AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB Engine LP GRIFTER/FRONTIER 1987 US orig FLP 1023 MARK EITZEL
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AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB
DAN PEARSON, VUDI, TOM MALLON, MARK EITZEL, DAVE SCHEFF, MATT NORELLI, TIM VAUGHAN, CARLA FABRIZIO, BRIAN SCHINDELE
Undervalued but critically acclaimed American group with brilliant, often downbeat melodies, and clever lyrics.Although chosen for its deliberately nondescript qualities, in retrospect the name American Music Club was the perfect moniker for the lauded San Francisco-based band led by singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel: over the course of nine acclaimed albums, the group tied together the disparate strands of the American musical fabric, rock, folk, country, punk, even lounge schmaltz, into a remarkably distinct and riveting whole, creating a brilliant and cohesive body of work dappled by moments of haunting beauty and impenetrable darkness.Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1980 with the punk band the Naked Skinnies. After the band's breakup, he founded American Music Club in 1983
"ENGINE"
tracklisting (from label)
Side A: BIG NIGHT - OUTSIDE THIS BAR - AT MY MERCY - GARY'S SONG - NIGHTWATCHMAN
Side B: CLOUDS - ELECTRIC LIGHT - MOM'S TV - ART OF LOVE - ASLEEP - THIS YEAR
1987 LP GRIFTER / FRONTIER RECORDS FLP 1023PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 0 18633-1023-1 2
Label Code: none
LABEL: GRIFTER - BLACK (A) & WHITE (B) LABELS - WHITE TEXT (Side A)
Catalog on cover: (spine) FLP 1023
Catalog on label (Side A): FLP 1023
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): FLP-1023-A JG 24412 (3) (Stamped): kdisc
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): FLP-1023-B JG 24413 (3) (Stamped): kdisc
On label (Side A only): rim text reads "Grifter Records..........San Francisco CA. 94107 USA"
? & © 1987 Grifter Records ? & © 1987 Frontier Records. Manufactured by Frontier Records..........CA 91353
Produced by Tom Mallon
All selections written by AMC and published by Grifter Music (BMI)
Administered by Bug Music
On Back Cover: Produced by Tom Mallon
Recorded at Tom Mallon Studios FEB/Mar 1987
? & © 1987 Grifter Records ? & © 1987 Frontier Records
Manufactured by Frontier................applicable laws.
gradingRECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
AMC's sophomore release marks a significant advancement over The Restless Stranger, and offers more than a few of the band's definitive moments. Much of the due credit goes to producer Tom Mallon, who arranges the record with an intuitive grasp of the anatomical make-up of Mark Eitzel's burgeoning songcraft; the rest of the credit belongs to Eitzel himself, who offers up some of his first truly great compositions. Chief among them is "Outside This Bar," a chilling portrait of the hermetically sealed comforts of the drinking life...(AllMusic)
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