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Marc with a C is taking fan-friendly to a whole new level.
In eight days, Marc celebrates ten years as a performer and recording artist with the release of RetroLowFi: 10 Years Of Marc With a C. The career (to date)-spanning compilation highlights all of the favorites of Marc’s output, ranging from his debut, Human Slushy, up to this year’s Losing Salt. The two-disc, 54-song collection collects all of the audience favorites throughout Marc’s occupation as one of Orlando’s most engaging performers.
As Marc said in a recent interview describing the compilation (and the reasons behind it), “It’s inconvenient to be selling some of the albums – the only ones I have physical copies of – at the shows. You can get all of the albums for free online, but people come to the shows and want certain songs. It gets so complicated. It’s easier to go, ‘look, if you want to donate $10, I will give you everything you need. This will be the only thing you have to buy.”
Marc adds, “a lot of the songs that were played on stage [early on] never actually got released. I’ve been asked to put out studio versions of songs such as ‘Blowjob Queen’ and ‘Stairway To Rudolph’ and never actually gone through with it until now. “
The tracklisting for RetroLowFi: 10 Years Of Marc With a C is as follows:
Disc One
1. Song Song
2. As The Bombs Fell (unreleased)
3. Classic Country Wasn’t Multitracked In ’61
4. I Will Repossess Your Heart
5. We’re All Gonna Die
6. Broken Record Player
7. Stuck With Me
8. Victoria’s Girls
9. Nerdy Girls
10. Every Single Friend
11. All My Drug Use Is Accidental
12. Fighting For Love (Is Like F***ing For Virginity) (”Sex Times Three” version)
13. I Tried To Die Young
14. Bite Size Help
15. Liana (live, 2004)
16. Shock Treatment
17. Music Geek
18. Why Don’t Girls Like Me?
19. The Problem Is Me (”What The Hell Is Wrong With Marc With a C” version)
20. Melena (live on WPRK 2001, on Jessica Frick’s ‘Used Bin Rejects’ show)
21. Chicken Pox & Star Wars Guys
22. I Love Little P***y
23. A Very Special Episode (”What The Hell Is Wrong With Marc With a C” version)
24. Town In Flames
25. The Earth Didn’t Move, You’re Just Hung Over
26. Drunk Classic Rock Fans
27. Chasing The Bug
Disc Two
1. Blowjob Queen (unreleased studio version)
2. Stairway To Rudolph (unreleased studio version)
3. Ammonia (unreleased)
4. Counting Down
5. Bounce Bounce Bounce
6. ‘Til You Come Home To Me
7. Anything But Plain (”Sex Times Three” version)
8. If I Had a Dealer (”What The Hell Is Wrong With Marc With a C” version)
9. Terror Song/Astronomy Domine
10. No London In Brazil
11. God Save The Queen From Navy Seals
12. I’m In Love With Everyone I Know (”Sex Times Three” version)
13. What The Hell Were You On?
14. Ex-Neanderthal
15. Freezing In Florida
16. Jessica, I Heard You Like The Who
17. She Loves The B-Sides
18. RetroLowFi
19. Born Vintage
20. You’ve Got This Curse
21. San Diego Doorways
22. Happy To Be Alive
23. Laura, I Need Medicine (”What The Hell Is Wrong With Marc With a C” version)
24. Amy, It’s Kevin
25. Life’s So Hard
26. You Do Not Exist
27. Satellite
As evidenced here, the track list is designed to please long-time fans of Marc along with newcomers looking for a starting point for those looking to hear Marc’s razor wit and clever songwriting. And, for $10 for 54 songs, practically re-defines “value”. But, Marc goes even farther with the concept of giving to his fans.
Imagine an album recorded <i>just for you</i>. Your requests, your picks, recorded and sent to your house in a single edition available absolutely nowhere else. That’s the idea behind “Marc sings for you!”
To quote Marc’s statement about the endeavor:
If you’re like me, you probably like to experience music in the most personal way possible. I like to perform it in the most personal manner that I can, and that’s why I’m starting the Marc Sings For You series! Here’s how it works:
You buy a Marc Sings For You selection. I sit down with my four-track and record eight songs live just for you from my repertoire. I pick six of the tunes by pulling the titles from a Tupperware bowl, and when you check out via PayPal, you leave two song requests for me to fill on your tape. (The requests must be one of my originals or a cover I’m known for doing).
In roughly two weeks (give or take) you’ll receive a personally made “edition of one” from yours truly. Once you receive it, you’re free to share it, break it, covet it… anything you’d like except for selling it!
No artist in recent memory has gone this far to please his fans. And, to hear Marc tell it, it’s a pleasure to do so. To quote Marc once again about his recent projects:
Thanks so much for the last ten years, and thank you in advance for the next ten. I hope that you’ll like this celebratory package as much as I enjoyed making/writing/recording/living it. I’m proud of what I’ve done as Marc With a C, and I’m twice as proud of how vocal my listeners are in letting me know that they are there. Thank you for facilitating my need to document my life in song everyone. This one’s for you.
RetrowLowFi: 10 Years Of Marc With a C and the Marc Sings For You! collections can be ordered through Marc's website.
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