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Ridin' on a Bummer (2023 Edition)

by Rascal Reporters

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Elements 03:32
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The Hills 02:41
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RIO 16:23
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Barrensphere 06:24
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Psychlops 13:12
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Paper Love 04:05
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Note: Originally re-mixed in 2020, this has been updated in 2023 taking advantage of further developments in audio technology. If you previously purchased the 2020 edition, you can now re-download from your Bandcamp profile to get the new mix.

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Hebbardesque Records is proud to present the 2023 edition of Ridin' On A Bummer - the genre-defying music of Steve Gore and Steve Kretzmer, featuring special guests Fred Frith (Henry Cow), Tim Hodgkinson (Henry Cow) and Dave Newhouse (The Muffins). This version of the album has been fully re-mixed and re-mastered by James Strain.

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Steve Gore and Steve Kretzmer released 450 vinyl copies of RIDIN' ON A BUMMER, the Oak Park, Michigan duo's third full-length work. Good luck finding one today. That product of countless hours of composition and laborious home studio sessions quickly sold out, almost exclusively through mail-order; there was no second pressing.

Detroit was safe again, until now.

As a result of modern audio editing advancements and the careful surgical mixing techniques employed by sound engineer and RRs member James Strain, this re-mixed and re-mastered version of the album provides a new clarity to the compositions and performances on the album with a much more balanced sound, allowing the more lo-fi side B of the record to shine in a way it has never done before - particularly tracks like 'Barrensphere' and 'Without Passion Or Peace', which are given a breath of new life in their latest incarnations.

Also included in the album's tracklist for the first time is the full-length version of 'Psychlops', teased in the 80s and 90s via extracts scattered throughout various Reporters releases, and finally seeing a release as a full piece in 2012 thanks to the work of archivist Brian Donohoe.

Bonus tracks include Steve Gore's classic ELO-esque 'Paper Love', Steve Kretzmer's 'Child of the War' featuring vocals by Pearl Ollie, and an alternative version of 'Barrensphere'.

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Acid Dragon Magazine (France) #42, Summer 2006, Phil Jackson:

"...no-one could prepare you for the epic 16 minute flight of imagination aptly entitled 'RIO'..., an intense creation...that recalls Dave Stewart's
work with Egg."

"I would have sworn that Kretzmer's 'Without Passion or Peace' and 'Bones Chorale' were early Zappa compositions."

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released July 7, 2023

Elements, The Hills, RIO, Mike Newfield and Paper Love written by Steve Gore
Barrensphere, Without Passion or Peace, Bones Chorale, Psychlops and Child of the War written by Steve Kretzmer
Barrensphere Revisited written by Steve Gore, Steve Kretzmer and Dave Newhouse

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Rascal Reporters Detroit, Michigan

Formed in the mid-1970s by high school chums Steve Gore & Steve Kretzmer, the Rascal Reporters made music together for over 30 years. From their basement studio in suburban Detroit, this duo delighted in confusing audiences & smudging the lines between genres. ... more

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