THE CHURCH “Quick Smoke at Spot’s” LP MUSHROOM Australia ’91 orig RARE NM

$

75

Artist:  THE CHURCH   

Title:  “A Quick Smoke at Spot’s”

Label:  MUSHROOM ~ L-26058.  Made in Australia.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is black with silver text. 

Year:   1991.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with clean front and back panels.  Very light traces of wear on seams and corners.  Reverse has “special festival export” sticker.  No writing, cut-out marks, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Includes the original printed inner sleeve with liner notes, in NEAR MINT condition.

If you are a fan of The Church, you know that this one seldom shows up in any condition.  This is a gorgeous copy – the complete package!

Track Listing: 

Side One: 

• Texas Moon
• Perfect Child
• Much Too Much
• Take It Back
• Desert
• We Both Know Why We’re Here
• Frozen and Distant
• Forgotten Reign
• Anna Miranda

Side Two:

• Hunter
• Dream
• Ride Into the Sunset
• You Got Off Light
• Nose Dive
• The Feast
• Afterlife

Review:

“Conveniently collecting all the various B-sides from the Starfish and Gold Afternoon Fix singles, Quick Smoke is a godsend to the hardcore Church fan, acting as a useful adjunct to Hindsight without also being a greatest hits/singles overview.  Steve Kilbey's liner notes this time out don't study everything song by song, but are instead a witty pondering on the nature of liner notes in the first place, so those wanting knowledge on where every song comes from will have to look elsewhere.  As for the music, the by-definition fragmented collection still contains a number of true winners.  Most follow in the general Church vein, but as tracks often recorded away from the LA-based production team that handled the parent albums, they often show a nice contrast in sound.  Many use drum machines for percussion, possibly for convenience but likely also foreshadowing Richard Ploog's eventual departure.  Lead-off track "Texas Moon" is actually one of the band's strongest songs, a powerful, energetic number with great work from Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes on complex, shimmering guitar riffs, while Kilbey and Ploog create a strong, varied rhythm punch.  Buried harmonica and Kilbey's strong singing make for the icing on the cake.  "Much Too Much" is another strong rocker, with a fine chorus and rough, immediate feel, while "You Got Off Light" and "Hunter" also give the band a chance to get out some feedback crunch and belting performances, though Kilbey as always sings in his deceptively calm, attractive way.  An amusing touch in "Anna Miranda" is the use of a line from "Under the Milky Way" from time to time, dropped in and then moved on from.  Generally, the collection tends toward such louder, more driving tracks, but there are quieter moments scattered throughout.  "Forgotten Reign" has a fair amount going on, but the pace is measured, led by a single guitar chime over an acoustic/electric blend, while "Ride Into the Sunset" benefits from additional string-synth orchestration.”

(review courtesy of Ned Raggett, allmusic.com)

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