Silver Screen Guitar, by Opawa 45s

Silver Screen Guitar

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Limited Edition Cassette
Cassette + Digital Album
C34 cassette tape with 2-colour risograph printed covers on recycled board. Released in cooperation with Melted Ice Cream (Christchurch, NZ). Edition of 30 copies.

First physical format release of The Opawa 45s 'Silver Screen Guitar'. This album represents the band's initial shift from slow '50s/'60s instrumental guitar work into long-form improvised soundscapes. These tracks were recorded live to 1/4-inch tape in 'The Hut' at the Ilam School of Fine Arts in February 2018.

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	1.	The Opawa 45s: Hell Hath No Fury 08:32
	2.	The Opawa 45s: Stupid White Man (Do You Have Tobacco?) 11:10
	3.	The Opawa 45s: The Prisoner James MacKenzie 11:56
	4.	The Opawa 45s: Erewhon (Over the Hills and Far Away) 05:12
	5.	The Opawa 45s: Knifefight at Mt. John Observatory 13:40
	6.	The Opawa 45s: Dog Star Calling 11:07
	7.	The - The Opawa 45s: A Fault in The AE35 Unit 11:08

released September 25, 2018

Luke Wood: Guitar
Luke Shaw: Guitar

Ilam Press Records Christchurch, New Zealand

Ilam Press Records is a subsidiary of the Ilam Press; a print publishing workshop at the Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ.

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