View basket “Nobody Told Me” has been added to your basket. Michael Lee Yonkers Michael Yonkers SKU: DC580 Barcode: 0781484058014 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Drag City Released Date: 20th January 2014 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info By now, the legend of Michael Yonkers has ascended to estimable levels, at last. It should have happened long ago – after all, it was over ten years back that the word got out, when his previously-unreleased 1968 Sire album ‘Microminiature Love’ was issued by Destjil and then Sub Pop. A thousand noise-rock ears pricked up, in the same fashion as in 1967, when folks heard The Velvet Underground and Nico, when those lucky enough to stumble across said sounds formed their own bands immediately. Yes, it turns out the reclusive Minneapolis dancer had just as seminally prefigured proto-punk / metal / noise though his own brand of amped-up garage rock, but no one knew. In this blog-happy latter decade, Michael has picked up where he left off, exploring blown-out frequencies with collaborators around the globe, and his work has claimed a seat next to underground legends like The Fugs, VU, Sonic Youth and even ol’ Jimi. What a lot of folks still don’t know is that Michael put aside his hand-built fuzz boxes and bellowing vocal style in the 70s to record and self-release some truly lilting homespun folk albums, where he explored the sound of acoustic guitars, layered, madrigal-like vocals, and only the most subtle applications of electricity, all in service of some truly somber and mesmerizing songs. Of these albums, only ‘Goodbye Sunball’ and ‘Grimwood’ have been reissued, as well as Drag City / Galactic Zoo Disk’s now sold-out ‘Lovely Gold’ (recorded in 1977, but unreleased until 2010). There’s yet another musical colour revealed on the uber-rare private press, ‘Michael Lee Yonkers’, which was home-recorded in 1971-72, while Michael was working in an unheated, hundred year-old warehouse. He ran the forklift and drove the truck for the company, hauling extremely heavy loads of industrial surplus and scrap metal. His co-workers almost exclusively listened to country & western music, which inspired him to create and perform an oddly countrified set on weekends, when he would play in coffeehouses and at house parties. Yonkers would do an acoustic set of original “country” and “rock” music for the first part, then he would get out an “electronic music machine” that he had built himself and play “electronic music”, according to Michael himself. ‘Michael Lee Yonkers’ is a recording of some of the ‘country’ songs he was doing at the time, as well as a few songs he wrote for the children at the house parties (like ‘Mrs. Jennings Fruit Fly Farm’, recorded live, where you can hear the kids going nuts). The tracks were recorded on a variety of tube-type, reel-to-reel tape machines, which give them a unique analogue sound that begs comparisons to outsider hillbillies like Peter Grudzien, Holy Modal Rounders and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, as well as beloved longhair outlaws like Townes Van Zandt and Kris Kristofferson (ok, even one St. Johnny Cash too). The original art and labels have been faithfully reproduced and, with a discreet remastering touch, the tracks sound better than ever. Originals go for over $60, so get these before they fly out the door and sell for almost $60, ala ‘Lovely Gold’. Artist Michael Yonkers Genre Rock And Pop Label Drag City Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings An Easy Goin’ Country Guy My Sally Black Birds In The Sky The Nice Boy Funboots Furnace Springs Pigeon Falls Mrs. Jennings Fruit Fly Farm Donald Wheeler She Can Cry Her Tears Alone I'm So Glad You Came One Room And A Brass Bed Come A Long Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Michael Yonkers and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Michael Yonkers Microminiature Love Rock And Pop | Sub Pop | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th September 2011 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Yonkers Microminiature Love £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP508 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th September 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Hallyday Johnny Acte II Rock And Pop | Blue Wrasse | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 20th November 2020 £22.00 - £28.00 Select options Johnny Hallyday Johnny Acte II £22.00 - £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Wrasse Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 20th November 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Dawes We’re All Gonna Die Rock And Pop | Hub Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 16th September 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dawes We’re All Gonna Die £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Hub Records SKU: 857223004571 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Manchester Orchestra Christmas Songs Rock And Pop | Spinefarm Records | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album, Etched Released 10th December 2021 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Manchester Orchestra Christmas Songs £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: LVR2163 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album, Etched Released Date: 10th December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Throws Throws – Indies Only Signed Rock And Pop | Full Time Hobby | 1LP Released 10th June 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Throws Throws – Indies Only Signed £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH252LPA Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Royal Trux Radio Video Rock And Pop | Domino | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 19th May 2014 £8.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Royal Trux Radio Video £8.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Domino SKU: RUG105T Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 19th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Amy Studt Happiest Girl In The Universe Rock And Pop | Crocodile Laboratories | 2LP Released 4th October 2019 £21.00 - £23.00 Select options Amy Studt Happiest Girl In The Universe £21.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Crocodile Laboratories Formats: 2LP Released Date: 4th October 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View David Bowie 1966 Rock And Pop | Sanctuary | 1LP Released 7th August 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Bowie 1966 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sanctuary SKU: 5414939807916 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Iggy Pop The Idiot Rock And Pop | 4 Men With Beards | 180g, 1LP Released 10th August 2016 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Iggy Pop The Idiot £38.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4 Men With Beards SKU: 4M524LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Holiday Ghosts Coat of Arms Rock And Pop | Fat Cat | 1LP Released 29th March 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holiday Ghosts Coat of Arms £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fat Cat SKU: FATLP180 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Script, The #3 Rock And Pop | Sony Legacy | 180g, 1LP Released 21st March 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Script, The #3 £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Legacy SKU: 88875159441 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st March 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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