Ptolemaic Terrascope

Founded in 1989, Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine is one of the most well respected, widely read, frequently quoted independent music journals in the world. Throughout nearly three dozen issues, the Terrascope championed the finest offerings from the world of folk, freakbeat and punk, to psychedelia, krautrock, prog, free jazz, electronica - and nearly every genre in between. Publisher Nick ('The Bevis Frond') Saloman and editor Phil McMullen, working alongside some of the finest artists and critics around from Phil's country retreat in rural West England, presented exclusive interviews with pioneers in each of the aforementioned musical styles. Highlights from past issues include interviews with Spirit, Charlie Watts, XTC, Paul McCartney, Caravan, Robert Wyatt, Country Joe McDonald, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Jefferson Airplane, The Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, David Ackles, Arthur Lee & Love, the Bonzo Dog Band’s Vivian Stanshall, Bardo Pond, Man, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Hawkwind, the Ramones, Tiny Tim, the Incredible String Band, Tom Rapp & Pearls Before Swine, Mick Farren & The Deviants - and many, many more. In essence, almost the entire history of rock and roll from the Sixties to the present day has been discussed, dissected, interpreted, and evaluated within its pages.



Succour (The Terrascope Benefit Album) 1996


Disc 1
1-01
Linus Pauling Quartet, The
Dartania (7:03)
1-02
Green Pajamas, The
Deadly Nightshade (4:43)
1-03
Palace
Black / Rich Tune (3:14)
1-04
Porcupine Tree
Ptolemine Treescope (6:02)
1-05
Powder Monkeys, The
The Supernova (5:01)
1-06
Wellwater Conspiracy, The
The Far Side Of Your Moon (3:13)
1-07
Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey
Hate Me More (4:49)
1-08
Current 93
Nihil (4:36)
1-09
Charalambides
Drop (5:56)
1-10
Bevis Frond, The
Dry Rain (5:18)
1-11
Kable (2)
Omar (2:38)
1-12
Spirit (7)
Cages (4:49)
1-13
Flying Saucer Attack
Bare Trees (3:24)
1-14
Clockbrains
Everything You Want (3:42)
1-15
Marilyn Decade, The
Cock Marsh On Bicycles (2:26)
1-16
Motorpsycho
The Nerve Tatoo (4:28)
1-17
Captain Sensible
So Far Out (6:27)



Disc 2
2-01
Nurse With Wound
Angle (5:16)
2-02
Sun Dial
Red Sky (4:41)
2-03
Olivia Tremor Control, The
The Ships (4:30)
2-04
Flyte Reaction, The
New Sunrise (4:21)
2-05
Dunlavy
Wesleyan (3:32)
2-06
Robyn Hitchcock
She Was Sinister But She Was Happy (3:19)
2-07
Bardo Pond
Alfa (5:31)
2-08
Mooseheart Faith
You Are Just A Flying Egg (3:54)
2-09
Heads, The (2)
Spliff Riff (4:41)
2-10
Cul De Sac
Into The Cone Of Gold (3:52)
2-11
Lucky Bishops, The
Ashtralia (4:43)
2-12
Endino's Earthworm
Fried, Baked Or Scrambled (2:39)
2-13
Ethereal Counterbalance
Let It Fly (5:13)
2-14
Medicine Ball
Building And Building (5:07)
2-15
Strapping Fieldhands
Tale From Telegewae (2:56)
2-16
Ghost (2)
Beyond Coimbula (1:57)
2-17
Coil
Lost Rivers Of London (7:38)
2-18
Magic Hour
Sunrise Variations (3:21)


Terrastock All Access (1997)


1
Silver Apples, The*
A Pox On You (4:12)
2
Abunai
Inspiration (4:41)
3
Windy & Carl
Awhile (16:19)
4
Deviants, The (2)
Memphis Psychosis (8:17)
5
Barbara Manning
Isn't Lonely Lovely? (3:51)
6
Primordial Undermind, The
Not An Atom (4:50)
7
Medicine Ball
Rocket (5:13)
8
Bevis Frond, The
Red Hair (4:53)
9
Damon & Naomi , Tom Rapp
I Shall Be Released (3:12)
10
Alchemysts, The*
Numinous (2:55)
11
Bardo Pond
Affa (8:27)
12
V.Majestic
More (5:50)
13
Olivia Tremor Control, The
Collage #1 (3:52)
14
Tom Rapp
The Jeweller (2:49)

Released by Ptolemaic Terrascope (POT CD 2) in December 1997. The CD was included with the memorial Terrastock edition of the magazine. Limited edition of 1000 copies.

All tracks were recorded live April 25-27, 1997 at The Ptolemaic Providence Perambulation (aka "Terrastock I"), in The Rogue Lounge, Providence, RI. Bardo's contribution is a live version of a song that appeared on Succour.




