Browse by Label: PLAIN RECORDINGS

Artist:	MOORE BROTHERS, THE
Title:	Now Is the Time for Love
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 107CD

"The Moore Brothers, Thom and Greg, are a truly unique duo of singer/songwriters, drawing comparisons to British folkies like Roy Harper and The Incredible String Band, Big Star co-founder Chris Bell, and The Walker Brothers, while delivering delightfully eccentric and hopeful outsider pop songs with that special sort of sibling vocal harmony that can only be heard in the recordings of the brothers Everly and Davies. Thom and Greg share the songs on their new album, Now Is The Time For Love, stripped down to a single guitar and two beautiful voices. 14 songs about love, blood baths, and bicycles."

Artist:	OCTET
Title:	Cash and Carry Songs
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 108CD

"French pop-tronica duo Octet's debut album, Cash and Carry Songs, has drawn comparisons to their fellow countrymen Air and Phoenix, and draws on a wide range of influences from The Pretty Things to Prince, all the while delivering catchy dance-floor jams, broken introspective beats, and ambient vamps that have fans and critics alike singing their praises on both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring the lyrical and vocal contributions of Suzanne Thoma (M83)."

Artist:	DUNGER, NICOLAI
Title:	The Vinyl Trilogy
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	3LP
Price:	$31.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 109LP

Elegant 3LP multi-gatefold which includes LP sized booklet with lyrics, photos, info and a written forward. LP1: Blind Blemished Blues; LP2: A Dress Book; LP3: Sweat Her Kiss. "Nicolai Dunger sounds like Nick Nolte looks. Beaten down, dishevelled, with last night's Jack Daniels still coursing through his veins and this morning's Marlboros still burning in his throat, his careworn experience jostles with his undefeated optimism. He may have Nordic blond good looks, but he has the rough cynicism of a delta bluesman, singing dusty tales of wasted lives and unforgiven mistakes, childhood heroes and lost loves, while collaborator Will Oldham adds skewed harmonies and gorgeous guitar rhythms...an inventive, affectionate and utterly European homage to Americana."

Artist:	WINGDALE COMMUNITY SINGERS
Title:	Wingdale Community Singers
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 110CD

"The Wingdale Community Singers are David Grubbs (who played in Gastr del Sol, The Red Krayola, Bastro, and Squirrel Bait and has appeared on records by Will Oldham, Matmos, Tony Conrad, The Dirty Three, and Royal Trux), Hannah Marcus (who's most recent record Desert Farmers was recorded with members of the band Godspeed You Black Emperor!), and Rick Moody (bestselling author of the novels Purple America and The Ice Storm). Together these three Brooklynites grow an organic album that speaks mostly about urban things: rats feature in a number of the compositions, for some reason, as does bike repair, duct tape, the dyed daisies of NYC flower stalls and transvestites."

Artist:	FLAMING LIPS, THE
Title:	Hear It Is
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 111LP

"A reissue of the first full-length album by one of the most well-loved and influential bands of the past 25 years. Following in the grand tradition of other great Southwestern psych bands such 13th Floor Elevators and The Red Krayola, The Flaming Lips first act mixed punk, country & western, psychedelia, goth, and pure bar-band rock and roll into their own curious creation on classics such 'Jesus Shootin' Heroin,' 'Trains, Brains, & Rain,' and 'Charlie Manson Blues.' Sharing the weird, slanted pop sensibility of contemporaries like Meat Puppets and Butthole Surfers, this early masterpiece continues to influence bands to this day. Indeed, the punk rockers were finally taking acid. Deluxe reissue on white vinyl."

Artist:	FLAMING LIPS, THE
Title:	Oh My Gawd!!!
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 112LP

"Further evolving the sound on their debut, The Flaming Lips' second album finds the band mining the psychedelic aspects of their sound even more. The bands ambitious nature begins to reveal itself with Ummagumma-era Pink Floyd, Mountain, and even Blue Cheer becoming clear influences on their sound. Includes such seminal tracks as 'One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning,' 'Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel,' and 'Prescription: Love.' Deluxe reissue on clear vinyl."

Artist:	FLAMING LIPS, THE
Title:	Telepathic Surgery
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 113LP

Deluxe LP reissue, 3-sided. "Experimental, even by The Flaming Lips standards, the band's third album is a glorious and mind-expanding mix of heavily effected guitar solos, backwards recordings and surrealistic imagery. Again, the classic song titles keep coming with 'Chrome Plated Suicide,' 'Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin),' and 'Drug Machine in Heaven.' Telepathic Surgery became a big influence on many bands such as Mercury Rev and Beck to Grandaddy and The Olivia Tremor Control. Deluxe reissue on blue vinyl. 23-minute bonus track on Side 3."

Artist:	FLAMING LIPS, THE
Title:	In A Priest Driven Ambulance
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 114LP

"The final pre-major label album from The Flaming Lips brought a huge shift in sound that would define their work over the greater part of the next decade. The first album to feature Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue on guitar, In A Priest Driven Ambulance features more structured songwriting and tighter production. The lyrical wit and insight of Wayne Coyne had never been better as his obsession with religious imagery moved to the forefront. Features 'Unconsciously Screamin',' 'Rainin' Babies,' and 'God Walks Among Us Now.' Deluxe reissue on pink vinyl. Bonus 12"."

