The Marshmallow Ghosts: Corpse Reviver No. 3, Pt 2
Ryan of Graveface Records has been releasing a halloween record every year for the past 15 years under The Marshmallow Ghosts. This year in honor of the long running project, he has compiled every song he ever released, remixed and remastered for a beautiful 3XLP on candy corn colored vinyl. The limited to 200 deluxe box set including a Marshmallow Ghosts cereal box among many other goodies is long gone, but there are some copies of the stand alone vinyl left on his bandcamp.
I've supported this project since the beginning, and somehow even managed to get the lath cut releases that was only ever distributed to friends n family. I saw Ryan play years ago as Dreamend and with The Casket Girls, and he recognized my name when I introduced myself at the bar just from my Graveface orders over the years. Just a fantastic indie label to support, with excellent artists all around. He also opened a brick and mortar shop Graveface Records & Curiosities in Savannah, GA if you get the chance to visit.
The purpose of this triple LP is to get all the material that’s been created for MGs back into the public. Of the 15 albums, 13 of them are out of print and have been for years. But this isn’t your standard reissue, this is comprehensive. I went back to all the tapes, hard drives, etc., and pulled out every session. Since MGs releases are usually a time crunch I’ve had to sacrifice a lot of ideas/collaborations over the years because of time. So literally every single song in the early catalogue has been remixed (and remastered). Why is this important? Because typically I’d be running out of time and would end up mixing most of the material myself. I am NOT a mixing engineer so the material has never sounded like I wanted it to. But now it does! You’ll also hear vocals on songs that were instrumentals, full songs instead of snippets (some musical cues became snippets because of the collage concept and/or narration over them), drums on songs that previously only had drum machines etc. It is a comprehensive look at 15 years of my life.
