Better Than Ezra Friction Baby Clear Vinyl LP (Near Mint)

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This title was a runner up in a past voting round and Run Out Groove's  partnership with Qrates allows them to make this and other limited edition  pre-order titles. All of the production work is handled at Record Industry in  the Netherlands so fans can expect the high level of quality they have come to  expect from other Run Out Groove titles.

First vinyl reissue since original release in 1996! Second hand copies are rare  and expensive. Pressed on 140g clear vinyl with lacquers cut at Record Industry  in the Netherlands.

Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band from New Orleans. They  formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge and the current band consists of Kevin Griffin  (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass) and Michael Jerome (drums). The band  has issued 8 studio albums from 1988 to present. They are best known for their  1993 platinum album, "Deluxe" and the single "Good" from 1995, which hit #1 on  the Hot Modern Rocks Tracks charts. The four original members - Griffin,  Drummond, drummer Cary Bonnecaze and guitarist Joel Rundell formed when they all  attended Louisiana State University. The band refuses to disclose the origin of  its name although many theories continue to float around. The band circulated a  demo tape in 1988 called the Chimes Street demo. While not official, the demo is  sought after by fans and traded by collectors. In 1990 they released the  cassette-only album, "Surprise."

Tragedy hit the band in 1990, when their lead guitarist, Joel Rundell committed  suicide on August 8 of that year. The band took some time off but reunited as a  three piece at the end of the year and played house parties and colleges across  the South. They released their first nationally-distributed album, Deluxe, in  1993 on Swell Records which ended up helping to gain the attention of major  labels and radio. The band signed with Elektra Records in 1995 and the label  rereleased Deluxe in 1995 and the single, "Good," reached #1 on the Hot Modern  Rock Tracks chart which helped get the album to platinum status by the end of  the year. Success came fast and furious. Tom Drummond was later quoted as  saying, "It took us seven years to get signed and then seven weeks to get to  #1." After the success of Deluxe, drummer Cary Bonnecaze left and was replaced  by Travis McNabb.

Better Than Ezra released their second major label album, Friction Baby, in 1996  and the record produced the hits "Desperately Wanting" and "King Of New  Orleans".

Features:
• Strict One Time Pressing! Very Limited Quantities
• 140g Vinyl
• Clear Vinyl
• Pressed at Record Industry/Netherlands
• Direct to board jacket

Selections:
Side One:
1. King Of New Orleans
2. Rewind
3. Long Lost
4. Normal Town
5. Scared, Are You?
6. Return Of The Post Moderns
7. Hung The Moon
Side Two:
1. Desperately Wanting
2. Still Life With Cooley
3. WWOZ
4. Happy Endings
5. Speeding Up To Slow Down
6. At CH DEGAULLE, Etc.