This Milwaukee, Wisconsin band are best remembered by their 1967 single "Stop & Listen." What is not known about them is their 1969 studio recordings made at Pacific High Recorders in San Francisco. Shag laid down some excellent tracks during down time at the studio while the Grateful Dead were finishing up "Workingman's Dead." Tracks from Shag's "1969" have never been released and their use of the flute a full two years ahead of Jethro Tull's popularization of the instrument shows their versatility and raw talent.
The only band to use the Beatles, Whitney Houston, Mission Impossible, Petula Clark, Doctor Who, ABBA, and the French national anthem as art statements. Circa 1987: Shag Times, one of the many deliberate cash-ins released in the wake of the Timelords, confirmed Bill Drummond and Jimi Cauty's supremacy over every last imitator and pop stunt plagiarist.
The Orb has announced a new album No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds that will be released in June. The ambient duo worked with Roger Eno (brother to Brian), Killing Joke bassist Youth, session musician Guy Pratt and Jah Wobble, formerly the bassist for Public Image Ltd, who is on “Blue Room.”
"I wanted to try something with more musicians and more voices. More contributors essentially - similar to the conditions our first album Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld," said founder Alex Paterson…
The Orb has announced a new album No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds that will be released in June. The ambient duo worked with Roger Eno (brother to Brian), Killing Joke bassist Youth, session musician Guy Pratt and Jah Wobble, formerly the bassist for Public Image Ltd, who is on “Blue Room.”