Retreat From Memphis - Mekons [1994 ltd. ed. vinyl 2-LP, Quarterstick Records]

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Original 1994 limited edition vinyl release on Quarterstick Records. One of 1,000 issued. Includes full-length LP and five-track EP, with all 17 tracks on CD.
Release Year: 1994 Record Label: Quarterstick Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
Track Listing
Side one 1. Eve Future
2. Lucky Devil
3. Do I Know You?
4. Insignificance (Conversation with Boche)
5. His Bad Dream
6. The Flame That Killed John Wayne

Side two 7. Ice Rink in Berlin
8. Spinning Round in Flames
9. Machine
10. Hostile Mascot
11. Chemical Wedding 12. Never Work
Side three
13. Our Bad Dream 14. Spirals of Paranoia
Side four
15. Missing You All
16. Submerged
17. Soldier
17.

Details Playing Time: 62 min. Producer: Ducky Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
The Mekons: Sally Timms, John Langford (vocals, guitar); Tom Greenhalgh (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Sarah Corina (vocals, bass); John Langley (drums).Additional personnel: "Mitch" Milligan, "Barry" B. (vocals); "Sammy" Ladvig (acoustic & electric guitar); Dave Trumfio (guitar, background vocals); Susie Honeyman (fiddle, piano); "Willy" Goulding (drums); Mike Hagler (samples, background vocals); "Gomez" Henderson (background vocals).Recorded at Kingsize Sound Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois in November, 1993.Personnel: Tommy Atkins (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Oberlieutenant Von Timmz (vocals, guitar); Barry B. (vocals); Generalissimo Trumifio (guitar, background vocals); Petty Officer Sammy Ladvig (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Morag McHoneyperson (piano); Galloping Major Lafalce, Steve Goulding (drums); Mike Hagler (sampler, background vocals).Audio Mixers: David Trumfio; The Mekons.Recording information: Kingsize Sound Laboratories, Chicago, IL.1989's MEKONS ROCK'N'ROLL was the band's only US major label release, the result of a short-lived alliance between A&M and the Minneapolis indie Twin/Tone. Pointedly, it was also their most lyrically direct album, endlessly castigating the corporate structure of rock & roll music. After this and the middle-finger-salute of the EP F.U.N. 90, where the  band drapes every song in the then-fashionable acid-house beat, it's unsurprising that A&M quickly dropped them.Four years later, RETREAT FROM MEMPHIS finds the band returning to the same themes, not to mention the same squally guitar-lacerating sound. From beginning to end, RETREAT FROM MEMPHIS is a meditation on the state of the music industry, but these 17 songs are less splenetic, more resigned. Dave Trumfio's characteristically clean production brings out every nuance of the bitter lyrics, making this one of the Mekons' most powerful records.