BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Howl 2LP ECHO 2005 UK orig+inners ECHLP 67

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	$		110

2005 UK ORIGINAL PRESSING on ECHO Records. EMBOSSED SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVES. The cover is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT mild wrinkles on corners, surface ringwear/edgewear/some surface hairlines on front, left spine is fully readable; INNERS in great condition, please for details see photos. On SIDE A, 2 overlapping labels, the first one not well glued (SEE DEDICATED PICTURES]. The Vinyls in EX condition [barely played].

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BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

The seed that became Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- or BRMC for short -- was planted in 1995, when Robert Levon Been (aka Robert Turner) and Peter Hayes met while attending high school in San Francisco. The two formed a solid friendship and a shared camaraderie based on a mutual love of early-'90s U.K. bands like Ride, the Stone Roses, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and My Bloody Valentine. Despite such similar tastes, both joined different bands -- Hayes spent time in the Brian Jonestown Massacre circa Give It Back! -- and worked apart for several years, although they occasionally kept in touch by attending each other's gigs. In 1998, however, Turner and Hayes regrouped and added British drummer Nick Jago to the fold. The band began performing live in November 1998 as the Elements, a name they quickly ditched after discovering many other bands that shared the same title. They purloined their new moniker from the Marlon Brando-led biker gang that stormed into that dusty California hamlet in The Wild One.

"HOWL"

2005       2LP      ECHO  RECORDS      ECHLP 67

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVES

NOTES: Special thanks to T-Bone Burnett and Mad Action for additional recording assistance.

Track D3 is not mentioned on track listing on either labels or rear sleeve. There is a 16 seconds gap between the end of track D2 & the start of D3. Sleeve & labels list track duration of D2 as 8:19.

Issued with two printed picture inner card sleeves and with embossed lettering on the front sleeve.

Track durations printed on rear sleeve and labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 027529 008114

Catalog on cover: ECHLP 67

Catalog on labels: ECHLP 67

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): ECHLP 67 A-2-1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ECHLP 67 B-1-1

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Stamped): ECHLP 67 C-1-1

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Stamped): ECHLP 67 D-1-1

On labels: for details see dedicated pictures

On Inner Sleeves: Photos

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits + Notes

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

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

Since the release of Take Them On, On Your Own in 2003, things were tumultuous for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. They were unceremoniously dropped by Virgin in a cloud of bad feeling. They lost their drummer. They bounced back and signed with RCA. They welcomed back their drummer. Somewhere in the middle of all this they completely revamped their sound. In fact, their first record for RCA, 2005's Howl, sounds like the work of an entirely different group. Gone are the insistent tempos, the snarling vocals, and the sheets of guitar noise. Gone is the hostile and often belligerent pose of the first two albums. Gone is the influence of noise rock bands like the Velvet Underground and the Jesus and Mary Chain. The band has embraced classic American music, namely country, blues, and gospel. It's dramatically expanded its sound to the point where you wonder if the albums that preceded this were some kind of reductionist prank. The band has a light touch and sense of drama and arrangement here that seems to have come out of the blue. (Check the credit to T-Bone Burnett for "additional recording assistance" for a clue, though.). If you want your rock dirty, loud, and dangerous (though BRMC were only halfway believable when that was their image), you had better look somewhere else. If you want it thoughtful and passionate but still alive and realistic, then give Howl a chance. BRMC have grown up and grown interesting...(AllMusic)