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MIKE
ALVAREZ (45) 1985
Mike
Alvarez: Electric guitars, lead vocal.
Larry
Seaman: Rhythm guitar.
Eric
Stephens: Bass guitar and backup vocal.
Mike
Buck: Drums and percussions.
This
is Mike Alvarez's first
solo
recording after the 1984
end
of Max and the Makeups.
Released
on Not Records Tapes,
this
45 vinyl single and music
video
were highly acclaimed in 1985.
Cover
art by Shirley Staples. Disc
art
by Paul Sabal.
"A
$30 record in twenty years so buy it now"
Ken
Barnes, Creem Magazine, 1985. Editor's
note: Ken
was close. As of today, this record
is selling at $26.
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see
below.
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1.
The Night I Watched You Sleep (M. Alvarez) 2:56
2.
Orphan Aged (M. Alvarez) 2:54
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below to
view the Kevin West music video,
"The
Night I Watched You Sleep".Click
the link below
to
watch music video
The
Night I Watched You Sleep
Directed
by Kevin L. West
All
songs © Not Records Tapes (ASCAP).
Produced
by Mike Alvarez for
Not
Records Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
THE
MUSIC ON THE FOLLOWING EP IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOADING
AND LISTENING. TO ORDER THE ORIGINAL ISSUE EP
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"PROCESS"
(ep) 1987
This
1987 8-track recording by
Schuyler Hupp
was planned as a
preproduction for Mike Alvarez's
follow-up to his 1985 hit single
and video "The Night I Watched
You Sleep". When Roky Erickson
stepped in the studio to play lead
guitar on Erickson's contribution
to Process,
"Hungry For Your Love",
Alvarez released the ep on cassette
to little Austin fanfare, despite the
presence of at the time, an extremely
reclusive Erickson. Cover art was
created by "Eybeam" creator and
comic strip
master Sam Hurt.
Genre: "sock-o-delic".
Mike Alvarez:
Guitars and vocals.
Roky Erickson:
Guitar solo on "Hungry For Your Love".
Schuyler Hupp:
Acoustic guitar solo on "Marcia Lo Aton".
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1.
All Day All Night (M. Alvarez)
2.
Unbeing House (M. Alvarez)
3.
Hungry For Your Love (R. K. Erickson)
4.
Marcia Lo Aton (M. Alvarez)
All songs
© Not Records Tapes (ASCAP)
except
"Hungry For Your Love",
©
Roky Erickson Music (ASCAP).
Produced
by Mike Alvarez for
Not Records
Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
THE MUSIC ON THE FOLLOWING EP IS ONLY
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"LOVE" (ep) 1993
Recorded
at Austin's Music
Lane Studios in 1992 and 1993,
this 16-track recording features
drum lord Mike Buck (Fabulous
Thunderbirds, The LeRoi Brothers)
and Austin music figure head Byron
Scott
on bass. Cover art by Brad
Massingale.
Mike Alvarez:
Guitars, vocals.
Byron
Scott: Bass guitar, backing
vocals on "Love".
Mike Buck: Drums and percussions.
Supervising
Engineer: Wayne Gaithwright.
Recorded at Music Lane Studios, Austin, Texas
Produced
by Mike Alvarez for Not
Records
Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
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1.
Love (M. Alvarez) 3:50
2.
On The Beach (M. Alvarez) 2:09
3.
You Can Love Me Too (M. Alvarez/K. Jones) 3:16
4.
Rebecca Take Me Away (M. Alvarez/K. Jones) 4:22
All songs
© Not Records Tapes (ASCAP).
Produced
by Mike Alvarez for Not
Records
Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
THE
MUSIC ON THE FOLLOWING LP IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOADING
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"SOUNDS
OF EVERYWHERE"
(LP) 2001
Headed
by Mike Alvarez, Head Shop
played
in the Los Angeles area from
2000
to 2006.
Mike
Alvarez: Guitars and vocals.
Matt
Jansky: Guitars and vocals.
Bill
Dumas: Drums, percussion, backup vocals.
Joe
Gilroy: Bass guitar.
Recorded
in Bill's garage in 2001.
Mixed
by Derek Vanderhorst.
Produced
by Mike Alvarez and Matt Jansky.
for
Not Records Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
All
songs © Not Records Tapes (ASCAP).
except
tracks 3, 7, and 9.
Produced
by Mike Alvarez and Matt Jansky
for
Not Records Tapes, Los Angeles, CA.
***SUPERCHAGED
60s PSYCHEDELIC
***SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY TEXACALA JONES
***STRONG 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS INFLUENCE
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1.
Top of My Line (M.
