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The River Nektar

by The Iditarod

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1.
Meadows 02:28
2.
Never Used 02:22
3.
Helms A'Lee 00:50
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Bavaria 03:59
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Boat 03:26
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Providence 02:49
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The Lorelei 01:26
12.
Mariner 03:06
13.
Garden 03:58
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Move 03:12
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Sylvia Jean 02:17
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18.
One Minute 01:05
19.
Children 3 02:15
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22.
Compromising 06:08

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FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:

‘From Rhode Island, THE IDITAROD play a minimal kind of bleak psychedelic folk that owes as much to the somnambulism of Bristol’s MOVIETONE as it does to early 70s private press semi-legends like STONE ANGEL and CAEDMON’ - The Wire, David Keenan.

With the success of last year’s ‘The Ghost, the Elf, the Cat and the Angel’ (2002,Bluesanct), ‘The River Nektar’ (THE IDITAROD’s debut, originally released in 1998 on Hub City) has finally had a proper mastering and is embellished with 9 additional tracks, nearly doubling it’s original length. These additions are culled from out-of-print singles and outtakes, including two brilliant covers: BRIAN ENO’s ‘The Fat Lady Of Limbourg’ and DONOVAN’s ‘The Lullaby Of Spring’.

‘Nektar‘s sparse, quiet-indie-pop set the framework for the psych folk to come with ‘The Ghost...’ ‘Maybe this is what EMPRESS would sound like if they had a record collection full of INCREDIBLE STRING BAND and SANDY DENNY records - beautiful, naive and utterly captivating.’ - Melody Bar, Gayle Brogan

‘Jeffrey Alexander’s transparently lo-fi acoustic guitar, mix of (mostly) female and some male vocals, with words by Carin Wagner, sounding like dark internal musings, full of suspense, mystery and ghostly tender universal human frailty. Makes me think of the stuff Kath Bloom did with Loren Mazzacane Connors, also: Hood, Jandek, Mecca Normal, and Alastair Galbraith. Quiet details and tangible moments, as eloquent and ephemeral as a sigh.’ - Dream Magazine, George Parsons

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Download contains JPGs of the original artwork, and a PDF of the original presskit.

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released February 4, 2003

Bluesanct (INRI071, 04 FEB 2003)
• CD = ltd to 1000 copies
• DIGITAL = unlimited

digital re-release 17 February 2014

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the River Nektar

1. Meadows
2. Never Used
3. Helms A'Lee
4. Dictation and Transcription
5. Bavaria
6. Gold Berry White
7. Servants Serve
8. Boat
9. East Ring Dell
10. Providence
11. The Lorelei
12. Mariner
13. Garden

Additional Tracks

14. Move
15. Sylvia Jean
16. The Lullaby Of Spring
17. Boat (live version)
18. One Minute
19. Children 3
20. The Fat Lady Of Limbourg
21. Garden (original version)
22. Compromising


Tracks 5, 7, 13, and 17 were recorded live at the Ottobar in Baltimore, MD on April 10, 1998 by Adam Cooke.

Track 16 © 1967 Donovan Music Ltd/Peer International (BMI).

Track 20 © 1974 Brian Eno/EG Music Inc (BMI).

All else written and recorded by Carin Wagner and Jeffrey Alexander
© 2003 BMI. All rights reserved.


the River Nektar
was originally released in 1998 on Hub City Records (1997-2001 RIP)


the Iditarod is Carin and Jeffrey.

All photography by Carin.
Decorative border by William Schaff.
Re-package design by Jeffrey.

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Started in 1995, Bluesanct has over 100 releases from artists all over the world on Bluesanct and sister label, Orphanology.

We are excited to re-issue the many out-of-print titles here on Bandcamp.


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