punk LP GUN CLUB “Miami” on ANIMAL orig U.S. PRESS KBD shrink ‘82 NM

$

40

Artist:  THE GUN CLUB

Title:   “Miami”

Label:   ANIMAL RECORDS  ~ APE 6001.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is white with black text. 

Year:  1982.

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:   NEAR MINT in original factory shrink wrap, with original retail price sticker affixed to the shrink wrap.  Flawless front and back panels.  Excellent seams and corners.  Small cut-out notch at the bottom of the spine.  No writing, stickers, or other problems.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display. 

Review:

“The sophomore record by the Gun Club bore the curse of having to follow a monolith of their own making.  Fire of Love sold extremely well for an independent; it was a favorite of virtually every critic who heard it in 1981.  Miami showcased a different lineup as well.  Ward Dotson replaced Congo Powers (temporarily, at least) on guitar, and there were a ton of guest performances, including Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.  Stein produced the album.  Off the bat the disc suffers from a thin mix.  Going for a rougher sound, Stein left the instruments at one level and boosted Pierce's vocal.  There is plenty of guitar here, screaming and moping like a drunken orphan from the Texas flatlands, but next to its predecessor it sounds drier and reedier.  Ultimately it hardly matters.  Going for a higher, more desolate sound, frontman and slide player Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band were literally on fire.  The songs here, from "Carry Home," "Like Calling Up Thunder," "Devil in the Woods," "Watermelon Man," "Bad Indian," and "Texas Serenade," among others, centered themselves on a mutant form of country music that met the post-punk ethos in the desert, fought and bloodied each other, and decided to stay together.  This is hardcore snake-charming music (as in water moccasins not cobras), evil, smoky, brash, and libidinally uttered.  Their spooky version of an already creepy tune by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Run Through the Jungle" runs the gamut from sexual nightmare to voodoo ritual gone awry.  Finally, Pierce and company pull out all the roots and reveal them for what they are: "John Hardy," is a squalling punk-blues, with the heart of the country in cardiac arrest.  Dotson proved to be a fine replacement for Congo Powers, in that his style was pure Telecaster country (à la James Burton) revved by the Rolling Stones and Johnny Thunders.  Miami was given a rough go when it was issued for its production.  But in the bird's-eye view of history its songs stack up, track for track, with Fire of Love and continue to echo well into this long good night.”

(courtesy Thom Jurek, allmusic.com.)

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Carry Home
• Like Calling Up Thunder
• Brother and Sister
• Run Through the Jungle
• Devil in the Woods
• Texas Serenade 
  

Side Two:

• Watermelon Man
• Bad Indian
• John Hardy
• Fire of Love
• Sleeping in Blood City
• Mother of Earth

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