ELEVATOR - August "Extra" (2004)

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Jeff Mark An explosive conclusion by a band that has played the soundtrack to the last 15 years of my life. One very precious piece of vinyl. Thank you! Favorite track: AUGUST.

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	1.	THICK WALL 09:36
	2.	MEMORIES OF YOU 03:05
	3.	THE INVITATION 02:46
	4.	I WONDER WHAT IS SANE 02:09
	5.	TO CRY A RIVER 02:57
	6.	THE CHANGE 02:28
	7.	NIGHT 01:22
	8.	CATAPILLAR 03:03
	9.	COMFORT AND JOY 04:14
	10.	LIVE 02:37
	11.	AUGUST 04:03
	12.	WHERE IS THE END? 07:29
	13.	BURIED 02:29
	14.	SHE WARMS 02:49
	15.	A SURPRISE FOR YOU 02:32
	16.	MANIFESTATION 03:16
	17.	SADNESS EATS THE SANE 03:32
	18.	WHY ASK AGAIN 03:20
	19.	WAKE UP 02:29
	20.	SNOW 03:20
	21.	PEACE OF THE MIND 02:56
	22.	THE HANGED MAN 03:28
	23.	THE SEED 05:47

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Welcome to the newly remastered and much expanded version of ELEVATOR's final album "August", originally released on CD and Vinyl through Blue Fog Recordings in 2004. We had hoped at the time to do a double album but soon realized we couldn't afford it, so we cut it down to 12 songs, leaving some favourites in the can until now. For this special release, all the songs from the original album plus 11 of the cut songs are now all back together again, and freshly remastered from the original stereo masters in spring 2020.

Work on the album began in Moncton when Mark and i recorded 4-track demos while i was home visiting in August 2003. Once back in Toronto i played with the demos until Mark came up for some shows in October and we re-recorded the drums better with our 1/2" 8-track. Tara's bass and vocals were added as well as several extra guitar tracks by Dallas before i moved back to Moncton in December and continued to work on the 20 plus songs we'd started through the winter and spring.

A couple of the tunes were either/or picks, like "She Warms" which is written over the same drum track as "Memories of you", and "Why ask again" which is an alternate version of the concept we had for "Where is the end?". A few other songs included in the Extra's here are straight from the summer 2003 demos and "The Seed" is built up from a looped section of drums made from the middle of "The Change" demo. "Buried" was the last song we recorded as Elevator, actually done shortly after finishing the album. Kind of a perfectly symbolic tune to end on really. I've also included some of the short remixed clips that i originally planned to have sit between all the tracks of the album but decided against at the last minute. Hope you dig hearing all the extra tunes, it's nice to have them all together again. -Rick

RICK WHITE - Guitars, voice, synth, percussion + keys.
TARA WHITE - the Bass, casio and her voice.
MARK GAUDET - the Drums
with Dallas Good - additional guitars and keys on 1,2,5,6,9 and 10.
Bowed bass on track 5 by Sean Dean.

*Order the new double LP coloured vinyl version with beautiful gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves and lots of new artwork. Comes with download code for this digital bandcamp version. Get it from our Blue Fog Recordings web store at Big Cartel dot com.

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released August 31, 2020

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