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He gets a thrill out of going against the grain a bit â but this week, Robert Chase is taking originality to a whole ânother level.
His selection of the Buzzcocksâ Singles Going Steady isnât really what sets him apart from the other Trail jocks for this weekâs Vinally Friday â though the so-called âpunk masterpieceâ certainly does stand out from the folksy, bluegrass-y styles of the other three.
But no, itâs not the selection itself that goes against the grain. Itâs that the other three are all spinning
great vinyl albums that have already been featured once before on this program. Yep â this week, only Robertâs is 100 percent legitimately unique.
⢠Craig will kick off the day with Tom Waitsâ debut, Closing Time.
Robert played a few tracks from the 1973 album back in December, but he cut it short in order to honor the passing of Greg Lake of King Krimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame.
So Craig will finally do the Waits classic some justice.
Produced and arranged by former Lovinâ Spoonfuls member Jerry Yester, Closing Time was a collection of the originals Waits had been performing during a three-year stand at L.A. nightclub The Troubadour.
The material fell mostly on deaf ears until other artists began to cover it â starting with Tim Buckley that very same year.
Rolling Stone critic Stephen Holder described it Waits as a âboozier, earthierâ Randy Newman â albeit with his own âsardonic, vulnerable and emotionally chargedâ persona in his original album review.
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⢠Robert will follow up with the aforementioned Buzzcocks work â a compilation, actually, of the bandâs eight prior UK singles plus B-sides.
Singles was originally intended as an introduction of the band to the United States, but has since gone on to be one of the most important and celebrated punk rock records of all time.
Ned Raggett of AllMusic was the one who called it a masterpiece along the likes of Never Mind the Bullocks and London Calling.
Rooling Stone compared the band to the Ramones, but âjittery and even fasterâ in their selection of the 1979 release to the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (it was ranked No. 360.)
⢠It was Alanya who dished out a few tracks from Infamous Stringdustersâ 2012 LP Silver Sky on a Vinally Friday back in September, but like with Robert she split her selection in two in order to preview the Silver Cloud Campout Music Festival.
Mike, whoâs sitting in for Alanya while she gets used to being a new mother, will finally give the album the full treatment it deserves this week.
Described as âacoustic music that takes bluegrass as a starting point,â Silver Sky is the Boston-turned-Nashville groupâs fourth studio album.
Itâs most notable for its unique production quality, attributed to the hip-hop experience of its producer, Billy Hume.
⢠And Tommy, who is a bit amped for this weekendâs inaugural Travelersâ Rest Festival, will pay homage â again â to the event hosts and curators, the Decemberists, with a spin of their 2011 album, The King is Dead.
Written and performed as an homage to the Smiths, The King is Dead features R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on three tracks.
It was the Portland bandâs first album to ever go No. 1 in the US.