Jandek "Blue Corpse" LP (1987, Corwood) cover still in shrink wrap
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Baron Elmo proudly presents a copy of a long deleted vinyl classic from the beautiful monochrome world of JANDEK: Blue Corpse, released in 1987 on his own Corwood label. This vintage recording is an ideal starting point for exploring the stark, blasted landscape that is the psyche of Jandek. He seemed to materialize from nowhere in 1978 with his debut lp Ready for the House, performing a staggeringly primitive folk blues that seemed to have been cut while stumbling around in a dark closet. Rock connoisseur Richie Unterberger penned a description of Jandek's music that captures the man's dimly lit essence so beautifully that we're quoting it wholesale: "When it comes to idiot savants with mystique, no one can beat Jandek, who has self-released over two dozen albums featuring spooky, slightly demented stream of consciousness rambling and guitar playing which rarely strays from set notes and chords, none of which pick out anything close to a melody. His voice can range from a hushed whisper to a Janovian primal scream; unsettlingly, he hardly ever mines the wide territory between those extremes. Sometimes the guitar is acoustic, like a deathbed Neil Young; sometimes he sounds like the 13-year-old who's just gotten his first electric for his Bar Mitzvah... The albums are issued in plain sleeves with no liner notes, and enigmatic cover photos with all the attention to framing and focus of the do-it-yourself stalls at Woolworth's." This album consists of acoustic guitar and vocals throughout, except for the sixty-second closing track entitled (wait for it…) "One Minute," featuring Jandek backed by a drumkit; and "Harmonica," which is mostly an unaccompanied solo played on – well, we'll let you guess. It's another crude classic from a man who is truly tuned into another world. Vintage Jandek vinyl is becoming more impossible to find every day, so grab this one while ye may! The LP shows slight wear but looks fine and plays beautifully, while the cover is in lovely shape, and is still in the original shrink wrap.
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Track listing
I Passed By the Building
C F
Variant
Part II
Your Other Man
Long Way
Down at the Ball Park
Harmonica
House of the Rising Sun
Only Lover
Quinn Boys
One Minute
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