Uncle Dave Lewis Info Page

Vital Statistics

Age: Too old.

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

Major Influences

Lou Reed, Spike Jones, John Cage,Lou Harrison, Throbbing Gristle, Charles Ives, Thelonius Monk, and New York No Wave.

Discography

Uncle Dave Lewis' Hospital Records Catalog
Update 3/7/02

CURRENT CATALOGUE

HCDO 17 THE UNCLE DAVE PRIMER (expanded)
8/00. Master copy in posession of C. Spencer Yeh. Not yet released.

HCDO 18 Spritual Californians: NEVER MIND DALLAPICCOLA,
 HERE'S THE SPIRIRTUAL CALIFORNIANS
8/00. Master copy in UDA. Not yet released. 

HCDO 19 Qi-ZZ: WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE FUN?
8/00. Uncle Dave is currently (2/04) assembling
a definitive master on this disc and hopes to have it out in the Summer of
2004.
For more details, please read the blog entry for the date Wednesday, January
27,
2004 at:
http://uncledavelewis.blogspot.com/ 

HCDO 20 11,000 Switches: CINCINNATI 1980-81
Under development. 

HCDO 21 SAINT DYMPHNA. Come not, Lucifer
3/00 CD need artwork.

HCDO 22 11, 000 Switches: THE ANDREW POWER TRIO
6/01. Master copy and notes in UDA. Waiting for art. 

HISTORICAL CATALOGUE 
(All of these titles are no longer available)

Guide to using this discography: The "UDA" is my personal "Uncle Dave Archive" of more than 10,000 recordings. A portion of the most important part of the collection consists of original artpunk recordings originating from (but not limited to) the Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus area from 1978-1991. During the years 1980-1991 I ran a label called Hospital Records that documented much of the local scene, and even outside of that I recorded many local concerts and rehearsals of alternative bands in my capacity as a sound man at the Jockey Club, Shorty's Underground and at other venues.

Completeness is my goal here, which is why so many unfinished and lost projects are listed. All of these were intended to go into the public hands, whether they made it out or not. Most are planned to surface anew in some form, provided that good mastering materials can be found. Track listings will be added in time. OM refers to the "original master". GF refers to Greg Frenandez of Let My Puppets Come Records in Columbus. And no, I do not have any copies of the Dementia Precox items listed here. They were issued on my label and are included as part of the historical record. But my association with them ended in May 1981, which is rather early in their history (they were active until about 1990.)

HCO 1a. DEMENTIA PRECOX. The Not-So-Hidden Persuaders.
9/80. 60m. 75units (minus most copies of the first run. Additional copies may have been made
later.) No copy in UDA. Temporarily assigned to Hospital Records from Prehensile Records,
agreement ended in May 1981.
The current rights belong to Prehensile Records, St. Petersburg, Fla. Partial Track listing: Job,
French Movie, Fla. Girls, Lord Have Mercy Dance Music, My Dad's in the Air Force.

HCO 1b. LED PENCIL. Ignerance In Action.
8/80. 60m. 16units. OM in UDA.
 Assigned to Hospital Records from Barkham Records.

HCO 2a. QUALITY/NOT QUANTITY.
9/80. 60m. 30units. OM in UDA.

HC/DM 2b. A TAPE FOR YOU.
2/81. 90m. 12units. OM lost, partial copy in UDA.

HCO 2c. QUALITY/NOT QUANTITY. (Version two)
4/81. 60m. unissued. OM lost, no copies known.
Known to include tracks also on 10a.

HCO 2d. QUALITY/NOT QUANTITY. (Version three)
8/84. 60m. unissued. OM in UDA.

HCO 2e. QUALITY/NOT QUANTITY. (Version four: "QNQ NEW")
5/88. 60m. unissued. OM in UDA

HD0 3. Qi-ZZ. New Baby/2-Dimensional Love Affair.
12/80. 7" 45rpm. 500 (-100) units. 2 Copies in UDA.

HDO 4. DEMENTIA PRECOX. Dead On Two Legs (Luncheonette)/Mines.
4/81. 7" 45rpm. 300units. no copy in UDA. (not one, no spares and certainly
none to sell!)
The current rights belong to Prehensile Records, St. Petersburg, Fla..

