THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, by ANTHONY XAVIER JACKSON

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

by ANTHONY XAVIER JACKSON

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1.	TREK (THE MAN ) 03:01		buy track
2.	WOODY ALLEN ON SPEED (THE MAN ) 02:22		buy track
3.	THE TROUBLE WITH NEUROSES ( THE MAN ) 05:16		buy track
4.	HEART OF MAN-CHILD ( THE MAN ) 03:57		buy track
5.	SEEING STACEY ( THE MAN ) 06:53		buy track
6.	PINPOINTS OF BLACK ( THE MAN ) 03:27		buy track
7.	LSD ( THE MAN ) 06:19	info	buy track
8.	LITTLE BLACK LIST ( THE MYTH ) 07:17		buy track
9.	THE DISASTER BALLET ( THE MYTH ) 06:12		buy track
10.	ONLY DREAMING... ( THE MYTH ) 04:00		buy track
11.	SCORPIO( N) RISING ( THE MYTH ) 04:40		buy track
12.	WHAT IF... ( THE MYTH ) 05:03		buy track
13.	NEVER ( FOREVER ) MAN. ( THE MYTH ) 04:18		buy track
14.	LAZY HUMAN RACE/ WIDE AND CHEAP ( THE MYTH ) 05:57		buy track
15.	REQUIEM ( THE MYTH ) 04:21		buy track
16.	HELL PHONE ( THE MYTH ) 04:36		buy track
17.	IN JUNE- RAW 1990 ( THE LEGEND ) 04:16		buy track
18.	SHADOW GODDESS ( THE LEGEND ) 20:15	info	buy track

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THIS IS A COMPILATION OF ALL MY VERY OLD MATERIAL RECORDED SINCE ABOUT THE AGE OF 19, FOR CONTEXT I AM 48 THIS YEAR. A LOT OF THESE PIECES I HAVE STRONGLY FELT SHOULD NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY DUE TO THE SHEER NAIVETE THEY ENCOMPASS. I WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AND A VERY KNOW IT ALL TYPE THEN. I KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT PRODUCTION AND JUST WINGED IT FOR THE MOST PART AND CHALKED IT UP TO ' ARTISTIC INTEGRITY OR SOMESUCH...

BUT, LIKE EVERY BAND HAS ITS NASCENT STIRRINGS OF BRUTALLY RAW MATERIAL, I TOO MUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THESE SONGS ARE MY ROOTS, MY BEGINNINGS AND WITHOUT THEM I WOULD NOT BE WRITING OR COMPOSING MUSIC TODAY.

SO, FOR YOUR PERUSAL... THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND...

THE ALBUM IS COMPRISED OF THREE PARTS

THE MAN:

THESE ARE MY EARLIEST RECORDINGS DONE MOSTLY DURING MY STAY IN THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS AND THE TOWNS OF SALINAS AND SANTA CRUZ RESPECTIVELY. THEY COMPRISE MY EARLIEST WRITINGS AND FORAYS INTO RECORDING WITH NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PRODUCTION SKILLS.

THE MYTH:

THESE RECORDINGS ARE AN ABRIDGED VERSION OF A TAPE I RELEASED AROUND 2001 IN BERKELEY AND OAKLAND FOLLOWING A TUMULTUOUS BREAKUP WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY MY FAULT, BUT AT THE TIME YOU COULDN'T TELL ME THAT. I WAS A HORRID DRUNK AND HAD HAD A BOUT WITH CRACK ADDICTION AND WAS PRIMING MYSELF FOR A 14 YEAR JOURNEY INTO THE DEGRADATION OF SPEED USE AND UTTER CRIMINAL WASTE WHICH SOON FOLLOWED. I WAS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK AND USED MY MUSIC AS A MEANS OF THERAPY AND OUTBURST. AT THAT TIME I WAS RELEASING MUSIC AT A VERY PROLIFIC PACE WITH NO REGARD FOR THE MUSIC AS MUCH AS THE SATISFACTION OF RANTING AND RAVING ABOUT HOW THE WORLD HAD DONE ME WRONG. I WAS A VERY BITTER SOUL AND AM HALFWAY GRATEFUL A LOT OF THE RECORDINGS I DID THEN DID NOT SURVIVE THE LIGHT OF DAY. I AM SURE SOMEWHERE OUT THERE SOMEONE HAS COPIES OF THE TWO OTHER TAPES THAT I MADE IN THIS TRILOGY OF FULL BLOWN NEUROSIS... BUT THEY WILL REMAIN... THE MYTH...

THE LEGEND:

WELL, THE LEGEND IS HAPPENING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES.
I AM A RECOVERED ADDICT WHO HAS SOME SLIGHT NOTION THAT MAKING MUSIC IS A SPIRITUAL PROCESS RATHER THAN A PUNCHING BAG... I AM A LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE WISER.

THERE ARE TWO TRACKS HERE... ONE IS IN JUNE, ONE OF MY FIRST SONGS. THE SECOND TACK IS SHADOW GODDESS... SEE THE COMMENTS UNDER THE TRACK...

A.J

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released April 11, 2020

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ANTHONY XAVIER JACKSON California

I am a spoken word artist whose passion is music. I use a variety of media to render my works, including traditional instrumentation such as guitar, bass and drums. I also employ synths and all the tools of my DAW to make improv pieces to back my poetry.
LPD, Burroughs, Tear Garden, Watts Prophets, Last Poets, Radiohead… so many influences.
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