Gone Fishin' - Matt Piucci & Tim Lee ‎– Can't Get Lost When You're Goin' Nowhere [LP] (1986, Restless Records)

 

This album is a collaborative effort by Rain Parade's Matt Piucci and Tim Lee of The Windbreakers, and it's a decidedly mixed endeavor. While the sound quality is good and some of the songs are decent, the album also has its share of less effective tunes, pedestrian solo break sections, and at times joltingly sloppy ensemble playing. Highlights include "Touch the Gold," twith its rasping bluesy singing and spare arrangement featuring twangy slide guitar and clipped organ; "Lift It Up," with its almost shouted vocal, fuzz rock guitar, and chorus-only vintage-garage-band-sounding keyboards and drums; and two acoustic singer-songwriter style numbers, "Take a Left" and "Too Many Eyes," the latter exhibiting an especially yearning, if squarish, melodiousness. R.E.M.'s musical influence on this album is never too far from the surface and is especially noticeable on the ringing guitar track "Charlie Jones." This is a respectable, if not essential, recording. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

 

Label: Restless Records ‎– 72126-1 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US, Netherlands, Spain

Released: 1986 

Style: Alternative Rock, Paisley Underground

 

Tracklist:

A1 No Rapture 4:12 

A2 All You Want 3:16 

A3 Home 4:00 

A4 Charlie Jones 4:47 

A5 Take A Left 2:01 

B1 Touch The Gold 3:21 

B2 Lift It Up 3:59 

B3 Too Many Eyes 3:10 

B4 Something Happened 4:08 

B5 Something Better 5:42 

 

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Opal – Early Recordings Volume 2 [CD, Unofficial] (No Date, Rough Trade)

Opal were an American rock band in the 1980s. They were part of the Paisley Underground musical style. The group formed in the mid-'80s under the name Clay Allison, featuring guitarist David Roback (previously of Rain Parade), bassist Kendra Smith (from Dream Syndicate) and drummer Keith Mitchell. After one single, they released the remaining Clay Allison tracks under the band's new name, Opal, on the 1984 'Fell from the Sun' EP. Another EP, 'Northern Line', followed in 1985. These EPs were later compiled and released as 'Early Recordings'. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

Label: Rough Trade – RTCD129B 

Format: CD, Compilation, Unofficial Release 

Country: UK 

Style: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Paisley Underground, Dream Pop

Tracklist:

1 My Canyon Memory 5:00 

2 Sisters Of Mercy 4:21 

3 Sailing Boats 6:02 

4 Vespers 0:42 

5 Lisa's Funeral 6:51 

6 This Town 6:02 

7 Freight Train 1:59 

8 Wintertime 3:15 

9 Little Bit Of Rain 2:30 

10 What You've Done 3:37 

11 Cherry Jam 8:27 

12 Indian Summer 3:09 

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Opal - Early Recordings [CD] (1989, Rough Trade)

While Opal's 'Happy Nightmare Baby' is more representative of the group's richly textured brand of neo-psychedelia, the stripped-down 'Early Recordings' compilation is an even better example of David Roback and Kendra Smith's remarkable songcraft. Released in the wake of the group's breakup, the album collects the majority of tracks from the 'Fell From the Sun' and 'Northern Line' EPs, along with a handful of outtakes and unreleased cuts, all spotlighting Opal's more subdued, acoustic-folk side. Peeling away the mystical haze which enshrouded 'Happy Nightmare Baby', the songs are plaintive and stark, exposing the emotional complexity at the band's core -the wistful "Empty Box Blues" and the haunting "Harriet Brown," both previously unissued, are unmatched in their beauty and grace. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Rough Trade ‎– ROUGH CD128 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: 1989 

Style: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Paisley Underground, Neo-Psychedelia, Dream Pop, Slowcore, Alt-Country

Tracklist:

1 Empty Box Blues 4:19 

2 She's A Diamond 2:58 

3 My Only Friend 4:01 

4 Empty Bottles 2:02 

5 Grains Of Sand 5:48 

6 Brigit On Sunday 5:13 

7 Northern Line 4:40 

8 Strange Delight 1:42 

9 Fell From The Sun 4:36 

10 Harriet Brown 3:59 

11 Lullabye 7:09 

12 All Souls 2:22 

13 Hear The Wind Blow 3:01 

Credits: 

Producer – David Roback 

Notes: 

Track 13 is a Bonus track for the CD edition. 

Mastered by Nimbus 

Other Versions:  

'Early Recordings' ‎(Cass, Comp) Rough Trade ROUGH US 53 C US 1989 

'Early Recordings' ‎(LP, Comp) Rough Trade, Rough Trade Records GmbH ROUGH 128, RTD 138 UK & Europe 1989 

'Early Recordings' ‎(CD, Comp) Rough Trade ROUGH US 53 CD US 1989 

'Early Recordings' ‎(LP, Comp) Rough Trade ROUGH US 053 US 1989 

'Early Recordings' ‎(LP, Comp, TP, W/Lbl) Rough Trade, Rough Trade Records GmbH ROUGH 128, RTD 138 UK 1989 

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