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LONG RANGE AUDIO DEVICE

by L-RAD

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Plus a .pdf file containing the original artwork of the project with detailed notes and full lyrics for all tracks.
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SHOW ME YOUR OIL Show me your oil Let me see it Let me look at your oil I love it when you show me your oil You are so beautiful You are so beautiful You and your oil. Let me touch it Let me touch your oil I want to feel your oil You are so beautiful I love you I love you You and your oil. I hate the idea Of anyone else seeing your oil Never show anyone else Never let anyone else Look at your oil And I would rather die Than let anyone else Touch your oil I would kill you before I let anyone else Touch your oil. I’m sorry, I’m sorry I’m so sorry I will never do that again I only get like this because I love you so much I love you so much You and your oil Now show me your oil. © 2007 Judge Smith / Steve Defoe
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Buccaneers 05:05
BUCCANEERS It hurts my ears It hurts my ears. I sail the Seven Seas And I do what I please, But that Audio Gun Is gonna spoil my fun. Won’t be a pirate no more, I’m gonna stay on shore, Because it hurts my ears It hurts my ears It hurts my ears It hurts my ears. My buccaneering boys They really hate that noise. So they’re coming with me We gonna leave the sea, And we’re not too proud To say it’s much too loud, And it hurts our ears It hurts our ears It hurts my ears It hurts my ears. We’ll miss our piracy ’Cos we live wild and free, But we won’t get drowned And we won’t hear that sound That gets inside my brain And gives me so much pain Yes it hurts my ears It hurts my ears IT HURTS MY BUCCANEERS! © 2007 Judge Smith / Steve Defoe
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Sister Bees 03:16
SISTER BEES Squeezin’ bees to get their honey That’s how the farmer makes his money. Get down on your knees And squeeze the bees As hard as you please. Get down on your knees And squeeze the bees As hard as you please. Hit the nest with sonic stress Dim the lights and guess the rest. Knockin’em out with just one stun From the Long-Range Audio Gun. © 2007 Steve Defoe
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Surfer Joe 04:19
SURFER JOE There’s an undead dude all the surfers know. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, He was drowned and dead thirty years ago. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, But he won’t sleep quiet in his watery grave, He surfs the ocean on a tidal wave, That’s no way to behave! Surfer Joe. He’s got bits missing but he just won’t quit. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, His board’s all covered with weeds an’ shit. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, He’s the gnarliest corpse you’ve ever seen, He’s got big holes where the fish have been, He’s phosphorescent green. Surfer Joe. A Barracuda chewed off his dick. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, But he still wants to find him a surfer chick. Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, So he’s surfing across the ocean blue, To get his decomposing hands on you, Then he’ll take you to the barbecue. Surfer Joe. (JOE): I love you… I really love you… Let me hold your hand… I love you… He’s caught a wave and it’s heading West, Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, Two hundred feet from trough to crest, Surfer Joe, Surfer Joe, He’s hanging five on that awesome curl And he’s thinking about his surfer girl. He’s coming fast, and he can’t wait He’s laying waste to half the State, Then he’ll ask you for a date. Surfer Joe. (JOE): I love you… I really love you… Let me hold your hand… Gee, you look swell.. Your hair smells nice.. I love you… © 2007 Judge Smith
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Sensitivity 01:57
SENSITIVITY What’s a blessing and a curse? Sensitivity It makes it better and it makes it worse Sensitivity You don’t want to be like me Sensitivity Woolite Chai Wars far away Cheese burgers Pomme frites The look in my loved one’s eye Tell the doctor call the nurse Write the chapter pen the verse blond-haired fat sequined nurse Esrever ni rac reh sevird Drives her car in reverse While I drive the hearse You don’t want to be like me Sensitivity You don’t want to be like me Sensitivity Stop that 60 Hz hum Stop that chewing gum Stop that barking Stop that baby crying Stop your squeaking shoes Stop picking on me Shut up, Shut up © 2007 Steve Defoe
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Balloon 04:22
BALLOON This is the place the balloon ended up When it escaped and flew away from the party This is the place the balloon ended up When it escaped and flew away from the party It spent some time stuck up in the tree Now it’s all small and shrivelled and useless. It spent some time stuck up in the tree Now it’s all small and shrivelled like me. This is the place the balloon ended up It got away and it flew from the party. This is the place the balloon ended up When it escaped and flew from the party This is the place the balloon ended up After it spent some time up in the tree Now it’s all small and shrivelled like me. Purple and silver it flew to the sun Now we can see its life’s work is done. Purple and silver it flew to the sun Now we can see its life’s work is done. Out in the dirt all shriveled and bare It doesn’t have any more air. © 2007 Steve Defoe
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Pimento Head 02:27
PIMENTO HEAD Pimento Head Pimento Head (not Zucchini Head) (not Zucchini Head) and Jeff said and Jeff said: “There’s a stink bomb in my locker! Stink bomb! There’s a stink bomb in my locker! stink bomb!” Then Ollie said to Jeff’s head (Jeff’s his brother) and Pimento Head AND Zucchini Head (but not Dave’s head): “Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer! Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer! Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer!” Don’t forget Dave, my friend Dave. My little buddy Dave, Paddle footin’ Dave. Paddle footin’ Paddle footin’ Paddle footin’ Paddle footin’ And Charlie said, and Charlie said: “Pimento Head, I’ve got a wart. Wanna see my wart? I’m gonna get my wart removed – on Tuesday!” Pimento Head Pimento Head (Not Zucchini Head) (Not Zucchini Head) and Jeff said and Jeff said: “Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer! Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer! Let’s go fishin’ in the sewer!” © 2007 Steve Defoe
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Kissing Song 01:20
KISSING SONG La la la la La…La La la la la La…La La la la la La…La La la la la Mmoi! Mmoi! Mmoi! La la la la Mmoi! Mmoi! Mmoi! © 2007 Fifi Chamoix
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Thingmaker 04:54
THINGMAKER Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Make a Thing! Etc. Just make a thing… Make it good… That’s what we’re here for… So make a thing… Who cares what kind of thing… Make it now… A thing… What else is there to do?… © 2007 Judge Smith
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Light 03:14
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EctoScooch 08:17

about

L-RAD is a transcontinental collaborative project featuring Judge and American artist Steve Defoe, of The Larry Mondello Band, first released on CD in 2007.

Their album is an extraordinary fusion of wildly contrasting skills; two very different musicians sharing a bizarre vision, and making a music that is difficult to describe but, once heard, is even more difficult to forget.

L-RAD is Judge's most Left-Field album to date. It's music of the ‘Aprés-Garde’. Very weird, but strangely accessible.

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released May 15, 2020

All tracks by Judge Smith & Steve Defoe
except 'Kissing Song' by Fifi Chamoix

Performed and Recorded by JUDGE SMITH at Studio Judex, Sussex, UK
& STEVE DEFOE at Laundry Room Studios, Pleasant Valley, USA
with
FIFI CHAMOIX
AYSEL
& DARK SUE

Mixed & Mastered by PAT COLLIER for Perry Vale Studios

(P) & (C) 2007 Masters Of Art / Mondello Music

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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