Nash The Slash
Dreams And Nightmares (2cd)
...INCLUDING BEDSIDE COMPANION & THE MARSDEN VERSIONS'- Nash the Slash's debut album "Dreams and Nightmares" (1979) is new-wave horror-punk-lover's gold. Featuring a 10-minute soundtrack to the 1929 silent surrealist short film Un Chien Andalou (which he first debuted at the Roxy Theatre in Toronto on March 17th, 1975), it's eight tracks present early synthesizer music + Nash's signature electric violin and mandolin, and is, as Mark Allan of AllMusic wrote, the "perfect sounds for a dark and stormy night." Shortly after releasing "Dreams and Nightmares," Nash would meet and inspire Gary Numan, play on Numan's "Dance" album, and support Numan in the UK in 1980 and 81. "Bedside Companion," was Nash's debut release (1978), a four-track 12" EP that Nash claimed was the first ever vinyl that could be played at two speeds (45 RPM and 33 1/3 RPM). As for the Marsden Versions, here is Nash's own explanation: "In 1978 I released my first solo recording, "Bedside Companion," a 4-track 12" EP played at 45 RPM. That same year on a late November evening, David Marsden at CFNY Radio created history - he accidentally played "Bedside" at the wrong speed, 33 1/3 RPM! Because there were no vocals, the music didn't sound any weirder, just slower and heavier. The listeners began to prefer different songs at different speeds. Being such a unique revelation, the 'Marsden Versions' have been included here for posterity_ All four tracks from Bedside have a unique quality that transcends both turntables and CD players!" Packaged in an DVD keep case digipak with enclosed (CD size) 16 page booklet and label promo sheet.