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Bushcraft (Awaiting Repress) Quick View
xBaptistsBushcraft (Awaiting Repress)
Baptists advocate a creed of destruction through a blistering, discordant hybrid of punk-fueled hardcore. Recorded at the infamous Godcity studios with Kurt Ballou, the eleven anthems embodied on Bushcraft rage with nearly a half hour of lyrical angst and a seething vocal delivery propelled by white-knuckled snare-blasts, d-beat thunder, dissonant riff urgency and an overall relentless by-the-throat approach.
-Earsplit Compound1. Betterment
2. Think Tank Breed
3. Bullets
4. In Droves
5. Still Melt
6. Mortar Head
7. Crutching Trails
8. Bushcraft
9. Soiled Roots
10. Russian Spirits
11. Abandon$13.99Vinyl LP - Sealed AWAITING REPRESS Buy Now -
Bloodmines (Awaiting Repress) Quick View
xBaptistsBloodmines (Awaiting Repress)
Vancouver's BAPTISTS recently completed work on their second full-length album, the follow-up to their 2013 debut Bushcraft. Entitled Bloodmines, the new album (like the debut) was recorded at Godcity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts with with Kurt Ballou.
Like its predecessor, Bloodmines is a fast, exhilarating album of rage, oozing with genuine raw emotion and punk rock fury. Shards of feedback make way for fast powerful riffs and savage vocals, whilst explosive drumming pumps blood around the band's beating heart. On album tracks like Vistas, Calling and the title track, Bloodmines, the pace changes, revealing powerful, almost anthemic, jagged noise rock akin to influential San Diego post-hardcore band Drive Like Jehu and similar acts which go beyond the two minute mark. Discordant guitar melodies and abrasive vocal passages are elongated, still volatile but perhaps allowing for further contemplation of the band's underlying message.
BAPTISTS continually find new ways to express their rage and with Bloodmines they have created a memorable and commanding album.1. Chamber
2. Wanting
3. String Up
4. Closed Ports
5. Vistas
6. Harm Induction
7. Festered
8. Dissembler
9. Bloodmines
10. Calling
11. For Profit$15.99Vinyl LP - Sealed AWAITING REPRESS Buy Now -
Jackleg Devotional To The Heart Quick View
xBaptist Generals, TheJackleg Devotional To The Heart
Jackleg Devotional to the Heart is The Baptist Generals' sophomore album. The Denton, TX band, known for its haunting, claustrophobic take on drunken folk, needed ten full years to bare its hearts, after Chris Flemmons recorded the album's first attempt in 2005, and then trashed it because, according to him, it sounded like any other indie rock-type band. Jackleg Devotional to the Heart was Co-produced by Stuart Sikes (Loretta Lynn, Cat Power, The Walkmen, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes) and the band's Jason Reimer, and it sounds like exactly no one else.1. Machine En Prolepsis
2. Dog That Bit You
3. Clitorpus Christi
4. Turnunders and Overpasses
5. Oblivion
6. 3 Bromides
7. Broken Glass
8. Snow on the FM
9. Floating
10. My O My
11. Morning of My Life
12. Oblivion Overture$17.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
No Better Than This Quick View
xJohn MellencampNo Better Than This
Mono Recording!
No Better Than This, an album of all new original material from John Mellencamp recorded during his minor league ball park tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. Produced by T Bone Burnett who also collaborated with Mellencamp on the much-lauded Life Death Love and Freedom, the album was recorded on vintage equipment, a 55 year-old Ampex tape recorder with just one microphone in Savannah at the First African Baptist Church, in Memphis at Sun Studios and in San Antonio in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel.1. Save Some Time To Dream
2. The West End
3. Right Behind Me
4. A Graceful Fall
5. No Better Than This
6. Thinking About You
7. Coming Down The Road
8. No One Cares About Me
9. Love At First Sight
10. Don't Forget About Me
11. Each Day of Sorrow
12. Easter Eve
13. Clumsy Ol' World$24.99Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed Buy Now -
Amazing Grace Quick View
xAretha FranklinAmazing Grace
Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records, It ultimately sold over two million copies in the United States alone, earning a Double Platinum certification. As of 2013, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Aretha's entire fifty-plus year recording career. The double album was recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles during January 1972. It won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The LP is the biggest selling live gospel album of all time.LP 1
1. Mary, Don't You Weep
2. Precious Lord, Take My Hand/You've Got A Friend (Medley)
3. Old Landmark - By Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & The Southern California Community
4. Give Yourself To Jesus
5. How I Got Over
6. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
7. Amazing Grace
LP 2
1. Precious Memories
2. Climbing Higher Mountains
3. Remarks By Reverend C L. Franklin
4. God Will Take Care Of You
5. Wholy Holy
6. You'll Never Walk Alone
7. Never Grow Old$36.99180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed Buy Now -
Emergency Ward Quick View
xNina SimoneEmergency Ward
ImportRemastered
Emergency Ward! (1972) is Nina Simone's statement on the Vietnam War, and by dealing with matters more spiritual than political, this album aptly reflect the events of the day.
