Persistent Repetition Of Phrases, released in 2008, is the first REAL Caretaker release, the first that have all the hallmarks of later releases. Small sections of songs looped for a number of times. This album is short but very sweet, it's my favorite Caretaker album.
Persistent Repetition Of Phrases
Memory street, waiting for you x10
London town x8
This album samples 2 albums, first 6 songs samples Highlights Of The Cooptimists, and last 3 songs uses Hits of WW2.
Lacunar Amnesia uses Ghost Of A Chance by Meville Gideon (0:00 - 0:28), loops 8 times.
Persistent Repetition Of Phrases uses Memory Street by Elsa Macfarlane & Stanley Holloway (0:00 - 0:11) loops 22 times. It's reused in Fact Mix 45.
Rosy Retrospection uses London Town You Haunt Me by Stanley Holloway (0:00 - 0:16) loops 16 times. It is reused in Recollected Memories From The Museum Of Garden History, Synapse Retrogenesis, and A Brutal Bliss Beyond This Empty Defeat.
Long Term (Remote) uses Always by Meville Gideon (0:01 - 0:12) loops 16 times.
Poor Enunciation uses Memory Street by Elsa Macfarlane & Stanley Holloway (2:42 - 3:06) loops 10 times. It's reused in the french live performance, and all stage 5 songs except advanced plaque entanglements 1.
Past Life Regression uses London Town You Haunt Me by Stanley Holloway (2:53 - 3:05) loops 8 times. It's reused in Hidden Minimal Sea, which is reused in the weirdcore live performance, the french live performance, Advanced Plaque Entanglements 2, A Brutal Bliss Beyond This Empty Defeat, and the primavera live performance.
False Memory Syndrome uses Russian Rose by Joe Loss (0:00 - 1:17) loops 3 times. It's reused in Recollected Memories From The Museum Of Garden History & Entanglement Synapse Ache, which is reused in the french live performance, Post Awareness Confusions 2, all stage 5 songs except Advanced Plaque Entanglements 1, & A Brutal Bliss Beyond This Empty Defeat.
Von Restorff Effect uses Moonlight Becomes You by Caroll Gibbons (0:10 - 1:28) loops twice. It's reused in Recollections From Old London Town.
Unmasking Alzheimer's uses There Will Never Be Another You by Victor Silverster. It uses the full thing and doesn't loop. It's reused in Synapse Retrogenesis. There's a unique version in Recollections In Old London Town but it's just the song in reverse.
Please note the face image is by Guy Denning, but all other images are by Ivan Seal.
