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GEMS – ” Imagine ” John Lennon Album Covered

Posted: April 26, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Gems covered John Lennon’s album Imagine in its entirety.  The full album is available to order now from Turntable Kitchen. It is only available on vinyl but the vinyl comes with a digital download

When we envisioned our SOUNDS DELICIOUS series we had high hopes. We wanted to hear our favorite bands lovingly reinterpreting art that meant something to them. We wanted music that would be fun, inventive, and exciting. We wanted covers that respect the album format as an art form instead of just focusing on a few hit singles. Yet, while we had high expectations, we couldn’t imagine just how great the results would be.

We never imagined Yumi Zouma’s dreamy reinterpretation of Oasis. We never imagined Jonthan Rado of Foxygen’s loose and free-wheeling take on Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run. And yet, time and time again, each and every one of the artists we’ve worked with have completely blown us out of the water with their contributions.

For our latest release in the series, GEMS keep the streak alive in a big way as the duo treat us to their track-by-track reinvention of John Lennon’s solo masterwork Imagine. From an epic, rumbling makeover of the bigger-than-life title track to their evocative and shimmering interpretation of album closer “Oh Yoko!” – they approach each track with reverence and respect even as they nail their flag to the mast.

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Here is what Lindsay from GEMS had to say about their version of the album:

“’All I want is the truth! Just give me some truth!’”

I listened to John Lennon’s album Imagine all the way through for the first time last year and that line just hit something deep within me. The inescapable sadness of life.The despair of feeling totally alone and calling out into the void, just searching for some kind of solid ground to stand on. It feels like the whole world is calling out right now from this place of hurt, calling out for truth. But we’re so divided and continue putting up false walls between us.

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I feel honored that we had the chance to record our own interpretations of these courageous, albeit conflicted songs. In some ways Lennon’s vision seems impossibly naive today. But don’t we need something to strive for? We need connection, we need communication, forgiveness and healing. I know I need the type of enchanted dream where we try to lift up humanity together. Even if it’s just in our own small, personal way.

I’m restless. I’m yearning for something real. I have to believe that we can still use our short time here on earth to put some kind of goodness into the world. And maybe while we’re at it, we can share the same dream.”

We’re also excited to announce that we’re teaming up with Seattle-based illustrator Teresa Grasseschi for the next several releases in the series! That’s her work that we’re featuring on the album art for this release.

GEMS’ version of Imagine is only available by subscribing to SOUNDS DELICIOUS. In addition to a deluxe edition for our Kickstarter supporters, it’s available on amber colored vinyl for recurring subscribers and gift orders of 6-months or more (while supplies last) and on black vinyl for all other orders. As always, each copies comes packaged with a digital download of the album. Only 1000 copies were pressed in total! These are expected to begin shipping next week!

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Lindsay Pitts, Clifford John Usher

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QUILT – ” Spirit of the Golden Juice “

Posted: August 24, 2017 in MUSIC
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We’re excited to announce that our friends in psych-folk outfit Quilt are the next artist featured in Sounds Delicious series. They’ve reimagined the lost folk masterpiece Spirit of the Golden Juice in its entirety.

Spirit of the Golden Juice was written in 1969 by F.J. McMahon after returning from service in the U.S. Air Force and serves, in part, as a chronicle and commentary of his time serving in Vietnam, Thailand and the Pacific Islands. The “golden juice” in the title was a reference to I.W. Harper bourbon which McMahon described as “the fuel of the times.”

It wasn’t widely released at the time with most copies being handed out by McMahon as he hitchhiked from California to Texas. Indeed, it would be decades before it was rediscovered and hailed by critics as a masterpiece filled with timeless protest songs balanced against freewheeling melodies. The themes and ideas McMahon shared prove as powerful and relevant today as they were when the album was originally written nearly 50 years ago.

Quilt says of the album, “Once in a while you find an album that you can listen to anytime, anywhere and get swept away in the current regardless of your surroundings. Spirit of the Golden Juice is one of those albums, and one that we have all enjoyed together as a band in the van on tour.

Through pure chance, we became friends with FJ McMahon after he contacted us online three years ago, and we have mutual admiration for each other’s music. We decided last year to cover Spirit of the Golden Juice. Our own Keven Lareau engineered and produced it, and it was recorded over the course of several months between New Hampshire and New York.

Earlier this summer we were lucky enough to accompany FJ in Los Angeles as his backing band, playing the entirety of Spirit of the Golden Juice  live for the first time ever! If you like our versions of his songs please be sure to check out the reissue of the original, available now on Anthology Records.

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MUTUAL BENEFIT – ” Just Another Diamond Day “

Posted: July 15, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Mutual Benefit’s full album cover of Vashti Bunyan’s “Just Another Diamond Day”,

Mutual Benefit’s contribution to SOUNDS DELICIOUS is the third entry in the series and is expected to ship at the end of June. Songwriter Jordan Lee said of the album:

“When I was approached about covering a full album, it was a no-brainer to attempt reinterpreting Just Another Diamond Day by Vashti Bunyan. Since my school days it’s been one of those pieces of music that has been able to transport me to a calmer, more magical world than the one we currently inhabit.” . The band premiered two tracks “Jog Along Bess” and “Glow Worms,” saying, “Bunyan and Mutual Benefit bandleader Jordan Lee are ideally matched, with a similar affinity for gentle introspection.”

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This release is exclusive to SOUNDS DELICIOUS and is vinyl-only (although the record includes a MP3 download of the album) – so the only way to get a copy is by joining the subscription service.

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YUMI ZOUMA – ” She’s Electric ” (Oasis Cover)

Posted: February 15, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Seattle website and record label Turntable Kitchen sponsors a vinyl subscription service called Sounds Delicious in which notable artists cover an entire classic album. Today we’ve got a preview of the first release in the series: In a pleasant and unlikely convergence of artist and material, New Zealand dream-pop greats Yumi Zouma are taking on “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”, the 1995 sophomore LP that turned Oasis from UK superstars to a worldwide household name. Ahead of the full release, they’ve shared their woozy rendition of “She’s Electric,” which applies the full Loveless treatment to the Gallaghers’ jaunty rock tune. It’s a stunning re-imagination of a splendid song,
Yumi Zouma’s version of “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?” will be limited to 1,000 copies. Get it by subscribing to Sounds Delicious . Upcoming entries in the series include Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado covering Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run”, Ben Gibbard covering Teenage Fanclub’s “Bandwagonesque”, and the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart covering Tom Petty’s “Full Moon Fever”.

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Yumi Zouma - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?