The entire first side consists of a 18-minute medley of George Harrison's My Sweet Lord and a poem by David Nelson called Today Is a Killer, set to music by Simone. This is a very strong, gospel-like performance, sometimes resembling the Capitols' Cool Jerk with a call-and-response vocal arrangement - one of Simone's finest moments. It was performed together with the Bethany Baptist Church Junior Choir of South Jamaica, New York.
Side two consists of the Lennie BleecherJeremy Wind song Poppies and George Harrison's Isn't It A Pity. Tracks 1 and 4 were recorded november 18, 1971 at Fort Dix, and tracks 2-3 were recorded at the RCA Studio in New York City.1. My Sweet Lord
2. Today Is A Killer
3. Poppies
4. Isn't It A Pity$34.99180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
Ranie Burnette's Hill Country Blues Quick View
xRanie BurnetteRanie Burnette's Hill Country Blues
Ranie Burnette was born on July 4th, 1913 in Pleasant Grove, MS, located in Panola County. While he was known to have played local dances and juke joints in the hill country of North Mississippi during the 1940's and 50's, competing with the likes of Fred McDowell, no known recordings of Ranie were made until the 70's and early 80's while he was living in Senatobia.
During that time he recorded two sides for a regional 45 single and was later recorded by Leo Bruin, both in Senatobia and during a trip Ranie made to the Netherlands. Some of those recordings appear on the Swingmaster CD Going Down South, along with tracks by harmonica player Johnny Woods and R.L. Burnside, whom Ranie mentored and often played with.
Burnette's music, like the aforementioned artists, is strongly rooted in the rhythmic tradition of the fife and drum bands from the region, which you'll hear on this 11-song collection, also recorded by Leo Bruin. Ranie Burnette died in Memphis, TN, on January 23, 2000 and is buried in the cemetery at Ebeneezer Missionary Baptist Church in Como, MS.1. Coal Black Mattie
2. Lonesome Moon Blues
3. Gone Dead on You
4. Two and Two Blues
5. One String Baby
6. Miss Mabelle
7. Hungry Spell
8. Dough Roller Blues
9. Turn On Down
10. Shake Em' On Down
11. Yonder Goes My Baby$16.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
Fellow Travelers Quick View
xShearwaterFellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers wasn't supposed to be a full-length record, so I'm
a little surprised to admit that it's my favorite Shearwater album so
far. It was meant to be a small thing to release between Animal Joy
and the next full-length. But it took on a life of its own. Re-imagining
and renovating songs by the bands we've toured with was like leafing
through a scrapbook, and brought back the highs and lows of a
decade of touring.
Touring is an expression of faith - in yourself, in your friends, in the
hope that the world has a place for you. In that spirit, I invited all the
bands we covered to play on Fellow Travelers, with the caveat that you
couldn't play on your own song. Almost everyone rose to the bait: Chris
from the Baptist Generals turned Clinic's "Tomorrow" into a stomping
incantation, while Clinic infected the Generals' "Fucked Up Life" with
drum machines, radio signals, and combo organ. I added recordings I
made of birds and waves in the Falklands to David Thomas Broughton's
"Ambiguity," and he sent us a tape he made of sparrows, bulbuls, and
the clanking shovels of highway workers in Pyongyang, North Korea,
which we spliced into our rock-anthem version of Xiu Xiu's "I Luv the
Valley OH!!" And Jenn from Wye Oak, who, like us, had also toured with
Lou B, added vocals to "Natural One."
