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Artist:	MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE
Title:	Protein Source Of The Future...Now!
Label:	3 BEADS OF SWEAT
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	3BOS 1001CD

"Protein Source of the Future...Now! is the first volume (in a series of three) of compilations collecting songs by the Mountain Goats from the myriad 7"s, cassettes, and compilation appearances made over the years. This is a reissue of the 23-track Ajax compilation that originally came out in 1999. This volume spans the period of their early-ish material ('93/'94), when John Darnielle was still insisting that the band was a 5-piece, up through the development of his modern, more mature solo style, albeit before he started recording in 'real' studios. For many folks, this period features some of his best, most poignant and funniest work."

Artist:	MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE
Title:	Zopilote Machine
Label:	3 BEADS OF SWEAT
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	3BOS 1006CD

"Zopilote Machine bears the distinction of being the first 'proper' full-length album by the Mountain Goats, which with the passage of time since the band's inception in 1990 and the growth of the song catalog and immense discography of the ever-evolving band lineup is no minor feat. Originally released on CD only in a small pressing on the Chicago-based Ajax Records in July, 1994, Zopilote was the first foray by Claremont, California-based John Darnielle and his 'Bright Mountain Choir' into the world beyond Shrimper cassettes and the quasi-hermetic universe of 7" records. Over the album's 19 songs, the subject matter touches on everything from Russ Meyer's asskicking vixen Tura Satana to the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl (the 'zopilote' in the album's title is an ancient Mesoamerican term for 'vulture', and the album is sprinkled with Aztec references) to the mother of Beowulf's man-eating troll Grendel to an impudent, vengeful version of a Roman Caesar. The overall style is vintage Mountain Goats: mostly home-recorded songs lasting around two minutes, featuring just John Darnielle's voice, his somewhat primitive acoustic guitar freneticism, and memorable hooks a-plenty."

Artist:	MOUNTAIN GOATS, THE
Title:	Nothing for Juice
Label:	3 BEADS OF SWEAT
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	3BOS 1007CD

"1996's Nothing for Juice stands apart in the vast Mountain Goats discography as being the first album by the band recorded mostly in an actual studio (by engineer pal and Inland Empire fixture Bob Durkee), featuring the mid-'90s touring lineup of singer/songsmith John Darnielle on guitar and bassist Rachel Ware on harmonies. And that's not all: there are interesting covers of Robert Johnson's 'Hellhound on My Trail' and a tune that Chet Baker once covered ('Moon and Sand'), current setlist mainstay 'It Froze Me,' a redux version of an earlier Mountain Goats favorite in 'Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina,' and a real sonic treat in the transcontinental, through-the-mail collaboration with Germany-via-New Zealand guitarist/stringed instrument mastermind Graeme Jefferies (This Kind of Punishment, the Cakekitchen) on three of the album's standout tracks. The album is an incredibly varied explosion of ideas and inputs that finds the band spreading its wings and prodding at the edges of its signature sound, and it truly stands alone in the band's repertoire. Nothing for Juice has been out of print for 4 years."

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