Clean, The - Oddities Vinyl US 2LP
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Clean, The - Oddities
Pressung Reissue BemerkungenAVAILABLE ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! Originally released on cassette in 1983. "It's interesting to note that by the time most folks in the northern hemisphere got out 1st taste of THE CLEAN (circa 1985), they all but packed it in. Yep, tis true. '85 was the year of the 1st great Kiwi invasion (vinyl wise) with the Flying Nun roster leading the way. And there was nary a dud to be found. And such wonderful & unusual names; Tall Dwarfs, Sneaky Feelings, The Puddle, Scorched Earth Policy & of course, The Clean. Their trio of 12" EPs were rabidly devoured by a curious & enthusiastic cognoscenti. You didn't buy one, you bought'em all. Same goes for the 7"ers. And there just wasn't enough. Not only of Clean records, but Clean material! Then one day in some long forgotten order came a copy of the 'Oddities' cassette. The sales rep had included it as a promo, claiming he couldn't shift'em (cassette love being at something of a nadir back then). 'I'll take whatever you got' was my reply. And I hadn't even played it yet. But I knew that even though it had gotten 'runted' out on to tape only format, there was no doubt it contained a treasure trove of aural gems. You couldn't help but think that 'Oddities' was to The Clean what 'Whatever Happens Next' was to Swell Maps. Which, more or less, is what it is. Recorded between 1980-82 'Oddities' is a thorough compendium of alternate takes, addled miscues, riffing zoners & back burner gems. Never easy to come by-even the cd version had scant distro through the 90's- this bunch of songs has been been tagged as 'the ones that got away'. But hold on there pard, this story ain't done. Cut to 2012 & the inimitable Austin label, Five Four O, has taken up the call & wrangled this behemoth of slippery Southern Psychedelia into the format it has always so richly deserved-THE DOUBLE LP. Housed is fetching & historical gatefold sleeve to boot."-Tom Lax (Kaffeklubben Island, Earth)
Typ 2LP Release 1983 Label 540 Records Tracklist 1 - Oddity 2 - Success Story 3 - Thumbs Off 4 - Getting Older 5 - Yellow Man 6 - End Of My Dream 7 - Platypus 8 - This Guy 9 - David Bowie 10 - Mudchucker Blues 11 - At The Bottom 12 - Hold Onto The Rail 13 - Inside Out 14 - Fats Domino 15 - Sad Eyed Lady 16 - Tell Me Why 17 - In The Back 18 - Band That Never Was 19 - Wheels Of Industry 20 - Point That Thing Dub 21 - Saftey At Home 22 - Lemmings 23 - Stylaphone Musicprice rating
