Record Store Day is an annual event celebrating independently-owned music outlets occurring on the third Saturday of April. But, baby, Record Store Day can be whenever you want it to be. “Live every day like it’s Record Store Day” — Trey C. Jardine, record collector located in Tempe, Arizona.
Long-running wigged-out Philadelphians Bardo Pond stand by this philosophy. In the past three years, the group has put out an annual Record Store Day EP, each featuring two cover songs reinterpreted by the group. Soon, though, three will become one, as the band is collecting these EPs into the appropriately-named Record Store Day Trilogy 3CD set out July 24 through Fire Records.
The set compiles the EPs Rise Above It All, Looking For Another Place, and Is There A Heaven, which feature interpretations of tracks by Funkadelic, Pharaoh Sanders, Brian Eno, The Velvet Underground, Albert Ayler, and Bryan Ferry. Which tracks by these groups are they interpreting? Just check below for the tracklist, my little turtledove.
Bardo Pond are set to play two shows in the near future. One is ATP Iceland in Keflavik in early July; the other is at The Roundhouse in London opening for The Jesus and Mary Chain on July 5.
Record Store Day Trilogy tracklist:
01. Maggot Brain
02. The Creator has a Master Plan
03. Ride Into The Sun
04. Here Come The Warm Jets
05. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
06. Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe
• Bardo Pond: http://www.bardopond.org
• Fire Records: http://www.firerecords.com
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