Artist:	MOORE BROTHERS, THE
Title:	Murdered By The Moore Brothers
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 120CD

"Murdered By The Moore Brothers isn't exactly a 'who dunnit.' It's obvious from the first notes that these boys are guilty as sin, but fourteen tracks later, there's no jury in the world that would convict. Not only do the brothers walk, they might just get a pat on the back and the key to the city. Nobody's swinging for this crime. And yes, they really are brothers. The oblique folk-pop duo of Thom and Greg Moore has been slaying SF Bay Area audiences for past few years with their unexpected songs and their note-perfect fraternal harmonies."

Artist:	DUNCAN, AMY
Title:	Pilgrimage
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 124CD

"A native of Edinburgh, Scotland, Amy Duncan is a classically trained double bass player. But about a year ago, she decided to make singing and songwriting a priority, eventually crafting and recording the songs that make up Pilgrimage -- her very first album. With melodies as haunting and atmospheric as the misty Scottish highlands at dawn, Amy Duncan's voice captivates and charms, well complimented by the simple arrangements of guitar, piano and upright bass."

Artist:	GEORGESON, NOAH
Title:	Find Shelter
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 125CD

"Noah Georgeson, the leader of The Pleased, is perhaps best known as the producer of Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, and the new album by Bert Jansch. He is also a member of Devendra's touring band. Check out the video of Noah singing this album's title track 'Find Shelter' with Devendra and band live at Bonnaroo on YouTube. His first solo album, Find Shelter finds Noah playing guitar, organ, piano, and Mellotron in addition to arranging and producing. The Kite Hill Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mr. Georgeson provides the backing for these 12 songs written in a San Francisco Victorian and recorded in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains."

Artist:	SMITH, ELLIOTT
Title:	XO
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 126LP

"Following the success and acclaim of his two releases on the Kill Rock Stars label, as well an Oscar nomination for the use of his song 'Miss Misery' in the film Good Will Hunting, the late Elliott Smith signed with Dreamworks for the 1998 release of XO. With a major label budget for this, his fourth full length album, Smith was able to craft a fully realized pop masterpiece, fulfilling the promise of previous releases. Though firmly in the McCartney/Lennon/Rundgren/Davies school of songwriting Smith was nothing if not an original. Possibly his best record."

Artist:	SMITH, ELLIOTT
Title:	Figure 8
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 127LP

"His second release for the Dreamworks label, and fifth overall, Figure 8 is a lush and beautifully melancholy collection of pop songs. Gone is the intimate lo-fi feel of his Kill Rock Stars albums, replaced by intricate arrangements and orchestration. One gets the feeling that the sound of his earlier work was not by choice but by economic necessity and Smith was now, with a major label budget and backing, able to establish himself as a pop craftsman on par with Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney." Originally released 2000.

Artist:	WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS
Title:	Rufus Wainwright
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 128LP

"Showered with critical praise upon its 1998 release, Rufus Wainwright's debut album established him as the massive talent that he remains today. The child of acclaimed folk songwriters Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Rufus' style owes more to the orchestral pop of Scott Walker or Van Dyke Parks (whose orchestral arrangements adorn much of this album), the opera, and the work of Edith Piaf and Judy Garland, than it does his own musical lineage. The debut pop classic from one of this generation's most important artists. Available on vinyl for the very first time." Gatefold sleeve.

Artist:	LA'S, THE
Title:	The La's
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 129LP

"Originally released in 1990 on the Go! Discs label, The La's self-titled debut is a tasty nugget of classic British pop (The Kinks, Small Faces) matched with the post-punk jangle of groups like The Smiths and XTC. Predating the second British invasion by a number of years, this, the sole album by The La's features the classic 'There She Goes' along with 11 other slices of pop goodness. Back in print on vinyl for the first time since its original release." 180 gram vinyl.

Artist:	CHAPIN SISTERS, THE
Title:	Lake Bottom LP
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 130CD

"L.A.'s The Chapin Sisters (three actual sisters) wed lilting voices, dynamically complex vocal harmonies, and folk-influenced melodies to dark, wryly sarcastic lyrical content. Their words express heartbreak, love lost and disillusionment from different and unique angles, while their singing expresses an exultant celebration of life. The arrangements are sparse yet rich, showcasing the sisters' sophisticated vocal harmonies supported by Abigail and Lily's subtle acoustic guitars and the occasional accent of bass, percussion, electric violin and singing saw. Produced by Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, The Pernice Brothers) and Mike Daly."

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Artist:	VA
Title:	Iamaphotographer
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 101CD

Artist:	CAT POWER
Title:	Dear Sir
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 102

Artist:	VA
Title:	You Can Never Go Fast Enough
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 103CD

Artist:	MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Title:	Isn't Anything
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 104LP

Artist:	PRIMAL SCREAM
Title:	Screamadelica
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	2LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	PLAIN 106LP

Artist:	DAVID J
Title:	Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh
Label:	PLAIN RECORDINGS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	PLAIN 121CD