RUSSELL, ARTHUR - Corn

2018 repress. "It has been seven years since Audika last issued an album of Arthur Russell material. The wait ends this summer with Corn, nine tracks Russell recorded in 1982 and 1983. In collaboration with Russells partner Tom Lee, Audikas Steve Knutson compiled Corn from Arthurs original, completed 1/4 tape masters. Russell himself compiled this material on three separate test pressings -- labeled El Dinosaur, Indian Ocean, and Untitled, respectively -- in 1985. Russell fans know something of the Corn sound from Audikas debut release, Calling Out of Context (2004), which included four songs from these sessions: The Deer in the Forest Part 1, The Platform On the Ocean, Calling Out of Context, and I Like You! This new collection includes rhythmic alternate versions of Lucky Cloud, Keeping Up, See My Brother, Hes Jumping Out (Lets Go Swimming #2), This Is How We Walk On the Moon, and Hiding Your Present From You, along with Corn, Corn (Continued), They and Their Friends, and the closing