Remastered Damaged Goods!
On Tuesday, March 24 (Brian Krumm’s birthday), a remastered version of our 2000 record Damaged Goods, produced by Adam Schmitt, will be released on all streaming services. Please “pre-save” using this link: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thegreatcrusades/damaged-goods
Originally released by Glitterhouse Records (Europe) and Checkered Past Records (North America), the album features longtime fan favorites “Feels So Good,” “Lucky,” and “Name I Don’t Recall.” Remastered by Jason NeSmith (Chase Park Transduction) and Brian Leach. Photography by Stephen Austin Welch and design by Brian Hunt. Damaged Goods was the first record that featured Krumm, Hunt, Leach, and Christian Moder.
Here are the original credits and thank yous:
Photos by Stephen Austin Welch
Credits:
Featuring
BRIAN KRUMM
BRIAN HUNT
CHRISTIAN MODER
BRIAN LEACH
Brian Krumm : vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo
Brian Hunt : bass, double bass
Christian Moder : drums, piano, accordion, percussion
Brian Leach : organ, vocals, piano, guitar
Jake Brookman : cello
Mary Weingartner : violin
Todd Tedder : trumpet, vocals
John Mose : trombone
Frank Octane : alto saxophone, jawharp
Laura Coy : background vocals and additional lyrics
Judyann Reis : baritone and tenor saxophone
Photography by Stephen Austin Welch
Album notes:
With all my worldly possessions Sanford-and-Son-ed in the back of Brian Leach’s Toyota pickup, I arrived in Chicago about 11:30 p.m. on May 16, 1998. With a welcoming party from Leach and my new roommate, Brian Hunt, I promptly proceeded to lose my mind and the next day, my keys. Such was the first night at my new home—a big loft at North and Oakley avenues, in Wicker Park. I started writing the songs on this CD soon after, with the help of Hunt, Leach, and Christian Moder, who had recently relocated here from Los Angeles. The songs were all done within about a year, but we figured we better try ‘em out and see what stuck. So, we did a tour of Germany and Austria to play the new songs and to support the European release of The First Spilled Drink of the Evening in May 1999. But most of the songs were inspired by experiences we all had right here in Chicago. What this means is that if you hear places and names in the songs that sound real, they usually are. Cases in point with the Hungry Brain, the Pontiac Cafe, and Bernadette, a lady I met right on the front step of my new place. It seems only appropriate that we did much of the recording for Damaged Goods in that very loft—some in the basement, some in the main room.
We actually recorded on the street corner, so don’t be surprised if you hear some cars, buses, or trucks passing by. We also again enlisted Adam Schmitt (and his studio), without whom none of this would have been in any way possible, to produce, fix all the rough spots, and keep us endlessly entertained with his archives of famous studio outtakes. You’ll also hear from other folks we enlisted who played horns, strings, and percussion; snapped fingers and clapped hands; rambled drunkenly and yelled nonsense; broke bottles and valuables; and generally made the recording sessions a great time. And so, without any further adieu, here’s how they turned out. We decided to call it Damaged Goods.
Thank you:
Thanks to: Andy, Jake, John, Judyann, Mary, Nick, Todd, Laura, Sarabeth, Adam, Ludger and Christian of K.G.B., Rüdiger and Trocadero Records, Jörg and Starkult Promotion, Rene and Mint Grün, Stephen Austin Welch for the photography, Michael Roux, Geoff Merritt and everyone at Parasol AND Beatle Bob, Jay Bennett, The Blacks, Blaise Barton and Scientific Mastering, Brass Rail, Jim Cole, Club Lucky, Club Safari of Hamburg, Crespo’s, Thomas Crone, Derek and George and The Side Door, Docter, Double Door, Doug and Schuba’s, Dave Falzone at the Music Library, Henry Frayne and Lanterna, David Fricke, Brendan Gamble, Ward Gollings, Laurie Grams, Edward Hargrove, The Highdive, The Hogenbooms, the Hungry Brain, Dan Janoff, Howie Kantoff, Rob Krumm, Kyle and Gunther Murphy’s, Andy Lund at Rosewood Guitars, Rob Mamola, Rob (Laurie) McColley, Leslie Nuss, Joe Poindexter, Pontiac Cafe, Mike Rader, Rembert and everyone at Glitterhouse Records, Gary Rogers, John Ross and Autoliner, United Record Pressing of Nashville, Vandalia, Rod van Huis, Way Huge, Lisa Yucht AND especially all our families and friends AND of course, all the wonderful people we met in Germany and Vienna, Austria.
