Mark Tucker (musician)
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Mark Tucker is a musician, and co-founder of Tetrapod Spools
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His debut album, Batstew, which is now collectible, was released in two runs, each of 100 copies. There was also one personalized edition for his girlfriend of the time, Eva Bataszew, whose title was Bataszew. The album was re-released in 1996 as a compact disc
, with extra tracks that never made it onto the original LP. It comprises amongst other things recordings of Tucker's car, a 1964 Cadillac
which he had nicknamed "The Bat".
After a couple of mental breakdowns, Tucker recorded his second album, In The Sack, in 1982, under the pseudonym "T. Storm Hunter" which he later adopted as his legal name. The music was largely experimental, with tracks including "Everywhere with Sally (Ride)", a pop song recorded backwards.
Tetrapod Spools
Tetrapod Spools was a Encinitas, California, USA based independent record label founded in Oak Park, Illinois in 1969 by Louie Easley Hanley and Mark Tucker. The label originally released music on reel-to-reel and cassette, later producing limited edition vinyl records...
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His debut album, Batstew, which is now collectible, was released in two runs, each of 100 copies. There was also one personalized edition for his girlfriend of the time, Eva Bataszew, whose title was Bataszew. The album was re-released in 1996 as a compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, with extra tracks that never made it onto the original LP. It comprises amongst other things recordings of Tucker's car, a 1964 Cadillac
Cadillac
Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...
which he had nicknamed "The Bat".
After a couple of mental breakdowns, Tucker recorded his second album, In The Sack, in 1982, under the pseudonym "T. Storm Hunter" which he later adopted as his legal name. The music was largely experimental, with tracks including "Everywhere with Sally (Ride)", a pop song recorded backwards.
Albums
- Batstew — 1975
- This Hearse
- Prologue: 1964 Cadillac
- 64Z037375 Part 1
- Before They Call, I Will Answer
- Sideways Love Forever
- 64Z037375 Part 2
- Honey Tree
- The Way It Really Is
- Bataszew
- I'm Nothing
- Submerged Bat Vortex
- All Cars Are Sisters
- 1964 Cadillac
- Kids
- Bataszew (Alternate Version 2)
- This Beach Is Very
- Kotzebue
- In The Sack — 1983
- Harem-Scarem Suite — 1996
- EVA: The Bat
- KITCHY: The Lady From Nod
- AGNES: Seldom Siren Of Delusion
- SANDY: Since Night You Loved Me; Yet Since Night You Left Me
- COTTON: Disappearing Candy
- SHELLEY: Once Beneath The Bridge
- SALLY: Holdin' Sally In The Alley
- ELLEN: Someone To Love Me
- DAISY: Laundry Dog
- DAPHNE: The Laurel Tree Of Apollo