GIANT SAND Valley Of Rain LP ENIGMA 1985 US orig 72050-1 HOWE GELB-CHRIS CACAVAS
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GIANT SAND
HOWE GELB, SCOTT BARBER, TOM LARKINS, WINSTON A. WATSON JR.,
plus CHRIS CACAVAS, LISA VERNON, MARY WEHNER
Giant Sand was the primary outlet for the stylistic curveballs and sun-damaged songcraft
of Howe Gelb, a Pennsylvania-born singer/guitarist who formed the four-piece Giant Sandworms
after relocating to Tuscon, Arizona in the mid-'70s. After releasing the EP Will Wallow
and Roam After the Ruin in 1980, Gelb fired everyone but bassist Scott Gerber
(although founding guitarist Rainer Ptacek returned to the fold many times in the future)
and started over as simply Giant Sand, essentially a one-man band backed
by a revolving cast of players. The first Giant Sand LP, 1985's Valley of Rain, earned
Gelb comparisons to Neil Young for his reedy vocals and country-flavored, grungy
guitar aesthetic; like Young, Gelb also proved to be a restless creative spirit
"VALLEY OF RAIN"
Produced by Howe Gelb, Scott Garber and Eric Westfall
1985 LP ENIGMA RECORDS 72050-1
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: (scan) 0018777205016 (printed) 0 1877-72050-1
Label: ENIGMA - WHITE LABEL w/LOGO on BOTTOM (Side A); RED LABEL LOGO (Side B) - BLACK TEXT
Label Code: none
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) 72050-1
Catalog on label (Side A only): E-72050-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 72050-1-A G-1 S-14604 /-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 72050-1-B G-1 S-14605 1-
Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): MASTERED BY CAPITOL
On label (Side A only): All Songs written by Howe Gelb
© ? 1985 Black Sand Music
Produced by Gelb, Garber, and Westfall
On Back Cover: Recorded at The Control Center, Hollywood, CA and at Mad Dog, Venice, CA.
Black Sand Records, marketed worldwide by Enigma Records
© 1985 The Amazing Black Sand ? 1985 The Amazing Black Sand
All Rights...................................Printed in USA.
tracklisting
Side B: DOWN ON TOWN (LOVE'S NO ANSWER) - BLACK VENETIAN BLIND
CURSE OF A THOUSAND FLAMES - ARTISTS - MAN OF WANT
Side C: VALLEY OF RAIN - TUMBLE AND TEAR
OCTOBER ANYWHERE - BARRIO - DEATH, DYING AND CHANNEL 5
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)The dry, dusty, and rambling sound that became Howe Gelb's trademark isn't much in evidence on Giant Sand's debut album, 1985's Valley of Rain. Instead, this early edition of the band recalls the distaff branch of the Paisley Underground scene that was still a big part of the Los Angeles scene when Gelb arrived there from Tuscon, as if Giant Sand were the oddball high desert cousins of Green on Red. Valley of Rain is tougher and scrappier than much of what Giant Sand would release later on, and it rocks noticeably harder, though Gelb's sense of lyrical wanderlust is very much evident here, and even when the guitars wind up and the drums crack, the melodies drift on and off path with an expressive glee. The band's slightly warped country influences are all but invisible here (perhaps because Gelb and his pals were cutting a Blacky Ranchette album around the same time)...(AllMusic)
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