HDO 5. TEDDY AND THE FRAT GIRLS. Audio Suicide EP.
5/81. 7" 45rpm. 300units. tape copy in UDA.
 Assigned to Hospital Records from Fartfaced Decadence Records.
 Last known rights belong to Alternative Tentacles Records, San Francisco.
 Company dissolved under legal complications.

HCO 6. LED PENCIL. Pencil Shavings.
6/81. 60m. 12units.
 Assigned to Hospital Records from Barkham Records, OM in UDA.

HCO 6a. BARKHAM COMPILATION.
4/83. 60m. unissued. copy in UDA.
 Assigned to Hospital Records from Barkham Records.
 DM has no notes or art.

HD/EP 7. AUTO GLAMOUR SOUND.
8/82. 2x7" 33rpm. 500units. 2 copies in UDA.

HDO 7a. HOSPITAL SAMPLER.
8/81 12" 33rpm. unissued. no copy in UDA, tape
copies of individual tracks known in UDA.

HCO 7b. THE COMING SHAPES OF THINGS.
8/81 60m. 20units. OM in UDA.

HCO 7c. LO BIAS
2/82 90m. unissued. OM in GF, though is damaged and in need of repair.
Restoration to begin shortly.
.

HDO 8. BPA. By-Products of America.
3/83 12" 45rpm. 2 copies in UDA.

HCO 8a. OOZING WOUNDS.
5/81 30m. unissued. OM never assembled, some session tapes in UDA.

HDO 9. Qi-ZZ. Beach Music/John Lennon
8/83 7" 45rpm. 300 (-unknown quantity). 2 copies in UDA.

HDO 9a. CAPITAL MUSIC. Feel Nothing/Red Art.
5/81 7" 45rpm. unissued. OM assembled, never pressed 
Tape copy of "Red Art" in UDA.

HCO 10. 11, 000 SWITCHES.
8/84 60m. unissued. OM lost, no copy in UDA.

HCO 10a. 11, 000 SWITCHES. Cincinnati.
3/81 60m. unissued. OM: SCL, copy in UDA, GF.

HCO 11. RADIO MOSCOW. One.
8/84 60m. 20units. OM: DW, copy in UDA (Damage
Records version, which has been more widely circulated than HCO 11).
The rights to this belongs to Damage Records, Covington, KY.

HDO 12. BPA: Moving and Storage.
3/85 12" 33rpm. 500 (-75) units. 2 copies in UDA.

HDO 13. HUMAN ZOO
12/87 12" 33rpm. 500units. 1 copy in UDA. OM: Bill Weber.

HCO 13a. FASTBATS. Claustrophobic Heaven.
12/83 60m. 2units. OM in UDA.

HCO 14. MANWICH. It.
1/88 60m. 50units. OM: WGW, copy in UDA.

HCO 15. THE MASTER OF HORROR. Music's Leading Man.
10/88 60m. 20units. OM: lost, copy in UDA.

HCO 15a. FRAGMENTED TORSO.
9/84 60m. 4units. OM: as of 11/12/02, known to be lost- no copies in UDA.

HCO 15b. UNCLE DAVE.
8/85 90m. unissued. OM: lost

HCO 15c. THE MASTER OF HORROR: The Turin Shroud Begins To
Throb. 8/86 60m. unissued. OM: UDA

HCO 16. I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT.
7/87 90m. 3units. OM: Lost, copies of individual tracks in UDA, GF.

HDO 16a. DOLT!. Led To The Slaughter.
10/90 CD. unissued. OM: assembled on DAT, probably with Shaun Norton.

HCO 17. THE UNCLE DAVE PRIMER.
5/93 32m. 75units. OM: UDA.


ISSUES ON RELATED LABELS


LET MY PUPPETS COME

RING BELLS AND BLOW WHISTLES.
9/86 90m. 50units. OM: GF

WITCHCRAFT AND RETARDED PEOPLE
8/88 90m. ?units. OM: GF

SKID ROW STUDIO

SA*AN ERO*IC
1/88 90m. ?units. copy in UDA

SAINT DYMPHNA
2/88 CD. unissued. OM: lost, perhaps never finished

SUGARHEAD
10/90 90m. unissued. OM: ?

