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Endless Boogie Releasing The Gathered and Scattered 4LP Box Sept. 24

Posted in Whathaveyou on July 14th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

You know, I wouldn’t necessarily have thought so, but Endless Boogie put it all on the line when they say “you most certainly need this thing,” and I think they might be right. The Gathered and Scattered is the New York jammers’ upcoming collection of rehearsal improvisations. It reportedly runs three hours long and spans four 12″ records. It is limited to 1,000 copies.

Am I ever going to have three hours solid to sit and listen to four Endless Boogie LPs in a row, back to back, for that stretch of time? Given what my life is as of today, I can’t think of any way it would happen in at least probably the next 15 years. Just doesn’t seem feasible. But maybe stretched out over time, an LP here, an LP there, I could make my way through, and maybe that’d be an alright way to go. The preorders are up and they’re $58, so that ain’t nothing, but it’s about $3.41 per jam, and certainly seems like a fair ask on the band’s part.

They posted some of this material on Bandcamp back in March, and you’ll find it below, along with the info for the box set, which I expect will sell out on preorders long before I get up the nerve to pull the trigger and get it myself. Such is Mango.

Dig:

endless boogie the gathered and scattered

Endless Boogie – The Gathered and Scattered

Lord have mercy! 4xLP boxset of archival crude EB rehearsal jams from 1999-2012?!? Strictly NoFi! You most certainly need this thing. Preorder today at:

https://endlessboogie.bandcamp.com/album/the-gathered-and-scattered

**Digital album releases August 1st**

“Since the pandemic has made it impossible for the Endless Boogie gentlemen to gather in order to finally finish their new studio album they thought this an appropriate time to dig through the basement for some ancient fierce jams for you to relish and devour.

These recordings were made mostly during the first decade of this century and it’s mostly entirely improvised rehearsal recordings, a couple of 3am jams after falling out of the bar, and hints of aborted and despairing recording sessions. Besides the core line-up of Gray/Druzd, Eklow, Major and Mark O during this era we get glimmers of double Sweeneys (both Matt and Spencer), as well as Tim Evans, and, whoop dee, Andrew WK?!

This collection of unrelenting Pre-Music comprise some selections previously only available on limited edition CDRs, almost half is entirely previously unreleased and NONE of the tracks in this box have ever appeared on vinyl before. 4 LPs, 3 hours of CRUDE TRUTH. It’s a one-time vinyl-only edition of 1,000 copies.”

1. Life and Legend
2. Basement Jam Ritual III
3. Cretan Miniatures
4. Crude Truth
5. Bob Murphy Control
6. Surplus to Requirements
7. Ruin Art
8. Basement Jam Ritual V
9. Hadrian’s Fall
10. Magic Square
11. Red Cloaks, Stained Shields
12. Fat Man Loop ?
13. Rattlesnake Shake
14. Electioneering
15. Basement Jam Ritual I
16. Mother Fury
17. Reconstruction

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Endless Boogie, Basement Jam Ritual (2020)

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