Chris Corsano - The Young Cricketer (hot cars warp records) CDR  ---->  $6.00 First solo release. Later reissued on vinyl by Family Vineyard. 40 minutes of all-acoustic drums, percussion, reeds, homemade instruments, etc. Recorded & released February 2006. "How should you pick up the ball and throw it?"

Chris Corsano - Blood Pressure (hot cars warp records) CDR  ---->  $6.00 Second solo release. 33 minutes, 11 tracks of solo cheap keyboard & vocal stuff. No drums. Recorded Apr. '06. "Systolic (edited version)" "Switches"

Chris Corsano - The Young Cricketer (Family Vineyard) LP  ---->  $16.00 In March 2008, Family Vineyard reissued this on LP in an edition of 600 copies. Remastered for vinyl by J.J. Golden.  Same tracks as the CDR, though the order is slightly different. "What do we mean by coaching?"

Chris Corsano - Another Dull Dawn (Ultra Eczema) LP  ---->  out of print, but still available through Fusetron and Mimaroglu Music Sales Third solo record. Recorded mostly in March 2008. Drums, percussion, baritone sax mouthpiece on a two foot metal pipe, violin strings, banjo and violin bridges, contact mics, effect pedals, claw bell, metal strips from windshield wipers, toy comb, clarinet, toy gamelan, guitar cable, gongs, triangle, nylon guitar strings, amp, melodica, pot lids, etc.  Dennis Tyfus did the artwork which is impossible to do justice to on a computer screen. Tyfus says he slept outside my house for weeks in a tent to get me to agree to do this record. Don't believe him. It was a cardboard box, not a tent. Edition of 400. "Another Dull Dawn" "The Frayed Elevator Cable" "Kittenish Gnawing, Pt. 1"

Flaherty-Corsano Duo - Last Eyes (Records) LP  ---->  $12.00 4 years after the The Hated Music, the Flaherty-Corsano Duo makes another appearance on record, this time a vinyl full length of all-alto & drums material. Recorded January 11, 2004 at WMBR in Cambridge, MA. Released by Records in conjunction with it's tenor-heavy sister record, Steel Sleet on the Tyyfus label.

Flaherty-Corsano Duo - Steel Sleet (Tyyfus) LP  ---->  $16.00 Issued by the Finnish label Tyyfus (their 2nd release). Steel Sleet is the all-tenor (minus a little bit of alto mouth-piece on one track) corollary to the strictly-alto Last Eyes LP. Also recorded January 11, 2004 at WMBR in Cambridge, MA.

Paul Flaherty-Chris Corsano-C. Spencer Yeh - Slow Blind Avalanche LP (Important)  ==>  black vinyl  ---->   $15.00  /  white vinyl  ----> $20.00 Vinyl only release, limited to 1000 copies with the first 200 on white vinyl. Recorded during a Hartford snowstorm in December 2004 at the same session as A Rock In The Snow (but totally different cuts than that CD). Artwork by C. Spencer Yeh. Liner notes by John Olson.

Flaherty-Corsano Duo - Full Bottle (Ultra Eczema) LP  ---->  out of print.  Last I checked, there was one up for sale at Synaesthesia Another live one from Louisville, this one recorded at the St. John Renaissance Theater, Louisville, Kentucky on September 16, 2005. Fifth duo recording (third on vinyl) by Flaherty/Corsano. Artwork by Dennis Tyfus and released by his estimable Ultra Eczema label. Limited to 400 copies. There is a commercial for this record here, done by a couple of Belgium's finest thespians. Long out of print elsewhere.

Wally Shoup-Chris Corsano-Paul Flaherty - Bounced Check (Records) LP  ---->  $12 The Records half of the Blank/Bounced Check sister releases. Recorded live in concert at Gallery 1412 in Seattle, WA on October 16th, 2005.

Wally Shoup-Chris Corsano-Paul Flaherty - Blank Check (Tyyfus) LP  ---->  $20 The Finnish half of the 2nd twin-release of the Tyyfus and Records labels. The first time around was the Flaherty-Corsano Last Eyes/Steel Sleet LPs. This time out it's recordings from a live set of the Wally Shoup, Corsano & Flaherty trio at Gallery 1412 in Seattle, WA in October 2005.

