Synthetic Socks
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'''''Synthetic Socks''''' is an album by [[Gene Ween|Aaron Freeman (a.k.a. Gene Ween)]], released on [[TeenBeat Records]] in 1987. It is almost entirely the product of Freeman making personal recordings in his bedroom. Freeman sent two cassettes of material to TeenBeat over six months. Freeman and [[Mark Robinson (musician)|Mark Robinson]] later went through the tapes and selected songs from them that would later appear on the album. The cover of the album is a close up of a child (possibly Freeman himself) holding a frog. Alternate versions of the cover crop the image so only the frog and the child's hand can be seen. |
'''''Synthetic Socks''''' is an album by [[Gene Ween|Aaron Freeman (a.k.a. Gene Ween)]], released on [[TeenBeat Records]] in 1987. It is almost entirely the product of Freeman making personal recordings in his bedroom. Freeman sent two cassettes of material to TeenBeat over six months. Freeman and [[Mark Robinson (musician)|Mark Robinson]] later went through the tapes and selected songs from them that would later appear on the album. The cover of the album is a close up of a child (possibly Freeman himself) holding a frog. Alternate versions of the cover crop the image so only the frog and the child's hand can be seen. |
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==Production and history== |
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Instruments include Synsonic Drums, [[Korg Poly-800]], piano, and reel-to-reel. Long time friend of Freeman, Scott Lowe, assisted in post production using delay and additional keyboards. |
Instruments include Synsonic Drums, [[Korg Poly-800]], piano, and reel-to-reel. Long time friend of Freeman, Scott Lowe, assisted in post production using delay and additional keyboards. |
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Credited as Synthetic Sox (not "Socks" as in the album title), three of the TeenBeat tracks; Tree, Sea of Mellichis and Investigating Tornadoes, were released on vinyl as part of Shadow Mouth: Compilation One, released on the Shadow Mouth Record label based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.{{Citation |title=Various - Shadow Mouth: Compilation One |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2225274-Various-Shadow-Mouth-Compilation-One |language=en |access-date=2022-11-19}} |
Credited as Synthetic Sox (not "Socks" as in the album title), three of the TeenBeat tracks; Tree, Sea of Mellichis and Investigating Tornadoes, were released on vinyl as part of Shadow Mouth: Compilation One, released on the Shadow Mouth Record label based in Asbury Park, New Jersey.{{Citation |title=Various - Shadow Mouth: Compilation One |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2225274-Various-Shadow-Mouth-Compilation-One |language=en |access-date=2022-11-19}} |
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| ⚫ | "I Wanna Lick It/Can I Speak To Mark With Electricity?" features the 1975 [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] hit "[[Rock and Roll All Nite]]" in its entirety, which also briefly appears in "Justcruisin'".{{Citation |title=Synthetic Socks - Synthetic Socks |date=1987-07-30 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6519628-Synthetic-Socks-Synthetic-Socks |access-date=2025-03-26 |language=en}} This is due to Freeman recording the album on old [[Cassette tape|cassettes]] with music already on the tape. This effect is also heard on the Ween song "[[GodWeenSatan: The Oneness|Birthday Boy]]", which features a small section of [[Pink Floyd]]'s song "[[Echoes (Pink Floyd song)|Echoes]]" near the end. Other examples of this effect happening in Ween's discography are on "[[Pure Guava|I Play It Off Legit]]" and "Flies On My Dick". |
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''Synthetic Socks'' features a very embryonic version of [[Ween]]'s trademark sound. Freeman's later bandmate, [[Dean Ween|Michael Melchiondo (a.k.a. Dean Ween)]], appears a few times on the cassette. |
''Synthetic Socks'' features a very embryonic version of [[Ween]]'s trademark sound. Freeman's later bandmate, [[Dean Ween|Michael Melchiondo (a.k.a. Dean Ween)]], appears a few times on the cassette. |
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| title27 = I Wanna Lick It/Can I Speak To Mark With Electricity |
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| length27 = 10:07 |
| length27 = 10:07 |
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| total_length = 58:50 |
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| ⚫ | "I Wanna Lick It/Can I Speak To Mark With Electricity?" features the 1975 [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] hit "[[Rock and Roll All Nite]]" in its entirety, which also briefly appears in "Justcruisin'".{{Citation |title=Synthetic Socks - Synthetic Socks |date=1987-07-30 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6519628-Synthetic-Socks-Synthetic-Socks |access-date=2025-03-26 |language=en}} This is due to Freeman recording the album on old [[Cassette tape|cassettes]] with music already on the tape. This effect is also heard on the Ween song "[[GodWeenSatan: The Oneness|Birthday Boy]]", which features a small section of [[Pink Floyd]]'s song "[[Echoes (Pink Floyd song)|Echoes]]" near the end. Other examples of this effect happening in Ween's discography are on "[[Pure Guava|I Play It Off Legit]]" and "Flies On My Dick". |
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==References== |
==References== |
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