," "Hard Luck Of The Hollow" and "What DO People DO All Day?! No, Really ... " and, as usual, a new title song in the spirit of the occasion, this one a lengthy multi-part suite. Covers the 13th to 20th releases of 2020, from Electric Metal Skeleton through the Famine* EP.

Disc One

I. All Over; Close To Home

1. Castle Keep 3:01
2. Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (Alternate Acoustic Version) 2:53
3. The Bond's International Casino Riots 5:33
4. Did Dad Burn The Sheriff's Car? 3:06
5. Impressionistic Panhandle 5:38
(c) 1984 by Nick Bensen, Ian Mader & Matt McDermott
6. Feast* (Stuffed Mix)* 1:43
= 22:54

II. Case In Point

7. Quantity Control Issues: 1st Impression* 7:46
8. Quantity Control Issues: 2nd Impression* 8:35
9. Quantity Control Issues: 3rd Impression* 7:12
= 23:33
Disc total 46:27

Disc Two

III. Burning Spectral Wreckage

10. !!!Win Gene Simmons' Money!!! (Keep It Tight Mix)* 4:20
11. Haunted Hoidelworks 5:43
(c) 1992 by Nick Bensen, Heidi Reischuck & Dave Stevens
12. The Missing Ghost Buildings Of North Riverside 9:23
13. Visions Of An Electric Metal Skeleton On Fire In Space 3:57
= 23:23 (look at that - unanticipated balance reappears)

IV. The Larger Issues

14. (In Search Of) That Excelsior Feeling 3:27
15. Hard Luck Of The Hollow (Still Long, But Not As Long Version)* 9:23
16. Bears In The Yard 4:00
17. What DO People DO All Day?! No, Really ... (Leaving Early Mix)* 3:34
18. Everything In Its Time 3:46
= 24:10

Disc total 47:33

Grand total 94:00

*Previously unreleased

All songs written by Nick Bensen unless otherwise noted

(c) & (p) 2020 by Nick Bensen unless otherwise noted

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released August 14, 2020

Two vocal songs otherwise instrumental - Vocals, Dean Exotica acoustic guitar, Heidi's little red ukulele, Casio CTK-100 keyboard and drum machine, Epiphone Dot Studio 335 electric guitar, malfunctioning Roland XP-60 composing workstation synth, Gibson Les Paul Standard, Fender Telecaster, and toy xylophone

All tracks recorded at Timber Lane, Avon, CT, Spring 2020, except:

Track 5 recorded at the Old Bensen Place, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, August 29, 1984
(p) 1984 MSB Records

Track 11 recorded at 13 Green Street, Brattleboro, VT, March 8, 1992
(p) 1992 Black Mountain Productions

New tracks recorded at Timber Lane, Avon, CT, May 9, 28 and 30, and June 27 and 28, 2020

Performed by Nick Bensen, except:

Ian Mader - Keyboards on 5

Matt McDermott - Drums on 5

Heidi Reischuck - Percussion on 11

Dave Stevens - Bass and percussion on 11

Produced and compiled by Nick Bensen

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Nick Bensen Avon, Connecticut

Nick Bensen learned guitar from Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo). He played in the Croton Dammed, the Assassins, Three Globe Banana Monte, A Subtle Plague, Polar Arc and 33 Tiger Infinity. He made 3 solo CDs but gave it up in 2005 due to illness.

In April 2020, Nick suddenly regained the ability to play. With 26 psych/prog/fusion releases since then, Nick Bensen is really making up for lost time. ... more

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