BEAT HAPPENING Dreamy LP SUB POP 1991 US orig+gray marbled SP98 CALVIN JOHNSON

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Beat Happening was among the truly seminal and influential American bands of the post-punk era, 

a paragon of pop minimalism, rebellious innocence, and indie defiance. The linchpin 

of the Olympia, Washington-based International Pop Underground, they adopted a stance 

in direct opposition to the accepted norms at the heart of rock music; ignoring all notions 

of pretense, professionalism, and stardom, Beat Happening created an unorthodox, 

raw sound that democratically rotated vocal, guitar, and drum duties between members 

while jettisoning bass altogether. Dropping their last names to further emphasize their 

everyman approach, members Calvin (Johnson), Heather (Lewis), and Bret (Lunsford) 

expressed simple truths and simple emotions with simple music, favoring off-key, 

tuneless vocals and three-chord primitivism over slick, processed packaging; implicit 

in their work was also a rejection of major-label trappings, as the group steadfastly 

remained with K Records, Calvin's self-owned imprint and a model of D.I.Y. indie success

"DREAMY"

Produced by Steve Fisk

1991       LP     SUB POP RECORDS     SP 98  

PRINTED IN U.S.A.   ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

LIMITED EDITION GRAY MARBLED VINYL

[Later pressings on Sub Pop on black & turquoise vinyl, then repressed on K label]

STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER     

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: (text) 0 98787-0098-1 1

LABEL: SUP POP - WHITE LABELS w/ARTWORK on SIDE B - RED TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) sp 98 

Catalog on labels: (Side B only) sp 98

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched & Stamped): SP-98-A   kdisc   L-37078 

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched & Stamped): SP-98-B   kdisc   L-37078X

On labels: (Side A) tracklist

(Side B) rim text reads "sp 98 © 1991 Beat Happening   ?1991 sub/pop"

On Back Cover: Produced by Steve Fisk

for information on other Beat Happening releases:

K box 7154 Olympia, Wash......

tracklisting

Side A: ME UNTAMED - LEFT BEHIND - HOT CHOCOLATE BOY

I'VE LOST YOU - CRY FOR A SHADOW

Side B: COLLIDE - NANCY SIN - FORTUNE COOKIE PRIZE

REVOLUTION COME AND GONE - RED HEAD WALKING

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR MINT but (please, see pictures and read above description)

A stunning return to form, Dreamy reprises the dark aggression of the preceding Black Candy, 

but brings to the table a significantly stronger and more assured collection of songs. 

Measuring Calvin Johnson's increasingly menacing lead turns with Heather Lewis' more 

wistful contributions, the album strikes a careful balance between maturity and naïveté; 

for all of their ragged minimalism, tracks like "Collide," "Revolution Come and Gone," 

and "Me Untamed" are remarkably sophisticated and assured. And in addition to the 

newfound sexiness of cuts like "Nancy Sin" and "Red Head Walking," there's also 

a renewed sense of emotional urgency -- Heather's beguiling "Fortune Cookie Prize" 

is one of the group's most buoyant love songs, while the mournful "Cry for a Shadow" 

exposes the tenderness beneath Calvin's tough-guy veneer...(AllMusic)