View basket “Eldorado” has been added to your basket. World of Blue Spain SKU: SHIMMY2013LPC2 Barcode: 0602309894801 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Joyful Noise Recordings Released Date: 21st October 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Previously unreleased 16-track recordings that predates Spain’s 1995’s landmark “The Blue Moods Of Spain”. Includes original studio version of “World Of Blue” featuring Petra Haden on violin. Re-mixed and re-imagined by Kramer for Shimmy-Disc. The LP “World of Blue” features Merlo Podlewski on guitar. I first met Merlo in 1994. My sister Rachel Haden, who had been working with him at the Rhino Records store in Westwood, knew I was looking for a new guitarist for my band, and introduced us. Merlo is one of those guitarists whose playing is so smooth and effortless he makes anyone feel like they can play. He had an instinctual grasp of harmony and theory, which brought a great counterpoint to the technical knowledge and finesse of lead guitarist Ken. Spain played their first official L.A. gig with Merlo at a club called Pan, which shortly thereafter changed its name to Spaceland. We opened for Beck and That Dog. We played at Spaceland a lot and at other small clubs and coffee joints like the Troy Cafe (owned by Beck’s mom), Congo Square Coffee House in Santa Monica, Alligator Lounge, and others. At a certain point that year we were ready to record our first 7” single, and I reserved some time at Poop Alley. Poop Alley didn’t seem like the ideal recording setting. The walls and floors were made of concrete, and there was no soundproofing. The mixing board was in a loft up this steep staircase with no guard rails. But it worked somehow. On the particular day we recorded basics there was a rain storm which you can clearly hear in the background. The ceiling was so high there almost wasn’t a ceiling. A steep curving staircase with no guardrail led up to a loft area where the console was located, and next to it, on a custom-built, guardrail-less ledge, a queen-sized bed where Tom slept. I paid for the session with weed I grew in my closet. We set up and it started raining. Tom put a microphone outside. After tracking was finished, Petra came over and overdubbed violin. There was a cushioned area where I remember sitting during mixdown. We stayed good friends with Tom. We recorded a couple more songs with him the following year. Tom recorded lots of bands at Poop Alley. My sisters’ band That Dog, Beck, the Rentals, Rod Poole, Tom’s band Waldo the Dog Faced Boy, and many others. There were parties in the alley. There would be a keg of beer. Everyone was well-behaved. The most dangerous it got was when Kenny asked Beck if he was a Scientologist. I remember laughter and happiness the most from those parties. Not long afterwards Tom shut down the studio. Luckily for us, the tapes still exist. On those tapes are five songs, all of which are represented here. “I Lied” and “Her Used-To-Been” were released on the 7”, the remaining three have never been released before now. I can’t remember who I sent copies of the 7” to but shortly after it came out I got a call from an A&R executive at Geffen inviting me to their offices to talk. “I love your songs,” I remember him saying to me, “but my boss [David Geffen] won’t let me sign you because he doesn’t know how to market you.” Eventually a label that did want to sign us got in touch with me. Restless Records, they had decent distribution, so I said to myself, “Why not?”. This eventually led to the recording that produced our debut LP “Blue Moods of Spain”. Moody Blue Vinyl. RIYL: Codeine, Mazzy Star, Bedhead, Red House Painters, Low & American Music Club. Artist Spain Genre Rock And Pop Label Joyful Noise Recordings Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Her Used-To-Been Phone Machine I Lied Dreaming of Love World of Blue Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Spain and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Spain Carolina Rock And Pop | Glitterhouse | 1LP, Includes CD Released 3rd June 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spain Carolina £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Glitterhouse SKU: GRLP872 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 3rd June 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spain Spain 3-In-1 Value Pack Rock And Pop | Omnivore | 3LP Released 11th September 2015 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spain Spain 3-In-1 Value Pack £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Omnivore SKU: 816651014903 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 11th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spain Sargent Place Rock And Pop | Glitterhouse | 1LP, Includes CD Released 3rd March 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spain Sargent Place £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Glitterhouse SKU: GRLP786 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 3rd March 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Thalia Zedek Band Via Rock And Pop | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th March 2013 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Thalia Zedek Band Via £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Thrill Jockey SKU: THRILL325LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sam Ryder There’s Nothing But Space, Man! 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