FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ The Shadow Of Your Smile LP SUB POP 1995 US orig SP306
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FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ
JOHN CONVERTINO, VAN CHRISTIAN, TOM LARKINS, JOEY BURNS, plus HOWE GELB, BRIDGET KEATING, CRAIG SCHUMACHER
A Southwestern alternative rock supergroup of sorts, Arizona's Friends of Dean Martinez features past and present members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey. Giant Sand leader Howe Gelb, though not a member of the group, plays guest keyboards on their debut album, The Shadow of Your Smile, a surprisingly retro set of guitar-based instrumentals inspired by instrumental and surf rock of the late '50s and early '60s. With plenty of lounge music and desert country guitar twang thrown in, it's certainly retro in feel, but not revivalist; with Bill Elm's keening steel guitar at the forefront and occasional insertions of found sound and experimental bits, they evoke open dusty landscapes with wit and, one suspects, a bit of tongue-in-cheek irony. At any rate, it's a refreshing change from the often too-serious alternative rock paths that the musicians pursue in their full-time bands
"THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE"
Produced by Craig Schumacher and Friends Of Dean Martinez
1995 LP SUB POP RECORDS SP306
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 0 98787-0306-1 7
LABEL: SUP POP - BLACK LABEL w/ARTWORK - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) SP306
Catalog on labels: SP 306
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SP-306-A 37440(2) ..._
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SP-306-B 37441(2) ..._
Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): GOLDEN
On labels: All songs except.....administered by Bug Music
On Back Cover: Recorded at: Wavelab Studio......Tuscon, AA 85705.
Recorded April '95
© ? 1995 Sub Pop Records......Seattle, WA 98102
Printed in Canada (circled, bottom right)
tracklisting
Side A: ALL THE PRETTY HORSES - I WISH YOU LOVE - HOUSE OF PIES
CHUNDER - ARMORY PARK / DWELL - EL TIRADITO - GIVEN THE TIME
Side B: SWAMP COOLER - BLOOD OF THE EARTH - MISTY - UGLY BEAUTY
THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE - PER SEMPRE
grading
RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
A post-modern fusion of Santo & Johnny, Dick Dale and the Ventures, with a heaping side order of Tex-Mex border music.
Whether or not the musicians are playing this straight or not, they're playing it very well, and the result is good fun, even
if it's totally uncharacteristic of the material offered by the Giant Sand/Naked Prey axis in the past...(AllMusic)
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