Sold Date: January 31, 2015
Start Date: January 24, 2015
Final Price: $20.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 2
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U.S. Maple

"Talker" on Vinyl

Extremely RARE Album

Includes poster fold out and a hand written paper about music, that either comes with the record or my brother wrote it. I am not sure and couldn't reach him to find out so I am enclosing it in the auction, just in case. There is nothing wrong with any of this album. It is easily NM to M. Not many of these albums were made and so it is very hard to come by, almost impossible in this condition on vinyl. A great edition to any collection.

In the fall of 1998 U.S. Maple left Skin Graft, signing to the following year, due in part to the influence of Drag City labelmate Jim O'Rourke, but also due to an agreement by the label to support the band during their busy tour schedule. 1999 saw the band returning to the studio to record the followup to their Skin Graft work. Their third album, , a darker, sparser record than their previous albums, was recorded at in . The album was recorded by , lead singer of rock band , with engineering.

In 2001 the band released their fourth album, . The album was recorded in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, at , and mixed a week later in Richmond, Virginia, at Sound of Music. In the summer of 2001, after the recording of Acre Thrills, drummer Pat Samson left the band, and was replaced by Adam Vida. With Vida, the band released their fifth studio album, 2003's ., which saw a departure from the confrontational, fervent, and violent aspects of previous releases. Purple on Time contained more conventional song structures, instrumentation and singing.