Tag: Harrisburg PA

Coming War

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Track 02  On  Not One of You  By  Hormoans

Written by Paul Smith & Hormoans Song Length: 5:25
Listen to the Song:
[audio:Hormoans/02-ComingWar.mp3]		 1981
Lyrics
Go to town, see a movie, read a book, play guitar
Meet a friend, watch some TV, talk about the coming war
China no, Russia maybe, you never know the real score
The Middle East is on the Late News with theories of the coming war

Here I am, alone and freezing, waiting for you becomes a bore
I’m a thug, and you’re a villain, we all plan the coming war
The war is near, the war is over, the war is all I want to hear
The war is here, it’s escalating
And chaos is common as apples with cores

Go to town, see a movie, read a book, play guitar
Get a job, make some money, eat some food and buy a car
Meet a friend, watch some TV, kill some time and wait some more
Sit alone or with your lover and think about the coming war

The coming war, the coming war, the coming war

Composition © 1981 Paul Smith & Hormoans
Publication © 2008, 2012 Hormoans & Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Jim Hammond & Ric Albano
Engineered by Georg McLaughlin
Recorded December 1981
at Future Sound Studios, Harrisburg, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
“Jimmy Slash” Hammond -Lead Vocals
PRJ Smith – Guitars
Tim Pelton – Keyboards, Effects
Mark McCormick – Bass
Dave Givens – Drums

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Sanity Squad

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Track 01  On  Not One of You  By  Hormoans

Written by Tim Pelton Song Length: 1:57
Listen to the Song:
[audio:Hormoans/01-SanitySquad.mp3]		 1981
Lyrics
Coming Soon

Composition © 1981 Tim Pelton
Publication © 2008, 2012 Hormoans & Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Jim Hammond & Ric Albano
Engineered by Georg McLaughlin
Recorded December 1981
at Future Sound Studios, Harrisburg, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
“Jimmy Slash” Hammond -Lead Vocals
PRJ Smith – Guitars
Tim Pelton – Keyboards, Vocals
Mark McCormick – Bass
Dave Givens – Drums

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Hormoans Not One of You

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Not One of You by HormoansIn December 1981, the new wave band Hormoans recorded a few dozen tracks made up of their original compositions along with original “translations” of some standard material. The recordings were made at Future Sound Studios in Harrisburg, PA with all the songs recorded “live” by the band and mixed down to Stereo Digital Audio Tape. Unfortunately, the band broke up soon thereafter and these recordings remained “lost” for over a quarter century.

Finally in 2008, these recordings were remastered and produced to form the Cygnus Wave album Not One of You. The album includes 12 songs from the Future Sound session along with a live recording of “Stürmish Ding”, a German-language version of The Troggs’ “Wild Thing” recorded live in 1982.

Track   Composer(s)  Length
 1.   Sanity Squad     Tim Pelton  1:57
 2.   Coming War Paul Smith, Hormoans  5:25
 3.   Boys Don’t Cry Michael Dempsey, Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst  2:35
 4.   Quick Joey Small Joey Levine, Arthur Resnick  1:54
 5.   Fantasy Tonight Paul Smith, Steve “Gibby” Womback, Hormoans  3:18
 6.   Lonely Dialer Mark McCormick  4:01
 7.   Red Rubber Ball Paul Smith, Bruce Woodley  3:21
 8.   Damaged Goods Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill, Jon King  3:04
 9.   Blockhead Bob Mothersbaugh, Mark Mothersbaugh  2:39
10.   Stürmish Ding Chip Taylor, Jim Hammond, Hormoans  3:37
11.   Amazon     Tim Pelton  3:35
12.   California Dreamin’ John Phillips, Michelle Phillips  2:24
13.   Not One of You Paul Smith, Hormoans  4:11

Long Way Home (Original)

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Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 6:14
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Lyrics
Lost in the wilderness, the forest through the trees
All merge to emptiness as I am brought down to my knees
I pause for just a sec’ to let the world spin round
To reveal some open trek leading to tame, tended ground

But I’m still alive, yes, I’m still alive
Shrouded in bitterness, I’ll crawl out of this wilderness and try

Counter, diverging paths, I’m forced to make a choice
Contend this demon’s wrath or let it silence my voice
No doubt I’ve done my slice to bring this on myself
But that pittance won’t justify this rapid draining of health

But I’m still alive, but will I survive?
Biased towards happiness, I’ll carve my creed in righteousness

And pray exoneration for squandering the precious dawn of the Day
That priceless jewel, confined by it’s peripheral fuel
Anyday can come the call to raze the walls, and suddenly be shown…

…All that is beyond, knowing all that is gone
Blown, pried from it’s bond, on the way home…

Who leaves familiar farms, swan dives into the sea
Of vast transcendent charms, of vast uncertainty?

He who keeps it alive, the dream that survives
Drafted towards openness, can almost feel the sweet caress of the sky

That boundless cool, clad baby blue
Never seeming too hard to fly
With wounded wings, ever sharpening
Will tomorrow bring just one more try?
To feel the pulse, to forge the ghosts
To make the most and show…

…Just what can be, and know what it is like to be free
And grow into the predestined me, and flow in distinguished harmony
All the way home…

Composition © 2007 Ric Albano
Publication © 2007, 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

 Song Info
Composed on December 3, 2007
Recorded starting on October 5, 2007
at Saturation Acres, Danville, PA
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Mixed and Mastered in 2007
at Cygnus Wave Studios
Released: December 27, 2007
on Imaginary Lines II

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Ron Simasek
Drums and Percussion

Listener Guide
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Analysis: This is the original version of this highly spirtual, nearly religious, song about trials, tribulations, and faith. It was written to close Imaginary Lines II once it was decided that there would be no Imaginary Lines III. It is a tribute to a friend of Ric Albano who passed away earlier in 2007, but faced her own demise with incredible courage and faith.

Song Trivia
The original, working title was “Trinity”, and it was intended to be the closing song on the defunct Imaginary Lines III.
This is only Imaginary Lines song that began studio recording before the composition was complete.

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Imaginary Lines II

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Imaginary Lines IIOriginal Release: December 27, 2007

The Fool’s Overture
She Said
Keep Doing What You Do
The Last Man to Walk Alone
You Sure Were Fun
33 Shots of Louis
Believe
A New Religion
The Cup
Naked
Here On the Beach
Long Way Home

Enhanced versions of songs later included on Imaginary Lines 33