arranged by [additional melody construction] Loren
arranged by [additional melody construction] Sue-Kenny Smith
band Oscar Herrera
band Sam Rosenthal
band Sue-Kenny Smith
tracks a5, b5 clarinet Richard Watson
electronics Sam Rosenthal
engineer Walter Holland
tracks a4 guitar Loren
tracks b4, b5 guitar Sue-Kenny Smith
tracks a3 guitar, vocals Walter Holland
tracks a1, a2, a4 to b3, b5, b6 lyrics by Sam Rosenthal
tracks a3 lyrics by Sam Rosenthal
tracks a3 lyrics by Walter Holland
mixed by Sam Rosenthal
tracks a1 to b3, b5, b6 music by Sam Rosenthal
tracks b4 music by, lyrics by Sue-Kenny Smith
tracks a2, a5 percussion Allan Kraut
photography by, graphic design Sam Rosenthal
tracks b3 piano Stephen Nester
remastered by [2020] Howard Givens
tracks b3 violin Carmela Scalzo
tracks a2, a3, a5 vocals Bridget Knott
tracks b6 vocals Loren
tracks a2, a4, a5 vocals Oscar Herrera
tracks a1, a4, b1, b2, b4, b5 vocals Sue-Kenny Smith
tracks b1, b2, b5 vocals [slight] Sam Rosenthal
tracks b6 voice Robin Russell
Recorded At Tangerine Studio
Recorded At Natural Sound Studios, Miami, FL
Recorded At Samurai (5)
Mixed At Tangerine Studio
Remastered At Spotted Peccary Studios
Published By Seireenien Music
Mastered At GZ Media
Pressed By Precision Record Pressing
Limited edition of 300. 140-gram smoky translucent vinyl. With b&w lyric card.

Hi. Black Tape For A Blue Girl's 1989 third album ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR is now available in a deluxe edition remastered from the original 1/4” tapes. The remaster is warm and clear, and the album retains that dreamy, romantic quality you remember from the 80s.

ASHES contains angst and trepidation in the lyrics yet also beauty and hopeful melancholia in the mood and music. It’s an album of existential, ethereal, and gothic musings. ASHES was the release that brought the band out of the fanzine-based underground to listeners of what in the 80s we called “college radio.” “Across a thousand blades” on CMJ's CERTAIN DAMAGE compilation CD went to stations across the country and garnered regular airplay. In fact, many of you have mentioned that ASHES was your first exposure to Black Tape For A Blue Girl.

Alternative Press: “This is hurting, romantic lament. Herrera’s vocals suddenly ram me with image-brimming, griping vacancy of the precariously desperate soul hanging beneath hope by a frayed thread.”

As I wrote in the original album description: “Bursting forth like a lucid dream, this release unearths powerful connections to deeper truths. Sue-Kenny’s folk approach and Oscar’s intense voice... more
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released February 28, 2020

Original release date approx: 9/27/1989

All physical sales include the 20 page Memorabilia booklet. It can also be read here: www.blacktapeforabluegirl.com/ashes
Barcode: 617026037615
Matrix / Runout: 10-87438 / PRO376 - A 200272E1/A (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: 10-87438 / PRO376 - B 200272E2/A (Side B)