THIS IS THE LATE-90s GERMAN REPRESSING on SHADOKS label. LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION of 450 COPIES. THIS ONE #42. EMBOSSED COVER + 180GR VINYL. The single cover is in EX condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration; for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition [barely played] and plays wonderfully. HARD TO FIND.
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BILL HOMANS, BERT CAREY, RAY ESSLER, BOB O'CONNELL, BILL HEILINGMANN,
TED LA LOMBARD, KEN WARNER, LINDLEY GOOLRICH, PETER HOMANS
Watermelon Slim (his real name is Bill Homans) was born in Boston but raised in North Carolina, where, he says, he was first exposed to the blues at the age of five. He sang in choirs and glee clubs as a child, but he began seriously turning to music after a tour of duty in Vietnam that ended in 1970. He independently released the furiously antiwar album Merry Airbrakes in 1973
<reissue, originally published 1973 >
LP SHADOKS MUSIC RECORDS 002 (Runout)
MADE IN GERMANY LATE-90s REPRESSING
LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION OF 450 COPIES. THIS ONE #42
STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER EMBOSSED ON FRONT
180GR VINYL
Barcode: none
LABEL: SHADOKS MUSIC - GREEN LABEL w/"ST. GEORGE INTERNATIONAL" LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
[Label is an exact repro of the original 1973 private press]
Catalog on cover: none
Catalog on labels: ST06
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SHADOKS 002 A [not legible, maybe JC]
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SHADOKS 002 B [not legible, maybe JC]
On labels: 33 1/3 rpm STEREO ST06
On back cover: Tracklist + Credits + Notes by William P. Homans
All songs © Bill and Peter Homans
Produced and engineered by Ray Essler
Original front cover design by Jim Lewis
SHADOKS MUSIC 42/450
tracklisting
Side A: VIGILANTE MAN - FROG SONG - THE BEARDED MAN
QUANG TRI CITY - EVEN THOSE AMONG US
Side B: DRAFT BOARD BLUES - THREE HEARTS - A HAPPY SONG FOR HANOI
PREACHER SONG - TRIBUTE TO FRANKIE
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Raw psych with bluesy touch from these NAM veteran, actually the first post-vietnam record. Great vocals by Bill Homans. The album was recorded for private use only to attract attention of big companies but strangely enough failed to do so. Some songs sound like early Beefheart, other are fragile and beautiful...