Alvarez/K. Jones) 3:11
2. Prairie Rose
(M. Alvarez/C. Buck) 3:15
3. Don't Fall Down
(R. K. Erickson/T. Hall) 2:54
4. The Bridge (M.
Alvarez/K. Jones) 1:39
5. Unbeing House
(M. Alvarez) 4:12
6. All Day
All Night (M. Alvarez)
2:07
7. I'll Come For You
(M. Jansky) 3:23
8. Love
(M. Alvarez) 5:25
9. 'stopyourbellyachin'
(J. Gilroy) 0:20
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Produced
and directed by Mike Alvarez
THE MUSIC ON THE FOLLOWING EP IS ONLY
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BISMEAUX
SESSIONS
(ep) 2002
Recorded
in November of 2002, Alvarez
dropped
in to Austin's Bismeaux
Studios
to
record 4 songs. Players accompanying
Alvarez on these sessions are as good
as it gets. Cover art by Nikki.
Mike Alvarez:
Guitars and lead vocals.
Bruce
Hughes: Bass guitar.
Jonie
Hell: Drums.
Dickie
Lee Erwin: Banjo on "The Gospel Song".
Scott
Blesener: Violin on "The Gospel Song",
and "You
Don't Know".
Texacala Jones: Backup vocals on "The Gospel
Song", "Hungry
For Love" and "You Don't Know".
Ken Jones:
Piano solo on "Top of My Line".
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on song titles below for
MP3 free listening
1. The Gospel Song
(M. Alvarez/K. Jones) 2:52
2. Top
of My Line (M. Alvarez/K. Jones) 3:21
3.
Hungry For Your Love (R. K. Erickson) 2:32
4.
You Don't Know (John St. Powell) 3:15
All Songs
© Not Records Tapes (ASCAP)
except
"Hungry For Your Love"
©
Roky Erickson Music (ASCAP)
and "You
Don't Know"
©
Charlie Records (U. K.).
Produced
by Mike Alvarez
for Not
Records Tapes, Los
Angeles,
CA.
THE
MUSIC ON THE FOLLOWING BONUS TRACK IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE
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Only
She
Bonus
Track (2002)
Recorded
in 2002, a barrage of tracks
written
by Mike Alvarez and assembled
by Matt
Jansky.
Mike Alvarez: Vocals and lead guitar.
Matt Jansky: Guitar and backup vocal.
Bill Dumas: Drums.
Jonie Hell: Bass guitar.
Final track recording and final mix by John Lusitana.
Art by Sara Bodwell.
©Not Records Tapes (ASCAP).
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1. Only
She (Can Make Her Happy)
(Alvarez - Jansky - Smith)
THE MUSIC ON
THE FOLLOWING LP IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOADING AND
LISTENING. FOR A PREVIEW OF THE 3D DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THEMAKING
OF THE ALBUM, CLICK
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CD, CLICK ORDER.
TO ORDER THE 3-D DOCUMENTARY AT AMAZON, CLICK HERE.
"
2324" (LP) 2006
On April 23
and 24th of 2005,
Mike Alvarez
set out to celebrate
his 35 years
in the music business
by writing
and recording a full-length,
10-song LP in two
days, recording
on a 20-year
old Fostex 8-track
1/4" reel-to-reel. Much
of the
project was filmed
in 3-D by film
maker Tom
Koester .
The 3-D documentary
"2324":
The Making of an
Underground
Rock Album" is now
available.
Click
here for Documentary
Promo
preview.
Alvarez says, "the
project was
tough, recorded on
antiquated
equipment, but I
think most of
the songs stand for
themselves
and hold their own.
My long-time
friends and long-time
music
collaborators
came together
for me
resulting in a record
I'm proud of."
Special guests include
Jonie Hell,
Bruce Hughes, Matt
Jansky,
Suki Fujioka, Bill
Dumas,
John Lusitana, Bill
Rehn,
Ken Jones, Mark Sabatini.
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1. Mambo Sun (M. Bolan) 3:23
2. Peace (M. Alvarez) 2:26
3. Woman (M. Alvarez) 3:58
4. Destiny (M. Alvarez) 4:47
5. She Comes and She Goes (M.
Alvarez) 3:14
6. Tape (Alvarez, Jones, Jansky,
Dumas, Howard) 6:13
7. Les Paul (M. Alvarez, J.
Lusitana) 3:13
8. Tell Me (M. Alvarez) 3:35
9. Round and Around (M. Alvarez)
1:54
10. Take Mary Home to N. Y. (Alvarez,
Jansky, Fujioka) 2:37
All
songs © Not Records Tapes (ASCAP)
except "Mambo Sun" ©Warner
Bros. Records.
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