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Agony and Ecstasy

by The Colorplates

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Subtitled “Post-punk art rock, Seattle, 1979-1982” so there you go. The Green Monkey label has been unearthing some old Pac NW artifacts like this. This goes from straight-ahead rawk (opening title track) to stuff more like no-wave (“Call on Me #1”) and everything in between. 21 songs….interesting. Dagger Zine

    “never very pretty, but pretty can be overrated.” “That The Colorplates, like most local bands, never made it to the larger stage is less a commentary on the quality of their music than on the kinks and quirks of the music business. You listen to their music and it is clear that with a little luck, they could have been a contender.” Jack Goodstein

    “The Adults (Colorplates) are very strange by commercial rock standards. Their style can be best described as punk/art fusion. … The Adults amps were too loud for the room, still these four folks are playing for the fun of it.” Jef Jaison . – Bellevue Journal American

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Macho Woman 03:27
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Twenty-Five 03:01
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Help! 01:52
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Woodworking 03:28
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New Shoes 02:34
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Okay 07:35
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The Green Monkey history squad is proud to present The Colorplates, starring in the very rocking Agony and Ecstasy. The Colorplates were a Seattle band circa 1979-82, loosely connected with the art/punk scene. They were equally (though not exclusively) inspired by Ornette Coleman and the Dave Clark Five. They started life briefly as an improvisation unit, The Pigments, spent a while as The Adults and switched over to The Colorplates midstream. As The Adults, they had two previous bass players, Adam Woog (now a local author!) and Howie Wahlen.

They mainly played punk joints like the Gorilla Room and the UCT Hall (with bands like Student Nurse, the Pudz and Pell Mell), mostly for friends, but occasionally for sailors. They managed to do a bit of recording (which is featured here) – none of it made it to vinyl, which was the punk rock mark of success back then. In fact, the recordings on this album have never been released – they come from a variety of recording situations with a variety of results. While every effort has been made to capture the best possible sound quality, our first concern was to paint a true picture of this obscure combination. Mission accomplished!

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released May 1, 2013

The Colorplates were a Seattle band circa 1979-82, loosely connected with the art/punk scene. They were equally (though not exclusively) inspired by Ornette Coleman and the Dave Clark Five. They started life briefly as an improvization unit, The Pigments, spent a while as The Adults and switched over to The Colorplates midstream. As The Adults, they had two previous bass players, Adam Woog and Howie Wahlen. They mainly played punk joints like the Gorilla Room and the UCT Hall, mostly for friends, but occasionally for sailors. They managed to do a bit of recording (which is featured here) – none of it made it to vinyl, which was the punk rock mark of success back then. Like many bands of their day, they remain obscure.

The Colorplates: Bob Blackburn: Bass, Vocal ♦ Tom Dyer: Guitar, Vocal, Saxophone,Keyboards
Deanne Tawney: Drums ♦ Harvey Tawney: Guitar, Vocal. Saxophone, Clarinet, Therimin

Agony and Ecstasy, Macho Woman, The Armory Show by Harvey Tawney, Call On Me , Bye, Bye Johnny, Twenty-Five, Leave Me Alone, Camouflage, Runnin’ Your Heart Away by Tom Dyer.
Kamakaze Teardrop by Bob Blackburn, Tom Dyer and Harvey Tawney
Woodworking, Okay and Drunk Munchkin Marching Band are Improvizations by Bob Blackburn, Tom Dyer, Deanne Tawney & Harvey Tawney. Bil Wikstrom plays trumpet on Okay.
Eric Erickson stars on guitar on Break On Through (To The Other Side)
All songs © Half The World Publishing except: My Little Red Book (David/Bacharach); Purple Haze (Hendrix); It Was A Very Good Year (Drake); Break on Through (To The Other Side) (The Doors); Help! (Lenon/McCartney)

Mastered by Tom Dyer at TDS Productions 2013.
Agony and Ecstasy, Macho Woman, Twenty-Five were recorded on 16 track by Pat Hewitt at Triangle Recording 1982
Call on Me, Purple Haze, It Was A Very Good, Runnin’ Your Heart Away, Camouflage were recorded on 8 track by Terry Gotlieb at American Music 1981
Ornette recorded live by John Rogers 1981.
My Little Red Book, Bye, Bye Johnny, Leave Me Alone recorded by Michael Lord on 4 track at Michael Lord Productions 1982
Kamakaze Teardrop recorded by Tom Dyer on 4 track at TDS Productions 1982
Other songs recorded live to cassette in a variety of situations
Cover illustration by Harvey Tawney, Photos by Randy Hall.
Cover design by Tom Dyer

The Colorplates wish to thanks their freinds, relatives and other appropriate entities (you know who you are).

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The Colorplates were Tom Dyer's Seattle band circa 1979-82, loosely connected with the art/punk scene. They were equally (though not exclusively) inspired by Ornette Coleman and the Dave Clark Five. They started life briefly as an improvisation unit, The Pigments, spent a while as The Adults and switched over to The Colorplates midstream. This is a lopsided collection of mostly Tom's songs. ... more

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