COMPLETE MONO & STEREO VERSIONS

2014 Reissue of the BEATLES' original US releases. Features both the MONO & STEREO mixes in one cool, mini LP sleeve...

2014 Reissue of the BEATLES' original US releases. Features both the MONO & STEREO mixes in one cool, mini LP sleeve...

Crazy box set featuring the Original US releases of the BEATLES albums in cool mini LP sleeves. Features first time presses of several US versions on CD as well as both MONO & STEREO mixes for all but one of the records!

EARLY PRESSING, MADE IN WEST GERMANY FOR USA

FRED BIGOT has become known for his ELECTRONICAT guise, but his records under his own name eschew any pop trimmings in favor of extreme stereo grinding, threatening to cleave the listener's mind in two. Although this is a very sonically adventurous record, it's also a very enjoyable one--just try to listen to BIGOT's murky glam-shuffle bulldozing without nodding your head--you can't do it, cuz it's made by rockers for rockers. Most of these tracks were culled from two 12-inches (the "spiral" ones) with outtakes that will take you into new realms of heaviness. OUTSTANDING MUSIC that will be on this reviewer's TOP 10 OF 2009!!!

As far as contemporary comparisons go, Bristol's IDLES hews most closely to Detroit band PROTOMARTYR. These similarities are pretty striking, both in terms of the bands' sonic qualities (both have punchy and muscular rhythm sections joined with feedback wall guitars and pointed shout-speak vocals) and in terms of thematic subjects (alienation, anti-capitalist disillusionment, navigating toxic masculine tendencies). What really separates these two bands - apart from nationality - is their outlook. Whereas PROTOMARTYR's music is dour, IDLES seeks to provide their audience with uplift, and both of these expressions of our modern existence can be poignant and evocative, just in radically different ways. "Ultra Mono" continues right where "Joy as an Act of Resistance" left off, joining pummeling riffs with anthemic declarations of self-love. Whether that speaks to you is reflected in your own emotional life. And if so, this is another deeply rewarding IDLES LP.

NOT METAL IN THE METAL SECTION ALERT! Thomas Jager is the singer of the Swedish doom band MONOLORD & this record is a far cry from the heavy sounds of the band. The songs are mostly just acoustic guitar & vocal with some synthesizer with some psychedelic vibes.