Calexico - Spoke - VINYL LP

Since his 1987 Red House , I Know, introduced renowned artist John Gorka to the public, the Minnesotavia-New Jersey guitarist and songwriter's insight, wit and honesty has made him one of the most respected, beloved songwriters currently carrying on the folk tradition. With the insight that comes with hindsight, John has decided to share his very first studio sessions, a collection of songs recorded in Nashville at Cowboy Jack Clements' studio in 1985 with producer Jim Rooney (John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Iris Dement). Still finding his way, John decided to go a different direction and the sessions were never released. Before Beginning, The Unreleased I Know - Nashville, 1985, brings these never-before-heard, studio versions of John's earliest material to the public after three decades. Recorded spontaneously with a full band of top Nashville players - and Shawn Colvin and Lucy Kaplansky on harmony vocals- these sessions provide a fascinating look into the road not taken, an alternate musical direction this now well-known artist chose to forego. Featuring nine of the 12 songs that would be on his debut album I Know, there's also a full band version of InchGeza's Wailing Ways,Inch a track that first appeared in 1983 on a Fast Folk compilation. With extensive liner notes and reminiscences by Gorka, we see the seasoned songwriter, now 13 critically acclaimed albums into his career, revisiting his first foray into a professional studio as an aspiring 25-year-old. Even though it is an older recording, it's a fresh take on the songs, many considered Gorka's finest. Album Tracks 1. Down in the Milltown 2. Love Is Our Cross to Bear 3. Geza's Wailing Ways 4. I Know 5. Out of My Mind 6. Downtown Tonight 7. Blues Palace 8. Winter Cows 9. Branching Out 10. I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair

US only vinyl pressing of their album from 2000 of mariachi madness. Calexico's influences have traditionally come from sources as diverse as Portuguese Fado, 50's jazz, Gypsy or Romany music and it's offshoots, 60's surf and twang - from Link Wray to Duane Eddy - to the spaghetti western epics of Ennio Morricone, but this time, they were heading somewhere else. Fans of World, Folk, Pop, and Country love this band. Quarterstick 14 tracks. Records. 2008. Album Tracks 1. Picador 2. Ballad of Cable Hogue 3. Ritual Road Map 4. Fade 5. Sonic Wind 6. Muleta 7. Midtown 8. Service and Repair 9. Drenched 10. 16 Track Scratch 11. Tres Avisos 12. Hot Rail 13. Tres Avisos 14. Hot Rail

US LP pressing. 'Carried to Dust' is the sixth studio album from Joey Burnsand John Convertino's Calexico. Recorded at Wavelab Studiosin Tuscon, Arizona with long time collaborator Craig Schumacher, the album sees Calexico successfully bring together the rock orientated elements of their 2006 album 'Garden Ruin'with the classic Mexican inspired border town Americana that graced their early albums. 'Carried to Dust' also featuresguest spots from the likes of Iron and Wine's Sam Beam, Canadian singer Pieta Brown and Amparanoia's Amparo Sanchez. Album Tracks 1. Victor Jara's Hands 2. Two Silver Trees 3. News About William 4. Sarabande 5. Writer's Minor Holiday 6. Man Made Lake 7. Inspiracion 8. House of Vaparaiso 9. Slowness 10. Hole in Your Head (Bend in the Road) 11. Trigger (Revisited) 12. Tornado Watch 13. Falling from Sleeves 14. Red Blooms 15. Contention City