NOW! ... and Then, by Nick Bensen

NOW! ... and Then

by Nick Bensen

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1.	I Left All My Baggage At Victoria Station (This Time I'm Taking A Backpack) 03:43	info	buy track
2.	Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (Album Version) 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Lyrics 5/6/20 NEWLY DISCOVERED RECORDINGS OF JAMES BROWN & THE BEATLES TOGETHER (C) 2020 by Nick Bensen I have secret music in my dreams And unusual methods of getting it There was a Bevis Frond EP in a cave And a pharmacy in Prospect, Connecticut That had a dusty high row of box sets From the Breeders and Guided by Voices, A Hendrix fusion thing from '79 Along with dozens of dazzling choices Last night's dream beat it all I couldn't believe my good fortune In the haunted old Westchester Mall An artifact of epic proportions Chorus: I dreamed of Newly discovered recordings of James Brown and the Beatles together Everything clicked into place And the world became remarkably better (2x) Yeah, yeah, yeah Good God y'all Love, love, love Get with it now Yeah, yeah, yeah Good God y'all Love, love, love, love, love "I am the collector of things ... things ... things ... " ( - hello GbV community!) (Repeat chorus)
3.	Pipe Down 03:47		buy track
4.	Family Time 04:50		buy track
5.	!!!Win Gene Simmons' Money!!! (First Acoustic Version) 01:49		buy track
6.	Space Age Rip Van Winkle 02:13		buy track
7.	Solidarity With Bruce 03:43		buy track
8.	Casting It All Off 08:30		buy track
9.	Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (First Acoustic Version) 02:54	lyrics	buy track
Lyrics 5/6/20 NEWLY DISCOVERED RECORDINGS OF JAMES BROWN & THE BEATLES TOGETHER (C) 2020 by Nick Bensen I have secret music in my dreams And unusual methods of getting it There was a Bevis Frond EP in a cave And a pharmacy in Prospect, Connecticut That had a dusty high row of box sets From the Breeders and Guided by Voices, A Hendrix fusion thing from '79 Along with dozens of dazzling choices Last night's dream beat it all I couldn't believe my good fortune In the haunted old Westchester Mall An artifact of epic proportions Chorus: I dreamed of Newly discovered recordings of James Brown and the Beatles together Everything clicked into place And the world became remarkably better (2x) Yeah, yeah, yeah Good God y'all Love, love, love Get with it now Yeah, yeah, yeah Good God y'all Love, love, love, love, love "The scenario is bright ... for the King And Carol" ( - hello GbV community!) (Repeat chorus)

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New album idea 5/26/20
Completed 5/29/20
Master finished 6/7/20

NOW! ... and Then
(BE20005)

Fresh songs with more of a '60s Britpop and '70s folk feeling plus unique acoustic versions of the associated single tracks. For those interested in listening but not into experimental music, this is the place to start in my discography. There are two attempts at my one new proper song with vocals and nothing challenging, scary, or too weird.

I. NOW! Side

1. I Left All My Baggage At Victoria Station (This Time I'm Taking A Backpack) 3:43
(c) 2020 by Heidi Reischuck & Nick Bensen
2. Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (Album Version) 4:42
3. Pipe Down! 3:47
4. Family Time 4:50
5. !!!Win Gene Simmons' Money!!! (First Acoustic Version) 1:49
=18:51

II. Then Side

6. Space Age Rip Van Winkle 2:13
7. Solidarity With Bruce 3:43
8. Casting It All Off 8:30
9. Newly Discovered Recordings Of James Brown & The Beatles Together (First Acoustic Version) 2:54
= 17:20

Total 36:11

All songs written by Nick Bensen unless otherwise noted

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

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released June 8, 2020

Two versions of a vocal song otherwise instrumental - Vocals, Dean Exotica acoustic guitar, Casio CTK-100 keyboard and drum machine, Epiphone Dot Studio 335 electric guitar, and malfunctioning Roland XP-60 composing workstation synth

Recorded at Timber Lane, Avon, CT, May 27-29, 2020

Performed and produced 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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