View basket “Babe Rainbow” has been added to your basket. Quarter Century Classix Ben Lee SKU: NW5354LP Barcode: 0607396535415 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: New West Released Date: 22nd November 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “In January 2019 I found myself stuck in a Chicago hotel room during the ‘Polar Vortex’. I was performing there with my duo Radnor & Lee over a few nights when temperatures dropped, leaving me unable to do much outside my hotel room for 4 days. “Chicago is a city that holds a special history for me, and I found myself spending a good chunk of time staring out my hotel window, reflecting on my first trip there in 1993 to record my debut solo album ‘Grandpaw Would’ at Idful Studios with Brad Wood. But more than the details of that trip, I was struck by how vividly memories started flooding back to me of being a 15 year old mega fan of music, and in particular, indie rock. I LIVED for the records that I loved and the bands who made them. I’m not sure you are ever a fan of bands the way you can be as a teenager. It’s pretty sacred. “I started re-listening to some of my favorite songs from that period in that hotel room, by the Beat Happening, Pavement, Fugazi, The Breeders, Guided by Voices. It struck me as crazy that these songs and the feelings that accompanied them were now over 25 years old. It started seeming odd to me that for some reason, indie rock hasn’t been canonized the same way ‘60s and ‘70s rock has. After all, Dinosaur Jr were my Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth were my Grateful Dead and Built to Spill were my Steve Miller Band. These were my classics! “I always travel with my portable studio gear, and I immediately sat down and started learning and recording a collection of my favorite songs. I spent my 4 days of the 2019 Polar Vortex creating the blueprint for what would become ‘Quarter Century Classix’. When I got home to LA, I invited my friends Julianna Barwick, William Tyler and Mary Lattimore to my home studio to add their magic to my recordings as I knew they grew up in reverence of the same records I did. These three genius musicians became the ‘band’ who you can hear framing these covers and I am eternally grateful for their talent and generosity. Later, Maria Taylor, Mike Watt, Petra Haden and Joey Waronker all showed up to play too. “To some people these songs are just footnotes in pop culture history. But to me, they are the essence my own personal history. I wanted to make this record a tribute to these bands, to these songs, and to the irreversible way music can touch and transform the life of young person. I hope you enjoy ‘Quarter Century Classix’.” – Ben Lee LP pressed on blue and pink split vinyl. Artist Ben Lee Genre Rock And Pop Label New West Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Web In Front (Archers of Loaf) Blueprint (Fugazi) Divine Hammer (The Breeders) Car (Built to Spill) Sugar Kane (Sonic Youth) Get Me (Dinosaur Jr) In The Mouth A Desert (Pavement) Goldheart Mountain Top Queen Directory (Guided By Voices) Speeding Motorcycle (Daniel Johnston) Brand New Love (Sebadoh) Ingrown (Smudge) My Noise (Superchunk) Godsend (Beat Happening) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Ben Lee and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Ben Lee Hey You, Yes You Rock And Pop | Ten Fingers Records Inc | 1LP Released 30th September 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Lee Hey You, Yes You £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ten Fingers Records Inc SKU: 5054197131561 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Lee Breathing Tornados Rock And Pop | Ten Fingers Records Inc | 1LP Released 30th September 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ben Lee Breathing Tornados £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ten Fingers Records Inc SKU: 5054197131578 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ben Lee I’m Fun Rock And Pop | Warner Music | 1LP Released 17th June 2022 £23.00 - 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