I know I covered Soul Asylum in this space not too long ago, but I just couldn't resist sharing this delightful cover (Soul Asylum's take on a much-parodied Herb Alpert album cover) with you all, and with another legendary Minneapolis band in the news today, it seemed like as good a time as any. Everything I could say about this release is covered in the very helpful DJ comments, so let's just get to it, shall we?
"Point #1: This came out last year in the UK, w/3 orig. & 3 covers. This version drops 2 of the covers & replaces them with rerecordings of 2 early SA songs (2-1 & 2-3). Sounds like they've regressed even further into their '70s roots, esp. on side 2. Point #2: The cover, front and back, is a parody of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights, which had a nude woman sitting in a mountain of whipped cream." "Did they get dumped from A&M?" "They're still on A&M, but TwinTone had the rights to this before they signed to A&M. A&M doesn't seem too happy w/them though. (Thank God.)" "Looks like lox spread to me." "Right on!" "'P-9' is great." |
Listening to The Long Ryders for the first time, it's not clear to me that they should have been lumped in with the Paisley Underground bands of the '80s (covered previously in this Rain Parade post). They definitely had '60s influences, but as far as I can tell they were much more a country-rock b…
