The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms - VINYL LP

After 19 years, The Feelies are back with Here Before an album of new original material. With founding members Glenn Mercer and Bill Million is line up first featured on 1986's THE GOOD EARTH Brenda Sauter, Stanley Demeski and Dave Weckerman. The new album touches on different styles from The Feelies' long history while adding new musical ideas to the mix.

It took The Feelies six years to create the Good Earth, their follow-up album to Crazy Rhythms. The album was co-produced by Feelies co-captains Glenn Mercer and Bill Million along with REM's Peter Buck who was a Feelies admirer since his days as a record store clerk. The Good Earth was an early on Coyote Records the tag started by Steve Fallon of Maxwell's in Hoboken where the group became one of the club's most popular acts. The Good Earth featured the line-up that continues to this day. The album is an interesting mix of layered acoustic and electric guitars and their signature percussion sound. Bonus material including demos, b-sides and new live recordings will be included via download cards inserted in the LP and CD versions.

Vinyl LP pressing. This new edition has been expertly mastered by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering from the original stereo tapes using precision half-speed mastering. Half-speed mastering is a vinyl cutting technique that improves groove accuracy and transient information creating an incredibly detailed stereo image with a natural high frequency response. Released in October 1983, InchNorth Of A MiracleInch was Nick Heyward's first solo album after leaving Haircut 100. Produced by Geoff Emerick (The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Badfinger, Art Garfunkel, America, Supertramp and many more), the album features the hits InchTake That SituationInch, InchWhistle Down The WindInch, InchBlue Hat For A Blue DayInch and InchOn A SundayInch. The album went on to sell over 100,000 copies in the UK, earning a Gold Disc Award. The album features the top sessions players of the time, including Pino Palladino, Steve Nieve, Dave Mattacks and Tim Renwick.