RECORDINGS OF THE SOUL PREACHERS
Discography — the recordings of The Soul Preachers

The Correct Use Of Hope

12
" EP
Recorded in Eskilstuna, Sweden, spring 1988
Released in spring 1989 by Jarmo Haapamäki
Label: Heavy Breathing Records
Catalogue number: NOW-1


Still available on vinyl. Includes the songs:
Touch And Go
The Harbor Of Love
No Place To Go
We'll Meet Again

The Correct Use Of Hope

The songs were all written by Jarmo Haapamäki, except "Touch And Go". The music to that one was written by Lars Carlsson and Jarmo Haapamäki, although it says otherwise on the record cover.The funny thing is that the bass player Dan Pettersson didn't see the record until much later. He moved up to north before the record was printed. Hannu did try to send some copies to him by the mail once but only the address coupon was delivered to him. Hannu didn't send him any new records. I don't know how he got his copies.

It's good pop music. Still available. Get it from us!


Tracking A Slice Of Life

13 pop songs
Recorded in Katrineholm, Sweden, June 1990.
Never released.


Thereby not available.. Includes the songs:
Dirty Sheets
At The End Of A Long Rope
Almost Home
You Can't Hurry Dawn
Not Born To be Free
Seven Feet Underground
Waiting For A Run
Seduce Me
Tracking A Slice Of Life
Conjugal Nightgown
Served On A Broken Plate
Girl With A Gun
Don't Burn Your Lips
Even more pop than The Correct Use Of Hope.

The recordings of these 13 pop pearls (...) should have ended up on the first album of The Soul Preachers, but.. The album was never finished, partly because of the drummer boy's other band, Dirt. They used the studio a while right after The Soul Preachers were finished with the first raw mix. And guess what happened? The machinery got so fucked up that the studio engineers didn't bother to mend it anymore. The album is still unfinished.

Perhaps the master tape lies somewhere. If found, the songs may end up on CD some day. The material is still good.


Bull's Eye

Four songs on a compilation-CD with four rock'n'roll bands from Sörmland, Sweden.
The Soul Preachers' songs recorded in Eskilstuna, autumn 1992
Released in spring 1993 by The Soul Preachers, Dirt U, Dorian Gray, Candy Kicks Ass
Label: None
Catalogue number: KA 313

Sold out. A collector's item. Includes The Soul Preachers' songs:

Face Like Yours
Tainted Love
Borneo
Don't Look Back

The songs were all written by Jarmo Haapamäki & The Soul Preachers, except "Tainted Love". It's a cover song, written by Ed Cobb and sang by Gloria Jones in 1976. Soft Cell got a big hit with the song in the 80's and it was covered later even by Marilyn Manson. This one's very aggressive, very fast and many people would call it punk rock.

The Soul Preachers had many more, even quite different songs they could have recorded but after an election they decided to show their aggressive side on this record. The recording session was short. The band bought a "package" of 40 hours and after they were finished with the four songs they had time left to record 13 (!) more. The whole package was released as a cassette and later even as a compact disc. Read on for more details.

  See even: [sound engineers and producers]  


Mono Sapiens' 16 Frog Vomits -
You Need Them Like A Hole In The Head


17 songs on a compact cassette
Recorded in Eskilstuna, Sweden, autumn 1992 and spring 1993
Released in summer 1993 by The Soul Preachers
Label: Vomit Music
Catalogue number: PITT-1

Sold out. Includes the songs:

Molotov
Thin Blood
Ocean Breeze
Raincoat
Kill Your Sons
Wishing Well
Borneo
I Could Die For You Tonight
Junkfood
Hollywood
Spanky
No Soul
Tainted Love
New Rose
Face Like Yours
Don't Look Back
Mr. Tampax


Different sides of The Soul Preachers. Many of the tracks were recorded on the same day as the Bull's Eye songs. After the band members had mixed the four songs for the compilation album they realized that they had already paid for many more hours in the studio. They returned to the studio a couple of months later with a whole bunch of new songs to record, to use up the studio time.

The compact cassette version is no longer available but the songs have been remastered and released as a CD now.
Read on for more details.

See even: [sound engineers and producers]


Mono Sapiens' 17 Frog Vomits

17 songs on a CD, re-release of the cassette
Recorded in Eskilstuna, Sweden, autumn 1992 and spring 1993

Mastered by Peter in De Betou, June 2006
Released in July 2006
by Jarmo Haapamäki
Label: Hälleforsnäs Records
Catalogue number: VOMIT 1

Still available. Includes the songs:

Molotov
Wishing Well
Thin Blood
Ocean Breeze
Raincoat
Kill Your Sons
Borneo
I Could Die For You Tonight
Junkfood
Hollywood
Spanky
No Soul
Tainted Love
New Rose
Face Like Yours
Don't Look Back
Mr. Dampax

The Soul Preachers: Frog Vomits

After 13 years the the songs finally ended up on a CD. Peter in De Betou got free hands of mastering the record and he did a good job. The guys recorded and mixed the album by themselves but after Peter's touch you don't necessarily hear it anymore. It sounds pretty professional now. Not soft of wimpy, though. Never.

See even: [sound engineers and producers]


 







Back

Start