Shellac "Billiardspielerlied" single

"Billiardspielerlied" / "Mantel" 7-inch single

(Shellac Record #6)

Free at Bremen (Germany) Show 24 August 1995

The text on the back reads:

BILLARDSPIELERLIED wurde direkt aufgenommen auf 2-Spur von John McEntire im Streit Komödien Klub, Chikago, am 2. Juli 1995

MANTEL wurde direkt aufgenommen im Paradiso, Amsterdam am 16. Februar 1995

BOB WESTON: brauner Wildlederautomantel

STEVE ALBINI: schwarzer Ledermantel

TODD TRAINER: schwarzer Stoffmantel mit

Reißverschluß und symetrisch angeordneten Taschen

SCHELLACK SCHALLPLATTE NR. 6

DIESE PLATTE WURDE SPEZIELL ZUM UBERSCHALL FESTIVAL AM 24.8.1995 IM ALADIN, BREMEN IN EINER BEGRENZTEN AUFLAGE VON 2000 STÜCK HERAUSGEGEBEN

ÜBERSCHALL 9502

Translation, according to AltaVista's text translation service and various readers:

BILLIARD PLAYER SONG directly taken up on 2-track by John McEntire in the controversy comedies club, Chikago, on 2 July 1995

COAT directly taken up in the Paradiso, Amsterdam on 16 February 1995

BOB WESTON: brown game leather autocoat

STEVE ALBINI: black leather coat

TODD COACH: black material coat also

Zipper and symetrisch arranged bags

SHELLAC RECORD NO. 6

THIS DISK WAS PUBLISHED SPECIAL TO UBERSCHALL FESTIVAL TO 24.8.1995 IN THE ALADDIN, BREMEN IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 PIECES

SUPERSOUND 9502

Comments from readers:

Doug Mosurak:

Shellac record no. 6 was a single released and distributed at a show they played in Bremen. The band's name on the 7" is "Shellack" and everything on the record is in German. the A side is a live recording of "billiardspielerlied" from the comedy club performance of '95. the b-side is called "mantel" and apes the Venom single on Ecstatic Peace where they were just talking btw. songs. it's a cut-up of them talking about a green coat that's somewhere in the audience to a not entirely English speaking crowd. best part is when Bob says, "That's not a coat, that's a flannel shirt ... I can't understand you."

R.A. van der Tuin:

It is a 7" with on the a side Billardspielerlied and is recorded live in Streit Komoedien Klub, Chikago on July 2 1995 (Yes the record is in German) The B side is Mantel and is live recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam Netherlands on February 16 1995

Carsten la Tendresse <sm0012@aixrs1.hrz.uni-essen.de>

It was recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam during the infamous Tegentonen Festival, also featuring Faust, Space Streakings, Brice Glace and others on that night. Shellac were to perform as the last band of the evening, and right before they came on stage, Rob Weston realized that someone had stolen is coat. The track is just a cut-up of various attempts by the band members to motivate every member of the audience to help Rob to find that beloved coat again... They talked about that coat between every goddamn song.

Oh, and the 7" wasn't exclusively given away at that festival in Bremen. I got mine through a German mailorder that seemed to have bought the copies that were leftovers of that festival.