June 02, 2020

TEB book publication: the very last update!


Dear TEB aficionados and lovers,
publisher Recommended Records told me the definitive date of publication of the book: 30 June 2020


Finally, just in these few hours, we have finished all the proof checks and the 268 pages/photos/CD attached are ready for print.
Here’s a link to ReR site for ordering the book:
http://www.rermegacorp.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=b7cbd4a823038dfb04f287056768e5c0&Screen=PROD&Category_Code=&Initial=&CatListingoffset=&Product_Code=TEB+BOOK&Store_Code=RM&Initial=&search=glenn+sweeney&searchoffset=&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=3&sort=&range_low=&range_high= 


So I ask you to promote this little project born as a tribute to the band, an effort that consists of the main stuff collected by myself during the past twenty years:

- the full unrealised Glen Sweeney's body of poems (intended for a specific autobiographical book he projected);
- Glen's writings and manifestos about TEB music;
- the main (more interesting) interviews Sweeney did with the press;
- memories/interviews with many musicians and people involved in TEB story; 
- a full audio/videography;
- a day by day calendar of events related to the band;
- a CD with six unrealised tracks recorded by the band in 1970-1971 for the announced and never realised album The Dragon Wakes;
- a lot of photos of the band, gig posters and flyers  (with some never seen before).

Usually, I don't like the 'definitive' tag  to describe a book or an artistic work, and I hope that in the future other authors/editors can write different things about the TEB; but I'm very proud of this and I sincerely hope you can appreciate it.

Of course, the book is dedicated to the memory of all the TEB musicians and people related who passed away in the last years. A particular great thank to the kind persons who was involved with stuff and suggestions to this archive and the book (there's a list on the book): their strong interest and passion for the band was a decisive push for my decision to edit a new book.

no©2020 Luca Chino Ferrari (unless you intend to make a profit. In which case, ask first)

13 comments:

  1. Sounds fantastic!It's just the waiting,It's driving me mad.

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    1. Thanks Will, as always you're very kind with me. At last, we hope to have this book out at the end of this month. After all these troubles it seems a mirage...

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    2. Hi!Luca!Without Ghetto Raga blog most of this stuff would never have seen the light of day! I'am in awe of your dedication.
      How about a promotional you tube video?

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    3. Thanks again. As you know, I've done all this just to celebrate the memory of Glen and Paul (and Buckmaster, Marchant, Mel Davis, Ben Cartland, Ron Cort, Roger Bunn...), and their exclusive music... Now I've to admit I'm very proud of the little things I've done, but you and all the TEB lovers around the world (more than one can imagine!) was the main push for let me working deeply in TEB's obscure and mysterious soundscapes...

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  2. no sign of 10% discount still available, but ordered anyway ;)

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    1. Hey Pooka, I'm sorry for this. Please write to Mr Cutler and ask him to have the discount (maybe having a record from his catalogue...)!

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    2. Well if he still have a spare copy of the Louise Emidisc acetate, maybe...ahah!

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  3. Is that 30 June or 31 July for publication date? Looking forward whichever! Riccardo Casabianca

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    1. Scusa, ho sbagliato io. Si tratta del 30 giugno. Ho corretto la data.

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  4. 50 years ago I first heard Third Ear Band, through my life they have always come with me. Now this book comes along. A great thing.

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    1. Thank you.
      I hope it can be interesting for you...
      Any specific memories about 'your meeting' with the band?

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  5. A true labour of love.
    Una pubblicazione EPOCALE, il coronamento di anni di studi e ricerche condotte con la serietà che solo una grande passione può motivare, fuori dal mainstream e fuori dalle mode, in perfetta sintonia con quello che la T.E.B. rappresentava; un'opera che farà finalmente luce su una scena "nascosta" la cui importanza é andata ben oltre le poche uscite discografiche; con questo tassello mancante del puzzle art-rock ReR Megacorp si dimostra ancora una volta il centro della cultura musicale con la quale siamo cresciuti.
    Well done, Luca... well done, Chris!

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  6. Beh, che dire? Grazie ad Unfolk (Alessandro Monti) per le belle parole, che so sincere e non di circostanza. Spero solo che il libro confermi le tue aspettative, benché sia nato come 'summa divulgativa' di tutto il lavoro fatto in questi anni, anche attraverso questo archivio Web. Concordo senz'altro con il giudizio su ReR e Chris Cutler, tra le esperienze più significative in ambito di alternativa al mainstream che come un buco nero rischia sempre più di mangiarsi tutto...

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