Giant Sand - Ramp - VINYL LP

Double pearl colored vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold jacket. Remixed and remastered under the supervision of Martin Phillipps, this expanded edition of The Chills' debut album is reissued for the first time in over 35 years. The newly mixed edition features additional rarities and unreleased tracks from The Chills vaults, along with brand new reimagined artwork by Martin Phillipps and a host of additional liner notes. Originally produced by Mayo Thompson (Pere Ubu/Red Krayola) and featuring standout tracks 'Wet Blanket', 'Night Of Chills Blue', this extended 18-track edition includes much-lauded tracks from the era, such as 'House With A Hundred Rooms' and the awesome 'Party In My Heart'. Part of the 80s extraordinarily vibrant and innovative independent music scene in New Zealand, The Chills became flag bearers, taking the Dunedin sound, as championed by the Flying Nun tag, to the world. Long recognised as one of New Zealand's most influential bands, Brave Words is a shining example of their unique sound and has been praised as a masterpiece by critics and fans alike Album Tracks 1. Push 2. Rain 3. Speak for Yourself 4. Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You 5. Wet Blanket 6. Ghosts 7. Dan Destiny and the Silver Dawn 8. Night of Chill Blue 9. 16 Heart-Throbs 10. Brave Words 11. Dark Carnival 12. Creep 13. The Oncoming Day 14. I Think I'd Thought of Nothing Else to Think About 15. House with a Hundred Rooms 16. Party in My Heart 17. Living in a Jungle 18. Rain (Alternate Instrumental Version)

Johnny Rivers - CHANGES / REWIND [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/05/2021

Recorded 25 years into their career, Giant Sand's 25th album is a gorgeous and much-celebrated collection of perfectly-crafted, personal songwriting from Howe Gelb. With the exception of one or two wonderfully abrupt and perfectly placed outbursts, it's a gentle rollercoaster traversing the inner thinking of the why's and wherefores of whatever, a meditation on time and the ageing process. Musing on the record, Howe Gelb explains InchOn this LP I show off an acquired appreciation for the simple lyric. Kinda haiku at times, like flamenco verse, or the blues. I can focus more as it's obvious there's only so much time left - that has a production value all it's own.Inch Highlighting their eclectic and esoteric career, this reissue celebrates the band's magnificent, long and winding career. This deluxe reissue features restored artwork and newly penned liner notes from MOJO's Dave Henderson. Giant Sand have been the primary outlet for the stylistic curveballs and sun-damaged songcraft of singer-songwriter Howe Gelb. In four plus decades he's managed to reinvent rock, country, blues, punk, garage, lo-fi, jazz, gospel, avant-garde noise and flamenco gypsy music with his impressionistic imagery and expansive observations of the world. Album Tracks 1. Fields of Green 2. Chunk of Coal 3. The Last One 4. Monk's Mountain 5. Spellbound 6. Ride the Rail 7. Lucky Star Love 8. Thin Line Man 9. No Tellin' 10. Brand New Swamp Thing 11. Erosion 12. Time Flies 13. Better Man Than Me 14. Love a Loser