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Artist: Tom Verlaine |Label: Real Gone |Format: LP |Genre: Rock | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed
Tom Verlaine
Songs and Other Things
Real Gone Music 1701C – re-issue on limited “TEAL” vinyl
The true test of originality for any musician comes when you hear an instrument being played and you instantly know whos playing it. For electric guitarists, certainly Hendrix qualifies; Page and Clapton, too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen before the legion of imitators. You probably have your own list, but to us, standing toe-to-toe (or pick-to-pick) with those legends is Television guitarist and solo artist Tom Verlaine. His self-taught, jazz-influenced style, largely devoid of effects, and vibrato tone (oh, that tone!) makes any Verlaine solo unmistakably a Verlaine solo. That he was quite an accomplished, idiosyncratic songwriter is just a bonus. Real Gone Music is very, very proud to announce that we have arranged with the Verlaine estate to release Toms last three solo albums on LP; Songs and Other Things was the last record he released, in the same year as the all-instrumental Around. As the title indicates, this was indeed a return to lyrics and vocals, the first record with songs since 1990s The Wonder (although the first song, A Parade in Littletonone of the Other Thingsis a low-key, funky instrumental that would have been home on a late Talking Heads album). The time off clearly allowed Verlaine to build up a strong cache of compositions, with Nice Actress and The Earth Is in the Sky among the highlights. The record also marks a welcome return of Verlaines enigmatic lyrics, which as always prompt head scratching while somehow making intuitive sense. But in the end, its the amazing guitar workably supported by Fred Smith of Television fame and Jay Dee Daugherty of The Patti Smith Group among othersthat elevates Songs and Other Things to essential status, worthy of its exalted position as the final release of Tom Verlaines career. Bassist and original engineer Patrick Derivaz has mastered the album for its vinyl debut; Verlaines long-time partner Jutta Koether contributes notes. Teal vinyl pressing!
Track Listing
A Parade in Littleton
Heavenly Charm
Orbit
Blue LIght
From Her Fingers
Nice Actress
A Stroll
The Earth is In The Sky
Lovebird Asylum SeekerDocumentarySHingallingAll Weirded Out
The Day on You
Peace Piece
NEW SEALED – re-issue on limited “TEAL” vinyl
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