JACK ISON Music For Mobiles
2/00 CD. available from .com

DAMAGE RECORDS

RADIO MOSCOW 1
8/84 60m. ?units. Originally issued as HCO 11.

RADIO MOSCOW 2
1/85 60m. ?units.

RADIO MOSCOW 3
1/85 60m. ?units.

EARLY MORNING TELESCOPE. Holy War People/Recreating the
Spine.
2/87 7" 45rpm.

KISSING WENDY.

11,000 SWITCHES. Pink Eyes.
CD: compilation in progress

DAN WILLIAMS: Just the Beginning

MARK MILANO

IOVAE

DRONEDISCO

SINGLE ITEMS ON VARIOUS PACKAGES

SQUELCH
C.A.G.E. A Consonant Vowel
Jeff Smith Compilation I CAN'T EXPLAIN
WOLVERTON BROTHERS (Okra)
WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THE GOOD SCISSORS? (Mancub)
IT'S A HELLUVA THING: The Jockey Club Compilation (No Pretense)
TWIN SPROGGS
STIMULUS & RESPONSE IV
SET OF BOXED SINGLES (Atavistic)

UNKNOWN NYC Based Comps (?via Jerry Adams)

PREHENSILE RECORDS
Note: The two Prehensile Records issues that came through Hospital Records were
the result of an early and limited agreement. This listing is provided as a courtesy and for
the value of its historical relevance to this project. There is no affiliation between Hospital
Records and Prehensile Records, and I have no idea how to contact the latter company. Only
one of these recordings is on file in the UDA.
 
Prehensile Records 001: as for Hospital HCO 1a.
 
Prehensile Records 002: as for Hospital HCD 4.
 
Prehensile Records 003: DEMENTIA PRECOX: SCHP
11/82 six songs 12" 45rpm

Prehensile Records 004: GYN CAMERON & DAVID PAUL: 50
1983 60m. cassette
 
Prehensile Records 005: DEMENTIA PRECOX: OF PARTS UNKNOWN
1985 LP/cassette equivalent also listed.
 
Prehensile Records 006: DEMENTIA PRECOX: hUH?
1986 45m. cassette 
 
Prehensile Records 007: DEMENTIA PRECOX: FACE
1988 60m. cassette
 
Dementia also released two maxi-singles on New Worlds Records intended
for the dance market: Dirty, Naked and Wet (1993) and Worxout (1995). I
have no release numbers or additional information about these titles.

Hey, this is Uncle Dave. The listing is complete inasmuch as my projects go, but there are additional things listed here that are 'related', or from the "Uncle Dave Circle", that I'm not actually on. Clarification of such data will spew forth in the coming months. Thanks for your patience.

And so It Goes Like This...

Uncle Dave Lewis has a long and illustrious (if not notorious) history in music. A composer since the age of nine, Lewis has had a knack over the years of creating music that no one else would have thought of, at that time or now. A multi-instrumentalist, his talent for composition, lyrics, and unusual delivery are well-known from the midwest to the west coast.

The litany of groups with which Lewis has been associated is very long and diverse. Early projects included Dementia Precox, QI-ZZ, Dymphna, and BPA. In 1980, he co-founded the group 11,000 Switches with David Paul, a group which has seen many incarnations and still exists to this day. Lewis has also played with such notables as The Talented Rejects, Manwich, Fastbats, and Human Zoo. He was a tremendous influence in the creation of the album Led To The Slaughter, which will soon be available through this site. Also notable to that work was Dan Williams, who has been a member of the 11,000 Switches for some fifteen years.

Lewis currently lives in Michigan with his wife and daughter. Still composing and performing, he can also be found on radio whenever the mood strikes. Uncle Dave also runs a "blog" of his daily ramblings at http://uncledavelewis.blogspot.com.

Links

Henry Weld's Ohio Art Discography

Neus Subjex

The Jockey Club Site

Notopian Past Lives Page

If you want to contact Uncle Dave Lewis, click here.