Thunderbird: The Underdubs Vol. 1

by Mike Starling

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1.	Ocho 01:15	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars
2.	Stopped Dead in My Tracks 02:30	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars
3.	Outside My Window 02:03	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, sound effects
4.	Candy Gets the Root 01:43	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, percussion
5.	Rutabaga Breakdown 02:16	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars, vocal textures, Dr. Rhythm drum machine
6.	All the Wrong Spaces/Swampwater 09:17	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, electronic drums, percussion, vocal textures, sound effects
7.	A Fistful of Lasagna 00:25	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: piano, bass, acoustic guitar
8.	Annie's Fanny 01:14	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars
9.	Wilbur's Groove 04:40	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: electric guitars, bass, drum loop
10.	Learning to Solder 01:46	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars
11.	Drowned 02:03	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars, harmonica, vocal textures
12.	G-Man Blues 03:01	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic and electric guitars, Casio, percussion
13.	Radio Badlands 01:46	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitar, bass, Casio
14.	Bassically 00:41	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: bass guitar
15.	Corn on Yer Cob 05:15	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars, bass, drum loop
16.	Up Nort 02:09	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental) Mike Starling: acoustic guitars

about

Originally released on cassette in 1992, "Thunderbird" is the very first collection of guitar-based instrumental music by the Wisconsin-based composer-producer Mike Starling.

Dubbed and remastered as the first release in Starling's 4-Track Cassette Reclamation Project series, "Thunderbird" is an early example of the lo-fi/DIY aesthetic, with performer and his six-string at the recording controls adding occasional touches of bass, keys, harmonica, hand percussion and vintage drum machine loops.

"The sound is definitely rootsy and homey, giving the tape an unfinished, spare quality, which works in its favor," wrote Ted Johnson in his review for LAX magazine. "A note on the tape cover says this is 'late-night listening music.' To me it sounds like the background music for some rustic weirded-out documentary; jangly and melodic but funky at unexpected moments."

credits

released March 23, 2023

A NINE VOLT PRODUCTION featuring

Mike Starling: acoustic and electric guitars, bass, harmonica, piano, Casio, vocal textures, drums, percussion, loops

Music composed by Starling and published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)

Recorded and mixed by Starling in the Attic at 908 Vine, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, except for "A Fistful of Lasagna" recorded at Studio A in the Wing Communications Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Mastered by Brett Huus at Sound Strations Audio, La Crosse

Allbum cover photography/design by Starling

This one's for Nana

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