I just discovered that one of my mostest favoritest coolest bestest albums from when I lived in Austin, TX, in the late 80’s is readily available on-line! Go buy music now!
Ed Hall (a band, not a person) made some great garage punk noise back in the day; it was loud and fun, intelligent without being too serious. The debut album, Albert, remains a fave of mine after 20 years. I hadn’t heard it in ages (didn’t have a turntable to play my old vinyl on) until I dubbed it to CD a few years ago, and it was still as sparkley cool as it had been when it was new.
I’d always assumed that this, like so many of the cool indie albums of that era, was lost and unavailable to the great masses. But happily, I’m wrong. While Glass Eye sadly remains lost to the world, Ed Hall is out there from at least three sources: iTunes, Audio Lunchbox, and eMusic. eMusic gets the prize for price (25 cents per track vs. 99 cents at the other two sites), but has the songs incorrectly labelled (many are assigned to the wrong track, and some are just wrong, like “Ubermensch” instead of “Uberman”).
Personally, I’d drop absolutely everything that you’re currently doing (up to, but probably not including, the baby) and at least buy “Reading” and “Jungle lobotany”. Really. Now.
Thanks.
*JOCP is AOL speak for “Jeez O’ Criminey Pete!”. I think.
Ed Hall is my fave band EVER man! Such a power-packin’ trio of sound.
I found your entry (this here entry) when searching for the answer to the following question>
Who are the people on the cover of the Ed Hall album Albert?
DO YOU KNOW or DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND OUT??????????????????????????????
I was listening to J.L. when I read your recommendation. Listening to READING now. Love it hALL!
Ball Dirt Cookie RUELZ!!!!
Glad to find a fellow fan! No idea who all those people are. It seems to me that I heard/read an interviewer ask them that question, but I don’t remember the answer. I may have to go listen to “Reading” :-).