The Dawn Of A New Era (1998)


1
Mick Hutchinson
Summer Jam (4:51)
2
Wellwater Conspiracy, The
My Own Personal Ladder To The Moon (3:25)
3
Zumpano
The Mods Of Christmas Town (2:34)
4
Rhombus Of Doom
Unlimited Intelligence (5:11)
5
Boys, The (3)
Tell Me What To Do (2:43)
6
Stone Breath
Listen, Listen (8:38)
7
Green Pajamas, The
Dim Phantoms Of An Unknown III (5:59)
8
Country Joe* & Frond, The*
Bass Strings (6:58)
9
Lazily Spun, The
A Puce Moon (5:30)
10
Atman
Live In Belchatow (2:56)
11
Dipsomaniacs
Consume (3:37)
12
Last Days Of May, The
Von Datesman Express (8:06)
13
Kitchen Cynics, The
Burning Toast (3:39)
14
Warser Gate
Shut Eye (6:17)
15
Alphane Moon
Terra Adamica (4:50)

PT25 - AUGUST 1998

Contents: The Savage Resurrection, Stars of the Lid, Atman, Can, Green Pajamas, Country Joe McDonald, Zumpano, Rhombus of Doom, Gomez. Note: issue 25 featured the same R.M. Bancroft cover artwork used for issue 1. Record offer this issue: a selection of CDs on the Little Wing label. No inserts were included with issue 25.




THE 26th COMMANDMENT CD
Thou Shalt Expand Thy Mind (1998)

1
Pat Orchard
Jacob (2:55)
2
Fit & Limo
Open Scene (5:32)
3
Linus Pauling Quartet, The
Cole Porter (5:33)
4
Sanctions, The
You Can Help Yourself (3:03)
5
Mirza
A Bower In The Arsacides (7:45)
6
Conrad Hopkins Set, The
Theme For An Unwritten Spy (3:40)
7
Supreme Dicks, The*
The Mighty Euphrades 1247 B.C (6:06)
8
Simeon & The Alchemysts
Oscillator Manual (5:27)
9
Kieran White
Hummingbird (3:45)
10
Flyte Reaction, The
3 O'Clock (5:25)
11
Azusa Plane*
Implications Of Holomovement (11:10)
12
Mourning Cloak
How The Earth Bleeds When The Stars Turn (2:45)
13
Hood
For A Moment, Lost (2:30)
14
Pat Orchard
Answers On A Postcard (1:57)
15
Loud Family, The
Asleep And Awake On The Man's Freeway (2:31)
16
Green Pajamas, The
Emma Is Crying (6:00)

PT26 - FEBRUARY 1999
Contents:The Magic Band, Linus Pauling Quartet, Steamhammer, Stone Breath, the Doors, the Kinks, Supreme Dicks, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Record offer: 'Voices From The Dark Room' LP (an Earworm Records/Terrascope collaboration). Insert: yellow A4 sized sheet "Woronzow News" (advertising Bevis Frond's 'Vavona Burr').




This Is POT(2000)

1
Wellwater Conspiracy, The
What Becomes Of The Clock
2
Deviants, The (2)
Lurid Night
3
Six Organs Of Admittance
Lament For Summer
4
Mac MacLeod
Codine
5
Soft Cloud
Time Machine
6
Pangolin
The Sea
7
Virgineers, The
Smile, Cheshire Cat
8
Greg Weeks
For Chan
9
Pins, The
Brittle Starling/Untitled
10
Help Yourself
Eating Duneburgers
11
Help Yourself
Willow
12
Help Yourself
Miss Grace
13
Donovan's Brain
Days Playing

A CD given free with Ptolemaic Terrascope 28.
PT28 - FEBRUARY 2000
Contents: Kinks (Dave Davies), Captain Beefheart, Mac Macleod, Charles Shaar Murray, Six Organs of Admittance, Deviants, Indian Bingo, Pins, Arco. There was no record offer in issue 28. No inserts were included with issue 28.




The Pot Machine Turns You On (2000)

1
Raven (13)
Unvicious Circle
2
Ring
Be Peaceful People
3
Mac MacLeod
South Coast
4
Abunai*
Willo' Bend
5
Broken Dog
Will There Be Drinks?
6
Crazy Alien
Cause And Effect
7
Greg Weeks
Sleep Softly, Children
8
Lucky Bishops, The
Sleuth
9
Vic Conrad & The First Third
Emily & Liam
10
Flying Saucer Attack
Land's End
11
Scenic (2)
Year Of The Rat
12
Bevis Frond, The
Silver
13
Man With John Cipollina
Bananas

PT29 - NOVEMBER 2000
Contents: John Mayall, Small Faces, Greg Weeks, Faust, Disposmaniacs, Mac Macleod, Scenic, Flying Saucer Attack, Abunai!, Iain Sinclair. There was no record offer in issue 29. No inserts were included with issue 29.