Leon Trotsky, who gave the words "fellow travelers" their political aura,
once wrote that "a protest against reality, either conscious or unconscious,
active or passive, optimistic or pessimistic, always forms part of a really
creative piece of work." Listening back, I get a feeling of common effort,
of common purpose, among all of our different musical paths; we've all
tried to defy or transform reality in small ways with our music, and to
prove it with our performing lives.
- Jonathan Meiburg, NYC, March 20131. Our Only Sun
2. I Luv the Valley OH!
3. Hurts Like Heaven
4. Natural One
5. Ambiguity
6. Cheerleader
7. Tomorrow
8. A Wake for the Minotaur
9. Mary is Mary
10. Fucked Up Life$15.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
Studio One Jump Up Quick View
xVarious ArtistsStudio One Jump Up
In the 1960s Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's legendary Studio One Records laid down the template for all reggae music, the equivalent of Jamaica's Motown Records. Artists who launched their careers there comprise an A-Z of the Jamaican music scene - Bob Marley and The Wailers, Burning Spear, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths, Horace Andy and many, many more. In the early releases featured here you will find the roots of Studio One's unique sound - from the first jump-up, boogie-woogie and shuffle recordings made in Jamaica in the late 1950s, as the artists emulated their American rhythm and blues idols - Louis Jordan, Roscoe Gordon, Fats Domino - through to the early Rastafari rhythms of Count Ossie, the righteous Baptist beat of Toots and the Maytals up to the joyous excitement of Ska with tracks by Studio One's young protÉgÉes Bob Marley and The Wailers and the all-mighty Skatalites. Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd first began recording music in the late 1950s, making one-off records to play on his Downbeat Sound System. These 'exclusive dup-plates' enabled him to reign supreme in the regular dancehall soundclashes of Kingston, fighting off the competition from rivals including Duke Reid the Trojan and Prince Buster. This new album traces the roots of the legendary label as it created the sound of the young independent Jamaican nation going into the early 1960s. Sir Coxsone used only the finest musicians in Jamaica for these recordings, including those players that would later become known worldwide as the Skatalites, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Ernest Ranglin, Rico Rodriguez, Cluett Johnson and others. As fans clamoured to get a copy of these 'one-off' exclusive records, Clement Dodd eventually decided to start making them available commercially starting in 1959, and so began the birth of an empire.1. Basil Gabbidon - Mr. Landlord
2. Clue J And His Blues Blasters - Milk Lane Hop
3. Derrick Morgan - Wigger Wee Shuffle
4. Aubrey Adams & Rico Rodriguez - Stew Peas And Cornflakes
5. The Mello-Cat Count Ossie & His Warickers - Another Moses
6. Neville Esson - Wicked And Dreadful
7. Clue J And His Blues Blasters - Proof Run
8. Derrick Morgan - Leave Earth
9. Lord Creator - Rhythm Of The Blues
10. The Jivin' Juniors - Hip Rub
11. Lascelles Perkins - Little Joe
12. Don Drummond & Roland Alphonso - Heaven And Earth
13. Owen Gray - Walk All Over
14. David Brown - Pretty Baby
15. The Maytals - He Will Provide
16. Lester Sterling And The City Slickers - Whale Bone
17. Jackie Opel - Sit Down Servant
18. Roland Alphonso - Bongo Tango
19. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Go Jimmy Go
20. Clue J And His Blues Blasters - The Slider$29.99Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed Buy Now -
The Legendary Father of Folk Blues Quick View
xSon HouseThe Legendary Father of Folk Blues
Legendary Delta Bluesman's Columbia LP Now On 200-Gram Vinyl!
One Of The Truly Great Audiophile Blues Recordings Of All Time!
Lacquers Cut By Ryan Smith At Sterling Sound From The Original Master Tape
Plated And Pressed At Quality Record Pressings!
Heavyweight Glossy Tip-On Jacket By Stoughton Printing
Mississippi's Son House was already legendary for a small collection of live field recordings made by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942, and for having taught some important licks to both Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters before he was rediscovered by a new generation of college-age fans in 1964.
