Losing Salt

All songs performed, recorded, mixed, mastered and abandoned by Marc With a C in 2009 Remastering by Marc in 2016 Cover art by Chris Zabriskie Fan Art by Cali Keene Liner Notes: LOSING SALT was quite simply and unfinished album. It may not have seemed that way to you, as it has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but that's not by design. I'd been working on some songs that were really just the result of me trying to get the abandoned system right that would have recorded LINDA LOVELACE FOR PRESIDENT correctly, but midway through, I got very ill: physically and mentally. I'd describe the symptoms to you in-depth, but I don't have enough space here. To be blunt, I couldn't make much sense of what I was hearing because the illness involved my ears, and my judgement was clouded due to a faulty cocktail of psychiatric medication. My weight ballooned, my fingers swelled, and after nine demos, I realized that I simply could not finish the album. Most importantly? No one could give me a diagnosis that made any sense, nor could they tell me when I'd be "better". For all I knew, this was the end of the line for my musical career. Instead of hanging on to half-finished material, I decided to release it "as is" and called it LOSING SALT: a title referring to dehydration, another symptom of the mystery illness that sidelined me for so long. I often get taken to task for using the term "art fag" in "He Left You For a Punk Rock Girl", this was how the very real subject referred to himself, and his closest friends were allowed to call him that as a term of endearment. Looking back, I know that isn't apparent to all listeners, and I now regret it. I could have used any other two syllables in that song. Thusly, the song has appeared in a live setting precisely once, and that was in his presence. Because of the ear issues, there were technical problems galore while preparing this for vinyl. Many promises had to be made to make this record function at all. It will sound a little different, and in some cases, possibly better. That big wide soundstage is mostly gone though - that was the sound of everything going out of phase, and it would have made your needle jump out of the grooves. This is all that I could do while keeping the integrity of the album mostly intact. I'll say that this new master is the first time I've been able to genuinely appreciate LOSING SALT. [] can see it for what it is: a complete anomaly in my catalog. A bizarre half-hour directly over [] at it's worst and into your ears. It has no excuse to work as well as it does. I really like it, and I hope you will as well.