Lambchop TEST PRESSING of 1996's HANK vinyl 10" OOP

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This is the test pressing for Lambchops only 10" Hank. This was given to me by Kurt Wagner to sell to raise $ for Nashville Flood victims we know personally including members of Lambchop. 

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Track listing 1. I'm a Stranger Here
2. Blame It on the Brunettes
3. Tin Chime, The
4. Randi
5. Doak's Need
6. Poor Bastard
7. I Sucked My Boss's Dick

Details Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes Lambchop: Kurt "Hanck" Wagner (vocals, guitar); Paul "Hank" Niehaous (lap steel guitar); Deanna "Henrietta" Varagona (baritone saxophone); Jonathan "Henery" Marx (cornet); John "Henry" Delworth (organ); Hank Tillbury (glockenspiel, synthesizer); Marc "Buddy Hank T" Trovillion (bass); Allen "Hank" Lowrey, Paul "Willie Hank Paul" Burch (drums); C. Scott "Hank" Chase (percussion).
Recorded at Alex The Great Recording, Nashville, Tennessee on July 4, 1995.
Personnel: Kurt Wagner (vocals, guitar); Paul Niehaus (slide guitar); Deanna Varagona (baritone saxophone); Hank Tilbury (synthesizer, glockenspiel); Allen Lowrey, Paul Burch (drums).
Audio Mixers: Hank; Kurt Wagner.
Recording information: Alex The Great Studios, Nashville, TN.
This is music by which to drift down river, cowboy hat on head, open beer in hand. Weeping steel guitars, subtle percussion, dreamy, reverbed guitar lines, and Kurt Wagner's frail, weary voice all combine to create a gentle, though surprisingly compelling, investigation of the place where country/folk meets clever, almost psychedelic atmospherics. The HANK EP distills the group's aesthetic into six textured, tasty cuts.
While Lambchop's finely honed sense of irony strays a little too close to yuk-yuk territory (as in the seventh track throwaway, "I Sucked My Boss's Dick"), their shortcomings are counterbalanced by an ability to create poignant and often poetic vignettes. Such songs as "I'm A Stranger Here" and "Blame It On The Brunettes" paint heartbreaking stories in warm, muted colors and showcase the band at their best.

Editorial reviews 8 (out of 10) - ...[HANK] retains all the components which made...such a brilliant record: the droning steel guitars, the barely audible whisper of Kurt Wagner and the sedately maudlin songs which seemingly take an eternity to unfold...
NME  (07/06/1996)

...[the] tunes are heartbreakers every one, but...this uninterrupted bout of melancholy makes for a satisfying and uplifting listen....songs drift lazily along in a haze of understated guitars, off-key horns and beats that sound like they were recorded in a basement two houses down...
Option  (09/01/1996)

3 Stars - Good - Lambchop's large line-up, minimal country-tinged drawl and general earthiness has captured some attention recently....the end result is surprisingly powerful with Kurt Wagner's vocal developing a world-weary storytelling edge.
Q  (08/01/1996)

...They just seep through the walls and gently insinuate themselves into your life, the haziest mass of steel guitar curlicues and muffled percussion hovering by the windows, Kurt Wagner singing like NASHVILLE SKYLINE-era Dylan or Vic Chesnutt. You can't tire of such quiet persuasion...
Melody Maker  (08/06/1986)

4 stars out of 5 -- [A] peculiar combination of the smoothly contemporary and the creakily archaic.
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