The Father of the Delta Blues recorded this namesake LP for Columbia Records a year later in 1965. It's become, in the words of Living Blues magazine - Essential recordings by one of the greatest bluesmen ever. And now, Analogue Productions presents a reissue unmatched in sonic quality and luxury presentation. For our version we turned to Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound to remaster the recording from the original master tapes. The freshly cut lacquers were then plated and pressed on 200-gram vinyl by our own Quality Record Pressings.
Son was born Eddie James House, Jr., on March 21, 1902, in Riverton, Miss. By the age of 15, he was preaching the gospel in various Baptist churches as the family seemingly wandered from one plantation to the next. He didn't even bother picking up a guitar until he turned 25; to quote House, I didn't like no guitar when I first heard it; oh gee, I couldn't stand a guy playin' a guitar. I didn't like none of it. But if his ambivalence to the instrument was obvious, even more obvious was the simple fact that Son hated plantation labor even more and had developed a taste for corn whiskey. After drunkenly launching into a blues at a house frolic in Lyon, Miss., one night and picking up some coin for doing it, the die seemed to be cast; Son House may have been a preacher, but he was part of the blues world now.
Now, sit back and enjoy one of the genre's greatest, on a reissue that's the best that's been made to date. So authentic, so real - that's the Analogue Productions difference.
This title is not eligible for discount.1. Death Letter
2. Pearline
3. Louise McGhee
4. John The Revelator
5. Empire State Express
6. Preachin' Blues
7. Grinning In Your Face
8. Sundown
9. Levee Camp Moan$34.99200 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
The Legendary Father of Folk Blues (45 RPM) Quick View
xSon HouseThe Legendary Father of Folk Blues (45 RPM)
Legendary Delta Bluesman's Columbia Lp Now A 200-gram 45 Rpm 2lp Set!
45 RPM 2LP Set Includes Bonus Track: Motherless Children
Lacquers Cut By Ryan K. Smith At Sterling Sound From The Original Master Tape
Plated And Pressed At Quality Record Pressings!
Heavyweight Glossy Tip-on Jacket By Stoughton Printing
Mississippi's Son House was already legendary for a small collection of live field recordings made by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942, and for having taught some important licks to both Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters before he was rediscovered by a new generation of college-age fans in 1964.
The Father of the Delta Blues recorded this namesake LP for Columbia Records a year later in 1965. It's become, in the words of Living Blues magazine - Essential recordings by one of the greatest bluesmen ever. And now, Analogue Productions presents a reissue unmatched in sonic quality and luxury presentation. For our version we turned to Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound to remaster the recording from the original master tapes. The freshly cut lacquers - for this version we've cut the album at 45 RPM for truer cartridge tracking and decreased distortion on the inner groove - were then plated and pressed on 200-gram vinyl by our own Quality Record Pressings.
Son was born Eddie James House, Jr., on March 21, 1902, in Riverton, Miss. By the age of 15, he was preaching the gospel in various Baptist churches as the family seemingly wandered from one plantation to the next. He didn't even bother picking up a guitar until he turned 25; to quote House, I didn't like no guitar when I first heard it; oh gee, I couldn't stand a guy playin' a guitar. I didn't like none of it. But if his ambivalence to the instrument was obvious, even more obvious was the simple fact that Son hated plantation labor even more and had developed a taste for corn whiskey. After drunkenly launching into a blues at a house frolic in Lyon, Miss., one night and picking up some coin for doing it, the die seemed to be cast; Son House may have been a preacher, but he was part of the blues world now.
Now, sit back and enjoy one of the genere's greatest, on a reissue that's the best that's been made to date. So authentic, so real - that's the Analogue Productions difference.
