Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar 2LP (Mint Factory Sealed Vinyl
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Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar 2LP (Mint Factory Sealed Vinyl.Red House Painters include: Mark Kozelek (vocals).Engineers: Mark Needham, Billy Anderson.Recorded at Record Two, Mendocino Comptche, California; Hyde Street Studios and Polk Street Recording, San Francisco, California.Throughout the '90s, the Red House Painters established themselves as the bedroom poet princes, a quieter, more retiring take on American Music Club's self-loathing avant-folk-rock. While BLUE GUITAR still bears strong traces of the gentle, acoustic Tim Buckley/Nick Drake style that was the band's early trademark, it's also their most aggressive album. The mood is relentlessly downbeat as usual, and soft acoustic ballads like "Have You Forgotten" are standard Painters fare, but the boys have seemingly been listening to a lot of Crazy Horse-era Neil Young as well. "Make Like Paper" is full of crunchy, distorted guitar, with that desert hallucination feel that's so prevalent in Young's '70s work.The band continues its tradition of unusual cover tunes, with completely unironic and shockingly effective deconstructions of the Cars's "All Mixed Up," Wings's "Silly Love Songs," and Yes's "Long Distance Runaround." There's even an upbeat country-ish tune ("I Feel The Rain Fall"). All this stylistic diversity makes BLUE GUITAR the group's most varied and endearing album.About this productProduct IdentifiersRecord LabelIslandUPC0602547408334eBay Product ID (ePID)22046054299Product Key FeaturesArtistRed House PaintersFormatRecordRelease Year2015Release TitleSongs Fora Blue GuitarGenreRockDimensionsItem Length12.45 inItem Height0.36 inItem Width12.36 inItem Weight1.01lb.Additional Product FeaturesLabelIslNumber of Discs2NotesDouble vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Red House Painter's 1996 alternative classic Songs for a Blue Guitar was a fan and critic favorite. It is effectively a Mark Kozelek solo album, since no other members of the band are listed in the liner notes. The album introduced heavier, electric guitar driven rock to their sound in songs like "Make Like Paper", and Kozelek's cover of Paul McCartney & Wings' "Silly Love Songs". Recorded while still under contract to the Painters' original label, 4AD, the label chose not to release the album and released the band from their contract. The album also features a cover of Yes' 1971 hit "Long Distance Runaround".
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