Sold Date: March 10, 2015
Start Date: November 25, 2012
Final Price: $24.89 (USD)
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Howdy and welcome to my store! RARE FIRST PRESSING WITH ONE MORE TRACK THEN THE CURRENT PRESSING! First solo LP by none other than former REM guitarist PETER BUCK. Believe it or not, released on vinyl only (No CD or download available anywhere), and it gets weirder. This LP was cut pure analog—straight from tape to disc. A real old fashioned freak out record filled with Stooges like crunchy guitar riffs, strange atmospheric sounds, far out dark lyrics and some catchy pop hooks here and there. Peter and various friends you've probably heard of, gathered at Type Foundry Studio in Portland and laid out this record fast & furious. A real madcap journey of a record put together with nothing but love and a sense of immediacy. Peter and friends are taking things back to a simpler time when you could walk down to your local record shop/label and say, "hey, check out my new record...you wanna put it out?" We said, "Sure!" Straight from the heart—here tis'. Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck announced on his former band's website today that he will release his first solo album. It will only be available as a limited-edition pressing of 2,000 vinyl copies. "I know I said for years that I would never make a solo record," Buck wrote. "It was never a plan or a desire but it just kind of happened. When R.E.M. called it a day, I'd spent the last three months on my back with a semi-crippling injury unable to play guitar. With my band gone and unable to use the fingers on my right hand, I started writing lyrics just to have something creative to do." The album features a handful of special guests, including Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker, the Decemberists' Jenny Conlee, Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye and longtime collaborators Bill Rieflin and Scott McCaughey (both of whom Buck plays with in the Minus 5 and the Venus 3, Robyn Hitchcock's current touring band). Tucker and McCaughey contributed vocals to the record, and McCaughey wrote some melodies. In his post, Buck said that "95 percent" of the lyrics and most of the music was his doing. He called the album "the first thing I have ever been involved in where I was actually in charge and the record turned out to be kind of like a trip through my mind, all of the kinds of music I love, played with some of my favorite musicians, in a completely one-take spontaneous atmosphere." Earlier this summer, Buck's first solo track, "10 Million BC," appeared online after airing on an episode of the WFMU radio show Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/former-r-e-m-guitarist-peter-buck-announces-first-solo-album-20121003#ixzz29Zu2WvTw Record Condition: This record is brand new and unplayed! Check out my other acutions and save on shipping! Checkout my other auctions for lots more records and CDs. Only $2 shipping to add any other record in the USA! Win more then one item and save on shipping (only $2 for each additional LP in the USA!).

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