WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! reissue out now

My first demo tape, What The Hell Is That?!, was recorded entirely on a Technics dual cassette deck in 1986, overdubbing back and forth between tapes until I had completed 11 tracks.  The album is in mono and full of hiss.  MUCH of this make me cringe, to be honest, and when I first put it out on cdr I deliberately left off two tracks.  Well, being the dummy I am, I put them back on and have reissued it again, so here it is.  Keep in mind, some of this is pretty damned lame, but there is a certain charm to some of the songs, most of which I went on to re-record on 4-track cassette (at home of course) and/or in an 8-track reel-to-reel studio for my Nothing Personal cd (Emigre, 1991).

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!

Track listing:

Dream Girl 2:45
Me And My Big Mouth 2:44
Cafe Music 2:04
I'll Get You For That 2:59
Gone For Good 3:14
It Must Be Hard 2:07
One Without The Other 2:27
Take It Like A Man 3:44
The Late Show 3:16
Save My Soul 1:56
Merry Go Round 1:45

All songs written by Ray Carmen, published by Radio Friendly BMI.
$5.00 ppd, or in trade for your own original music.

 

New cdr UNPOPULAR MECHANICS out now

UNPOPULAR MECHANICS
Cover tunes and collaborations, part three.

Track listing:
Phone Call (Clinger-Carmen) 0:56
Circle Sky (Nesmith) 2:53
Mr. Mystery (MJB-Carmen) 4:16
How Do You Work This Thing?
  (Ethington-Carmen) 1:06
Trial By Fire (live) (Campau-Carmen) 3:16
Swamp Thing (Ethington-Carmen) 1:07
The Mighty Quinn (MC remix) (Dylan) 3:14
Screamin' Jesus Hawkins (Crooker-Carmen) 5:39
Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas
  (Danoff-Danoff) 2:34
Messages (Clinger-Carmen) 6:36
Peek-A-Boo (Stephenson-Carter) 2:43
Joy To The World (Watts-Mason) 1:00

Instruments and voices by Ray Carmen, with guest appearances by:
MJB, Ken Clinger, Don Campau, Doug Wofsey, Grace Carmen, Mike Crooker,
and Bob Ethington. 
C and P 2011 Ray Carmen/Cut And Paste Records.
Stereo.  CAP-51.
$5.00 ppd, or for trade of your own original music.