Mark Krischak & Friends – Volume 1

Mark Krischak & Friends
Volume 1
1988 Key Records (KEY 4)
Fullerton, California, USA

Side 1:

1. Louvre – Another Time, Another Place
2. Louvre – I’m with You
3. Vacation in Heaven – In His Scene (live)
4. Vacation in Heaven – I Take a Walk (live)
5. Vacation in Heaven – Automatic News (live)
6. Vacation in Heaven – The Kingdom (live)
7. Mark & Kirk – Watch Nowhere

Side 2:

1. Lifesavors – Passin’ Trends (live)
2. Lifesavors – Voices (aka “Lost in the Darkness”)
3. Lifesavors – I’ve Got To
4. Labor of Love – Message to the Bands
5. Labor of Love – All My Love
6. Labor of Love – It’s So Simple
7. Labor of Love – Modern World

This is basically a compilation of various Mark Krischak bands – kind of a “best of” in many ways. Some of these songs can be found on other demos. The two songs from Louvre were on their 6 Song Demo. All four of the songs by Labor of Love are from their Message for the Bands demo. However, the Lifesavors songs are from different sources – one from The Lost Nashville Demo (“Voices” is the same song as “Lost in the Darkness”), one from 3-14-81 Live (“I’ve Got To”), and one (“Passin’ Trends”) that in only available here. The Vacation in Heaven are live songs only on this collection, even though two of them (“I Take a Walk” and “Automatic News”) are on the Vacation in Heaven demo. Then there is Mark & Kirk covering “Watch Nowhere” by Lifesavers – a song written by Michael Knott after Krischak left The Lifesavors and they changed names to Lifesavers. Interesting choice, especially since that song was written by Knott. So are there any differences between these bands? Well, yes and no. They all have distinct differences, but Krischak kind of connects them all with his garage pop sound as well. You can still get this album through Jeani Bond at http://jeanibond.com/catalog.html