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Let Me Take You To The Empty Place: An Incomplete Story of Peter Laughner and Television

An extensive essay on the intertwining personal and professional histories of the late Cleveland musician Peter Laughner and the New York band Television, approved by Peter Laughner’s family and his estate.

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Liner Notes

Peter Laughner (Box Set)

An introduction and succinct summary of the life of Peter Laughner, an important figure in the Cleveland underground music scene who died tragically young at age 24 in 1977.

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Liner Notes

Schwartz-Fox Blues Crusade
Sunday Morning Revival

A social and geographical history of the University Circle area of Cleveland and how it related to the once presumed lost 1967 recording presented on this release.

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Liner Notes

Mr. Stress Blues Band
Live at the Brick Cottage 1972-1973

An augmented oral history of the Mr. Stress Blues Band, a long running Cleveland hard blues group that existed for over four decades and were led by the late Bill “Mr. Stress” Miller.

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Liner Notes

Hy Maya
The Mysticism of Sound & Cosmic Language

A summary of the musical, cultural, and personal histories of an obscure Cleveland collective and their place within the timeline of the underground music scene of northeast Ohio in the 1970s.

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Liner Notes

Allen Ravenstine and Albert Dennis
Terminal Drive

The personal and musical history of Allen Ravenstine surrounding the recording of his unreleased 1975 electronic music composition.

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Liner Notes

Robert Bensick Band
French Pictures in London

A professional and personal history of Robert Bensick, the Cleveland artist/musician based primarily on first person accounts surrounding his unreleased 1975 solo album.

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