RANDY & THE GOATS

On The Lam

Broken 104040 RARE '81 private Albany NY loner garage psych folk. I was friends with Randy (RIP). He made this LP at the height of punk and paid no attention to the trends of the day. A "REAL PEOPLE" effort that works in so many ways. I started selling his LP in the late 80's on my mail order catalog...soon many customers and other dealers were buying and trying and the legend built. Before Mark (aka Randy) suddenly passed away  a number of years ago, he dropped by the shop, thanked me for drawing international "underground" attention to the LP and sold me what was left of his SEALED stash. Here are a couple reviews from other publications:
"Although he's from Albany, Randy Would sounds like he's spent at least 10 years hanging out in the wrong streets of Manhattan (pre-gentrification) and picked up old fragments of Lou Reed's and Bob Dylan's souls that were left in the gutter. Droney urban rock with piercing guitar leads, sounding not unlike George Brigman in parts, and thanks to Randy's artistic presence and sense of style, completely convincing. Cool record with wide appeal."  - Patrick Lundborg (Acid Archives)


Released on the small Broken Records label, "On the Lam" was one of those early-1980s releases that sported a distinctive mid-1970s sound. By the way, that was meant as a compliment ... That said, let me warn you that the set occasionally shows up on dealer lists slapped with a psych label. In the interests of accuracy I'll tell you that while there were minor psych touches, notably from Chmielinski occasional fuzz guitar and 'It was the End of the Movie Anyway' (which had kind of a cool Blue Oyster Cult 'Don't Fear the Reaper' vibe), the album was better classified as a slice of garage/grunge, or perhaps proto-punk. With Would responsible for writing all of the material (bassist Harris co-wrote two tracks), the album effortlessly bounced around between garage/grunge and haunted singer/songwriter with one pretty if atypical ballad thrown in - by the way the stark and stunning 'Broken' was one of the album highlights. As lead singer Would took a little effort to get acclimated to. His ragged and gruff voice and sometimes mubbling delivery wasn't the prettiest instrument you've stumbled across - imagine a younger Springsteen with a nastier street attitude, or perhaps a young Lou Reed who could actually hold a melody and you'd be in the right aural neighborhood. On the other hand, his voice and biting delivery were well suited to the band's raw sound and after a couple of songs Would actually sounded pretty good on tracks like the rockers 'The Day I Left Town', 'Media-ized', and 'Nausea # 2'. Come to think about it, showcasing Would's dark and depressing tales of urban angst ('Screwed' and 'Murder By Programming') the Lou Reed comparison wasn't that far off ... The album also benefited from The Goats. Cenci and Harris were a devastating rhythm section (Harris' bass way up front in the mix), kicking the crap out of these songs, while Chmielinski turned in some nice lead guitar throughout the set - check out his solo on 'Screwed') FROM DISCOGS

Jacket Grade:  FACTORY SEALED. No splits

Record Grade:  UNPLAYED  *please NOTE:
Most all copies have a mild warp from storage that should not effect play.
 

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