THE WHOLE ENCHILADA THE HISTORY OF DESERT ROCK 76-94 COMP LTD EDT SLD 3LP, 7"+BK

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – The Whole Enchilada: The History Of Desert Rock 1976-94. San Jacinto Records DRAM# 2064. Issued in 2021, though the release seems not to have become available until the end of April 2022. FACTORY SEALED MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE FORMAT:  3x VINYL RECORD LPs + bonus 45 + LP-size 70-page book + access code to view the documentary film by Maggie Rawling Smith (the access code insert card is [pictured lower left corner front] beneath the shrink wrap); hype sticker outside front. Pressing limited to 1,000 copies.

DESCRIPTION, largely furnished by the label:

From the mind of Rich Hopkins, co-founder and guitarist of the Sidewinders / Sand Rubies and one of Arizona’s most accomplished rock ’n’ roll exports, comes THE WHOLE ENCHILADA: The History of Desert Rock 1976-1994. This whopping three-LP + 70-page book + access to film multi-media set, a who’s-who anthology of Tucson, Arizona’s musical trailblazers — and its woefully overlooked — now arrives from the San Jacinto label.

Painstakingly compiled, THE WHOLE ENCHILADA is a veritable Tucson musical family tree, leading us from from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s, from the swoony Bob Meighan Band and the honky tonk of the Dusty Chaps (both of whom were signed by Capitol Records in the 1970’s) to international indie giants Green On Red (Serfers), Howe Gelb’s pre-Giant Sand 1970s electro-rock band Giant Sandworms, Naked Prey, Al Perry and The Cattle — as well as Desert Rock breakouts The Sidewinders, Yard Trauma, Black Sun Ensemble, and many more.

With varying styles covering honky tonk, power-pop, country and cow-punk, fusion, punk rock, eclectic and art-damaged, amped up bluegrass, blues and straight up sunbaked rock ’n’ roll, the album is full of pleasant surpirses (unsung country great Ned Sutton, for example), collectible rarities, popular numbers and outright gems you’ll wonder how you ever missed.

Accompanying the three-record set is a 70-page companion book with rare photos, obscure histories and anecdotes, and dozens of biographical essays by many of the artists themselves, plus others by writers, journalists, photographers and deejays, placing the reader centerstage at Desert Rock’s halcyon days — compiled by Tucson natives Brian Jabas Smith and Douglas “Fini” Finical.

In addition, this set includes a code that allows fans to view the 30-minute Whole Enchilada documentary, featuring a handful of stars and coulda-shouldas who are included in the LP/book project, helmed by film-fest winning director Maggie Smith.

For those familiar with the era and area, one listen will recall the tangy scent of monsoon-drenched mesquite trees; dark, top-down drives to Mexico; the murky interiors of neglected old-man-bars-turned-music-venues and all their jovial inmates.

TRACKS:

RECORD ONE – SIDE A:

      01)  Ned Sutton – The Real Me (2:35)

      02)  Chuck Wagon and the Wheels – Sonoran Bust (3:22)

      03)  Bob Meighan and Central Air – Only Living Son (3:44)

      04)  Howe Gelb – Curtis, John and Sue (5:02)

      05)  Los Lasers – Customs (4:32)

RECORD ONE – SIDE B:

      06)  Green on Red – Serfers (2:44)

      07)  The Pills – DC-10 (2:43)

      08)  Phantom Limbs – Suicide (5:07)

      09)  Giant Sandworms – Don’t Turn Away (3:40)

      10)  The Pedestrians – Elevator (3:50)

RECORD TWO – SIDE A:

      01)  Dusty Chaps – Heat Stroke (2:26)

      02)  Rainer (Ptacek) – Helping Hand (2:54)

      03)  Giant Sandworms – Cross of Wood (4:13)

      04)  Jonny Sevin – She’s Nobody's Friend (3:55)

      05)  Chris Boroughs and the Nationals – Last Call (2:39)

      06)  If – The Light (4:00)

RECORD TWO – SIDE B:

      06)  Naked Prey – No Place To Be (3:35)

      07)  Al Perry and the Cattle – El Dio (1:24)

      08)  Suzie Caruze and the Bandeliers – We Can Laugh (3:05)

      09)  Fish Karma – Sunnyslope (4:40)

      10)  The Freds – Too Scared (2:47)

      11)  Yard Trauma – No Conclusions (3:02)

RECORD THREE – SIDE A:

      01)  The Sidewinders – I’m Not With You Anymore (4:28)

      02)  River Roses – Last Light (5:31)

      03)  The Host – Easter Sunday (5:33)

      04)  Black Sun Ensemble - Blue For Rainer in C Minor (3:33)

RECORD THREE – SIDE B:

      05)  The New Drakes – Later On (3:58)

      06)  Brilliant Fools – Responsible (3:03)

      07)  Stefan George – I Ain’t Afraid (2:37)

      08)  Gila Bend – Steak House (4:07)

      09)  Brain Damage Orchestra – Time On My Hands (5:26)

BONUS 45 — both sides feature unreleased tracks:

      Side A:  Howe Gelb - Real Love

      Side B.  George Hawke - I Am Not Shy

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