Karen Cooper Complex
The Karen Cooper Complex line goes all the way back to Big Naptar, a six-piece band featuring two sax players, formed in 1970 here in Richmond, that Frank Daniel, Steve Bernard and I all played in. In those days, we were attempting to force a marriage between elemental rock and free jazz. At the same time, Wm. Burke (aka Key Ring Torch) and Bo Jacob (aka Bo Janne Valvoline) were playing with local oddball legends, the Titfield Thunderbolt. Jacob eventually left to go on the road as a sound man for Parliament/Funkadelic and Burke later went solo, calling his act, Wm. Burke's Hideous Truth. In the late 70's Steve Bernard and a rotating cast of musicians and non-musicians who called themselves I Saw a Bulldozer, recorded a series of private party tapes, organized around three or four female v
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Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
11
Albums
2
Total audio
52m 28s
FMA listens
33,147
Favourites
61
Avg bitrate
320 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative — 10
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 1
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Have It / Shinjuku Birdwalk | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 5m 46s | 16,297 |
| We Saw Waves | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 3m 32s | 3,960 |
| Jerkin' Pretty | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 2m 45s | 3,077 |
| The Boy with the Red Guitar | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 6m 47s | 2,364 |
| Heads (In the Other Room) | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 5m 10s | 1,663 |
| Lollipops / Simmer Down | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 9m 23s | 1,348 |
| Beeswax | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 7m 42s | 1,244 |
| You Can't Have It/Shinjuku Birdwalk | Necroscopix Addenda | 2013 | 5m 17s | 964 |
| Petit Deja Vu | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 0m 33s | 850 |
| Ruckus Upstairs | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0 | 3m 25s | 704 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 min | 1 | 9.1% |
| 1–3 min | 2 | 18.2% |
| 3–6 min | 5 | 45.5% |
| Over 6 min | 3 | 27.3% |
Track Catalogue
11 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Have It/Shinjuku Birdwalk [4, 12, 38] | Necroscopix Addenda 2013 | 5m 17s | 964 | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives | |
| You Can't Have It / Shinjuku Birdwalk [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 5m 46s | 16,297 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| We Saw Waves [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 3m 32s | 3,960 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| The Boy with the Red Guitar [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 6m 47s | 2,364 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Heads (In the Other Room) [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 5m 10s | 1,663 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Lollipops / Simmer Down [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 9m 23s | 1,348 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Jerkin' Pretty [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 2m 45s | 3,077 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Beeswax [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 7m 42s | 1,244 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Flip-Kilter [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 2m 08s | 676 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Ruckus Upstairs [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 3m 25s | 704 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative | |
| Petit Deja Vu [38, 89] | Shinjuku Birdwalk (1981) | 0m 33s | 850 | Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative |