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== James Ferraro ==
{{InfoboxLost
James Ferraro is an American musician and artist, being most attributed to pioneering the genres [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave vaporwave] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_pop hypnagogic pop]. He wildly varies in genres and pseudonyms, ranging from hip hop to new age music. His most prominent record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-uSm8ittU ''Far Side Virtual''], which was attributed to being one of the first vaporwave albums. As of August 2020, Ferraro focuses on composing modern classical music and ambient sounds, with his most recent work being the album [https://jjamesferraro.bandcamp.com/album/neurogeist-2 ''Neurogeist''].
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'''James Ferraro''' is an American musician and artist, is most attributed to pioneering the genres vaporwave and hypnagogic pop. He wildly varies in genres and pseudonyms, ranging from hip-hop to new-age music. His most prominent record was [https://youtu.be/watch?v=pd-uSm8ittU ''Far Side Virtual''], which was attributed to being one of the first vaporwave albums. As of August 2020, Ferraro focuses on composing modern classical music and ambient sounds, with his most recent work being the album [https://jjamesferraro.bandcamp.com/album/neurogeist-2 ''Neurogeist''].
 
==Summer Headrush 2009 Series==
In 2009, James would produce a series of new age and psychedelic albums, which he dubbed the ''Summer Headrush 2009 Series''. The albums would range from ambient, new age, radioplay, and rock. According to Ferraro: <blockquote>"The series was loosely based on visualizations that came to mind while receiving self-induced hypocapnia or as it’s commonly called "free fall", the albums being representatives of the free fall head space."<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-head-rush-2009-series.html</ref></blockquote>


== Summer Headrush 2009 Series ==
They would be distributed via homemade CD-Rs through his Muscleworks Inc. and New Age Tapes label. On the Muscleworks Inc. blogspot, Ferraro would post multiple announcements regarding the releases of the albums in his series, however, a chunk of them have never surfaced. Scarce information has been left in regard to the existence of these tens of lost records.
In 2009, James would produce a series of new age and psychedelic albums, which he dubbed the ''Summer Headrush 2009 Series''. The albums would range from ambient, new age, radioplay, and rock. According to Ferraro, the series was “loosely based on visualizations that came to mind while receiving self induced hypocapnia or as it’s commonly called “free fall”, the albums being representatives of the free fall head space.”<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-head-rush-2009-series.html</ref>


They would be distributed via homemeade CD-Rs through his Muscleworks Inc. and New Age Tapes label. On the Muscleworks Inc. blogspot, Ferraro would post multiple announcements regarding the releases of the albums in his series, however a chunk of them have never surfaced. Scarce information has been left in regards to the existence of these tens of lost records.
====Confirmed with Catalog Numbers====
The following table displays albums that Ferraro had officially announced would be released as part of the Summer Headrush 2009 Series. They were each given their own catalog number and album cover, however, a percentage of them were never known to be released or be followed up on.


The following table displays albums which Ferraro had officially announced would be released as part of the Summer Headrush 2009 Series. They were each given their own catalog number and album cover, however a percentage of them were never known to be released or be follwed up on.
{| class="wikitable"
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| Pixarni || SHR2S 12 || <span style="color:green;">'''Released'''</span>
| Pixarni || SHR2S 12 || <span style="color:green;">'''Released'''</span>
|}
|}
<gallery>
 
rerex.jpg|Rerex 1-2
=====Gallery=====
Iasia.jpg|iAsia
<center><gallery>
TOO HOT 4 T.V..jpg|Too Hot for T.V.
rerex.jpg|''Rerex 1-2''
WILD WORLD.jpg|Wild World
Iasia.jpg|''iAsia''
SON OF DRACULA 1.jpg|Son of Dracula
TOO HOT 4 T.V..jpg|''Too Hot for T.V.''
HACKERTRACKBLOG.jpg|Hacker Track
WILD WORLD.jpg|''Wild World''
TRUE 3.jpg|Cyber Flower
SON OF DRACULA 1.jpg|''Son of Dracula''
PIXARNI-FOR-BLOG.jpg|Pixarni
HACKERTRACKBLOG.jpg|''Hacker Track''
</gallery>
TRUE 3.jpg|''Cyber Flower''
PIXARNI-FOR-BLOG.jpg|''Pixarni''
</gallery></center>
The albums in the following table are taken from images used in promotional material, which were not given any catalog numbers.<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-blood-summer-headrush-2009-series.html</ref> Little to no info has been released since about their existence. The album titles being used are taken from their file names. The table will be organized alphabetically.
The albums in the following table are taken from images used in promotional material, which were not given any catalog numbers.<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-blood-summer-headrush-2009-series.html</ref> Little to no info has been released since about their existence. The album titles being used are taken from their file names. The table will be organized alphabetically.


====Confirmed with NO Catalog Numbers====
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| Grid Species || Unknown || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
| Grid Species || Unknown || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
|-
|-
| Hearts of Paradise || Unknown || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
| Hearts of Paradise || Unknown || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
|-
|-
| Oxygen || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
| Oxygen || Unknown || <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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| Rehysteria || Unknown || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
| Rehysteria || Unknown || <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
|}
|}
<gallery>
ANGEL.jpg|Angel
OXYGEN.jpg|Oxygen


</gallery>
=====Gallery=====
=== ''Grid Species'' ===
<center><gallery>
<gallery>
ANGEL.jpg|''Angel''
GRID SPECIES.jpg|Grid Species
GRID_SPECIES.jpg|''Grid Species''
</gallery>
HEARTSOFPARADISE.jpg|''Hearts of Paradise''
The following information is unconfirmed, but is believed to be the correct tracklist for the album.
OXYGEN.jpg|''Oxygen''
Rehysteriacover.jpg|''Rehysteria''
</gallery></center>
 
==Found/Partially Found Unreleased (& Unconfirmed) Albums==
===<u>Grid Species</u>===
<u>'''''Grid Species''''' is one the albums confirmed but had no any pertaining catalog numbers, thus was listed in the table beforehand</u>
 
In early April 2020, a user from a James Ferraro fan community Discord server claimed that they had obtained the scans and audios of ''Grid Species'' from their friend who has obtained one of the only existing CD-R copies of said album. The album was then eventually posted on to YouTube by YouTube user, Finn, albeit the songs that are contained in the album are unconfirmed if they are authentic and concrete as no confirmation from James Ferraro or his label have commented on the album's appearance online and its authenticity, and is likely forged.
 
====Songs in Grid Species====
Songs from ''Grid Species'' have resurfaced with the album's appearance, but is also unconfirmed if it is forged or authentic.
 
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
! Song !! Length !! Status
! Song !! Length
|-
|-
| Living on the Grid || 16:41 || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
| Living on the Grid || 16:41
|-
|-
| Chip Sacrifice || 15:15 || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
| Chip Sacrifice || 15:15  
|-
|-
| Interface Hive Mind || 15:02 || <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (unconfirmed)
| Interface Hive Mind || 15:02  
|}
|}


Supposedly, someone on the James Ferraro fan discord (https://discord.gg/BPYW3GG), in early April, 2020, revealed the music, back cover, and track list used in the album. The story goes that this person got the scans, and audio rip, from a friend who shares one of the potentially only existing CD-R copies of Grid Species, with someone else. The audio was also edited to boost the highs for a higher quality sound.
=====<b>Gallery</b>=====
 
{{Video|perrow  =1
Below are the scans released.
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<gallery>
|id1          =v=7ViIfTUrpQA
|description1 =''Grid Species'' (unconfirmed).
}}
<center><gallery>
GRID_SPECIES.jpg|Album cover
Tracklist.png|Tracklist
Tracklist.png|Tracklist
Cd.jpg|Scan
Cd.jpg|Scan
</gallery>
</gallery></center>


User Finn has thankfully uploaded the whole album, along with the new images, to youtube. However, it is still unconfirmed whether ''Grid Species'' has really been found.
===<u>Hearts of Paradise</u>===
A different situation unrelated to the previous album, a Discord user going by the name of "Marie" joined the same James Ferraro fan community Discord server in early January 2020 and brought with them previously unreleased audio from Ferraro's Summer Headrush 2009 era. This included three outtakes from a 2010 James Ferraro album, ''Night Dolls with Hairspray'', <u>and a song from the unreleased '''''Hearts of Paradise''''' album that was listed without any catalog numbers</u>.  


{{Video|perrow  =1
The titles for the NDWHS ''(Night Dolls with Hairspray)'' outtakes are "Brainteaser", "TV Lobotomy", and "Valleygirls From Out of This World", and the Hearts of Paradise excerpt title is "LA Hooker'". These songs shared by Marie would subsequently be uploaded onto YouTube by YouTube users CEO Hannah Banana and moonrocks.
 
=====<b>Gallery</b>=====
{{Video|perrow  =2
|service1    =youtube
|service1    =youtube
|id1          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ViIfTUrpQA
|id1          =v=mfR4EOd6Fvc
|description1 =Grid Species (unconfirmed)
|description1 =''LA Hooker''
|service2    =youtube
|id2          =v=1DSr0jnft2Q
|description2 =''LA Hooker''
}}
}}
=== ''Hearts of Paradise'' ===
<br />
<gallery>
While an unconfirmed song from ''Hearts of Paradise'' has resurfaced, the tracklist and length for ''Hearts of Paradise'' is still unknown.
HEARTSOFPARADISE.jpg|Hearts of Paradise
 
</gallery>
===<u>Rehysteria</u>===
Supposedly, someone different, going by the name of Marie, joined the same James Ferraro fan discord in early January, 2020, and brought with them previously unreleased audio from Ferraro's Summer Headrush 2009 era. This included three outtakes from ''Night Dolls with Hairspray'', and an excerpt from ''Hearts of Paradise''. The titles for the NDWHS outtakes are "Brainteaser", "TV Lobotomy", and "Valleygirls From Out of This World", and the HOP excerpt title is "LA Hooker".


Users CEO Hannah Banana and moonrocks have thankfully uploaded the audio to youtube.
[[File:DIGITALFLYER.jpg|thumb|right|Promotional image displaying Ferraro's new music.]]
<u>The first noted mention of the now-unreleased album, ''Rehysteria'', was by Ferraro on May 4th, 2010</u>,<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2010/05/planet-imax.html</ref> with Olde English Spelling Bee following up on it 6 days later in their own blog.<ref>http://oesbee.blogspot.com/2010/05/distro-action-5-new-james-ferraro-batch.html</ref> They both made promotional articles on their websites announcing a “new batch of James Ferraro releases”, including an image which displayed, from top to bottom, the albums ''On Air'', ''Rehysteria'', and ''Feed Me''.  


{{Video|perrow  =1
As shown in the image on the right, ''Rehysteria'' was meant to be 45 minutes long, contains 11 tracks, and was to be released via CD-R for $10, on May 20th, 2010. OESB's article stated that “coming later this month will be the ''Rehysteria'' album, which James describes as a ‘prehistoric rewind in IMAX audio’. Eventually, the albums ''On Air'' and ''Feed Me'' would be released, but ''Rehysteria'' would not be followed up on.
|service1    =youtube
|id1          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfR4EOd6Fvc
|description1 =LA Hooker
}}
{{Video|perrow  =3
|service1    =youtube
|id1          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH3YzKh6udA
|description1 =Brainteaser
|service2    =youtube
|id2          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS02XUcRJk0
|description2 =TV Lobotomy
|service3    =youtube
|id3          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zEkhrdP3M
|description3 =Valleygirls From Out of This World
}}
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DSr0jnft2Q Here is the second upload to LA Hooker.]


The tracklist and length for ''Hearts of Paradise'' is still unknown.
====Songs in Rehysteria====
=== ''Rehysteria'' ===
The following information is taken from the digital flyer provided by Ferraro and OESB, and is believed to be the correct tracklist for the album. One issue with the image is how it provides conflicting information, showing different titles for specific songs between the back of the album and the box of information. It's unknown whether some of these differences were typos. The table will display any songs with different titles with the box information first, and album art information second.
<gallery>
Rehysteriacover.jpg|Rehysteria cover
Back.jpg|Back
</gallery>
The first noted mention of ''Rehysteria'' was by Ferraro on May 4, 2010,<ref>http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2010/05/planet-imax.html</ref> with Olde English Spelling Bee following up on it 6 days later in their own blog.<ref>http://oesbee.blogspot.com/2010/05/distro-action-5-new-james-ferraro-batch.html</ref> They both made promotional articles on their websites announcing a “new batch of James Ferraro releases”, including an image which displayed, from top to bottom, the albums ''On Air'', ''Rehysteria'', and ''Feed Me''.  
<gallery>
DIGITALFLYER.jpg|Promotional image displaying Ferraro's new music
</gallery>
As shown in the image, ''Rehysteria'' was meant to be 45 minutes long, contain 11 tracks, and be released via CD-R for $10, on May 20th, 2010. OESB's article stated that “coming later this month will be the ''REHYSTERIA'' album, which James describes as a ‘prehistoric rewind in IMAX audio’” ''On Air'' and ''Feed Me'' would be released, but ''Rehysteria'' would not be followed up on for 7 years.


The following information is taken from the digital flyer provided by Ferraro and OESB, and is believed to be the correct tracklist. One issue with the image is how it provides conflicting information, showing different titles for specific songs between the back of the album and the box of information. It's unknown whether some of these differences were typos. The table will display any songs with different titles with the box information first, and album art information second.
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==== ''Speed'' ====
====<u>Speed</u>====
In December of 2017, in response to a delay for shipping out Ferraro's ''Human Story 3'' vinyl records, OESB packaged each copy with a CD-R entitled ''Speed''. There was also an email sent out to everyone, explaining what ''Speed'' was.<ref>http://newageapocalypse.blogspot.com/2018/01/listen-james-ferraro-speed.html</ref>  
In December of 2017, in response to a delay for shipping out Ferraro's ''Human Story 3'' vinyl records, OESB packaged each copy with a CD-R entitled ''Speed''. There was also an email sent out to everyone, explaining what ''Speed'' was.<ref>http://newageapocalypse.blogspot.com/2018/01/listen-james-ferraro-speed.html</ref>  


The email stated how they "went thru some different batches of unreleased recordings from our 2010-era hard drive and ultimately landed on this one in part due to several requests from folks who asked if anything else from Ferraro's famed Summer Headrush 2009 period might surface. Well, we have now answered those prayers from the hardcore Ferraro believers. We also uncovered the master tape for his unreleased Summer Headrush album ''REHYSTERIA'' but decided that it would be worthy of a vinyl release at some point (fingers crossed)."
The email stated: <blockquote>"How they went thru some different batches of unreleased recordings from our 2010-era hard drive and ultimately landed on this one in part due to several requests from folks who asked if anything else from Ferraro's famed Summer Headrush 2009 period might surface. Well, we have now answered those prayers from the hardcore Ferraro believers. We also uncovered the master tape for his unreleased Summer Headrush album ''REHYSTERIA'' but decided that it would be worthy of a vinyl release at some point (fingers crossed)."</blockquote>
<gallery>
R-11365736-1515021109-3951.png.jpg|Speed cover
Speed back.jpg|Back
Speed cdr.jpg|CD-R Scan
Speed pic.jpg|CD-R Production
</gallery>
They went on to explain the context behind the CD-R, "anyways ''SPEED'' is basically a 'lost album side' for ''Last American Hero''. Initially we had considered doing a double LP for LAH so James recorded & submitted this to us in the summer of 2009 -- but then we decided to keep LAH as a single LP and more or less forgot about this extra material." It is unconfirmed whether this was written by Todd Ledford of OESB.


As of August 2020, it is unconfirmed whether OESB still has access to ''Rehysteria'' or still plans on producing a vinyl of it.
They went on to explain the context behind the CD-R: <blockquote>"Anyways ''SPEED'' is basically a "lost album side" for ''Last American Hero''. Initially we had considered doing a double LP for LAH so James recorded & submitted this to us in the summer of 2009 -- but then we decided to keep LAH as a single LP and more or less forgot about this extra material."</blockquote>  It is unconfirmed whether this was written by Todd Ledford of OESB.


==== Potential Find ====
As of August 2023, while they had teased the public about an eventual vinyl release, it is unconfirmed whether OESB still has access to ''Rehysteria'' or still plans on producing a vinyl of it.
In the 2011 vinyl reissue of Ferraro's ''On Air'', there are two songs entitled "Dino-Static 3000 A. D. Jumpdrive Mohawk" and "Coneheads In Fast Forward". The style of these songs, especially with the way they were named, has led a number of people to believe they may be taken from ''Rehysteria''.  


Thankfully one of these songs, along with the ''Rehysteria'' artwork, has been uploaded to youtube.
====<u>Other Potential Songs from Rehysteria</u>====
{{Video|perrow  =1
In the 2011 vinyl reissue of Ferraro's ''On Air'', there are two songs entitled "Dino-Static 3000 A. D. Jumpdrive Mohawk" and "Coneheads In Fast Forward". The style of these songs, especially with the way they were named, has led a number of people to believe they may be taken from ''Rehysteria''. Thankfully one of these songs, along with the ''Rehysteria'' artwork, has been uploaded to [https://youtu.be/m1uyr9g9diw YouTube].
|service1    =youtube
 
|id1          =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uyr9g9diw
=====<b>Gallery</b>=====
|description1 =Dino-Static 3000 A. D. Jumpdrive Mohawk
<center><gallery>
}}
Rehysteriacover.jpg|Album cover.
As of August 2020, these are unconfirmed to be a real find.
Back.jpg|Back.
R-11365736-1515021109-3951.png.jpg|''Speed'' cover.
Speed back.jpg|Back.
Speed cdr.jpg|CD-R scan.
Speed pic.jpg|CD-R production.
</gallery></center>


== Current Leads ==
==Current Leads==
It is believed many of these lost albums are under the supervision of Todd Ledford from OESB. Based on the email from 2017, he potentially does plan on releasing ''Rehysteria'' on vinyl. However, his reputation and word is being questioned by a number of participants, since he has become a controversial figure in regards to online music communities such as vaporwave.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporVinyl/comments/bfj8df/victims_of_oesb_lets_shut_down_todd_ledfords/</ref> This is primarily for his sketchy practices in running Olde English Spelling Bee.<ref>https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/music-composer/olde-english-spelling-bee-0121-177494/complaints#442096456</ref>
It is believed many of these lost albums are under the supervision of Todd Ledford from OESB. Based on the email from 2017, he potentially does plan on releasing ''Rehysteria'' on vinyl. However, his reputation and word is being questioned by a number of participants, since he has become a controversial figure in regards to online music communities such as vaporwave.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporVinyl/comments/bfj8df/victims_of_oesb_lets_shut_down_todd_ledfords/</ref> This is primarily for his sketchy practices in running Olde English Spelling Bee.<ref>https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/music-composer/olde-english-spelling-bee-0121-177494/complaints#442096456</ref>


James Ferraro himself may also still have access to old files or projects containing the lost music, but this is unconfirmed.
James Ferraro himself may also still have access to old files or projects containing the lost music, but this is unconfirmed.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:54, 17 August 2023

James Ferraro.jpeg

James Ferraro.

Status: Partially Found


James Ferraro is an American musician and artist, is most attributed to pioneering the genres vaporwave and hypnagogic pop. He wildly varies in genres and pseudonyms, ranging from hip-hop to new-age music. His most prominent record was Far Side Virtual, which was attributed to being one of the first vaporwave albums. As of August 2020, Ferraro focuses on composing modern classical music and ambient sounds, with his most recent work being the album Neurogeist.

Summer Headrush 2009 Series

In 2009, James would produce a series of new age and psychedelic albums, which he dubbed the Summer Headrush 2009 Series. The albums would range from ambient, new age, radioplay, and rock. According to Ferraro:

"The series was loosely based on visualizations that came to mind while receiving self-induced hypocapnia or as it’s commonly called "free fall", the albums being representatives of the free fall head space."[1]

They would be distributed via homemade CD-Rs through his Muscleworks Inc. and New Age Tapes label. On the Muscleworks Inc. blogspot, Ferraro would post multiple announcements regarding the releases of the albums in his series, however, a chunk of them have never surfaced. Scarce information has been left in regard to the existence of these tens of lost records.

Confirmed with Catalog Numbers

The following table displays albums that Ferraro had officially announced would be released as part of the Summer Headrush 2009 Series. They were each given their own catalog number and album cover, however, a percentage of them were never known to be released or be followed up on.

Album Cat# Status
Rerex 1 SHR2S 01 Released
Rerex 2 SHR2S 02 Released
Body Fusion 1 SHR2S 03 Released
Body Fusion 2 SHR2S 04 Released
iAsia SHR2S 05 Released
Too Hot for T.V. SHR2S 06 Lost
Wild World SHR2S 07 Released
Son of Dracula SHR2S 08 Released
Hacker Track SHR2S 09 Released
Cyber Flower SHR2S 10 Lost
Neo City / Estro Sim SHR2S 11 Lost
Pixarni SHR2S 12 Released
Gallery
  • Rerex 1-2

    Rerex 1-2

  • iAsia

    iAsia

  • Too Hot for T.V.

    Too Hot for T.V.

  • Wild World

    Wild World

  • Son of Dracula

    Son of Dracula

  • Hacker Track

    Hacker Track

  • Cyber Flower

    Cyber Flower

  • Pixarni

    Pixarni

The albums in the following table are taken from images used in promotional material, which were not given any catalog numbers.[2] Little to no info has been released since about their existence. The album titles being used are taken from their file names. The table will be organized alphabetically.

Confirmed with NO Catalog Numbers

Album Cat# Status
Angel Unknown Lost
Angels With Tongue Rings Unknown Lost
Cyber Suspension Unknown Lost
Grid Species Unknown Found (unconfirmed)
Hearts of Paradise Unknown Partially Found (unconfirmed)
Oxygen Unknown Lost
Rehysteria Unknown Partially Found (unconfirmed)
Gallery
  • Angel

    Angel

  • Grid Species

    Grid Species

  • Hearts of Paradise

    Hearts of Paradise

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

  • Rehysteria

    Rehysteria

Found/Partially Found Unreleased (& Unconfirmed) Albums

Grid Species

Grid Species is one the albums confirmed but had no any pertaining catalog numbers, thus was listed in the table beforehand

In early April 2020, a user from a James Ferraro fan community Discord server claimed that they had obtained the scans and audios of Grid Species from their friend who has obtained one of the only existing CD-R copies of said album. The album was then eventually posted on to YouTube by YouTube user, Finn, albeit the songs that are contained in the album are unconfirmed if they are authentic and concrete as no confirmation from James Ferraro or his label have commented on the album's appearance online and its authenticity, and is likely forged.

Songs in Grid Species

Songs from Grid Species have resurfaced with the album's appearance, but is also unconfirmed if it is forged or authentic.

Song Length
Living on the Grid 16:41
Chip Sacrifice 15:15
Interface Hive Mind 15:02
Gallery
EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
  • Album cover

    Album cover

  • Tracklist

    Tracklist

  • Scan

    Scan

Hearts of Paradise

A different situation unrelated to the previous album, a Discord user going by the name of "Marie" joined the same James Ferraro fan community Discord server in early January 2020 and brought with them previously unreleased audio from Ferraro's Summer Headrush 2009 era. This included three outtakes from a 2010 James Ferraro album, Night Dolls with Hairspray, and a song from the unreleased Hearts of Paradise album that was listed without any catalog numbers.

The titles for the NDWHS (Night Dolls with Hairspray) outtakes are "Brainteaser", "TV Lobotomy", and "Valleygirls From Out of This World", and the Hearts of Paradise excerpt title is "LA Hooker'". These songs shared by Marie would subsequently be uploaded onto YouTube by YouTube users CEO Hannah Banana and moonrocks.

Gallery
EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.
EmbedVideo is missing a required parameter.


While an unconfirmed song from Hearts of Paradise has resurfaced, the tracklist and length for Hearts of Paradise is still unknown.

Rehysteria

Promotional image displaying Ferraro's new music.

The first noted mention of the now-unreleased album, Rehysteria, was by Ferraro on May 4th, 2010,[3] with Olde English Spelling Bee following up on it 6 days later in their own blog.[4] They both made promotional articles on their websites announcing a “new batch of James Ferraro releases”, including an image which displayed, from top to bottom, the albums On Air, Rehysteria, and Feed Me.

