THIS IS THE 1992 EUROPEAN ORIGINAL & WORLDWIDE ONLY PRESSING on VINYL on DGC/GEFFEN Records. PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE + HYPE STICKER. The cover is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration but light discolouration/wear on right corners/right edge (where missing shrink), top & left spines fully readable; INNER in great condition but mild creases on edges/corners; for details see  photos. Vinyl is in EX condition (few clicks, played 2 or 3 times) and plays wonderfully.

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ARC ANGELS

TOMMY SHANNON, CHARLIE SEXTON, DOYLE BRAMBALL II, CHRIS LAYTON, plus IAN McLAGAN

Formed shortly after the death of Texas guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Arc Angels may have been too good a story to be true. The quartet paired Vaughan's outstanding rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton with lead-singing guitarists and Texas Vaughan protégés Charlie Sexton and Doyle Bramhall II. Taking their name from the initials of the Austin Rehearsal Complex where they originally started jamming, the group released its self-titled debut album in 1992, with the thought that it would be the first of many. Arc Angels came closer than any other album at the time to carrying on Vaughan's incredible torch of blues, rock, and post-Jimi Hendrix guitar pyrotechnics. Tracks like "Living in a Dream," "Good Time," "Spanish Moon," and the Vaughan dedication "Sent by Angels," all bore the late guitar legend's influence, but without mimicry. For Shannon (who'd also worked previously with another Texas guitar-slinger in Johnny Winter) and Layton, the album was a catharsis after losing their friend and bandmate; for Sexton and Bramhall II it proved that two lead-singing lead guitarists could suppress their egos enough to function together. Trading vocal lines during verses recalled another Texas band, ZZ Top; former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan added tasty work on piano and Hammond organ, and the Arc Angels seemed poised for the blues/rock summit as they toured in support of their debut until late 1993. But the perhaps inevitable competition between the throaty voiced Bramhall II and smooth-singing Sexton would eventually surface, and even more so during extending guitar solos of one-upmanship.

Produced by Little Steven

1992     LP     DGC  GEFFEN RECORDS     GEF 24465  DGC 24465

PRINTED IN GERMANY for EUROPEAN & WORLDWIDE MARKET   ORIGINAL PRESSING

PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE + HYPE STICKER

Barcode: 7 2064-24465-1 5

Label Code: LC 7260

Price Code (D): SE

Price Code (F): BM270

LABEL: DGC - BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover:  GEF 24465  DGC 24465

Catalog on inner:  GEF24465-8/DGC24485-8

Catalog on labels: GEF-24465  DGC-24465

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 203 DMG-0309 A-1 C

Matrix / Runout (Side B,Stamped): 203 DMG-0309 B-1 C

On labels: rim text "Marketed by BMG Ariola.............Made in Germany..........Allemagne"

℗ 1992 The David Geffen Company

On Inner Sleeve: Photos, Credits & Lyrics

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist

Produced by Little Steven

© ℗ 1992 The David Geffen Company........Printed in Germany

tracklisting

Side A: LIVING IN A DREAM - PARADISE CAFE - SENT BY ANGELS

SWEET NADINE - GOOD TIME - SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS

Side B: ALWAYS BELIEVED IN YOU - THE FAMOUS JANE - SPANISH MOON

CARRY ME ON - SHAPE I'M IN - TOO MANY WAYS TO FALL

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

There are one-hit wonders throughout the history of music, but very few one-album wonders like the Arc Angels. After the death of blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, fellow singing guitarists, Texans, and Vaughan devotees Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton formed the quartet with Vaughan's rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Their 1992 debut release would also be their swan song, but the self-titled album would prove to be one of the best rock/pop/blues recordings of the decade as well. The opening "Living in a Dream" is the only tune Sexton and Bramhall II co-composed, and is perhaps the closest that the Arc Angels come to re-creating Vaughan's signature sound. "Paradise Cafe" is one of a handful of tracks Sexton co-wrote with pop composer Tonio K., but he and Bramhall II engage in some ZZ Top-like call-and-response vocals, and Bramhall II's Vaughan dedication, "Sent by Angels," features some of the album's most impassioned singing. Funky tunes like "Sweet Nadine," "Good Time," and "Carry Me On" lighten the mood, and Shannon, Layton, and guest keyboardist Ian McLagan play brilliantly throughout in setting up the singing guitarists. The spirit of Vaughan permeates the recording, from the production of Little Steven to the liner notes ("Dedicated to our friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. We miss you"), yet never sounds forced, purposeful, or contrived. Alas, the final two songs -- the rocking "Shape I'm In" and epic "Too Many Ways to Fall" -- sport titles that point toward the Arc Angels being a Vaughan-like comet rather than a future veteran group. Sexton's solo recording career had started as a teenager; Bramhall II and his father Doyle Bramhall were friends of Vaughan's (the elder Bramhall even composing and co-composing tunes with the guitar giant). But the two frontmen who complemented each other so well nonetheless couldn't blend their egos as easily. Arc Angels stands as testimony that a band needn't have a long career to have a lasting legacy...(AllMusic)