giant crab

from the "Paul Buff presents the PAL and Original Sound studio archives, vol.8" liner notes by Greg Russo:
"While at Original Sound, Paul Buff recorded all of the acts that appeared on Bill Holmes' All-American label. One of these acts, Big Brother Featuring Ernie Joseph, was known as Giant Crab and also as Durango when they recorded for Uni. For their second album "Cool It - Helios," Giant Crab recorded the Scott English/ Mark Barkan song "Trust Somebody." The entire session has been included. More from Ernie Joseph and the guys later!"

from the "Paul Buff presents the PAL and Original Sound studio archives, vol.16" liner notes by Greg Russo:
"Here comes the power! Giant Crab's "E.S.P." was a cover of the popular Rain song, and this is the first mix that first appeared on Uni before it was sold to All-American and credited to their new band name: Big Brother Featuring Ernie Joseph. It is actually the clearer and less phased mix of the two that Paul Buff created. An unreleased intermediate mix will appear on Volume 17. Another mix/edit of "E.S.P." with tons of phasing was billed to their updated moniker, and was used on later All-American singles and the subsequent album "Confusion." It will be included on Volume 20."

from the "Paul Buff presents the PAL and Original Sound studio archives, vol.17" liner notes by Greg Russo:
"As we know, The Buff Organization's "Upside Down World" was released as the B-side of a single on Original Sound. What most people don't know is that it was also used as the background music on the Giant Crab title track and album opener "A Giant Crab Comes Forth." The track was completely created by Paul Buff without any involvement from the band - not that he was credited! The narration (which mentions every track on the album!) was done by KIST (Santa Barbara, California) DJ Johnny Fairchild, who appeared on and/or promoted all of the albums that Bill Holmes produced. Even though "E.S.P." was not on the album, "A Giant Crab Comes Forth" is its perfect lead-in.
Giant Crab was led by Ernie Joseph Orosco, who previously helmed Ernie And The Emperors and Ernie's Funnys. As the band's deal with Uni ran out after two albums and the single "E.S.P.," Ernie re-equipped his band with new personnel and became Big Brother Featuring Ernie Joseph. Volume 16 featured Giant Crab's powerful "E.S.P." The recording was remixed and resequenced with tons of additional phasing for subsequent re-release as by Big Brother Featuring Ernie Joseph. (For those that care about such things [and you should!], the original intro and cold ending were not used for the resequenced version. The backing vocals are also lower in the resequenced mix.) Before the phasing was added, the alternate version included here was put together. Since the recording was mixed automatically by Paul Buff's Kepex system, creating a new mix was no problem! This version has never been heard before. The more familiar (and final) single version appears on Volume 20. "

	various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.8     (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) - feat.contributions by frank zappa
	various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.16     (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) - feat.contributions by frank zappa
	various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives, vol.17     (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) - feat.contributions by frank zappa
	various artists: paul buff presents the pal and original sound studio archives: the collection     (2011, flash-drive, usa, crossfire publications) = the complete 35 album series, with bonus liner notes on pdf and 56 extra tracks
	various artists: paul buff presents highlights from the pal and original sound studio archives     (2012, 5cd-box, usa, crossfire publications) = a selection of the pal and original sound studio collection // feat.contributions by frank zappa