This title is not eligible for discount.1. Death Letter Blues
2. Pearline
3. Louise McGhee
4. John The Revelator
5. Empire State Express
6. Preachin' Blues
7. Grinning In Your Face
8. Sundown
9. Levee Camp Moan
10. Motherless Children (bonus track)$54.99200 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP 45 RPM - 2 LPs Sealed Buy Now -
Taedium Vitae Quick View
xCenturiesTaedium Vitae
Centuries rage with an emotive punk-influenced style of dark hardcore that fuses raw elements of explosive and morose d-beat viciousness. Their debut full-length album: Taedium Vitae is a relentless barrage of abrasive,blackened,hardcore played with extreme intensity. For fiends of Baptists,Heartless and Nails.1. Incipit Tragoedia
2. Caeruleus
3. Gelu
4. Metus
5. Pessum Ire
6. Tabeo
7. Grave Cordibus
8. Servisse
9. Irrita$13.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
The Lucid Collective (Awaiting Repress) Quick View
xArchspireThe Lucid Collective (Awaiting Repress)
Canada's ARCHSPIRE unleash an insane attack of blistering technical death metal on 'The Lucid Collective'. Guitars shred with fury, and vicious vocals swarm over whirlwind drum work in the band's potent display of 21st century extremity. More than just a collection of chops and blast beasts, the album's eight tracks showcase a fast-rising band with supreme mastery of dynamics going hand in hand with their aggression. 'The Lucid Collective' is a definitive statement of intent by one of death metal's most exciting new bands.
'The Lucid Collective' was recorded at Rain City Recorders, in Vancouver, B.C. and was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Stuart McKillop (BAPTISTS, BISON B.C.) with additional engineering by Curtis Buckoll and Mark Mckitrick.1. Lucid Collective Somnambulation
2. Scream Feeding
3. The Plague Of AM
4. Fathom Infinite Depth
5. Join Us Beyond
6. Seven Crowns And The Oblivion Chain
7. Kairos Chamber
8. Spontaneous Generation$21.99Vinyl LP - Sealed AWAITING REPRESS Buy Now -
The Blind Hole (Awaiting Repress) Quick View
xDead In The DirtThe Blind Hole (Awaiting Repress)
Atlanta's ultimate killing machine DEAD IN THE DIRT releases The Blind Hole, the faction's debut full-length recording, via Southern Lord.
As witnessed on the trio's previous works, 2010's Vold EP and first release for Southern Lord, 2011's Fear 7", as well through their vicious on-stage presence, DEAD IN THE DIRT crushes everything in their path with a vehement and volatile crust/hardcore attack. Inspired by the scriptures of His Hero Is Gone, Left For Dead, Infest and DropDead, the faction creates some of the most morose and tonally oppressive music conceivable, all fueled with enraged socio-political lyrical content and straightedge/Vegan ethics.
The Blind Hole surges with twenty-two tracks in less than twenty-four minutes, their downtuned, caustic riffs packed into the melee creating the most destructive blasting DEAD IN THE DIRT material yet. Though surging with crushing distortion, the album boasts incredibly clear production values, recorded at Bricktop Recording Studio with Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos) in Chicago, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Nails, All Pigs Must Die, Baptists, Sleep). The cover was illustrated by Bo Orr as with the band's Fear EP.1. Suffer
2. The Blaring Eye
3. Swelling
4. Strength Through Restraint
5. Idiot Bliss
6. You Bury Me
7. Skullbinding
8. Mask
9. Cop
10. No Chain
11. Will Is The War
12. Baggar
13. One More Day
14. The Pit Of Me
15. Caged
16. Starve
17. Vein
18. Pitch Black Tomb
19. The Last Nail
20. Two Flames
21. Knife In The Feathers
22. Halo Crown$13.99Vinyl LP - Sealed AWAITING REPRESS Buy Now -
What One Becomes Quick View
xSUMACWhat One Becomes
SUMAC is the trio of Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer) on guitar & vocals, Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists) on drums, and Brian Cook (Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Botch) on bass whose ability to deliver punishing music is matched only by the weight of their pedigree. Turner is the founder of the influential Hydra Head Records as well as the boundry pushing SIGE label and since his days in Isis has consistenetly challenged himself to push the boundries of heavy music. Cook's ability to delivery complex bass lines are matched by his bone shaking heavy tones. Yachyshyn's drumming abilities are much lauded, especially by Dave Grohl who often calls him out as his favorite drummer currently playing.
