Speckly

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Cat No: AUM033

Release Date: 05 April 2005

Label: AUM Fidelity

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 642623303320

Genres: Rock Americana

Description
Original CD pressing, in classic jewel case with 4-panel insert featuring all original LP issue artwork and liner notes. CD also includes the track "Country Wagon", inexplicably left off of the LP

Sam Prekop: vocals, guitar

Ian Schneller: guitar, vocals, trumpet, cello

David Kroll: bass, banjo, tenor sax

Eric Claridge: drums, bass

Brad Wood appears on Speckly & Houston Tower

Every once and again, an album comes along that captures the imagination and proves that there actually are new things under the sun. Originally issued on LP in 1989, Shrimp Boat's 'Speckly' was one such, and prompted CMJ to proclaim: "the debut of the year; four musicians who have already placed themselves in a league that very few ever attain." The utterly distinctive mesh of musical inspirations on Speckly remains surprising, addictive and timeless. "This is the album that led to the group being my absolute favourite band for the next 3.5 years, being the balance of their existence. This is the first time on CD issue of Speckly, transferred with love from the original master tapes. In the time of first hearing this work on that Speckly LP, a seed was deeply planted to produce an archival set from their immense body of recorded work. That aspirational inspiration was finally manifest with the 4CD box set, 'Something Grand' produced and realised just over a decade following their disassembly." - Steven Joerg, AUM Fidelity

"An unclassifiable and wonderful combo that produced some of the most innovative music of the 1980s. The band's signature kitchen-sink Americana has aged amazingly well, offering a range of sounds that still thrill and confound, often at the same time." - Jason Dungan, Dusted

"4.5 Stars. It's running over with hummable hook-lines and choruses. A mix of barn-floor stomping dance numbers, off-planet instrumentals, and sandman lullabies. There's something indefinably special and magical going on here, and it makes you feel good to be alive." - Chris Mays, All About Jazz
Tracklisting