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From the One that Cut You

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Both Fred Lane albums compete evenly for the best record released ever. Lane is a true visionary, and pudding.

Somewhere in an alternate universe, the illegitimate love-child of Charles Manson and Bobby Darin was channelled through the spirit of Elvis... and the result was the music of the Reverend Dr. Fred Lane. "From the One That Cut You" is unquestionably one of finest examples of life-altering dementia ever recorded. I cannot recommend it highly enough. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll flee in stark, raving, Lovecraftian terror. Buy it and beware!

This is truly one of the most amazing, yet simultaneously most twisted productions in the history of lounge or swing or whatever it's trying to be at the moment. The Rev. Dr. Fred Lane, along with Ron "Pate"'s Debonaires, tackles C&W, surf, lounge, noise, swing, and in all cases manages to do some astounding assault-work. This record is to the Squirrel Nut Zippers/Cherry Poppin' Daddies what Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" is to Yr. Basic Rock-n-roll. Totally recommended for those with a sense of musical hazard!

... and this album deserves it. There truly is nothing else like it. Yeah, it could sort of almost be described as Beefheart-meets-Bobby Darin, or lounge jazz-on-peyote (many colorful combinations are possible, make yr own, if you dare) but that only sort of covers it. It is so much more. This is strange-but-catchy, bizarre-but-endearing, discordant-but-tuneful weirdmusic from (!!) Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ca. 1975 or so. It happens to be one of my five favorite albums ever. I'm talking EVER-ever, right up there with 'The Nightfly' and the second and third Meat Puppets albums. Oh, yeah. I never get sick of it; that's how I know it's one of my favorites, see.

If you're a strange music junkie, this album is like crack for your eardrums. One listen to this, and you'll be a happy, sappy son of a gun, sailing the China Sea in your pajamas on a raft, your brains turned to oatmeal. (If you'd heard it, you'd know what I'm talking about.) Buy it!! You knew you wanted to as soon as you laid eyes on that handsome devil on the cover - so what are you waiting for?

BBBBBBBUUUUUUYYYYYYY IIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Reverend Fred Lane, as he was called in days gone by, has lifted us to so high that we're really awfully low. And if that does not make any sense to you than you might begin to understand the twisted nature of this shimmy-disc classic about to be re-released.

I did not use the utensil that the clientele had provided.

Masterful. Beautiful. Haunting.

I did not use the utensil that the clientele had provided.