Steve Tibbetts – Yr (1980) Frammus 1522-25 2nd pressing 24-bit 96kHZ vinyl rip and redbook

The all-instrumental Yr is Tibbetts’ second homemade album and like the first, it is a guitar freak’s dream.

Tibbetts overdubs acoustic and electric instruments in a Hendrixian mindscape of production wizardry, often combining up to 20 guitars on one track. He layers the sound into breathtaking guitar choirs and intricate superstructures. His solos are twisting, singing journeys that evolve with the sense of spiritual awakening you’d hear in a Coltrane soprano run. After building to an exuberant climax that nears the breaking point, he supplants it with a plaintive acoustic guitar passage that initiates the next trip.

Though Yr consists of eight pieces, they all flow together as one extended composition in which a percussion ensemble provides continuity, color, and propulsion. The two tabla players maintain the questing forward motion that marks Indian music, while Marc Anderson plays a variety of instruments that give shape and ambiance to the heady atmosphere of Tibbetts’ compositions. The effect is one of being carried down a fog-covered tropical river that unveils a new sight at every turn.

As on his first album, this is a completely self-produced effort, including the cryptic cover art and engineering. But no excuses have to be made for an album that can synthesize several expressions into a unified whole. Only Jade Warrior has managed to make music that is this blistering electric while still maintaining the pristine purity of acoustic folk and international musics. Seek this album out or it will become a relic rather than the living and vibrant expression it is. -Downbeat

I tried calling Steve’s phone number in the booklet (pdf), it goes to voice mail, just saving you the effort!

Tracks:
A1 Ur 5:03
A2 Here Come The Sphexes 3:27
A3 Ten Years 7:45
A4 One Day 3:59
B1 Three Primates 5:02
B2 You And It 7:18
B3 The Alien Lounge 3:36
B4 10 Yr. Dance 3:16

Personnel:
Steve Tibbetts – Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin, Guitar [Dobro], Sitar, Kalimba, Percussion [Easy]
Steve Tibbetts – Artwork
Robert Hughes – Bass
Tim Weinhold – Bongos, Percussion [Vase], Bells
Marc Anderson – Congas, Drums, Bells [Bell Tree, Ago-go Bell, Cowbell], Maracas, Triangle [Surdo], Glockenspiel, Percussion [Clave, Tubular Water, Pipe-o-phone], Performer [Loon, Elephant, Grunting]
Steve Tibbetts – Engineer, Producer
Steve Cochrane – Tabla – Marcus Wise (tracks: A1 to A4), (tracks: B1 to B4)
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NOTE: No DeNoise was used on this rip. All de-clicking software used in full manual mode to preserve musical transients. No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip. No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original track layout. Steve had some wacky cuts, I referenced the cd version for splitting tracks that run together and am within .100′ths of a second on my splits, although it sounds choppy if not played as a side.

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