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1986 The First Album

by Todd Burge

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jamesmarinelli I had the Bunj & the Beats cassette back in '86 (or thereabouts); great to hear these jammers again, Todd! Favorite track: Your Punk Is Dead.
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    TWO CDS IN ONE PACKAGE!
    1986 The First Album
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    Your Reflection Will Kill You (2018)

    Todd Burge (1986 The First Album) was recorded while I was still attending West Virginia University back in the mid-80s. I got signed to Hardway Records in California, they paid for me to record an album, the deal fell through and I didn’t own the recordings. As a result, it was never released. It bothered me for years as I loved the album. I was kindly sent the master tapes last year (31 years later!) by the owner of Hardway Records, Randall Arlett. Listening to what the 20-year-old me wrote and sang about is interesting and fun for me now. It’s almost like an out of the body and brain experience. Even back then I was writing personal songs as well as character based songs like Cavewoman, which is about a mouth breathing sexist. I’m proud of the 20-year-old me. This is a rock record and to me it represents a sonic segue between my two bands The Larries, and the much heavier 63 Eyes, who still play a bit to this day.

    The new album, Your Reflection Will Kill You is an all acoustic album that lyrically looks back on some facts and fiction that have brought me to where I am today. It is live, except for two vocal overdubs. To me, this is a concept recording. A “37-minute-long song” and I’d love for it to be listened to in that way. For years, I’ve admired the superb musicality of Ryan Kennedy and John Inghram, who are both well-known electric players from WV, but on occasion I would hear them playing acoustic, and it got me to dreaming about what we three might sound like together. Don Dixon came to my home studio with his mobile gear and captured it perfectly. He makes it all comfortable and real. Every musical action I have made or taken in over the last three decades was poured into this latest recording and now, I hand it over to you. Thank you again for supporting what I love to do.
    Sincerely,
    Todd 9/20/18

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Todd Burge 1986 The First Album
Todd “Bunj” Burge – Lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
Along with “The Beats”
Scott Fetty – Backing vocals, drums
Rebecca Gose – Keyboards
Gene Kunkle – Bass

Recorded at Earth Tones in Parkersburg, WV - Spring of 1986 by David Traugh
Except Elvis From Hell recorded at Frozen Sound in Morgantown, WV by Kim Monday
All songs produced by Burge, Traugh & Fetty
All song written by Todd Burge ©1986 Bunj Jam BMI
Except I’m Going Down written by Mark Poole & Todd Burge ©1986 Poolbur Records BMI
& Chocolate Pud by Jimmy Clinton and Todd Burge ©1986 Bunj Jam BMI

Mastered by Mark Poole, Zone 8 Recording Studio - Granville, WV
Late 80s black and white photos of Todd by Perry Kirk
Black & White band photo on disc 1986 by Chuck Wells
Special thanks to Randall Arlett & Michael Halsted. We did it the Hardway.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Marsha Ferber & Michelle Wolford.

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released November 16, 2018

Todd Burge 1986 The First Album
Todd “Bunj” Burge – Lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
Along with “The Beats”
Scott Fetty – Backing vocals, drums
Rebecca Gose – Keyboards
Gene Kunkle – Bass

Recorded at Earth Tones in Parkersburg, WV - Spring of 1986 by David Traugh

Except Elvis From Hell recorded at Frozen Sound in Morgantown, WV by Kim Monday
All songs produced by Burge, Traugh & Fetty
All song written by Todd Burge ©1986 Bunj Jam BMI
Except I’m Going Down written by Mark Poole & Todd Burge ©1986 Poolbur Records BMI
& Chocolate Pud by Jimmy Clinton and Todd Burge ©1986 Bunj Jam BMI

Mastered by Mark Poole, Zone 8 Recording Studio - Granville, WV
Late 80s black and white photos of Todd by Perry Kirk
Black & White band photo on disc 1986 by Chuck Wells
Special thanks to Randall Arlett & Michael Halsted. We did it the Hardway.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Marsha Ferber & Michelle Wolford.

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If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more

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