Format Details: Junkyard Swirl Vinyl Edition / Junkyard Swirl Vinyl
Release Date: 20 January 2023
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 848064014645
Genres: Rock
Description
Led by the scintillating songwriting team of Chris Collingwood and the late, great Adam Schlesinger, power pop maestros Fountains of Wayne put out a number of absolutely brilliant albums, of which we at Real Gone Music have
been fortunate so far to reissue two, Welcome Interstate Managers
and Traffic and Weather. But of all the great records released by this New York-area band, this one, the 2005 odds 'n' ends 2-CD set Out-of-State Plates, remained reportedly among the closest to the heart of Schlesinger, who died tragically of COVID in 2020. A mixture of demos, B-sides, live performances, and unreleased tracks (the great "Maureen" and "The Girl I Can't Forget"), it's an always entertaining, often hilarious, and (of course!) never less than tuneful romp through about a decade's worth of recordings, all wittily annotated by Collingwood and Schlesinger. Covers both heartfelt and tongue-incheek (Jackson Browne's "These Days" and Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time") and holiday fare ("I Want an Alien for Christmas,"
"Chanukah Under the Stars") lie alongside such B-side gems as "Baby I've Changed" and "I'll Do the Driving" and a live "She's Got a Problem." For its vinyl debut, we've created a fetching gatefold jacket featuring the duo's commentary inside, and pressed this 2-LP set in "Junkyard Swirl" vinyl to match the cover photo. Rummage around the collective psyche of one of the
greatest indie rock acts of the last 30 30 years!
Tracklisting
Tyketto
X-Ray Spex
Loudon Wainwright Iii
Petula Clark
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
Willie Nelson
Willie Hutch
The Rolling Stones
Television
Of The Muses
Jeff Beck
Iggy Pop
Eric Clapton
Caravan
Various Artists
