Double Vulgar II
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Double Vulgar II is the fourth album by Thighpaulsandra
. Like its predecessor, Double Vulgar
, it contains sexually explicit, homoerotic artwork, though it is slightly toned down by comparison. One insert contains a double-sided image of model Chris Jones' erection
. The album also features lyrics ranging from the heavily graphic, sexually explicit situations of its first volume
to the less obvious musings of "The Vile Receipt" ("my nostrils are just perfect".)
.
Thighpaulsandra
Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...
. Like its predecessor, Double Vulgar
Double Vulgar
Double Vulgar is the second album by Thighpaulsandra. The album is notable for its packaging: the artwork consists of sexually explicit, homoerotic imagery featuring bondage and edgeplay, and was initially refused by several printers...
, it contains sexually explicit, homoerotic artwork, though it is slightly toned down by comparison. One insert contains a double-sided image of model Chris Jones' erection
Erection
Penile erection is a physiological phenomenon where the penis becomes enlarged and firm. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular and endocrine factors, and is usually, though not exclusively, associated with sexual arousal...
. The album also features lyrics ranging from the heavily graphic, sexually explicit situations of its first volume
Double Vulgar
Double Vulgar is the second album by Thighpaulsandra. The album is notable for its packaging: the artwork consists of sexually explicit, homoerotic imagery featuring bondage and edgeplay, and was initially refused by several printers...
to the less obvious musings of "The Vile Receipt" ("my nostrils are just perfect".)
Track listing
All tracks by ThighpaulsandraThighpaulsandra
Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...
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- "The Vile Receipt" – 16:32
- "Telly for Rex" – 16:54
- "Imperial" – 14:23
- "Vomiting Child" – 9:36
- "Bost Sanvay Unst Bit Sumonver" – 21:46
Personnel
- Thighpaulsandra – vocals, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, vocoderVocoderA vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
, tapes, computers, bells; guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
on "Vomiting Child" - Martin Schellard – guitars and bass; pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
on "Vomiting Child"; violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
on "Bost Sanvay…" - Siôn Orgon – drums; backing vocals on "Telly for Rex", "Vomiting Child" and "Bost Sanvay…"; antique cymbalCymbalCymbals are a common percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a...
s on "Imperial" and "Vomiting Child"; thunder tube, throat tube and "congregation" on "Imperial"; bass, cornetCornetThe cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...
and shakers on "Bost Sanvay…"; tambourine on "Telly for Rex" and "Bost Sanvay…" - Dorothy Lewis – vocals on "The Vile Receipt"; "sad clump" on "Telly for Rex"
- Werner Karrase – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
on "The Vile Receipt" - Caspar Brüst – trumpet on The Vile Receipt"
- Marc Black – tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
on "The Vile Receipt" - Harmony Styles – tenor sax on "The Vile Receipt"
- Chris Jones: Backing vocals on "Telly for Rex" and "Bost Sanvay…"; clocks and "congregation" on "Imperial"; "stalker" on "Vomiting Child"
- Tania Walker – backing vocals on "Telly for Rex" and "Vomiting Child"
- Jody Evans – "sad clump" on "Telly for Rex"
- Rob Greensmith – "sad clump" on "Telly for Rex"; "congregation" on "Imperial"; clarinet on "Bost Sanvay…"
- Tom Edwards – MarimbaMarimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
and vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
on "Imperial" and "Bost Sanvay…"; shakers and tambourine on "Imperial" - The Maureen Wilson Octet – Strings on "Imperial"
- Marc Johnson – "congregation" on "Imperial"
- Gaz Williams – bass on "Bost Sanvay…"
- Paddy Farr – backing vocals on "Bost Sanvay…"
- June Carroll – backing vocals on "Bost Sanvay…"
- Edward Carroll – backing vocals on "Bost Sanvay…"