FLAHERTY & CO. on CD: 

Flaherty-Corsano Duo - The Hated Music (Ecstatic Yod) CD  ---->  $12 Debut CD from the Paul Flaherty-Chris Corsano Duo, released by Ecstatic Yod, the combination of Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace & Byron Coley's Father Yod labels. Recorded June 6, 2000. With cover art by the great Gary Panter and liner notes by Byron "power kuk" Coley. "Hat City Fire Truck" "Tom Wilson's Dream" "Rut One"

Paul Flaherty-Greg Kelley-Chris Corsano - Sannyasi (Wet Paint) CD  ---->  $12 The second offering from Flaherty & Corsano is a trio disc with Boston-based trumpeter Greg Kelley. Recorded May 27, 2001 and released a year later on Flaherty's own imprint Wet Paint, with Paul's artwork gracing the front cover. clip from "Wayless Way"

Steve Baczkowski-Chris Corsano-Paul Flaherty - The Dim Bulb (Wet Paint) CD  ---->  $12 Baritone player Steve Baczkoski hails from Buffalo, rides his bike to gigs with his horn on his back (it's a baritone for Christ's sake!), and wails harder than most sax players either 1/2 or double his age or anywhere in between. This is a live recording of a this trio's first show, May 31st, 2003 at Hallwalls in Buffalo, NY.

Cold Bleak Heat - Simitu (Family Vineyard) CD  ----> $12 Second Cold Bleak Heat (Flaherty/Corsano/Matt Heyner/Greg Kelley) release. Recorded at the same session as It's Magnificent... (August 24, 2003). "Pound Cake"

Flaherty-Corsano Duo - The Beloved Music (Family Vineyard) CD  ---->  $12 Recorded live at The Rudyard Kipling, Louisville, Kentucky, on May 4th, 2004 and released 2 years later by Family Vineyard. With liner notes by David Keenan. "Like biting in to the skin of free-creature and having the swarm attack your feeble body." - John Olson. clip from "The Great Pine Tar Scandal"

Paul Flaherty-Chris Corsano-C. Spencer Yeh - A Rock in the Snow (Important) CD  ---->  $12 Recorded in Hartford in December 2004 as part of the session with C. Spencer Yeh on violin and vocals that also birthed the Slow Blind Avalanche LP, both on Important Records. Artwork by Spencer, liners by John Olson. clip from "We Have To Check Your Equipment For Bombs"

FLOWER-CORSANO:

Flower-Corsano Duo - The Four Aims (VHF) 2LP  ---->  $18  //  CD  ---->  $12 Second full-length by this duo of Michael Flower (Japan banjo, tanpura, organ) and Chris Corsano (drums, melodica, cello). Recorded at Mick's house in Leeds, November 2007 plus 1 live track recorded in Cambridge, England on February 14, 2007. The double LP has three bonus live tracks not on the CD (one from the Cambridge show, two from a performance at Instants Chavirés in Paris on November 3, 2008. clip of "The Main Ingredient" clip of "The Glass House" fading into "The 8th Day" - LP only bonus tracks

Flower-Corsano Duo - The Chocolate Cities (self-released) CDR  ---->  $7 5 live cuts from Cambridge, UK & Geneva in 2009. Originally available on the Flower-Corsano U.S. Fall tour. clip of "85% Pure" "One More Bar for the Road"

VAMPIRE BELT:

Vampire Belt / Magik Markers - split (Not Not Fun) 7"  ---->  $10 Part of Not Not Fun's Bored Fortress subscription series (year 3, vol. 3). Recorded September 2007, if memory serves correct. 2 Vampire Belt songs on one side ("Apple Cores" & "Big Chief") and one by the Markers on the other ("Tango & Cash"). Limited edition & out of print elsewhere.