Greg Weeks - Bleecker Station 2000


1
Front To Back
2
When Galaxies Collide
3
Deeper Waters
4
Heart Murmur
5
Distance
6
One In Ten
7
Down A Dark Corridor
8
Duress




A POT BY ANY OTHER NAME... CD (POT-30) 2001

Lucky Bishops - Time of the Season
Soft Boys - Insanely Jealous
Donovan's Brain - 22 Lost Marbles
Vashti Bunyan - 17 Pink Sugar Elephants
Gadsby & Skol - Fools like You
The SandPebbles - The Big V
Warser Gate - Faces Blunt
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Fool
Bardo Pond - Another Place
Tony Hill - Naked Ape
Thuja - Jewelled Antler
thebrotheregg - Negative Space
Subarachnoid Space - Delayed Gratification

Contents: Bardo Pond, The Lucky Bishops, Its A Beautiful Day, Jeff Nuttall, Gary Marker, Subarachnoid Space, Vashti Bunyan, The Minus 5, Mirza, Soft Machine. Record offer this issue: various new releases on the Woronzow label. No inserts were included with issue 30.




Get Yer Pots Out (2001)

1
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
Flying G-Spot (8:51)
2
Kinski
My New Worry (7:04)
3
Mary Jane (3)
Blackwaterside (5:39)
4
Bardo Pond
Living Testament (7:36)
5
Circulus
Music Plays In The Air (3:42)
6
Minders, The
The Familiar's Song (2:37)
7
Amber Asylum
Sopor (3:46)
8
Holy River Family Band
Bear Mountain (10:58)
9
Liquid Zoo
Diamond Chains (4:35)
10
Liquid Zoo
House On The Hill (3:22)
11
Damon & Naomi With Kurihara*
Eye Of The Storm (5:01)
12
Discolor
Golden Tops On Stellar Plane (6:21)
13
Arkon Daraul
Horsing & The Damn French (6:00)

Given away with issue 31 of Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine.
Contents: Acid Mothers Temple, Amber Asylum, Bardo Pond, Keith Christmas, Circulus, Clientele, Delicate AWOL, Will Sergeant/Glide, the Hollies, Michio Kurihara of Ghost and The Minders. Record offer this issue: Terrastock 4 video. Inserts this issue: (a) an A5 sized advertisment from Past & Present Records (b) a full-colour A4 advert for the Freak Emporium.



Potbuster (2003)


1
Golden Dawn, The
My Time
2
Davis Redford Triad, The
Spanish Flea Market
3
Sharron Kraus
Seedless
4
Comets On Fire
Beneath The Ice Age
5
Land Of Nod, The
Colli Di Pedona
6
Green Pajamas, The
The Haunted Dollhouse
7
Lol Coxhill
My Girl
8
Sandpebbles, The*
Hanging Out
9
Iditarod, The
The Roots Of The Butterfly Bush
10
Monster Island
Dream Of Nothing
11
Cerberus Shoal
A Hawaii That Does Exist
12
Dora Flood
The View
13
Dora Flood
Echoes
14
Bella
Katsimbalis

PT33 - OCTOBER 2002
Contents: The Golden Dawn, Piano Magic, Destroy all Monsters, Cerberus Shoal, The Land of Nod, Dora Flood, Lol Coxhill, Mountain Goats, Terrastock 5, Rockette Morton, Quicksilver Diaries, and The Sandpebbles. There was no record offer in issue 33. No inserts were included with issue 33.





It's Gonna Be Hot In The Cannibal Pot Tonite (2004)


1
Lazily Spun, The
Lipse Of The Marchpane
2
In Gowan Ring
Caught Within The Tendrils Of The Wine
3
Verdure
Albatross Times
4
Country Weather
Confusion
5
Country Weather
Ride With Me
6
Country Weather
I Am Getting Closer
7
Jennifer Gentle
Verde Mostro
8
Steve Wynn
Amphetamine
9
Jade
September Song
10
Davis Redford Triad, The
Targets Of Opportunity
11
Steven Wray Lobdell
Montecore's Revenge
12
Pothole Skinny
Harnessed In The Catacombs
13
Bevis Frond, The
Lifelike
14
Bevis Frond, The
I Can't Get It Out Of My Mind

Contents: Electric Prunes, Lazily Spun, United States of America, Jennifer Gentle, Steve Wynn/Dream Syndicate, Eleventh Dream Day, Comets on Fire, Kaleidoscope (US), Jade, the Ill Wind, Steven Wray Lobdell, Clive Palmer, Verdure, Country Weather, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. There was no record offer in issue 34. No inserts were included with issue 34.