Coincidentally, Dean guested on Mercury Rev's Car Wash Hair, and Rev's Jimmy Chambers in turn played drums on Dean's single. The circle was later completed when Rev members guested on Mutton Gun's third album. Mercury Rev fans will be particularly delighted to find Car Wash Hair available again. Still a highlight of their live set, when released in '91 it was acclaimed by the press as one of the best singles of the year, but was deleted in '93. Chasing A Bee from 'Yerself Is Steam' also features.
Meanwhile, Rev's Jonathan Donohue had been staying in Oklahoma after being a member of The Flaming Lips. There he came across Radial Spangle, recommended them to Mint, and played on their album, which was produced by Rev's Dave Fridmann. Later, Jonathon came across ex-Agit Pop Cellophane from Poughkeepsie, helping out on their album too.
Sten were a British band that showed great promise; mainman Rob is now seeking results in Hollywood with a new outfit with a wild-cat name I can't recall just now… then along came Mint's new signing, Ubik, who come from another planet. Having spent three formative years in Spaceman 3, Sterling Roswell remains strongly committed to inter- galactic travel, albeit within the vehicle of his well-honed song-writing skills. An Ubik album is expected shortly.
MINT HUMBUCKER is presented with a 12-page booklet with a discography, musician credits and a history of the label written by Q journalist Martin Aston, and will be available at a mid-budget price.
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