Phantasmal Delite

Part One - The Dream (12:23) ... March 14, 1989 (MP3 11.6mb)
Part Two - The Illusion (8:50) ... March 15, 1989 (MP3 8.3mb)
Part Three - The Awakening (9:25) ... April 2, 1989 (MP3 8.8mb)

Suite of the Angels

Dance of the Angels (4:47) ... February 1989 (MP3 4.5mb)
Chant of the Angels (4:14) ... May 30, 1989 (MP3 4.0mb)
March of the Angels (6:00) ... December 10, 1988 (MP3 5.6mb)

CD Bonus Tracks

The Adventures of Captain Good (5:15) ... April 8, 1989 (MP3 5.0mb)
The Mighty Captain (4:16) ... December 2, 1988 (MP3 4.1mb)
The Ballade of Hairy Larry (3:43) ... August 12, 1990 (MP3 3.5mb)
The Man From September (4:35) ... August 24, 1989 (MP3 4.3mb)

Jason: Guest on Part One
Suzy: Guest on Part Three
Paul: Collaborator on Captain Good
Steve: Keyboards, Drums, Vocals, Sounds
Recording Engineer: Steve Baker at Gallifrey Sound
Mixing and Mastering: Steve Baker at Gallifrey Sound
Catalog Number: Logopolis Records DIA-145
Release Date: December 2001

"Phantasmal Delite" was my first focused effort into audio surreality, combined with some brief songs and some silly sketches. About two years earlier we recorded two brief "adventures" featuring a guy who fell into a well, and that started the creative juices flowing.

The three "Phantasmal Delite" episodes were recorded within a relatively brief span of time (about three weeks), while at the same time I was also writing and recording actual songs. These do feature a few brief tunes (including a duet with my sister Suzy in Part Three) but in general these PD tracks were more focused on sketches.

I was going through a brief "Firesign Theatre" phase, and around this time I was first exposed to the Beatles' Christmas Album. Although my attemts at surreality pale in comparison, these tracks were recorded on the spot with minimal rehersal or refinement. I wrote a lot of material in a short span of time, always figuring I would go back someday and record them again with more precision.

Well, here it is more than twelve years later and I have not yet returned to these old psychocosmic adventures... so until I elaborate on them further, I present these here for you to enjoy.