Vampire Can't - Key Cutter (Load Records) CD  ---->  $12 Collaboration between Vampire Belt and Can't (Jessica Rylan) recorded in the spring of 2005. Came out on CD and vinyl. I only have copies of the CD, but the LP's available direct from Load. clip from "False Teeth" clip from "No Strings" clip from "Wax Lips"

Fake Hand/Ayler's Angels - Frozen Hamer/Ancient Axe (hot cars warp records) LP  ---->  $10 Fake Hand were a no wavish trio who briefly ruled over the Western Massachusetts landscape around 1996. Emily (bass) would go on to be in Wikkid, Touchdown, Skint, etc. Ayler's Angels were Matt and Brain from The Fake Hand on sax and drums playing in a more post-Ornette Coleman mode. They'd later become Army of Ghosts and, after that, A.R.E. Weapons. Released in 1997 in an edition of 500. Corsano appears on one live track on the Ayler's Angels side.

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13 Gauge/Klatzker-Corsano Duo/Dieter Henkel - 3...2...1...zero (hot cars warp records) LP  ---->  $10 1997 release, edition of 500. Corsano's first album, more or less. "13 Gauge [Corsano, Aaron Mullan (later of Tall Firs) and George Moore (later of anexplodingstar & Chessie)] dedicate a side of the LP to alto legend Marion Brown and give their rendition of a post-core, Chick Corea-less Afternoon of a Georgia Faun. Their third and final piece is 'Montana Fix', a very loose tribute to mushroom legend John Cage. The Klatzker-Corsano duo (cello and drums, respectively) follow w/ a slightly more melodic, but no less frazzled approach. 13 Gauge-ist Dieter Henkel abandons his main instrument (drums) to jam guitar, trumpet, and twiddled knobs into the works, bringing things to a screeching halt." Individually made covers using either recycled LP jackets or cereal boxes or whatever else would house a record.

Phil X. Milstein-Thurston Moore - Songs We Taught The Lord Vol. 2 (hot cars warp records) LP  ---->  $30 Recorded live at the Middle East, Cambridge, MA on December 12, 1996. Thurston Moore (guitar) and Phil Milstein (guitar, tape, saw). Released in 1997 in an edition of 500 with hand-pasted sleeves.

Diadal - s/t  (hot cars warp records) 2LP  ---->  $70 (stickered) / $50 (unstickered) Released in 1998. Visual artists/musicians Rita Ackermann & Jutta Koether with three members of the No Neck Blues Band on 2 tracks. One LP is all music (and what music it is!), the other is etched  (one by Rita Ackermann, the other by Jutta Koether). Most of the covers were hand-stickered with neon dolphins and the like, though there are some that didn't get "the treatment." Save yourself $20 for the unstickered version. For those who care, it's not silk-screened (as is suggested elsewhere on the internets); it's a pantone color (vs. the more common and, unbeknownst to stupid me at the time, cheaper CMYK) print. Pre-Angelblood, pre-Electrophillia.

OTHER COLLABORATIONS:

Dredd Foole & The Din - The Whys of Fire (Ecstatic Yod) CD  ---->  $12 Dredd + Thurston Moore, Pelt & Chris Corsano. Mastered by Jim O'Rourke. Actuel tribute (or rip-off depending on how you look at it) cover. Released in 2003.

Sunburned Hand of the Man - Rare Wood (Spirit of Orr) CD  ---->  $12 Recorded at: KDVS in Sacramento, CA June 2003; Vera in Groningen, Netherlands October 2003; Gloucester, MA July 2002.

Kim Gordon - Noise Hello Kitty  picture disc  ---->  $100 A limited edition picture disc Kim Gordon created for a Tokyo gallery show where artists created works to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Hello Kitty. Coco + Thurston Moore on "Hello Kitty is Back!"; Kim Gordon solo on "Noise Hello Kitty"; Gordon + Corsano on "I Want One". Last two tracks are labeled incorrectly on the record. One went for $200 on ebay a few years back, shining a light on the dark part of the internet where Hello Kitty and Sonic Youth completists meet.

Chris Corsano-Mike Shiflet-C. Spencer Yeh - Live @ Flywheel (DroneDisco) CDR  ---->  $15 Handpainted & numbered edition of 60. Recorded, as the title suggests, Live at Flywheel on November 20th, 2003 with an extra 17 minutes of Shiflet-remix.

