a swinging explosion of unruly madness was dropped shattering into our ears this last fall, and after months of tweakling and preparation h we are astonished and amazed to share it with your much-deserving curiosities...

FAIRMOORE
by
JAD FAIR
and
R. STEVIE MOORE

this lusty, swarthy multipart epic battlepoem clashed across hemispheres for centuries before setting into the history books of our label. it was destined to be. we don't know how they met or what they're doing here. but it sounds perfectly amazing in that obsessive vein of unlimited home recording time. maybe they just came upon one another the same way jad fair has come upon as diverse a cast of characters as yo la tengo, the pastels and teenage fanclub. it's an ongoing joy when these people come upon one another, because one way or another some new sound is discovered by denizens of the other's camp, and the possibilities can only multiply and metriculate from there. thus has been the case with this collaboration of collaborators, the multiplicity of these far reaching influences bouncing off the walls like a rubber missle, like old friends reuniting in the desert or waving nonchalantly to one another in a bar. r.stevie's worked with members of xtc, his father was one of the greatest session players of all time and he continues that high level of creative performance here by giving up the session's sessions, peppered liberally with his unique and soulful utterances.

jad's lyrics fall gently into this bed of crustaceous entities like a whale onto the bottom of the ocean. evocations of jad's acoustic work, glorious and rare (remember "hillbillies"?), can be found on warm country patches like "leaders of yes" while r. stevie's instrumental prowess accomplishes perfectly timed hip-hop drumbeats, wild, crisp guitar arpeggioes (is that brown sound?) and wonderfully old-school synthesizer arrangements to create a psychedelic walk through the family of his life.

both artists have been making albums since the seventies. dozens and dozens, all over the place, recognized in volumes of critical literature. r.stevie has been featured in the new york times, rolling stone said he was "a national treasure unrecognized in his homeland." jad fair is an internationally renown visual, musical and lyrical artist, engaged in an ongoing majestic series of collaborations in addition to his band half japanese, which was featured in a movie and adored by kurt cobain.

old gold is pleased to continue in its devotion to criminally ignored DIY treasures, following home recorded releases by fellow travelers eugene chadbourne, eric gaffney, two dollar guitar, royal art lodge, 2geniuses, yximalloo, and the late howard finster.