BILL FOX - Shelter From The Smoke 2xLP Guided by Voices Dylan Lo-Fi EX/NM vinyl
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BILL FOX - Shelter From The Smoke 2xLP
Rare long out of print vinyl reissue on SCAT Records, 2009. Jacket is EX (2 very slight corner dings, otherwise perfect). LPs are NM. Played no more than once and stored. Comes with download card.
Scat Records offers up a definitive edition of Bill Fox's debut solo disc, Shelter from the Smoke, back in print after more than half a decade. Originally self-released in 1997 and reissued the following year by SpinArt, both previous versions featured different tracklists. This edition includes all songs from both versions, as well as the two tracks from a scarce 1996 Scat 7-inch.
Track Listings
Over and Away She Goes
Appalachian Death Sigh
Sara Page
Lonesome Pine
Get Your Workingman's Things
Let in the Sun
Way Way Down
Singin' a Melody
I'm Not Over Loving You
Junked Lot Serenade
Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel
You Can Tell Me All Night Long
Let's Be Buried Together
Love Ain't No Feeling
Brittany Goes Right Down
A Little More
Since I've Been Gone
Baystorm
Bird of the World
I May Never Know
Andnowagain
Grand-Ville Blues
Don't Lean on My Door, Fever
A true gem of a folk-rock album, Shelter from the Smoke originally appeared on the obscure Cherry Pop imprint in 1997. Those who heard the 15-track album found its exceptional assortment of original tunes worthy of high praise, but, of course, very few came across the title. The Spin Art label provides a second opportunity for the uninitiated to sample the skills of former power-popper Fox (he led the '80s Cleveland band the Mice). Fans of classic Byrds, early Dylan, and even '90s lo-fi of the Sebadoh and Chris Knox variety will find Shelter to be a revelation. Kicking off with the infectious "Over and Away She Goes," Fox conjures up melodies that feel fresh yet familiar and fleshes them out with evocative couplets. Fox has an intimate vocal style that's complemented by his own guitar and harmonica plus judicious small-ensemble embellishments. In the end, he's something of an updated American Billy Bragg, albeit one working with a much more limited recording budget. But Shelter shows he came up with enough bucks to record one keen collection. --Steven Stolder
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