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01. Spider John Koerner - Macalester Don't Stop Now
02. Spider John Koerner - Ramble, Tumble
03. Spider John Koerner - Don't Terrify Me
04. Spider John Koerner - Be Careful
05. Spider John Koerner - Waiting For Go With Normal Dub
06. Spider John Koerner - Cindy's #'s
07. Spider John Koerner - Everybody's Goin' For The Money
08. Spider John Koerner - Skipper & His Wife
09. Spider John Koerner - Thief River Falls
10. Spider John Koerner - Mr. Image
11. Spider John Koerner - Taking Time
12. Spider John Koerner - The Wall
01. Spider John Koerner - The Secret Of Sleep DVD
ARTIST
TITLE
Music Is Just a Bunch of Notes/The Secret of Sleep
FORMAT
CD/DVD

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CATALOG #
NN 013CD NN 013CD
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RELEASE DATE
11/9/2010

Music Is Just A Bunch Of Notes was cut in 1972 in an upstairs storefront building above a coffee house on Minneapolis' West Bank. One of the counterculture's first entirely DIY efforts, it was engineered by 12-string guitar legend Dave "Snaker" Ray and released on his fledgling Sweet Jane label. All of the songs are Koerner originals; the tunes are sequenced with a cinematic eye and interspersed with weird spoken-word bits. The album includes several mainstays of John's repertoire, including the timeless "Everybody's Goin' For The Money," a song that sums up the uniquely Koernerian brand of existentialism as tidily as any. This CD is mastered from the original tapes and is reissued for the first time since the rare 1972 release. The DVD disc features a previously unreleased 16mm movie made by Bruce Rubenstein, David Rubenstein & The Secret Of Sleep. In it, Percival (John Koerner) gets a call in which he's told to go on a mysterious quest. Percy and his buddy (Willie Murphy) wander around in various utopian settings, but in the end, they return to the city to contend with reality. Digitally restored in 2009, released on DVD for the first time, this is a tremendous bit of lost holy grail for Koerner enthusiasts. NTSC region 1 DVD (run time: 60 minutes; audio: mono; black & white; aspect ratio: 4x3 letterbox).