OFF: Sleep Jerusalem (was: Amon Duul 2)

[Doug Pearson]

Apparently, the 'Jerusalem' track/album was recorded by Sleep some time ago
(right after the Nik tour, I think), and promptly rejected by their label
(Earache).  I'd heard that they finally found a label (or just released it
themselves) for it, so I'm eager to hear it!  I don't see why it would be a
surprise to hear something that extreme from Sleep, though; after all,
their set opening for Nik consisted of 3 songs, one of which ("Dopesmoker")
ran about 25-30 minutes.  And if this sounds enticing, I would also highly
recommend the band Earth, who have had at least a couple albums on Sub Pop.
(and, if you really wanna go out on a limb, some of the UK noise/rock bands
like Skullflower, Ramleh, Total, and even some of the Simon
Wickham-Smith/Richard Youngs stuff like the 'Ceaucescu' LP on Forced
Exposure).

        -Doug
         ceres at sirius.com

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:31:08 -0600, Frank Weil <frankw at COMM.MOT.COM> wrote:

>Keith Henderson <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
>> P.S.  Anyone heard this new Sleep (opened for Nik/Creed Space Ritual tour)
>> album, 'Jerusalem.'  I hear it's one 53-minute long track.  (?)  Seems odd
>> that a sludge/stoner band would do this sort of project...I'm intrigued by
>> what it could be.  Anyone??
>
>I haven't heard it, but I would like to get hold of it.
>
>The only problem was that this album apparently never came out.  Is it
>officially out now?