Together on their new epic double album What One Becomes the trio walk the line between chaos and control. This sophomore album sees the band take a leap forward from their debut The Deal (2015) revealing a new side of Turner's combustible songwriting and guitar playing. Fans of the legendary Isis and cult heros Old Man Gloom will not be disappointed. There is a profound anxiety that leaches through What One Becomes. SUMAC's choreographed structures parallel the internal and personal struggles with anxiety. They seek to identify the source, devise a course of action, and confront that condition at hand. SUMAC channels psychic distress into their rigorously algebraic maneuvers and syllable-crack dissonance.1. Image of Control
2. Rigid Man
3. Clutch of Oblivion
4. Blackout
5. Will to Reach$22.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
Livin' On A High Note Quick View
xMavis StaplesLivin' On A High Note
Mavis Staples has been a soul and gospel music legend for more than 50 years. Her work fronting the legendary Staples Singers defined the sound of politically-committed soul and influenced generations of musicians. As a solo artist in her own right she has helped to define much of what is righteous and soulful in American music.
With Livin' On A High Note, Mavis Staples has delivered the most joyful and uplifting record of her career. 12 original songs written exclusively for Mavis by some of the finest songwriters of our time including M .Ward, Ben Harper, Valerie June, Neko Case, tune-yards, Nick Cave, John Baptiste, Justin Vernon, Aloe Blacc, and more.1. Take Us Back
2. Love And Trust
3. If It's A Light
4. Action
5. High Note
6. Don't Cry
7. Tomorrow
8. Dedicated
9. History Now
10. One Love
11. Jesus Lay Down Beside Me
12. MLK Song$19.99Vinyl LP - Sealed Buy Now -
Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 Quick View
xBlood, Sweat & TearsBlood, Sweat & Tears 4
Limited Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Blue Vinyl with Tri-Fold Cover
For the first time in many years, Friday Music is proud to announce the new definitive remaster version of Blood, Sweat & Tears 1971 masterwork Blood, Sweat & Tears 4. Featuring the unmistakable voice of David Clayton Thomas, BST 4 yielded the band a platinum + l.p. effort with several hit singles like Lisa Listen To Me and the rocking Go Down Gamblin. The was the last album from the original line-up of charter members including David Clayton Thomas, Steve Katz, Bobby Colomby, Lew Solof, etc. Even founder Al Kooper lends a hand on the project with his stunning arrangement and composition John The Baptist. Includes A+ remastering from the original Columbia vault tapes by Joe Reagoso (Boz Scaggs, Hall and Oates, Doobie Brothers) and original art elements
not seen in years. The complete deal as you would expect from Friday Music. We can honesty say that we think this is the definitive best sounding version of this classic yet!1. Go Down Gamblin'
2. Cowboys And Indians
3. John The Baptist (Holy John)
4. Redemption
5. Lisa, Listen To Me
6. A Look To My Heart
7. High On A Mountain
8. Valentine's Day
9. Take Me In Your Arms
10. For My Lady
11. Mama Gets High
12. A Look To My Heart (Duet)$29.99180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Buy Now -
The Secret History, Vol. 1 Quick View
xPavementThe Secret History, Vol. 1
The strangest thing about Pavement? Not that there were ever many non-strange things about Pavement? Even though they made their era's finest rock albums, the albums only told half their story. Pavement also made some of the Nineties' best albums that *never* happened. Until now.
Pavement made five proper album-as-albums: Slanted and Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999). Each has its own sound. Each has its own legend. But each of their official albums has a shadow album-and it's usually as strong as the album that actually *did* come out. It's time for the world to hear the albums Pavement could have made, if they'd been a little less ambitious about music and a little more ambitious about the music business. If they'd been the kind of band to sweat the legacy. But if they were that kind of band, would they have written so many great songs? Much less *these* great songs? No.
Matador is finally releasing a series of these shadow albums. The first, naturally, is *The Secret History Vol. 1*, collecting the songs that got away during the era of Slanted and Enchanted, which Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg and Gary Young recorded on the cheaper-than-cheap in January 1991. *Secret Slanted History* collects gems from Peel Sessions ("Kentucky Cocktail," "Circa 1762") and seven-inches ("Baptist Blacktick") as well as live slop from the first European tours, with Mark Ibold and Bob Nastanovich in the fold. Some are outtakes from *Slanted*-imagine leaving these tunes off your first album, when as far as you know or imagine, it's your *only* album. These tracks (some of which had never been rumored among Pavement freaks) came out on the 2002 *Slanted and Enchanted* reissue. But they've never been separately available as an album in their own right, and many of them have never been on vinyl before.