Various Artists - Music For Plants (PerfectIfOn) 2CD  ---->  $22 Double CD comp based around Peter Coffin's band-playing-in-a-greenhouse-in-a-gallery exhibit at Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC in 2002. Some tracks recorded live at the performances, others (such as the Tim Barnes-Chris Corsano-Sean Meehan-Barry Weisblat-Michael Evans 13-minute track that I'm on) were recorded after the exhibit specifically for the comp. Some other bands include: Mice Parade, Tetsuo Inoue & seed, No Neck Blues Band, HiM, Deaken and Geologist, Ariel Pink, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Zs, John Wiese & Tim Koh, Kites, Jutta Koether-Alan Licht-Tom Verlaine, Arto Lindsay, Black Dice and Christian Marclay.

Various Artists - Just Drums (Fever Pitch) 2CD  ---->  $8 Double CD drum-only comp. My track on it is nothing special, to be honest. How's that for salesmanship? Recorded around Feb. 2004, it's about 2 years before The Young Cricketer and is my first attempt at recording solo drums. Also on this record: Michael Evans, Sean Meehan, William Winant, Christine Bard, Jeph Jerman, Gino Robair, Jeff Arnal + Ben Hall, Karen Stackpole, Kevin Shea + Ravish Momin, Billy Martin and others.

Death Unit - Only Death Is Certain (Hospital) LP  ---->  $30 Monotract's Carlos Giffoni (electronics), Mouthus' Brian Sullivan (guitar), Hair Police's Trevor Tremaine (drums) & Chris Corsano (drums). Recorded in 2005 (I think) and released in 2006. Released on Dominick Fernow's Hopsital Productions label. Out of print at source.

The Puke Eaters - Hello Valhalla (Skulls of Heaven/Lalalal) LP  ---->  $14 Recorded (at least in part) in July 2005 and released in 2009. "For any points of reference think of the swamp into which Fille qui mousse, Cromagnon and 'Jesus Christ' era Smell & Quim were dumped." - Skulls of Heaven

Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi - Friendly Pants (Family Vineyard) CD  ---->  $12 Recorded in August 2006 at Magnet Studio, Tokyo. Originally issued on Jim O'Rourke's Japanese imprint, Shakaijin Records. "Friendly Pants"

John Edwards-Chris Corsano - Tsktsking (Dancing Wayang) LP  ---->  $24  Recorded in December 2008 at Eastcote Studios, London.  Limited to 500 copies it comes housed in hand screenprinted wrap-around sleeves. Insert with liner notes by Evan Parker. Upright bass and drum duos.

Virginia Genta-Chris Corsano - Live in Lisbon (8mm) LP  ---->  $24 Recorded in August 2008 on ZDB's terrace in Lisbon. Double "paste-on" photo artwork. Limited edition of 300 copies, numbered. VG-sax, flute, vocals; CC-drums; a flock of birds pass overhead at one point & contribute back up vocals, as well.

Jailbreak - The Rocker (Family Vineyard) LP  ---->  $15 Recorded in November 2008 in Glasgow. Heather Leigh - pedal steel, vocals; Corsano - drums. Vinyl-only edition of 700. "The Rocker is a blast-furnace of blisteringly joyous witch-howling assaults on the essence of whips and chains and repressive injustice gone legal." - Paul Flaherty

OUT OF STOCK BUT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE:

Nels Cline-Chris Corsano-Carlos Giffoni - Graduation (free103point9) LP  ---->  available from free103point9 One side recorded live in Brooklyn, May 2003. The other side is an electronic re-working of side A by Giffoni. Artwork by Mat Brinkman.

Dream/Aktion Unit Blood Shadow Rampage (Volcanic Tongue) CD  ---->  out of stock, but available from Volcanic Tongue First release by the Dream/Aktion Unit. This line-up features Thurston Moore, Count Hejnowski, Heather Leigh Murray, Flaherty and Corsano. Recorded live at Le Weekend, May 2005. Artwork by the great Karen Constance.

Death Unit - Infinite Death (Important) CD  ---->  out of stock, but available from Important Records Second release by Death Unit, after the LP on Hospital Productions. Carlos Giffoni (Monotract) on electronics, Brian Sullivan (Mouthus) on guitar and double drums by Trevor Tremain (Hair Police) and Chris Corsano. Mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate) with artwork by Dominick Fernow (Prurient). Recorded live on tour in July  2005.