Jandek "Chair Beside a Window" (Corwood 0742) 1982 SEALED ORIGINAL
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Comments: M/M cover/vinyl; just a couple of microscopic corner dings, you'll not find a better original (weird reflection in pic is from the shrinkwrap).
Original sealed copy of this fourth LP released by Jandek under the name "Jandek", four years after "The Units" debut LP (which, oddly enough, featured a cover photo of a chair beside a window...). My last spare copy of this truly exceptional title in Jandek's enormous discograpy. Check out that great cover art -- looks like something out of the ESP catalog! See my other auctions for a couple other original Corwood releases.
"The relatively wide range of Chair Beside A Window gives insight into the influences on the seemingly impenetrable Jandek sound. Hearing the blown-out harmonica bluster of “You Think You Know How To Score” it’s hard not to imagine it as the Jandek equivalent of a Dylan phase, however insanely translated. Most notable in terms of both variance and firsts is the standout track “Nancy Sings,” featuring the first time we hear an outside vocalist. This song, a sad and empty blues number featuring stunning female vocals, could easily be argued for as the moment freak-folk was born. Nods to folk blues, early gospel and even some strange takes on group jams appear. The layers of intentions and emotional frequency are always a mystery, but the mystery is more colorful and relatable here than it ever was before." - Jackpot Records
"“The echo-drenched journey into Jandek’s world begins with “Down in a Mirror”, the artist delicately plucking his free-tuned guitar and tappin’ shoes on the floor ’neath him. And then electricity! Jandek’s first electric-guitar piece, “European Jewel,” comes screamin’ in like Elmore James having a seizure. Pounding drums and bass enter for a frenzied attack not too far from the same thing Sonic Youth was doing in NYC at the same time. Back to acoustic guitar for “Unconditional Authority,” a depressed semi-boogie, and near perfect blend of solo Syd Barrett and John Lee Hooker at his loneliest. “Poor Boy” comes mighty close to early blues in lyric and open-strum structure, with none of the self-conscious posturing of most white “bluesmen”. “You Think You Know How to Score” is harmonica-holder Dylan with the Holy Modal Rounders shootin’ speed in his butt: scary but hard not to watch and chuckle as head collides with concrete. “Nancy Sings” introduces the first of Jandek’s usually anonymous female vocal collaborators — and it’s a fragile, beautiful thing. Back to electric for “No Break”, with nancy on vocals, and a drummer (Nancy?) rattling about. This fragmented non-song could be a mellow-mood Harry Pussy jam from a decade later... This ’un’s a classic Jandek album — highly recommended.” -- Eddie Flowers
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