The rarities collected here could have been-or maybe even should have been-cobbled together into a quickie stopgap album, a Slantedsequel.LP1
1. Sue Me Jack
2. So Stark (You're A Skyscraper)
3. Summer Babe (7 Version)
4. Mercy Snack: The Laundromat
5. Baptiss Blacktick
6. My First Mine
7. Nothing Ever Happens
8. Here (Alternative Mix)
9. Greenlander
10. Circa 1762 (Peel Session 1)
11. Kentucky Cocktail (Peel Session 1)
12. Secret Knowledge Of Backroads (Peel Session 1)
13. Here (Peel Session 1)
14. Rain Ammunition (Peel Session 2)
15. Drunks With Guns (Peel Session 2)
LP2
1. Ed Ames (Peel Session 2)
2. The List Of Dorms (Peel Session 2)
3. Conduit For Sale [Live Brixton 1992]
4. Fame Throwa [Live Brixton 1992]
5. Home [Live Brixton 1992]
6. Perfume-V [Live Brixton 1992]
7. Summer Babe [Live Brixton 1992]
8. Frontwards [Live Brixton 1992]
9. Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent [Live Brixton 1992]
10. Two States [Live Brixton 1992]
11. No Life Singed Her [Live Brixton 1992]
12. So Stark (You're A Skyscraper) [Live Brixton 1992]
13. Box Elder [Live Brixton 1992]
14. Baby Yeah [Live Brixton 1992]
15. In The Mouth A Desert [Live Brixton 1992]$24.99Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed Buy Now -
Live Evolution Lost (Out of Stock) Quick View
$69.99Live Evolution Lost (Out of Stock)
Green, Blue, and Red Colored Vinyl Box Set
Live Evolution Lost: The 13th Floor Elevators Live at the Houston Music Theatre is the first ever release of the complete performance of the band's legendary show from 18th February 1967.
The trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the first "psychedelic" rock album in America, transforming culture throughout the 1960s and beyond. Formed in late 1965 in a small town in Texas by Electric Jug playing Tommy Hall, guitarist & vocalist Roky Erickson, guitarist Stacy Sutherland they were joined by bass player Benny Thurman, and drummer John Ike Walton; at a time where Baptist and Mormon preachers fought for the population's spiritual wellbeing, and Country & Western music filled the bars on a Saturday night. Out of these conflicting extremes, the Elevators were born and began making a name for themselves in the burgeoning music scene in Austin, Texas.
Though Roky Erickson was the frontman, the group's sound and philosophy were created by the unpredictable & impulsive Tommy Hall. The Elevators followed their own spiritual cosmic route searching for a new path to enlightenment whilst all the while creating a reputation for excess. The band developed a sound that merged garage-punk and psychedelic experimentation. Their music, from the beginning, played and created under the influence of LSD, was raw, ambitious and hugely experimental with Sutherland's pioneering use of reverb and echo, and bluesy, acid-drenched guitar mixed with Tommy Hall's innovative electric jug 'psychedelic rock' was conceived.
A three album edition, on green, blue and red heavyweight vinyl, which for the first time features the whole of the Elevators' historic gig on 18th February 1967 at the Houston Music Theatre. It catches the band with its classic line-up before the release of 'Easter Everywhere' and is the only known complete recording of an Elevators' gig, and the latest to survive. Mastered by Sonic Boom and put together by band expert Paul Drummond, it includes one reel unissued for over forty-five years.LP1
SIDE A
1. (I've Got) Levitation
2. Roller Coaster
3. Fire Engine
4. Reverberation (Doubt)
SIDE B
1. Don`t Fall Down
2. Tried To Hide
3. Splash 1
4. You`re Gonna Miss Me
5. Monkey Island
LP2
SIDE C
1. Kingdom Of Heaven
2. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
3. Jam Intro
4. Jam 1 - Roll Over Blue Suede Blues Jam
SIDE D
1. Jam 2 - Backwards Evolution Jam
2. Jam 3 - Ed`s Esoteric Jazz Jam
LP3
SIDE E
1. Jam 4 - (It's All Over Now) Baby Blue Jam
2. Jam 5 - She Lives Jam
3. Jam 6
SIDE F
Screen Print$69.99Colored Vinyl LP Box Set - 3 LPs Sealed Temporarily out of stock
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