Tracks: 1. Red Sunrise (Live) 02:18 2. Solaris Stomp (Live) 03:14 3. War of The Satellites (Live) 01:48 4. Metsakukkia (Live) 02:36 5. Black Sand (Live) 03:38 6. Escape From Gulag 17 (Live) 02:36 7. The Cossack (Live) 02:03 8. The Spy Satellite (Live) 03:28 9. Gunmetal Express (Live) 02:48 10. Shark Attack (Live) 02:05 11. The Space Victory Theme (Live) 03:25 12. Mir Rescue (Live) 02:32 13. Third Star to The Left (Live) 02:17 14. Cossack Rocket Patrol (Live) 01:45 15. The Savage (Live) 02:13 16. Bittersweet Samba (Live) 02:19 17. Moroccan Adventures (Live) 03:52 18. Transatlantic Orbit (Live) 03:44 19. Neutron Sabre (Live) 02:34 20. Bombora (Live) 02:48 21. Planet of The Apes (Live) 02:59
released October 27, 2016
Limited Edition CD of classic 1998 concert recorded in Long Beach, CA at the legendary venue The Foothill Club! Artwork by Stephen Blickenstaff (The Cramps' "Bad Music for Bad People") and liner notes by John Blair of Jon & The Nightriders!!
"The Space Cossacks arrived in 1996. They were an all-instrumental, four-piece outfit from Washington D.C. who fit in nicely with the surf music crowd, but had taken the genre to a completely different level. They made quite a splash after only a few live performances; an overabundance of critical acclaim followed.
The songwriting and musicianship made them exceptional, a one-two punch sorely missing from a lot of contemporary guitar instrumental bands. The sheer, brutal force of their music made it exciting and incendiary. They were, as the saying goes, a cut above the rest, coming to an end only because of circumstances, not by desire.
The band consisting of lead guitarist Ivan Pongracic (originally from Croatia and considered one of the finest guitarists in the surf music genre), rhythm guitarist Mark English, bassist Catherine Gray, and drummer Doug Hoekstra journeyed to the West Coast in the summer of 1998 for a 10-day tour. Recording equipment was brought to their gig at the Foothill Club in Long Beach, California, on the night of July 10. All 21 tunes of the entire hour-long set were captured by surf music archivists/engineers Jay Hector and Richard Blair. The complete performance has remained unreleased for 18 years, losing none of its vitality or urgency during that time. The band was on fire that night, which makes this recording an important historical reminder of how far surf instrumental music had creatively progressed by the end of the 20th century." ─ John Blair (Jon & The Nightriders)
The Space Cossacks - Washington, DC cosmic surf rock.
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Tracks:
1.
Red Sunrise (Live) 02:18
2.
Solaris Stomp (Live) 03:14
3.
War of The Satellites (Live) 01:48
4.
Metsakukkia (Live) 02:36
5.
Black Sand (Live) 03:38
6.
Escape From Gulag 17 (Live) 02:36
7.
The Cossack (Live) 02:03
8.
The Spy Satellite (Live) 03:28
9.
Gunmetal Express (Live) 02:48
10.
Shark Attack (Live) 02:05
11.
The Space Victory Theme (Live) 03:25
12.
Mir Rescue (Live) 02:32
13.
Third Star to The Left (Live) 02:17
14.
Cossack Rocket Patrol (Live) 01:45
15.
The Savage (Live) 02:13
16.
Bittersweet Samba (Live) 02:19
17.
Moroccan Adventures (Live) 03:52
18.
Transatlantic Orbit (Live) 03:44
19.
Neutron Sabre (Live) 02:34
20.
Bombora (Live) 02:48
21.
Planet of The Apes (Live) 02:59
released October 27, 2016
Limited Edition CD of classic 1998 concert recorded in Long Beach, CA at the legendary venue The Foothill Club! Artwork by Stephen Blickenstaff (The Cramps' "Bad Music for Bad People") and liner notes by John Blair of Jon & The Nightriders!!
"The Space Cossacks arrived in 1996. They were an all-instrumental, four-piece outfit from Washington D.C. who fit in nicely with the surf music crowd, but had taken the genre to a completely different level. They made quite a splash after only a few live performances; an overabundance of critical acclaim followed.
The songwriting and musicianship made them exceptional, a one-two punch sorely missing from a lot of contemporary guitar instrumental bands. The sheer, brutal force of their music made it exciting and incendiary. They were, as the saying goes, a cut above the rest, coming to an end only because of circumstances, not by desire.
The band consisting of lead guitarist Ivan Pongracic (originally from Croatia and considered one of the finest guitarists in the surf music genre), rhythm guitarist Mark English, bassist Catherine Gray, and drummer Doug Hoekstra journeyed to the West Coast in the summer of 1998 for a 10-day tour. Recording equipment was brought to their gig at the Foothill Club in Long Beach, California, on the night of July 10. All 21 tunes of the entire hour-long set were captured by surf music archivists/engineers Jay Hector and Richard Blair. The complete performance has remained unreleased for 18 years, losing none of its vitality or urgency during that time. The band was on fire that night, which makes this recording an important historical reminder of how far surf instrumental music had creatively progressed by the end of the 20th century."
─ John Blair (Jon & The Nightriders)