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Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo 'Strange But True' coloured vinyl LP reissue pre-order (release date 12nd December)
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - 'Strange But True’ mint green colour vinyl LP reissue.
In the ’90s, Jad Fair had five favorite bands and songwriters: Daniel Johnston, The Pastels, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, and Yo La Tengo. It’s a good list, sure, but what’s most remarkable about it is that, in the course of a dozen years or so, Fair made music with all of them in one form or another.
Jad Fair has been prolific for half a century now, long before the Internet could create a simultaneous and seemingly eternal archive of everything someone with his predilections made. He’s been involved in several hundred titles, at least, many of them out-of-print on tiny labels that do not exist anymore. In fact, one of those collaborations that Fair made in the ’90s—’Strange But True’, with Yo La Tengo—has been hard to find, despite its stateside release on October 20th 1998, by Matador Records. For the first time, the album is being reissued on vinyl by Joyful Noise and Bar/None.
This LP is released on Friday 12nd December.
We are taking orders for this LP - guarantee your copy now!
All preorders will be sent so that you will receive it on release date (UK only and subject to Royal Mail delivery).
TRACKLISTING -
1. Helpful Monkey Wallpapers Entire Home
2. Texas Man Abducted by Aliens for Outer Space Joy Ride
3. National Sports Association Hires Retired English Professor to Name New Wrestling Holds
4. Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled to Play Newborn Baby in High School Play
5. Three-Year-Old Genius Graduates High School at Top of Her Class
6. Embarrassed Teen Accidentally Uses Valuable Rare Postage Stamp
7. Principal Punishes Students with Bad Impressions and Tired Jokes
8. Retired Grocer Constructs Tiny Mount Rushmore Entirely of Cheese
9. X-Ray Reveals Doctor Left Wristwatch Inside Patient
10. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #2
11. Retired Woman Starts New Career in Monkey Fashions
12. Circus Strongman Runs for PTA President
13. High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built for 26
14. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #1
15. Ohio Town Saved from Killer Bees by Hungry Vampire Bats
16. Nevada Man Invents Piano with 21 Extra Keys
17. Clever Chemist Makes Chewing Gum from Soap
18. Minnesota Man Claims Monkey Bowled Perfect Game
19. Ingenious Scientist Invents Car of the Future
20. Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards
21. Shocking Fashion Statement Terrorizes Town
22. Feisty Millionaire Fills Potholes with Hundred-Dollar Bills
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - 'Strange But True’ mint green colour vinyl LP reissue.
In the ’90s, Jad Fair had five favorite bands and songwriters: Daniel Johnston, The Pastels, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, and Yo La Tengo. It’s a good list, sure, but what’s most remarkable about it is that, in the course of a dozen years or so, Fair made music with all of them in one form or another.
Jad Fair has been prolific for half a century now, long before the Internet could create a simultaneous and seemingly eternal archive of everything someone with his predilections made. He’s been involved in several hundred titles, at least, many of them out-of-print on tiny labels that do not exist anymore. In fact, one of those collaborations that Fair made in the ’90s—’Strange But True’, with Yo La Tengo—has been hard to find, despite its stateside release on October 20th 1998, by Matador Records. For the first time, the album is being reissued on vinyl by Joyful Noise and Bar/None.
This LP is released on Friday 12nd December.
We are taking orders for this LP - guarantee your copy now!
All preorders will be sent so that you will receive it on release date (UK only and subject to Royal Mail delivery).
TRACKLISTING -
1. Helpful Monkey Wallpapers Entire Home
2. Texas Man Abducted by Aliens for Outer Space Joy Ride
3. National Sports Association Hires Retired English Professor to Name New Wrestling Holds
4. Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled to Play Newborn Baby in High School Play
5. Three-Year-Old Genius Graduates High School at Top of Her Class
6. Embarrassed Teen Accidentally Uses Valuable Rare Postage Stamp
7. Principal Punishes Students with Bad Impressions and Tired Jokes
8. Retired Grocer Constructs Tiny Mount Rushmore Entirely of Cheese
9. X-Ray Reveals Doctor Left Wristwatch Inside Patient
10. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #2
11. Retired Woman Starts New Career in Monkey Fashions
12. Circus Strongman Runs for PTA President
13. High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built for 26
14. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #1
15. Ohio Town Saved from Killer Bees by Hungry Vampire Bats
16. Nevada Man Invents Piano with 21 Extra Keys
17. Clever Chemist Makes Chewing Gum from Soap
18. Minnesota Man Claims Monkey Bowled Perfect Game
19. Ingenious Scientist Invents Car of the Future
20. Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards
21. Shocking Fashion Statement Terrorizes Town
22. Feisty Millionaire Fills Potholes with Hundred-Dollar Bills