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CARBON WHALES - SOUTH EP CD/7" (HAPPY JACK ROCK RECORDS - 17)
RELEASE DATE JULY 15 2008


WEB ONLY EXCLUSIVE
This is a Bob SPONSORED release. The Carbon Whales are an obscure band from the late 70s that actor Paddy Considine turned Bob on to. The 4 songs on this EP are apparently the only things they ever recorded. It was never released. Bob really loved it so we tracked the band down and asked if we could release it. The singer sounds EXACTLY like Bob. Check out the song writing team of Bob Evans and Joustin Clark.

Here is a clip of the track The Jeep

Special shipping discount if you order BOTH the CD and 7" together

I Think It Should Be Our Band


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$12.50
US CD & Vinyl
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ROBERT POLLARD IS OFF TO BUSINESS (GUIDED BY VOICES INC - 2)

Robert Pollard Is Off To Business will be Robert Pollard's only proper "Robert Pollard" full-length for 2008, released on Robert Pollard's own new label Guided By Voices, Inc. At 10 songs and 35 minutes, it's an extraordinary rock tour-de-force. Robert Pollard Is Off To Business sports Todd Tobias' cleanest and meanest production yet, giant songs and riffs that pack a wallop, and arguably Pollard's finest singing ever captured on record. For Pollard, whose albums normally run 15-25 songs, this 10-song work (the majority of the songs 3:30 or longer) is a departure from form. Since freeing himself of a band in 2004, his albums have each had very distinct and varied flavors, and his creativity has flowered.

ALL OFF TO BUSINESS VINYL ORDERED FROM ROCKATHON WILL COME WITH A BURNED COPY OF THE CD IN A PAPER SLEEVE INCLUDED WITH THE VINYL. THIS OFFER IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH ROCKATHON


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$22.00
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$28.00
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$28.00

  ROBERT POLLARD - WEATHERMAN AND SKIN GODDESS EP (GUIDED BY VOICES INC - 1)

EXCLUSIVE WEB ONLY RELEASE
1000 CDs/500 12" LPs

Three song EP is the first release from Bob's brand new label Guided By Voices Inc.

The EP features the song Weatherman and Skin Goddess from the June 3rd release Off To Business.The other two tracks, Kiss The Quiet Man and Coat Factory Zero are exclusive to this release. All 3 songs were recorded in Kent Ohio by Bob and Todd Tobias.

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$21.00
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$21.00
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$22.00
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$27.00
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  PSYCHO AND THE BIRDS - WE'VE MOVED (HAPPY JACK ROCK RECORDS 16)

The third time’s a charm. That's the story behind the third Psycho And The Birds release, We've Moved. The concept surrounding Psycho And The Birds is that Bob will write songs and record them on his infamous boombox, (every song he has written since the early 90s has been sung into that boombox) and will then send them off to producer/multi-instrumentalist/visionary, Todd Tobias, who will lay a band's worth of music over the songs.

This time around they totally nail the process, and if the music world actually allowed artists like Bob a chance to have a hit, this album would actually be chock full of them. Songs like I Love a Revolution and Enon Beach are filled with undeniable likeability and pop goodness. Bob even pulls out some lyrics that he said he first wrote as a kid in the song She Tears Out.

In some ways, Psycho And The Birds are becoming to Robert Pollard's solo albums what Robert Pollard solo albums were to Guided By Voices releases. It's a more user friendly Psycho And The Birds, more charming.

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  ROBERT POLLARD - SUPERMAN WAS A ROCKER (HAPPY JACK ROCK RECORDS 15)

Robert Pollard's Superman Was A Rocker is a return to old ways for Bob. This mini-album (13 songs, 30 minutes) finds Bob using recording methods that he hasn't engaged in since the old GBV days.

Bob recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes of his and found some great instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and never used. He decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them. The music spans a 20+ year period

Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic GBV alumni appear on this album; Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley.

This is the most FUN Bob album in year.

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$24.00
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  ROBERT POLLARD HAPPY JACK ROCK RECORDS SINGLES SERIES

In coordination with his duel October 9th releases on Merge Records, Robert Pollard introduces the Happy Jack Rock Records Single Series. The series will feature one 7" per month for 12 months (starting June 22). The A side will be a song from Robert Pollard's upcoming simultaneous releases on Merge Records, Standard Gargoyle Decisions & Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love, while the B side will be a non album release. The 7"s can be purchased one at a time or as a one year subscription.

June 22
HJRR-1 Rud Fins b/w Piss Along You Bird
July 22
HJRR-2 Spider Eyes b/w Battle For Mankind
August 22
HJRR-3 Current Desperation (Angels Speak Of Nothing) b/w Met Her At A Seance
September 22
HJRR-4 Pill Gone Girl b/w Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love
October 22
HJRR-5 Shadow Port b/w Be In The Wild Place
November 22
HJRR-6 Count Us In b/w Sixland (John Shough Verison)
December 22
HJRR-7 Dumb Lady b/w Street Velocity
January 22
HJRR-8 Youth Leagues b/w Spirit Of The Fly
February 22
HJRR-9 Folded Claws b/w Speak Again
March 22
HJRR-10 When We Were Slaves b/w Battle For Mankind 2
April 22
HJRR-11 The Killers b/w Revolver Tricks (Stanley West)
May 22
HJRR-12 Miles Under The Skin b/w Frostman (Long Version)

WHEN YOU ORDER THE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION OF ALL 12 SINGLES YOU GET
ALL THE SINGLES THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THE TIME YOU ORDER AND THEN ONE PER MONTH FOR THE REST OF THE TIME

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