Hello Recording Club Newsletter Archive/Spring 1993
The following newsletter was sent out to TMBG Info Club members in the spring of 1993, as well as anybody that inquired about the Hello Recording Club throughout the year.
Hello Recording Club[edit]
ハロー レコーディング クラブ
P.O. Box 551, Palisades, New York 10964
John Flansburgh here. Marjorie Galen and I have started a new venture which we want you to check out. It's called the HELLO RECORDING CLUB.
Hello is a CD of the month club, with each month represented by a different performer recording four songs available exclusively thru Hello. We're working with some exciting new bands as well as some very interesting established recording acts. For an inflation-busting $41 subscribers will receive ten CD ep's this year! If you have a credit card order Hello by calling 1-800-HELLO-41
No matter when you subscribe you receive the full 1993 calendar year of releases. Hello is a perfect way to discover a whole new world in alternative music.
We started releasing CD's in March. Brooklyn artist and songwriter BRIAN DEWAN was the debut disc, with Brian accompanying himself on his electric zither. Brian has performed with The Blue Man Group and David Byrne's The Forest, and has created album covers for Mr. Byrne and They Might Be Giants. April's selection features two women from Japan who have formed a group called the NELORIES. Although both are college students (age 19), they are well on their way to becoming recording stars in their native country.
Releases in the immediate future include FRANK BLACK (formerly Black Francis of the Pixies), guitarist/genius EUGENE CHADBOURNE, unseen San Franciscans the RESIDENTS, an electronic music project produced by myself, FLANSBURGH, with Brooklyn art-rock fellow JOSHUA FRIED called HELLO, and New York tempo-phenomenon FLAT OLD WORLD.
Additional mail-order forms like this one are available at 1-800-HELLO-41. Of course, old-fashioned mail-orders via check or plastic cards are always welcome.
Special Limited Offer[edit]
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
1985 DEMO AVAILABLE IN RARE OFFER
Act right now and get the tape that started it all! Now available for the first time since its original release, this tape is a true rarity and a fascinating document of TMBG's early years. For $5 over the subscription price to Hello members, we'll send you their 23 song cassette featuring hard to find recordings like Become A Robot, I'm Def and Hell Hotel, plus embryonic versions of Don't Let's Start, Hotel Detective, Which Describes How You're Feeling, Puppet Head, Everything Right Is Wrong and You'll Miss Me.
Hello will donate $5 to the People With AIDS Coalition for every 23 song cassette ordered. Only available thru this offer.
HELLO RECORDING CLUB SUBSCRIPTION FORM[edit]
- YES, I want to become a member of the Hello Recording Club, and receive ten CD ep's on a bimonthly basis for $41 for the 1993 subscription year.
- YES, I want to become a member AND receive They Might Be Giants 23 song 1985 demo cassette for $46. Please donate the additional $5 to the People With AIDS Coalition.
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