Nu Releases.
Craig Bevan & The Tourists- Available everywhere. 29 Trax Deluxe Edition
Distractions Deluxe 79-82' by Craig Bevan and The Tourists -contains the complete released material from their LP 'Looking For A Label' plus their first 45 single 'No Movies Tonight' and 'One Better' (12 Inch release - solo Craig Bevan) as well as unreleased material from the period.
The Deluxe set also includes brand new Re-Imagined tracks- mixed and enhanced from the original two track masters. At the time, the original 'Looking For A Label' LP had received tremendous airplay on major college FM stations throughout the east and beyond, reaching the Top 20 or better on most of them.
Songs from these past releases garnered favorable reviews as well : (review quotes)
D.I.Y. MAgazine - 'Craig Bevan And The Tourists sound like rock and roll veterans and this fine album could've and should've been released by a major label'.
Goldmine Magazine - "Tourists have written and recorded some neat pop stuff. pretty smart stuff"
Timothy Magazine - 'Looking For A Label is, first and foremost, highly innovative'.
Villager NYC - "one of the best Pennsylvania import New Wave bands.
Craig Bevan & The Tourists
Friends Are Congenial
Official Video
Craig Bevan & The Tourists
79-82 Complete
Best of the worst...
New Wave Radio
1980
This is music from a different era-the generation of Prog Rock. This is unreleased Progressive Rock from 1977, recorded in the back room of our gear storage area in Pennsylvania.
The track has never been heard by the public.
We recorded it and moved on to other sounds , which we thought, at the time, were potentially more lucrative, never to be played for anyone. Only one cassette mix was ever discovered.The cassette had many problems, but it sounded promising musically, so we set about looking for the master tape.
After several years of searching, the master tape arrived after making a final loop back in space from the edge of emptiness.
The tape was quickly baked and transferred to digital.
Then Craig Bevan did a mix inside a lowly computer.
As much as it was strange to actually travel back in time, it was both very familiar and distant at once.
I hope you enjoy the music.
Producer/Writer- Craig Bevan
C.K.B Magnetophon - Com. Repeat From The Edge Of Emptiness
Musicians
Dennis Blanchard (17)- Drums - Metal Plates - Glockenspiel - Gong
Dennis Edmonds (23) - Moog Taurus Bass Pedals - Mellotron - Arp Axxe
Craig Bevan (19) - Stratocaster Guitar thru MXR Dyna-comp, MXR Blue Box, Sunn 190L amp- Marshall speaker cabinet- Ibanez 12/6 string Electric- Nylon String Guitar
Not unlike some of the Prog groups of the days, such as, Yes, Flash, Genesis, King Crimson, Steve Howe, Peter Banks, Steve Hackett , Brand X, C.K.B Magnetophon utilized the mellotron, one of the most wonderfully strange instruments ever devised.
Certified Klänge
Our Merch Company - Over 60+ styles - Tees - Bags.
Musician - Film - Audio
Store
