MY DAD IS DEAD - The Taller You Are Shorter You Get -2x Lp - 1989 - 1st Press
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1st Press. Vinyl is Excellent and Cover is VG+ with insert.
NOTES:Actually the work of a person rather than a band, My Dad Is Dead’s voluminous output has plainly explored the troubled waters of the soul, both personal and philosophical. Under his open-to-misinterpretation nom de disc, Cleveland (later transplanted to North Carolina) singer-writer-one-man-band Mark Edwards makes music whose appeal lies largely in its matter-of-fact handling of trauma. Growing steadily in fluency and confidence, Edwards, who writes, plays and sings with instrumental and vocal help from a floating gene pool of Cleveland musicians (Prisonshake’s Chris Burgess has also produced the bulk of his recordings), makes records that are as comforting as they are harrowing. The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get (a double LP) is simultaneously Edwards’ most ambitious effort and his most accessible. The expanded format allows for some longer experimental tracks, most of which work out quite nicely; there’s even an almost-danceable instrumental, “Meep Meep.” Elsewhere, Edwards veers relatively close to the musical mainstream (hard rock on “Too Far Gone,” acoustic folk-rock on “Nothing Special”) with considerable success. His lyrics, meanwhile, have grown less morose and more philosophical, and he sings them with new-found expressiveness.
NOTE: Records are graded visually under bright lights only. I do listen to a short portion just to see if a record might have any overbearing surface noise or worse right off the bat. I usually won't list any lps under VG+ but do list some VG records. Grading is SS (Still Sealed)/ Near-Mint/ Excellent/ Very Good Plus/ Very Good.
I combine shipping for a discount when you buy more than 1 vinyl, CD or DVD. Will be listing lots of good stuff the next couple of days.
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