The Red Crayola
The Parable Of Arable Land

The Parable Of Arable Land

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2CD set with extensive new sleevenotes in a rigid digibook. Mono & Stereo versions of the band’s groundbreaking 1966 album. Lovingly remastered by Sonic Boom from the original master tapes for the first time since the 1967 release and featuring the first reissue of the rare Mono mix on any format. Bonus material includes alternate mixes and demo tracks.

Over the last few years Charly has embarked on a labour of love to re-issue all of the original albums released on the legendary Texas psychedelic label International Artists label as distinctive limited luxury editions. Following releases of albums from The Golden Dawn, Bubble Puppy, Lost and Found, Endle St Cloud and all the original albums from The 13th Floor Elevators, the series continues with this re-issue of The Red Crayola’s 1967 debut.

Along with the Elevators, The Red Krayola were the mainstays of the International Artists label. The group are recognised in psychedelic circles as producing some of the weirdest music ever – combining elements of avant-garde and garage with wild, experimental freak outs and chilling stripped down songs which sounded unlike anything from the Sixties.

The album has been re-mastered for this release from the original master tapes by Pete Kember, AKA Sonic Boom, the former member of Spaceman 3 and producer of MGMT and Panda Bear. The 2CD set contains both mono and stereo versions along with bonus tracks, one of which is completely unreleased. The mono disc also has the tracks re-adjusted so the freeform freakouts are taken out and the musical tracks play as a complete set (after the original album)

This luxury 2 CD digibook edition of the album features an extensive booklet written by IA authority Paul Drummond with a preface from Sonic Boom.

Disc 1 – Stereo edition

  1. Free form Freak-Out #1
  2. Hurricane Fighter Plane
  3. Free form Freak-Out #2
  4. Transparent Radiation
  5. Free form Freak-Out #3
  6. War Sucks
  7. Free form Freak-Out #4
  8. Pink Stainless Tail
  9. Free form Freak-Out #5
  10. Parable of the Arable Land
  11. Free form Freak-Out #6
  1. Former Reflections Enduring Doubt

Bonus tracks

  1. Nickel Niceness (demo = Green of My Pants on 2nd LP)
  2. Vile Vile Grass (demo = War Sucks)
  3. Transparent Radiation (demo)
  4. Pink Stainless Tail (alternate take, guitar & vocal only)
  5. Hurricane Fighter Plane (alternate stereo mix)
  1. Former Reflections Enduring Doubt

(unreleased alt stereo edit & mix)

Disc 2 – Mono edition

  1. Free form Freak-Out #1
  2. Hurricane Fighter Plane
  3. Free form Freak-Out #2
  4. Transparent Radiation
  5. Free form Freak-Out #3
  6. War Sucks
  7. Free form Freak-Out #4
  8. Pink Stainless Tail
  9. Free form Freak-Out #5
  10. Parable of the Arable Land
  11. Free form Freak-Out #6
  12. Former Reflections Enduring Doubt
  13. Hurricane Fighter Plane
  14. Transparent Radiation
  15. War Sucks
  16. Pink Stainless Tail
  1. Former Reflections Enduring Doubt

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