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2014 Widespread Panic EVERYDAY 2 LPs 1st Time on Vinyl Reissue. Widespread Records UPC 888430664913 BRAND  NEW SEALED AND 2014 Widespread Panic Ain't Life Grand 2 LPs Vinyl Reissue. Widespread Records UPC 888430665019 BRAND  NEW SEALED.

Ain't Life Grand is the third studio album from Widespread Panic.

FIRST TIME ON VINYL !

Widespread Panic's third album offers 14 southern-fried rock songs, some of which have become the band's most-loved show stoppers.

It's also the first album to feature John "JoJo" Herman's bluesy key pecking.

Everyday has been criticized for sounding too uniform. Each track does feature the band's signature loud guitar and bass, jam-rock style, but after a couple of listens the tracks distinguish themselves. From the softly driving "Pilgrims" to the bouncing exuberance of "Wondering," John Bell's emotive vocals and the meaningful lyrics take the listener on a journey through a series of vignettes. "Diner" is sung from the point of view of a bum while he watches the waitress. "She's like natural music anyway she moves," he sings. "Hatfield" is the true story of a Native American who was called upon to perform a rain dance during a draught in Los Angeles. The song begins very softly like raindrops and builds into a lightening storm of guitar and percussive sounds. The poignant "Papa's Home" is perhaps the best example of how Widespread Panic can begin a song softly and build it into an all-out jam, with the help of percussionist Domingo "Sonny" Ortiz's skin slapping.

Everyday is considered by fans to be one of the band's best albums, despite its very limited radio play. The subtlety of the band's style is unaltered on this disc. The slice-of-life story lyrics, the tight musicianship that builds and falls with the songs' emotions, and extended song length are all unhampered by the pressure for a radio friendly sound.

Tracks ----->  1-Pleas 2-Hatfield 3-Wondering 4-Papa's Home 5-Diner 6-Better Off 7-Pickin' Up The Pieces 8-Henry Parsons Died 9-Pilgrims 10-Postcard 11-Dream Song

Ain't Life Grand is the fourth studio album from Widespread Panic.

FIRST TIME ON VINYL !

First released by Capricorn Records and Warner Bros. Records on September 6, 1994 but was never released on vinyl.

Widespread Panic's fourth album features tighter, more song-oriented writing. The searing guitar of the opening tune, "Little Kin," introduces a grittier album than the previous year's Everyday.

After touring with the first two H.O.R.D.E. tours in 1992 and 1993, the band's popularity was growing. Their rousing version of Bloodkin's heartbreak tune "Can't Get High" earned them radio play. As did their own smoothly melodic "Airplane," which features lush vocal harmonies. "Blackout Blues" celebrates the hangover with electric guitar screams and a dance-inducing beat, while "Fishwater"'s chaotic percussion intro awakens the soul.

The issue also includes two gorgeous instrumental pieces, "L.A." and the hidden, acoustic guitar track "Waiting for the Wind to Blow the Tree Down in My Backyard."

Ain't Life Grand increased Widespread Panic's fan base dramatically and gave them a taste of what continued radio play could mean for the band.

Tracks ----->  1 Little Kin 5:04 2 Ain't Life Grand 4:48 3 Airplane 4:11 4 Can't Get High 3:49 5 Heroes 5:06 6 Raise the Roof 4:44 7 Junior 4:34 8 L.A. 4:12 9 Blackout Blues 5:17 10 Jack 7:06 11 Fishwater 8:46

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