BEIRUT Gulag Orkestar LP BA DA BING RECORDS 2006 US orig BING048
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THIS IS THE 2006 US ORIGINAL PRESSING on BA DA BING Records. STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER. The cover is in EX condition, normal wear but very light discolouration on right corners/right edge (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition [barely played] .
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BEIRUT
Eclectic indie rock and pop collective Beirut have combined styles ranging from the pre-rock vocal era and Eastern European Romani music to plaintive and whimsical indie folk with lo-fi psychedelic experimentations. The brainchild of American multi-instrumentalist Zach Condon, the project debuted in 2006 with Gulag Orkestar. After refining their sound over the next few albums while retaining a broad musical base, Beirut's fourth album, 2015's No No No, became their first effort to reach the Top 50 of the Billboard 200.
"GULAG ORKESTAR"
2006 LP BA DA BING RECORDS BING048
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 6 00197 00481 4
LABEL: BA DA BING - YELLOW LABEL - PLUM TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) BING048
Catalog on labels: none
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched [GOLDEN Stamped]): BING-048-A GOLDEN 14853.1 (2)
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched [GOLDEN Stamped]): BING-048-B GOLDEN 14853.2 (2)
On labels: Artist + Title + Tracklist
On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits
Distributed by Revolver USA
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The best album to come out of Albuquerque since the Shins decamped for the Pacific Northwest, the debut album by Beirut (aka New Mexico-born 19-year-old singer/songwriter Zach Condon) bears an immediate resemblance both to Denver's DeVotchKa and the current passions of the Athens, GA, crowd formerly associated with the Elephant 6 stable. Like DeVotchKa, Condon is heavily influenced by Eastern European folk music and, to a lesser extent, the mariachi trumpets and Latin rhythms of the desert Southwest: the songs on Gulag Orkestar are lousy with mandolins and similarly plinky members of the string instrument family, accordions, horns, and hand percussion clearly played with dramatic in-studio arm flourishes. But like the Athens folks (some of whom appear here in a supporting role, most notably A Hawk and a Hacksaw's Jeremy Barnes), Condon isn't interested in mere approximations of traditional forms. Condon and friends use the folk instruments primarily as really cool-sounding textures, exotic backdrops for Condon's melodic indie folk tunes and impressionistic lyrics. The lyrics, it must be said, are the album's most obvious flaw, clearly the work of a young, romantically inclined teen who has never been to Europe but has seen a lot of foreign art films about, like, Gypsies 'n' stuff. Ignore the clunky lyrics -- easy enough to do since Condon is an unexpectedly appealing singer with a rich, mellifluous voice that, no kidding, recalls the great bel canto crooners of the pre-rock era (along with a little Nick Cave) -- and Gulag Orkestar is an infinitely more appealing album...(AllMusic)
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