https://timelagrecords.bigcartel.com "THE HIGHEST-FI IN LO-FI" 2000 - 2016 109788741 BILL QUICK ~ MARAVILLOSA GENTE ~ lp (TIME-LAG 038) released june 28th 2008. final copies offered at a big discount, while they last. “long in the works reissue of this amazing and little know gem, “beautiful people”, from 1972. born in miami florida to an american father and venezuelan mother, bill split the usa to madrid spain in the early 70s. once there he quickly landed a recording deal with famous producer alain milhaud of the explosion label, and set to work on this, his sole lp release. sessions went down with an impressive cast of up to eleven players in the studio, including salvador dominguez & chema pellico (cerebrum), jess lam (jess & james), and frank rojas (sangre). one of the albums real hidden treasures, though, was the assistance of unknown texan mark gottschall, who co-wrote the title track and adds perfect vocal harmonies as well a second acoustic guitar. a finely balanced mix of sounds that drifts between throbbing electric full band groove and gentle acidfolk. when bill wants to rock, things get downright funky, with a wickedly hard-hitting rhythm section, pumping organ, scorching electric leads, and flipped out acoustic guitars all locking into some seriously tight jams. then the next minute the mood swings and you’re deep into some beautifully fragile and introspective folk meditations; often just two acoustic guitars, bill’s lyrics, and huge, angelic, vocal harmonies all weaving together into lush tapestries of sound. a few tracks fill out a more folkrock vibe with flute, autoharp, piano, slide guitar, banjo, and more. bill’s lyrics (all in english) and vocals always feel deeply sincere, which combined with his unique voice, unusual accent, and loose delivery make for one hell of a cool singer. the whole album has an air of mystical psychedelia, yet never strays far from pop craft, and there’s a real sun-blasted quality to it all that just makes you want to crank the volume… nothing amateur or lo-fi about this one, its a pro recordings and these guys have serious chops. its hard to image why it didn’t become a hit at the time. the album was released only in spain and brazil, to very little interest, and quickly became yet another great album lost to obscurity… at least until now… reissued here for the first time, with the collaboration of producer & explosion label owner alain milhaud. packaged in a heavy weight gloss coated exact reproduction of the original cover, including the the original double sided insert, as well as a huge new full color foldout insert which reproduces at nearly full size the totally different brazilian version of the album art. plus extensive notes by album musicians salvador dominguez & mark gottschall, and alex carretero (guerssen records, spain). also a small photo of some rare picture sleeves 45s, promotional inserts, lyric sheets, etc. even the lp labels reproduce the original psychedelic full color explosion label art. pressed on 180gm audiophile grade vinyl & limited to 1000 copies.” 10.00 USD https://timelagrecords.bigcartel.com/product/bill-quick-maravillosa-gente-lp-time-lag-038 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/393214392/IMG_3703.jpeg 109788741 new in stock 109788726 ELEPHANT MICAH ~ PLAYS THE SONGS OF BIBLE BIRDS ~ lp (TIME-LAG 047) released dec 5th 2010. final copies offered at a big discount, while they last. “we’ll let joe himself shed a little light here : touring the east coast in 2003, someone asked, “you’re from indiana – have you ever heard of the bible bird man?” i hadn’t, so i did some research. his video had already been stolen from the library at earlham college, but i stole it back and returned it. i began to imagine what the musical equivalent of his evangelical bird act might sound like. i wrote a song about the bird man, thinking of releasing it as a “re-issue” of a central indiana country-gospel group that had never existed – the bible birds. then i thought maybe i would do an elephant micah album of covers originally written by this (non-existent) bible birds band. in the end of course the concept kind of dissipated and it just