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AUDIO ONLY. Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I - 01 - "Rainkeeper" (1986)
Shown is the cover and spine of the Rhodes I cassette, now out-of-print. Those cassettes were hand-made by Happy Rhodes and Kevin Bartlett. Ok, they didn't forge the plastic or make the paper, but when they got an order they would dub each cassette individually, and put together the cassette insert themselves. They did this with each of the first four albums ("1st4") until they were all re-released on CD in 1992.
The picture on each cassette is an actual photograph of a painting by Happy, cut and pasted onto a cassette insert. That's true of Rhodes I, Rhodes II and Ecto. Rearmament has a blurry photograph of Happy's eyes, but again, a copy of the photograph was cut and pasted onto each cassette. The track listing was often hand-typed too.
The original painting for Rhodes I was painted onto a motorcycle saddlebag, and is lost.
Monsters were Happy's friends growing up, and she still loves them.
Lyrics:
Rainkeeper
Ooh rainlover, you're the one
You're the one I'm dreaming of
Be my love
Ooh rainkeeper, does your heart
Does it overflow with fear
You and I could cry a sea
' Cause I'm the other side
Know where you hide
I'm there, so be wary of me
Rainlover, in my dreams
You are lying by me and we're free
Ooh rainmaker, do you know
Do you know where my love goes
Only mother knows
That I'm the other half
The psychopath
I'm here, better fear me
Your other side
Know where you hide
I'm there, so be wary of me
Rainkeeper, time to die
And she wants you by her side
Forces to collide
Song © 1986 - Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
Rhodes I liner notes/credits:
1986 tape US Aural Gratification AGC 0008 13 tracks, 45 minutes
1992 CD US Aural Gratification AGCD0008 15 tracks, 50:15 minutes
Produced by Pat Tessitore and Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
Recorded and Mixed by Pat Tessitore at Cathedral Sound Studios
Digital Mastering performed by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording
This album is a compilation of songs recorded between the years of 1984 and 1986.
THANKS TO: Kevin Bartlett, Pat Tessitore, Bill DeMichele, Dave Snyder, Mum, and to all the Ectophiles, for inspiring the re-release of my back-catalog.
© 1984, 1986 & 1992 Happy Rhodes
All songs BMI
All songs published by Hovering Slab Music (BMI)
(P) © 1984, 1986 & 1992 Aural Gratification.
All rights reserved.
Unauthorized duplication of any or all of this recording is a violation of applicable federal © laws.
AUDIO ONLY. Happy Rhodes - Rhodes I - 01 - "Rainkeeper" (1986)
Shown is the cover and spine of the Rhodes I cassette, now out-of-print. Those cassettes were hand-made by Happy Rhodes and Kevin Bartlett. Ok, they didn't forge the plastic or make the paper, but when they got an order they would dub each cassette individually, and put together the cassette insert themselves. They did this with each of the first four albums ("1st4") until they were all re-released on CD in 1992.
The picture on each cassette is an actual photograph of a painting by Happy, cut and pasted onto a cassette insert. That's true of Rhodes I, Rhodes II and Ecto. Rearmament has a blurry photograph of Happy's eyes, but again, a copy of the photograph was cut and pasted onto each cassette. The track listing was often hand-typed too.
The original painting for Rhodes I was painted onto a motorcycle saddlebag, and is lost.
Monsters were Happy's friends growing up, and she still loves them.
Lyrics:
Rainkeeper
Ooh rainlover, you're the one
You're the one I'm dreaming of
Be my love
Ooh rainkeeper, does your heart
Does it overflow with fear
You and I could cry a sea
' Cause I'm the other side
Know where you hide
I'm there, so be wary of me
Rainlover, in my dreams
You are lying by me and we're free
Ooh rainmaker, do you know
Do you know where my love goes
Only mother knows
That I'm the other half
The psychopath
I'm here, better fear me
Your other side
Know where you hide
I'm there, so be wary of me
Rainkeeper, time to die
And she wants you by her side
Forces to collide
Song © 1986 - Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
Rhodes I liner notes/credits:
1986 tape US Aural Gratification AGC 0008 13 tracks, 45 minutes
1992 CD US Aural Gratification AGCD0008 15 tracks, 50:15 minutes
Produced by Pat Tessitore and Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
Recorded and Mixed by Pat Tessitore at Cathedral Sound Studios
Digital Mastering performed by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording
This album is a compilation of songs recorded between the years of 1984 and 1986.
THANKS TO: Kevin Bartlett, Pat Tessitore, Bill DeMichele, Dave Snyder, Mum, and to all the Ectophiles, for inspiring the re-release of my back-catalog.
© 1984, 1986 & 1992 Happy Rhodes
All songs BMI
All songs published by Hovering Slab Music (BMI)
(P) © 1984, 1986 & 1992 Aural Gratification.
All rights reserved.
Unauthorized duplication of any or all of this recording is a violation of applicable federal © laws.
