Adam Green and Binki Shapiro

One of the seminal works from the genre to become known as pop punk, the Descendents’ Milo Goes to College arrived in the year 1982 as most of the members of the band were just finishing high school. They began by writing catchy, hummable melodies about girls, parents, and food, among other things. Despite their unabashedly juvenile lyrical approach, they played with a blistering intensity rivaling any of the bands in the burgeoning hardcore crowd that they fell in with. This winning formula has carried the group for decades, as their influence has inspired countless followers (some becoming far more famous) in their wake. Now, 43 years later, Descendents are reclaiming and reissuing the album that started it all.

This “Punk Note” edition comes with alternate packaging artwork from designer John Yates (Stealworks). The artwork is a nod to Reid Miles and Francis Wolff, and their amazing work at the Blue Note label. The case-wrapped jacket includes new liner notes by BrooklynVegan senior editor Andrew Sacher.

Silver color vinyl pressing is limited to 1,000 copies.

Tracklist:
A1 Myage
A2 I Wanna Be a Bear
A3 I’m Not a Loser
A4 Parents
A5 Tonyage
A6 M 16
A7 I’m Not a Punk
A8 Catalina
B1 Suburban Home
B2 Statue of Liberty
B3 Kabuki Girl
B4 Marriage
B5 Hope
B6 Bikeage
B7 Jean is Dead

One of the seminal works from the genre to become known as pop punk, the Descendents’ Milo Goes to College arrived in the year 1982 as most of the members of the band were just finishing high school. They began by writing catchy, hummable melodies about girls, parents, and food, among other things. Despite their unabashedly juvenile lyrical approach, they played with a blistering intensity rivaling any of the bands in the burgeoning hardcore crowd that they fell in with. This winning formula has carried the group for decades, as their influence has inspired countless followers (some becoming far more famous) in their wake. Now, 43 years later, Descendents are reclaiming and reissuing the album that started it all.

Vinyl inclues 8.5x11" lyric insert. 

Tracklist:
A1 Myage
A2 I Wanna Be a Bear
A3 I’m Not a Loser
A4 Parents
A5 Tonyage
A6 M 16
A7 I’m Not a Punk
A8 Catalina
B1 Suburban Home
B2 Statue of Liberty
B3 Kabuki Girl
B4 Marriage
B5 Hope
B6 Bikeage
B7 Jean is Dead

Daniel Johnston's major label debut Fun was originally released in 1994 on Atlantic Records while he was housed in a mental institution. Featuring some of Daniel's finest songwriting and boasting the most "accessible" sound of his eccentric and deep catalog, producer Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers) eloquently preserves the singer/songwriter's earnest appeal and wraps it in sympathetic musical support. The aspiring cartoonist's playful, symbol-heavy sketches have graced many of his album covers, including Fun.

Hightlights:
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering
Lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Five 180-gram LPs pressed at Pallas Group in Germany
Housed in a lavish hard bound vinyl folio-book


Description:
A classic July 4th concert is brought to life on audiophile-grade, heavyweight vinyl. Drawn from arguably the band's strongest tour of their last 15 years on the road, the five-LP Truckin' Up To Buffalo features the entire concert at Rich Stadium on July 4, 1989. Favorites include "Bertha," "Touch Of Grey," "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," "Morning Dew," and "U.S. Blues."

Note that these copies are not numbered, and are therefore discounted from the list price. This batch will be the last pressing of this release.

Track List:
Side 1
Bertha (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 7:57
Greatest Story Ever Told (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) - 4:36
Cold Rain and Snow (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) - 6:45

Side 2
Walkin' Blues (Robert Johnson) - 6:57
Row Jimmy (Hunter, Garcia) - 10:50

Side 3
When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan) - 6:09
Stagger Lee (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:01
Looks Like Rain (John Barlow, Weir) - 7:11

Side 4
Deal (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:53
Touch of Grey (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:30

Side 5
Man Smart, Woman Smarter (Norman Span) - 8:47
Ship of Fools (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:13

Side 6
Playing in the Band (Hunter, Hart, Weir) - 3:30
Terrapin Station (Hunter, Garcia) - 12:18

Side 7
Drums (Hart, Bill Kreutzman) - 9:00
Space (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) - 7:28

Side 8
I Will Take You Home (Brent Mydland) - 3:53
All Along the Watchtower (Dylan) - 5:52

Side 9
Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 11:10
Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) - 8:20

Side 10
U.S. Blues (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:50

John Coltrane's final album for Atlantic bookends the exploratory motifs he explores on his Impulse! debut, Africa/Brass,recorded concurrently, with each involving knotty rhythmic shifts and Spanish-derived textures. Bonding with an amazing band that includes pianist McCoy Tyner, drummer Elvin Jones, and an uncredited Eric Dolphy (due to contractual reasons), Coltrane welcomes improvisations and ranging outside conventional parameters, all the while retaining melodic beauty. Yet the biggest attraction on the 1961 effort comes via the double-bass interplay between Art Davis and Reggie Workman, whose back-and-forth exchanges produce heat and cause the leader to up his own game. Mastered from the original master tapes, this dead-quiet 180g 45RPM 2LP set presents each pluck of the acoustic basses with tremendous body and decay. Long overdue for audiophile treatment, Olé Coltrane is ready for its closeup, and how.