became an elephant micah album. i recruited beth remis from static films (and more recently pillars and tongues) to help arrange/sing harmonies for the songs, and generally bring them up to pseudo-gospel snuff. we played the songs around the upper midwest once with ben racher on a portable pump organ and jason henn on upright bass. all of us got together in indianapolis in 2006 and recorded this. i drove everyone crazy with my insistence on weird recording methods. i think i was kind of trying to approximate the timbres of the hymn sing broadcast on salem, indiana’s WSLM. who knows? i was critical of the results and didn’t finalize them for several years. here it is finally, a kind of “prequel” companion to the ‘hindu windmills’ (TIME-LAG 035) album. - joe o’connell 2010… so there you have it. an overlooked chapter from this wonderful artist finally seeing the light of day, and a perfect companion piece to the highly praised ‘hindu windmills’ album. both albums are clearly united by their warm, lo-fi intimacy, sparse production, and stunning song-craft. strikingly simple & beautiful stuff… packaged in a lovely three color screen printed heavy stock tri-fold art paper cover, with heavy stock offset printed lyric insert. limited edition of 500 copies.” 10.00 USD https://timelagrecords.bigcartel.com/product/elephant-micah-plays-the-songs-of-bible-birds-lp-time-lag-047 https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/393214989/IMG_3702.jpeg 109788726 new in stock 109788705 CD REISSUE BUNDLE : PATRON SAINTS / LULA CORTES / EDDIE CALLAHAN / ELLIE DANIELS package deal bundle of four CD reissues. THE PATRON SAINTS ~ FOHHOH BOHOB ~ cd (TIME-LAG 039) released april 12th 2007. 1969 private press mega-rarity. teenage psychedelic folk from a living room in suburban new york. LULA CORTES ~ ROSA DE SANGUE ~ cd (TIME-LAG 041) released april 5th 2009. incredibly rare 1980 brazilian private press, post satwa / paebiru. a wild ride. EDDIE CALLAHAN ~ FALSE EGO ~ cd (TIME-LAG 056) released december 3rd 2011. 1976 west coast private press loner psychedelic power pop masterpiece. ELLIE DANIELS ~ BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN ~ cd (TIME-LAG 061) released march 7th 2013. 1970 private press demo only new england fragile femme loner folk gem. 20.00 USD https://timelagrecords.bigcartel.com/product/cd-reissue-bundle-patron-saints-lula-cortes-eddie-callahan-ellie-daniels https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/393215244/IMG_3704.jpeg 109788705 new in stock 107664270 CD BUNDLE : BIG BLOOD / MV & EE / ELEPHANT MICAH / WOODS / VISITATIONS / ILYAS AHMED / etc. package deal bundle of fifteen CDs spanning the history of time-lag records. a great way to sample a huge variety of sounds without spending much. from psychedelic folk to indie pop to free rock to electro drone and beyond... THE PONYS ~ SHISHIMUMU ~ cd (TIME-LAG 006) released april 5th 2003. GHQ ~ COSMOLOGY OF EYE ~ cd (TIME-LAG 031) released january 9th 2006. MV & EE WITH THE BUMMER ROAD ~ MOTHER OF THOUSANDS ~ 2cd (TIME-LAG 033) released may 1st 2006. ELEPHANT MICAH ~ HINDU WINDMILLS ~ cd (TIME-LAG 035) released november 28th 2006. VISITATIONS ~ UNTITLED ~ cd (TIME-LAG 037) released july 4th 2007. ILYAS AHMED ~ THE VERTIGO OF DAWN ~ cd (TIME-LAG 042) released march 9th 2008. JOSHUA BURKETT ~ WHERE’S MY HAT? ~ cd (RED RECORDS #1) released february 4th 2008. WOODS FAMILY CREEPS ~ S/T ~ cd (RED RECORDS #2) released february 4th 2008. KUUPUU ~ LUMEN TÄHDEN ~ cd (TIME-LAG 044) released july 15th 2009. PHANTOM BUFFALO ~ TAKE TO THE TREES ~ cd (RED RECORDS #3) released july 22nd 2008. SILENT LAND TIME MACHINE ~ & HOPE STILL ~ cd (TIME-LAG 045) released october 18th 2008. CURSILLISTAS ~ LES BICHES ~ cd (TIME-LAG 046) released august 20th 2009. ELEPHANT MICAH ~ PLAYS THE SONGS OF BIBLE BIRDS ~ cd (TIME-LAG 047) released december 5th 2010. PRISMA ~ THE COSMIC COIL ~ cd (TIME-LAG 050) released september 20th 2010. BIG BLOOD ~ DEAD SONGS ~ cd (TIME-LAG 051) released june 25th 2010. 25.00 USD https://timelagrecords.bigcartel.com/product/cd-bundle https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/393216111/IMG_3705.jpeg 107664270 new in stock