The Secret History, Vol. 1

The Secret History, Vol. 1
- Double Vinyl
The strangest thing about Pavement? Not that there were ever many non-strange things about Pavement? Even though they made their eraâ€™s finest rock albums, the albums only told half their story. Pavement also made some of the Ninetiesâ€™ best albums that *never* happened. Until now. Pavement made five proper album-as-albums: Slanted and Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999). Each has its own sound. Each has its own legend. But each of their official albums has a shadow albumâ€”and itâ€™s usually as strong as the album that actually *did* come out. Itâ€™s time for the world to hear the albums Pavement could have made, if theyâ€™d been a little less ambitious about music and a little more ambitious about the music business. If theyâ€™d been the kind of band to sweat the legacy. But if they were that kind of band, would they have written so many great songs? Much less *these* great songs? No. Matador is finally releasing a series of these shadow albums. The first, naturally, is *The Secret History Vol. 1*, collecting the songs that got away during the era of Slanted and Enchanted, which Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg and Gary Young recorded on the cheaper-than-cheap in January 1991. *Secret Slanted History* collects gems from Peel Sessions (â€œKentucky Cocktail,â€ â€œCirca 1762â€) and seven-inches (â€œBaptist Blacktickâ€) as well as live slop from the first European tours, with Mark Ibold and Bob Nastanovich in the fold. Some are outtakes from *Slanted*â€”imagine leaving these tunes off your first album, when as far as you know or imagine, itâ€™s your *only* album. These tracks (some of which had never been rumored among Pavement freaks) came out on the 2002 *Slanted and Enchanted* reissue. But theyâ€™ve never been separately available as an album in their own right, and many of them have never been on vinyl before. The rarities collected here could have beenâ€”or maybe even should have beenâ€”cobbled together into a quickie stopgap album, a Slantedsequel.
Country USA
Brand Matador
Manufacturer Matador
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber OLE 1064
Model OLE 1064
ReleaseDate 2015-08-11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 744861106418
EANs 0744861106418

Country	USA
Brand	Matador
Manufacturer	Matador
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	OLE 1064
Model	OLE 1064
ReleaseDate	2015-08-11
UnitCount	1
UPCs	744861106418
EANs	0744861106418

The Secret History, Vol. 1

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