joseph d'angelo
departmentstore santas

• discography
  
  departmentstore santas
  at the medieval castle nineteen 100-year lifetimes since
  lp (top shelf records 1984)
  
  bactol
  bank acct
  surfboards, convertibles, and dark, lonely beaches
  hey (what's going on here?)
  kids on a merry-go-round at eucalyptus park
  play in the sun
  r. joseph d'angelo theme
  an open letter to seniors from mackenzie
  
  jewel of the hills
  photo album of baby
  lost at sea
  egypt
  w
  song for a sunny day
  monkeys and organ grinders
  kaleidoscope
  
  music written and played by
  joseph d'angelo - vocals, electric guitar, telecaster and stratocaster
  with
  erik ross brashers - vocals, electric bass, electronic guitar
  matt metzgar - drums, electronic guitar
  bart alan brashers - saxophone, trumpet
  todd hilton - drums, bass
  
  made by joseph d'angelo
  recorded 1981-82
  this record is dedicated to the memory of keith mcloud
  
  ""d.s.s." was the name i used for my recording projects at the time; "medieval castle" was recorded 1981-82 on various reel-to-reel and/or cassette decks and pressed 500 copies in 1984"
  ~ jos. d.
  
  
  
• other/related recordings
  
  guy good and the decentones
  there are no clean people
  lp (guy good january 1985)
  
  candied yams (and meadows full of flowers)
  poetry in america
  happy make your meet
  employment
  captain blackbeard
  sea monster in a styrofoam cup
  
  guy good's carburator
  tool fridge
  wild stories
  on the tube
  some kinds of animals
  
  erik brashers - lead vocals (often mistaken for guy good)
  bart brashers - sax, nickleharpa, vocals
  joseph d'angelo - guitar, trumpet
  wiley evans - tuba, trombone
  curt ireton - guitar, bass
  matthew metzgar - percussion, vocals
  andrew tuccillo - trumpet
  
  recorded 1983-84
  
  "this same group of musicians/friends played as guy good and the decentones, which were more erik and bart's or erik and matt's songs. "there are no clean people" was recorded in 83-84 and pressed 500 copies in jan. 85 at recordtechnology in camarillo. we still have tons of recorded material which has not been published, much from various permutations of these musicians."
  ~ joe d.
  
  "this band was started while i was in arizona by the brasher brothers and couple other guys that i hadn't met yet. when i returned from arizona, i was immediately invited to join the band to play tuba in. i ended up replacing this wild barisax player that was holding down the bass lines. we played in a lot of san diego bars and clubs, but usually as the opening band."
  ~ wiley evans http://sausagefactory.com/wiley/tuba/index.html
  mp3s
  
  decentones flyer
  
  
  friends of ghosts
  friends of ghosts
  lp (aurelia? 1985?)
  
  donnie darq - ?
  
  
  friends of ghosts
  realm of the senses
  lp (aurelia 1986 c'est la mort [reissue] ?)
  
  realm of the senses
  william the scotsman
  hollywood land
  sinister daze
  eleven boy
  windows
  
  juju digby juju
  noel
  ciao manhattan
  broadcast of love
  wmt
  
  donnie darq - ?
  +? (no personnel listed that i could find)
  -note: joseph d'angelo does not play on this record
  
  ""friends of ghosts" was local musician "donny darq" 's group during 85-86(?); he produced his own albums also ("realm of the senses"); i played bass for awhile w/ this group..."
  ~ jos. d.
  
  
  ranch 2
  rural hi-tech symphony
  cassette (no label 1987) cdr (no label 2oo2 reissue)
  
  bloodflow
  lymphatic lysosome
  the hall closet
  the marsh
  microchip warehouse
  crawling thru dioxin
  hamster wheel
  molten metal
  pole rafters
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitar, bass, piano?
  erik brashers - guitar (on "the hall closet")
  
  "the only other project i released was "rural hi-tech symphony" ('87), cassette only. erik brashers played guitar on one song. played on wfmu a couple of times."
  ~ jos. d.
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  stucco tepee
  cdr (no label 1988)
  
  plain rain
  city at nite
  stucco teepee
  restful water
  custom homes "calypso"
  depth charge
  hoover dam
  gearhead growl
  movin' back to mancos
  darkened souls
  coyote king's crown castle
  
  joseph d'angelo - vocals, guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1988
  edition of 50 in printed paper sleeve (printed 2006)
  
  
  family pet
  highland avenue
  lp (umaricon 1991)
  
  rave on
  head breaks thru the wall
  don't wanna be your lover
  demonstration of love
  halloween
  life con u.s.a. (life in the u.s.a.)
  confusing situations
  move me, shake me
  
  hot swallow
  don't cry to me
  sex appeal
  come together
  pushin' again
  rescue me
  wanted
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitars
  bruce p. kelley - vocals
  brett nelson - drums
  don schultz - bass guitar
  
  music written and performed by family pet
  
  "i played... bass and then guitar for "family pet" , and we self-produced lp "highland avenue" in '91...
  between the buttons/stooges sound."
  ~ jos. d.
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  rendezvous with destiny
  cdr (no label 1993)
  
  aging temptress
  shed on the mountain
  weird ol' man
  lost 'cause
  she's baja
  microprocessor technician
  buckskin burr
  made in france
  chittagong jitney
  all along the watertower
  hugo nambow
  bostonia rag
  
