Calling Over Time
Monday April 21, 1997 – 9:00 pm
Edith Frost: CALLING OVER TIME
©1997, Drag City #DC89 (CD and LP)
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Lyrics are included with the album (CD version only)
Produced by Rian Murphy
Engineered & mixed by Jim O’Rourke
Photography by Chuck Cors
Musicians:
Edith Frost, Jim O’Rourke, David Grubbs, Rick Rizzo, Rian Murphy, Sean O’Hagan
Songs:
Temporary Loan; Follow; Calling Over Time; Denied; Pony Song; Too Happy; Wash of Water; Shadows; Thine Eyes; Give Up Your Love; Albany Blues
About the musicians:
This is Rian Murphy’s handwriting, on a piece of paper that I’ve always kept tucked inside my copy of the CD. It’s the legend of who played what instruments on what songs. I asked Rian to write it all out for me after we recorded the album; I knew I’d forget that stuff.
About the artwork:
The image on the cover of Calling Over Time looks like a painting, but it’s really just an upside-down photograph of a puddle. (If you turn your head a little, you can see the water, the pavement and the melting snow around the edges.) The photographer Chuck Cors is an old pal of mine from the Muze days… he took the picture around 1996 when we were coworkers there doing data-entry in Brooklyn, just across the East River from the always-looming World Trade Center towers in New York. Chuck snapped the photo while walking along the Westside Highway in Manhattan, and the building you see in reflection is the north tower of the WTC, with the south tower hidden behind it due to the angle. This picture has always meant a lot to me — it’s always been my favorite image of the city, and my favorite photo of Chuck’s. It’s a spooky dream-view that somehow perfectly represents the seven years I spent living and working in NYC, where I wrote and demo’ed all the songs that ended up on that first album. And obviously, the picture means even more to me now that that particular view is gone forever. :-(
September 10th, 2005 at 4:23 am
hello,
i bought you album calling over time when it was released and have been loving it since then. that’s the only album i have from you (well, last night i found out you sing on a jim o’rourke album). i found this site some years ago but my computer’s so slow and i’m so inpatient and a not so much computer nerd ass i wish… and this is the firts time i get in touch with the music/lyric part of your site……… but now my printer’s out so i cant print the lyrics… always something.. i did’nt know you were still making music, that you had more records than one + a single … i’m sure i’ll be looking for more of you
this is it.. for now..
ps do you tour?
thanxxx
willem
September 10th, 2005 at 4:25 am
and now your picters is on the screen
firts time i see who edith frost is!!
greetings, willem
I AM ONLY ALLOWED TO POST COMMENDS EVERY 120 SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fu
September 10th, 2005 at 8:58 pm
Welcome to the internet Willem! Yes I do tour occasionally; look under the “shows” link at the top of the page or in the category list on the front page. I’m doing a US tour early in the new year but I don’t know when I’m touring Europe, maybe next spring or summer, we’ll see.
April 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Edith!!!!!
I have just recently discovered you! I was complaining just the other day that 2006 was shaping up to be a very boring year in music (save for Neko Case’s latest release….love it!). So I decided to be proactive about the situation and do some research on some people I might enjoy. I stumbled across your “Calling Over Time” and I am thoroughly addicted! The best part is is that I have been sick with the flu these past few days so I have had plenty of time to drug myself up on cough medication, lay on the couch, and just drift along to the CD. Thank you so much for putting out such a heartfelt recording! It only makes me more excited to know that this is your debut and I have many more releases to revel in. Thanks again, and do you ever tour down in *gulp* Florida??
much love and respect,
Paul-Dunn
April 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
dear edith, thank you for one of the best albums of all times. the beauty of it is almost too much for me, makes me cry from euphoria. will love it forever. a personal thank you, tony