Casio City Rockers, by Brother Lee

Casio City Rockers

by Brother Lee

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Limited edition remastered 12" vinyl LP version of the "Casio City Rockers" album, cut at Timmion and released on our good friends Funk Night label, straight outta Detroit, USA.

We don't have a ton of these and we're selling them cheaper than you will find anywhere else. If you're based in France then buying from us is a no brainer. Outside of France we can ship 2 x LPs together for £31.50, signed for delivery, but larger quantities bump the price up considerably and give us extra customs headaches to deal with, depending on where you're based. We can also do 1 copy of this and 1 of the Saint Tropez Orchestra LPs together, for instance, but orders of more than two LPs per package will be automatically cancelled. We love yers and we know you'll understand ;)

Btw, If you are in the US, the UK, or Japan, we urge you to please buy the album directly from Funk Night as the shipping will almost certainly be cheaper than buying from us here in France. Likewise if you see it in a store in the US, UK, Japan, or wherever, get it while you can as there's only 250 of these worldwide. Funk Night have always been super good guys with us and they've done a brilliant job with the vinyl on this one, so if you're closer to them than us then please support them directly if you can!

**ONE LAST VERY IMPORTANT THING** - the LPs came to us all factory sealed, and so they are Mint condition. However, with previous factory sealed LPs we have had a couple of buyers contact us to say the vinyl had split a sleeve seam open during shipping. It can, and does happen, even with our super tough €2 mailers. SO, we can remove the LP from the sleeve for you but we'll ONLY do this if you ask us first. We'd prefer that the LPs weren't shrinkwrapped to avoid this happening but it wasn't our decision to seal them in the first place. So - PLEASE ASK US FIRST if you want the LP removed from the sleeve before shipping to avoid seam splits and we'll totally do it for you. Otherwise... you know the score, it's in the hands of the record shipping gods and it's your risk, okay. Obviously we want you to receive all our items in the condition they leave our office, but sleeve splits during the shipping of a sealed LP are beyond our control. We simply can't guarantee they'll arrive with all seams intact if you want it 'still sealed'. We may be able to fly like a byrd or ride winged horses or fuck supermodels with our eyes closed but we're not magicians :)
It's your choice, folks.

Amor y paz - Dime x

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Limited Edition Compact Disc version of "Casio City Rockers"
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Comes in an LP-style cardboard sleeve, complete with credits insert, also every physical purchase comes with a free download of a DJ mix by Lee, of influences and inspirations for "Casio City Rockers".

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Super Limited Edition 6-track, 7" Vinyl EP
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We have a tiny number available of the super limited edition 7" vinyl EP featuring six of the tracks from "Casio City Rockers". This is the only time that tracks like "Super Capri Beat" or "French Madrid" will appear on a 45. It's like a mini vinyl version of the album that DJs and vinyl fiends can get into, and it's super rare.

It also comes with a hand-drawn insert that's signed by the artist. Don't miss out on this, we have very few copies and Wonderfulsound might have already shipped all their copies. It's a beauty!

Due to the low numbers we have in stock, they are strictly one per person. And yes, sadly, we know the postage is high, but that's La Poste, France's tracked postal service for you. They are eye-wateringly pricy but we've no control over them. (Yet. Wait until all the tiny record labels in France get together and blockade the Champs Elysee and demand the government does something to help small businesses. Pitchforks at dawn!)

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	1.	Super Capri Beat 01:51
	2.	Soul Noodle 01:27
	3.	Ricoré 02:39
	4.	Breakfast Cereal Jazz Music 01:32
	5.	French Madrid 02:34
	6.	Move It On 02:22
	7.	Free Parking 01:18
	8.	Concrete Bongo Head 02:51
	9.	Baroque Neck Brace 01:08
	10.	Fried Grapes 01:51
	11.	It's All Around 01:51
	12.	Daredevil 02:10
	13.	Second Guess 01:41
	14.	Turquoise 02:03
	15.	Toyota Corolla 01:28
	16.	Bossa For Ingrid 01:35
	17.	Welcome To Valium Country 02:58
	18.	Casio City Rockers 02:08
	19.	Wah Wah 03:45

about

"Casio City Rockers" is a deep dive into the infamous archives of Brother Lee, a.k.a. Lee Skelly. The 19 tracks here are compiled from 4-track cassette machines, Sony Walkmans, dictaphones and mobile phones, and were recorded in home studios, bedrooms, hotel rooms, holiday apartments... basically wherever, whenever and however Lee could record them before he had the chance to forget them.

His cassette archive alone runs to around 600, then there's the numerous carrier bags and boxes of mobile phones, USB keys and dictaphone tapes scattered around his remote French home, all full of either completed songs or scraps of melody or song sketches, and played on whatever instrument was nearest to hand. Not being particularly sentimental or nostalgic, it's rare for Lee to look over his shoulder for this kind of stuff.

So, imagine "Money Mark's Keyboard Repair" filtered though a Syd Barrett lens, or if Daniel Johnston had been fixated on Shuggie Otis and peak-70s Stevie Wonder instead of The Beatles. Everything here may be slightly broken but it works perfectly if you get what I mean. From the funky Clavinet workouts of "Baroque Neck Brace" and "Wah Wah" to the dead-on-'67 sitar-and-backwards-guitar psychedelia of "It's All Around" to the Afrobeat-inspired "Super Capri Beat" and the bonkers Casio-goes-Acid House title track, even the breezy lo-fi soul pop of "Turquoise" and "Bossa For Ingrid", this album is a wild ride. Don't miss it."
- Jenn Hepsworth, London, 2023.
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Lee: Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Wurlitzer piano, Casio MT-65, Casio SK-1, flute, sitar, tambura, tablas, electric sitar, Clavinet, Mellotron, guitar, bass, drums, melodica, percussion, vocals.

Dime Records 2023 DM.016 All rights reserved.
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Mastered by Stephen Maughan.
Sleeve layout assistance by Pauline Jouhet

XXL-sized thanks and gratitude to: Stephen, Philly, Miles, Frank Raines, Shawn Lee, Marc Z, Jenn, Pauline, all the Skelly family and friends and neighbours for their kind help.

This album is dedicated to Ingrid.
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released October 19, 2023

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