  joseph d'angelo - vocals, guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1993
  edition of 50 (printed 2006)
  
  
  family pet
  "crawl"/"isolation"
  7" (umaricon 1994)
  
  chet harrison - guitar
  bruce kelley - voc
  brett nelson - drums
  sean ohlson - bass
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  dark ages
  cdr (no label 1994)
  
  the witches hand
  facin' down your death
  hooligan prospector
  scarlet letter
  king luis' bounce
  rabbits all care
  cause love's gone
  leaving at the marking's wand
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1994
  edition of 50 (printed 2006)
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  anthology of cities
  cdr (authentic home recordings "object of ridicule series" 1996)
  
  murmuring walks
  fleet street
  fair glendale
  our shovel
  linda laser
  freez-a-life
  heart-dog
  rottenpumpkinman
  summer on the range
  carebrina
  no yawana
  no yawana 2
  no yawana 3
  old armchair
  hazel dell
  missionary hymn
  letter to myself
  missionary hymn 2
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1996
  edition of 50 (printed 2006)
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  serf guitar '99
  cdr (no label 2ooo)
  
  build-up
  oceansky
  woozy kosmonaut
  gibbous
  the moat
  foxhunt
  bleak
  dip
  bats in the belfry
  shifty
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1997-99
  edition of 50
  
  
  joseph d'angelo
  cream o' the crap
  cdr (no label 2oo1)
  
  tune
  lull
  relief
  nurseryrhymin'
  drone
  hollowcore
  the amulet
  march snap
  warm mountain contentment
  echoworld
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitars, bass
  
  recorded 1999-2oo1
  edition of 50 with etched slim cases (printed 2oo6)
  
  
  guy good and the decentones
  guy good and the decentones
  cdr (no label 2oo2)
  
  splish splash
  employment
  think
  louie louie
  working day
  nazi youth
  rich and happy
  teenage sucks
  on the tube
  man with a magazine
  candy kisses
  ye olde pub
  jailhouse rock
  one big unhappy family
  
  erik brashers - vocals
  bart brashers - sax
  joseph d'angelo - bass
  matthew metzgar - drums
  ron phillips - guitar, trumpet
  
  recorded november 198o
  
  "the guy good from 1980 is an early practice session, printed 50 for friends, etc."
  ~ jos d.
  
  
  various artists
  outsiders looking inward [an outer limits guitar compilation]
  cdr (wrn-92 set: belaya roza 2oo4)
  
  includes:
  bats in the belfry (originally released on "serf guitar '99")
  
  http://white-rose.net/sounds.html#wrn-92
  
  
  ghost box anomalies
  cdr (wrn-1o3 wap'iskka'w i'i'swi ayasowewiyiniwe 2oo5)
  
  includes:
  lost in the shuffle
  
  joseph d'angelo - guitar
  marcos fernandes - percussion
  marcelo radulovich - percussion
  will soderberg - gimbri
  
  recorded november live 2oo4o213 at the trummerflora collective space, san diego
  
  http://white-rose.net/sounds.html#wrn-1o3
  
  
  
  note: various unreleased audio & video recordings exist in joseph d'angelo's archives, including
  departmentstore santas colonial empire
  curt ireton rusty lemon
  joseph d'angelo echoworld (portions included on 'cream of the crap' collection)
  
  
  
• links
  
  http://www.themaddaddy.com/large1.htm
  departmentstore santas lp for $125
  
  http://www.lastvestige.com/vinyl/6-9rared.htm
  departmentstore santas lp for $150
  
  http://gnosis2000.net/ratingslumbleau_3.htm
  listing on a record rating site?
  
  http://ronmoore.freeservers.com/bookd.html
  contains info on departmentstore santas lp
  "Department Store Santas: California. demented cult stoner folk psych. see Friends of Ghosts.
        lp (84, 'Top Shelf I' 92041; inner sleeve) At the Medeival Castle/ We Have Lost Something Special [1-2]"
  
  http://ronmoore.freeservers.com/bookf.html
  contains info on friends of ghosts lp
  "Friends of Ghosts: California. moody folk psych. see Department Store Santas.
        lp (85, private) Friends of Ghosts [1]
        lp (86, private; insert) Realm of the Senses"
  
  
  a review in the first issue of kalamazoo, michigan cut & paste 'zine the volunteer (early 1986)
  
  an article in d e s i d e r a t a number five (spring 2oo1)
  
  an interview of sorts in d e s i d e r a t a number nine (early 2oo2)
  
  an tour diary entry in uforika yahoo group describing live joseph d'angelo appearances in san diego (february 2oo4)
  
  a band, patchwork mayhem, cites department store santas as an influence (2000)
  
  a playlist from kfjc 89.7 fm, foothill college, los altos hills, california (may 14, 1998)
  
  a playlist from wcbn 88.3 fm, university of michigan, ann arbor (october 20, 1999)
  
  a playlist from wfmu/wxhd 90.1/91.1 fm, jersey city (nyc)/hudson valley (october 31, 2000)
  
  a playlist from kdvs 90.3 fm, university of california davis (march 1o, 2oo2)
  
  last updated 11 may 2oo6
  

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