I thought I had missed my opportunity back in ’05 so I didn’t hesitate when I saw the post. One side was designed to be rotated at 33.333rpm and contains two chilled tracks, the other side is a 45rpm cut with massive compression and sounds great in a club. This is a two-speed promo 12″ (30cm) vinyl record in a plain white cover and a plain white label. Recently, Sundae Club announced that they found an unopened box of these white-label rarities, and decided they would flog them off as an additional fund-raiser for Haiti’s Earthquake relief. It was originally released and sold out in 2005… Or so they thought. This remix of Sundae Club’s “Angels in the Sky” was limited to just 50 white-label copies. Next up, a favorite musician of mine from London posted a wonderful vinyl surprise to Facebook. No high-res copies of the 7″ sleeve art were available on the web so I’ve seamlessly tiled both sides of the sleeve each as as a 12″ x 75″ jpg. This album was pressed only once back in ’98, so if you see a copy in the wild, grab it.Īccording to the liner notes, the background artwork, composed of small intenstines, is a detail shot from a piece of art titled, Wallchart of World History From Earliest Times to the Present. The single shipped in a six-panel foldout sleeve with artwork and lyrics.
I jumped on a $60 mint copy of the LP which surfaced online, complete with the original bonus 7″. The best-selling single from the LP is “Nobody’s Fault But My Own” features sitar, tambura, and esraj, giving the track a haunting atmosphere. The limited press swept the release under the rug, and I only discovered the album by chance in a local CD shop. As the record was in a markedly different style than the multi-platinum Odelay, Geffen’s marketing effort suggested that the album was not an “official” follow-up. This led to a lawsuit filed by Beck against Geffen. However, when Geffen executives heard the album, they reneged on their agreement and released the record. Released in 1998, the album suffered an unfortunate fate.īefore beginning the recording sessions, Beck gained permission from the major label he was under contract with, Geffen, to release Mutations on the small indie label Bong Load Records.
Peppers of Beck’s discography.īut my favorite Beck record for all time is the somber, lo-fi masterpiece – Mutations.
Hailed universally by critics as his greatest achievement, surpassing the sample-wizardry of Odelay in its hi-fidelity mastery, Sea Change is the Sgt. Sea Change is the must-own LP for every fan of Beck Hansen’s music. Once I secured a copy of the pink vinyl numbered original master recording release of Beck’s magnum opus, Sea Change on Mobile Fidelity records, I knew that there was still one Beck beast I had to capture. As promised, this week I’m featuring the latest LP treasures added to my library.
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