Silver Monk Time
2006 tribute compilation soundtrack album; various artists
Silver Monk Time is a tribute album inspired by the German-American beat band the Monks. It also serves as the soundtrack to Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, a 2006 documentary film about the band. The record was produced and compiled by the filmmakers, Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios, and released in October 2006 on the Play Loud! Productions label.
The official record release was part of a major event at Volksbühne theater in Berlin, Germany. In conjunction with the film's premiere, the Monks performed their first live show in Germany for almost 40 years. They were joined on stage by some of the musicians featured on the album, including The Raincoats, Mark E. Smith of The Fall, Peter Hein of Fehlfarben, and Schorsch Kamerun of Goldene Zitronen.
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The production of Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback was hampered by financial problems. The creation of Silver Monk Time was in part an attempt to raise money for the film. The title came about due to a rumor that after the release of Black Monk Time in May 1966, the Monks had begun work on a second LP, called Silver Monk Time, which would have consisted entirely of one long "primitive beat", involving tambourines, an organ, and guitar feedback.
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