As shown in the image on the right, Rehysteria was meant to be 45 minutes long, contains 11 tracks, and was to be released via CD-R for $10, on May 20th, 2010. OESB's article stated that “coming later this month will be the Rehysteria album, which James describes as a ‘prehistoric rewind in IMAX audio’. Eventually, the albums On Air and Feed Me would be released, but Rehysteria would not be followed up on.

Songs in Rehysteria

The following information is taken from the digital flyer provided by Ferraro and OESB, and is believed to be the correct tracklist for the album. One issue with the image is how it provides conflicting information, showing different titles for specific songs between the back of the album and the box of information. It's unknown whether some of these differences were typos. The table will display any songs with different titles with the box information first, and album art information second.

Song Length Status
9,100,100 A.D. / 9,100,00 A.D. Unknown Lost
9732 A.D. / 9731 A.D. Unknown Lost
5,000 A.D. Unknown Lost
2211 A.D. Unknown Lost
Rehysteria City Unknown Lost
1950 A.D. Unknown Lost
850 B.C. Unknown Lost
0 Unknown Lost
3,777,000 B.C. Unknown Lost
4,000,000 B.C. Unknown Lost
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Speed

In December of 2017, in response to a delay for shipping out Ferraro's Human Story 3 vinyl records, OESB packaged each copy with a CD-R entitled Speed. There was also an email sent out to everyone, explaining what Speed was.[5]

The email stated:

"How they went thru some different batches of unreleased recordings from our 2010-era hard drive and ultimately landed on this one in part due to several requests from folks who asked if anything else from Ferraro's famed Summer Headrush 2009 period might surface. Well, we have now answered those prayers from the hardcore Ferraro believers. We also uncovered the master tape for his unreleased Summer Headrush album REHYSTERIA but decided that it would be worthy of a vinyl release at some point (fingers crossed)."

They went on to explain the context behind the CD-R:

"Anyways SPEED is basically a "lost album side" for Last American Hero. Initially we had considered doing a double LP for LAH so James recorded & submitted this to us in the summer of 2009 -- but then we decided to keep LAH as a single LP and more or less forgot about this extra material."

It is unconfirmed whether this was written by Todd Ledford of OESB.

As of August 2023, while they had teased the public about an eventual vinyl release, it is unconfirmed whether OESB still has access to Rehysteria or still plans on producing a vinyl of it.

Other Potential Songs from Rehysteria

In the 2011 vinyl reissue of Ferraro's On Air, there are two songs entitled "Dino-Static 3000 A. D. Jumpdrive Mohawk" and "Coneheads In Fast Forward". The style of these songs, especially with the way they were named, has led a number of people to believe they may be taken from Rehysteria. Thankfully one of these songs, along with the Rehysteria artwork, has been uploaded to YouTube.

Gallery
  • Album cover.

    Album cover.

  • Back.

    Back.

  • Speed cover.

    Speed cover.

  • Back.

    Back.

  • CD-R scan.

    CD-R scan.

  • CD-R production.

    CD-R production.

Current Leads

It is believed many of these lost albums are under the supervision of Todd Ledford from OESB. Based on the email from 2017, he potentially does plan on releasing Rehysteria on vinyl. However, his reputation and word is being questioned by a number of participants, since he has become a controversial figure in regards to online music communities such as vaporwave.[6] This is primarily for his sketchy practices in running Olde English Spelling Bee.[7]

James Ferraro himself may also still have access to old files or projects containing the lost music, but this is unconfirmed.

References

  1. ↑ http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-head-rush-2009-series.html
  2. ↑ http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-blood-summer-headrush-2009-series.html
  3. ↑ http://muscleworksinc.blogspot.com/2010/05/planet-imax.html
  4. ↑ http://oesbee.blogspot.com/2010/05/distro-action-5-new-james-ferraro-batch.html
  5. ↑ http://newageapocalypse.blogspot.com/2018/01/listen-james-ferraro-speed.html
  6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/VaporVinyl/comments/bfj8df/victims_of_oesb_lets_shut_down_todd_ledfords/
  7. ↑ https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/music-composer/olde-english-spelling-bee-0121-177494/complaints#442096456
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