In
December 1998, Metroschifter started its own label.
I
Can't Believe It's a Record Company
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This
is our newest release:
"Equal"
is the second album from Lafayette, Indiana's The
Pat McClimans Group.
The PMG has settled into a cohesive lineup and branched out
into collaborative territory with pianist Chad Cutsinger
trading vocals with Pat on several tracks. The album comes
in a fantastic custom-made, hand-printed package, crafted
at Anvil Prints in Louisville. If you enjoyed their first
record or Pat's earlier work with MT Rhoades and His Lonesome
Woods Band, "Equal" will ease into your record collection
without incident.
Buy
it now from PatMcClimansGroup.com!
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Coming
soon:
A
few good things we're working on for the future of music.
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The
Sorted
as-yet-untitled CD
(ICB-9) 2006 Coming Soon |
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 The
US debut CD from Trollhättan, Sweden's The Sorted.
We met these girls and guys years ago when Metroschifter played
in their hometown. They wowwed us with heavy rock show that
included a reworking of one of our songs. They're recording
in March, so the release will be probably early in the summer.
You can get a load of what they're all about and hear some
earlier recordings on The
Sorted web site. |
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Best
Actress
as-yet-untitled CD
(ICB-11) 2006 Coming Soon |
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 Best
Actress is a new group from Louisville consisting of Maya Weissbach
and Scott Ritcher. For free downloads and more information,
visit the Best
Actress profile at MySpace.com. A full length CD
from Best Actress will be released in 2006. |
Previous
releases from
I
Can't Believe It's a Record Company
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Metroschifter
Limited Edition European Tour CD
1999
ICB-1
OUT OF PRINT |
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first release was a homemade 7-song CD called Limited
Edition European Tour CD. We made 55 copies and sold
them, well, on our European tour that same month. Its seven songs
were unmastered versions of the songs from Strawberries
and the Metroschifter Picture Disk 7" recorded by
Ed Rose. The tracks weren't connected the way they are on Strawberries. |
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Scott
Ritcher
self-titled CD (homemade version)
1999
ICB-2
OUT OF PRINT |
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| In
January 1999, another homemade tour disc was issued on our label.
The first Scott Ritcher solo CD was recorded
in his parents' basement in Middletown, Kentucky. About 100 homemade
CDR's of this were sold on Scott's 1999 solo tour in Europe. In
June 1999, the release was re-recorded in as an album at Red House
Studios in Eudora, Kansas, by Ed Rose. |
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Scott
Ritcher
self-titled CD (studio version)
1999
ICB-2
AVAILABLE
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The
studio version, which is still available,
was recorded using a beautiful acoustic guitar built by Scott's
sister Greta Ritcher, and includes a cover of a song by his brother,
Mark Ritcher's band, Cooler. |
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Metroschifter
(by various artists)
Encapsulated LP/CD
2000
ICB-3/DOG-069
AVAILABLE |
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Our
third release from I Can't Believe It's a Record Company was
2000's Encapsulated, the record that has 13
other bands playing a new album we wrote. This album was manufactured
and distributed on Doghouse Records with our logo.
The
bands performing for us on this record are Burning Airlines,
Cooler, Elliott, the Enkindels, the Get Up Kids, Ink & Dagger,
Joan of Arc, Music Group, MT Rhoades & His Lonesome Woods
Band, the Promise Ring, Refused, Rye Coalition, and Kyle Crabtree
& Jason Noble of Shipping News.
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Metroschifter
(by various artists)
Encapsulated LP/CD
2000
ICB-4/HWCY-1046
AVAILABLE |
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Release
number four was a different version of Encapsulated
issued through the Howling
Bull label in Japan. The artwork on the Japanese version is
completely different and the audio was supposed to be slightly
different as well. The MT Rhoades Band recorded two different
versions of their Metroschifter cover "Under Pressure to
Exist," and the alternate version was supposed to appear
on this release. However, a mixup of master discs caused the audio
on the Japanese version to be exactly the same as the Doghouse
version.
The
elusive alternate version of "Under Pressure to Exist"
can be downloaded as an MP3 by clicking this link. |
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Metroschifter
(by various artists)
Encapsulated Demos online release
2000
ICB-5
download
free below |
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Speaking
of clicking on links, the fifth title from I Can't Believe It's
a Record Company is an internet-only release. Encapsulated
Demos is a 14-song collection of the original demos
we sent to the bands who performed on the actual Encapsulated
album.
The
recordings were all made in Scott's apartment in Old Louisville
and vary in quality - some have piano tracks, some with drum
machine tracks, some are just acoustic guitar and vocal, while
others have more typical Metroschifter instrumentation. Three
of the songs on this record didn't make it to the final album,
and two of them never made their way to any
record.
Encapsulated
Demos is available free of charge as downloadable MP3
files:
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Scott
Ritcher & Metroschifter
Let's Get This Party Started online release
2000 reissue of 1997 release
ICB-6
OUT OF PRINT |
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| Let's
Get This Party Started was originally a homemade cassette
we sold at shows during 1997. The songs are early demos, alternate
versions and live tracks. In 2001, we included it in the material
we have available for downloading on emusic.com. But as of now,
Let's Get This Party Started
is not available. |
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The
MT Rhoades Band
self titled online release
2003
ICB-7
download free below |
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For
a while, we've wanted to do a release of music from Pat's other
group, The MT Rhoades band, but we haven't
had the money. We decided instead to give you this 6-song EP
they recorded in 2001. You can download it here free of charge.
You can download a PDF of the really hideous cover art and print
it out by clicking here,
and then burn a CD and it'll be just like you bought it. Holy
shit!
This
material was recorded April through July 2000 at Berzerker Studios
in Lafayette, Indiana. Engineered by John Gordon. Produced by
Pat McClimans.
1.
We
Got the Time, Don’t We? (3:15) 3MB
2. Enjoy
the Ride (4:43) 4MB
3. Morning
Sings (4:21) 4MB
4. Population:
16 (0:51) 1MB
5. Old
Sorehead (4:37) 4MB
6. Sunrise
(5:24) 5MB
Total
playing time 23:11
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Department
of Energy
self-titled CD
2004
ICB-8
AVAILABLE |
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In
2003, Metroschifter members Pat McClimans and Scott Ritcher
teamed up in a new band called Department of Energy.
Recorded in Boston, Massachusetts, by John Gordon, the disc
is comprised of completely instrumental music with segments
of presidential speeches and debates from the past 40 years. Department
of Energy
CD plays a continuous track for the duration of the nonstop 18-minute
program. Click
here to listen to a 2-minute preview or buy
it right now from this site. |
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The
Pat McClimans Group
self-titled CD
2004
Multipurpose-1/ICB-10
AVAILABLE |
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The
first disc from The Pat McClimans Group. Pat
just can't get enough of playing music, and his roots are shown
in all their glory on this CD. The 9-song fill-length album features
a cavalcade of guest appearances. Pat leads what amounts to essentially
a different band lineup on each track.
Buy
it now from PatMcClimansGroup.com!
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