Climate Of Hunter
A Tribute to Dr Hunter Stockton Thompson
b. July 18 1937 d. February 20 2005
For years I've been a fan of the good Doctor's rantings and ravings, and when he killed himself with a bullet back in February 2005, the world lost not just an extremely talented writer, but also an adherent iconoclast. I felt that I had to produce a compilation of music to remember him by. This compilation features spoken words from various radio/ film and T.V archives, as well as suitable music for what Hunter described as "a nation of permanent cripples". Right. I threw everything into this one: Rock, roll, psych, pop, soul, funk, cheese and mentalist madness music, all lovingly crafted with funny tidbits from Hunter's scribblings.
Although work began in 2006, this compilation actually took 18 months to complete, and it is one of my favourite musical compilations. And it is my most personal. Just recently (March 2019) I've done a full remaster of all the tracks. It was mixed in uncompressed AIFF audio, then, once completed, compressed to HQ mp3.
Notes about the 2019 remaster: I had no idea the version of time has come today was a weird chopped-up edited version of the original 11 minute LP version. The longer version actually fits the spirit of Climate of Hunter very nicely, and including the longer edit does improve the compilation as a whole, it especially compliments the general madness of Rocket ship, so I'm happy to make this change for the 2019 remaster. Let's face it, it's thumping.
Below is the babbling shite that I should really call sleeve notes. Also somewhere down below is a track list.
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He Who Makes A Beast Of Himself...(HST quotes Samuel Johnson)//Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones//Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Brothers mixed with 'The San-Francisco Acid Wave'. Johnny Depp as HST// The Pusher by Steppenwolf//Medicine In The Desert -Harry Dean Stanton as 'the narrator' (from Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas)//Uncle John by Pearls Before Swine//Still humping the American Dream - Depp As HST//For Your Love by The Yardbirds//Push it as far as you can-Depp As HST/Keep Your Mind Open by Kaleidoscope//Drug Frenzy At The Circus Circus-Harry Dean Stanton as 'the narrator', Jim Jarmusch as Raoul Duke & Maury Chaykin as Dr. Gonzo//Rocket Ship by The Stark Reality//Momma Miss America by Macca//Buy The Ticket-Depp as HST//Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones//White Rabbit Sample-Depp as Raoul Duke & Benicio Del Toro as Dr. Gonzo//White Rabbit (The actual track) by Jefferson Airplane//You And Love Are The Same by The Grass Roots//The man himself reads from 'Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972' (With a little Led Zep in the background)//Somebody To Love by Grace Slick & The Great Society*This track was recorded live in 1966 at San Francisco's Matrix Club, mentioned earlier on 'The San-Francisco Acid Wave'. It's the rawest, and best version of this track I've heard// HST introduces 'How to deal with the police', and it's read by John Cusack in 1994 at The Viper Room//It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) by Roger McGuinn//Lujon by Henry Mancini//You Showed Me by The Turtles//Johnny Depp - Survival Trip, with Expecting to fly by Buffalo Springfield in the background//The End Of The World by Skeeter Davis. Climate Of Hunter: A Tribute to Dr Hunter Stockton Thompson b. July 18 1937 d. February 20 2005, which means it's taken me 18 months to make this damn CD. The title of which, by the way, was gloriously stolen from a Scott Walker Album. Football season is over. Res Ipsa Loquitur. Let the Good times roll....Worldwidegimp//Amsterdam// September 2006//updatedJune2011/remastered in full March 2019.
