GIANT SANDWORMS White Vinyl NM/VG+ 1980 rare Howe Gelb 1st recording ARIZONA
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FIRST RECORDINGS BY 

HOWE GELB 

on UNIQUE 5-SONG-EP 

featuring...

!! White Vinyl !! 

- and - 

!! Extended/Oversized Cover !!  

- and - 

!! Original Zip-Lock Bag (uh, true) !!  


Giant Sandworms story...

Giant Sandworms

Howe Gelb (guitar, keyboards, electronics, bass, vocals)

Dave Seger (bass, guitars, vocals)

Billy Sedlmayer (drum kit, vocals)

Rainer Ptacek (guitars, wammy bar, background vocals)


Tracklist

From Lost In the Grooves:

Taking his cues from the new wave/ power pop sounds of the day, Gelb assumes a variety of personas for the EP's five tracks, ranging from Bryan Ferry to Mark Mothersbaugh. Certainly fast, if not furious, 'Electro-gospel' sets the rapid chord-changing trend with chugging riffs, a tight rhythm section and deft organ fills. standout 'Me and My Rocket', plays down the frantic, new wavey guitars in favour of some wonderfully rich organ textures, and sees Gelb give a perfectly respectable turn as David Byrne(!). And whilst the horribly straight-laced 'Lipstick Criminals' lets things down somewhat, 'Steadfast' closes things in style by slowly building up to a grinding climax, helped by well-placed piano throughout and some subtle electronics.


FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Giant Sandworms (now called Giant Sand, also currently recording as Giant Giant Sand) is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The current name (Giant Sand) is shortened from the original 'Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years — at times with each album.

Members have included keyboardist Chris Cacavas (of Green on Red), bassist Paula Jean Brown (who was briefly a member of The Go-Go's and was married to Gelb at the time), Mark Walton (of The Dream Syndicate and Continental Drifters), drummer Tom Larkins (later to become a Jonathan Richman sideman), and Iain Shedden, drummer with Australian band The Saints. 

A1

Electro-Gospel

Written-By – Gelb

2:57

A2

Mexican Eyes

Written-By – Sed, Seger

2:29

A3

Me And My Rocket

Written-By – Gelb

3:48

B1

Lipstick Criminals

Written-By – Seger

2:34

B2

Steadfast

Written-By – Gelb

5:20




Giant Sandworms EP is very difficult to find and historically important.

COVER: VG+  Oversize made it impossible to store w/o some bending (see photo) but everything except for top part of cover is NM+
RECORD:  Clean in its white-vinyl-awesomeness. NM+

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