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BING 203CD
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"Maybe everything has been going to such shit lately because Barbara Manning has been hibernating. A Matador Records mainstay and pivotal indie-rock pioneer of the nineties, Manning has continually written material that matches the quality of the many songs she covers. Both as a performer and a listener, Barbara Manning is a passionate lifer. While her music is compact and succinct, it is steeped in multitudes of genre periods and styles. From SF Seals to her work with Stuart Moxham (Young Marble Giants) to The Go-Luckys, every collaboration carries her genius melodies and lyricism. In a four-minute catchy song, Manning can communicate what others require novels to express. Her fans include Yo La Tengo, The Clean, Sonic Youth, Tall Dwarfs, Pavement, Calexico, The Replacements, and even Faust (don't forget her prolific work as half of free-sound stalwarts Glands Of External Secretion). With an upcoming tour joining Codeine, Manning felt the time was right for something new. Thus, Charm Of Yesterday? Convenience Of Tomorrow. It compiles a few different periods. 'Chico Daze' is a song cycle that absorbed the dark times and experiences she had in Northern California through the 2010s. 'The Porch Series' cover songs were Manning's antidote to pandemic madness, and features the music of Elliott Smith, Edgar Winter, Richard & Linda Thompson, Galaxie 500, Bob Dylan, and The Handsome Family. Now situated near Los Angeles, where she works as a drama teacher, Manning has been playing live again and recording, channeling her innate sense of theatricality and dynamics into this new musical era. Charm Of Yesterday? Convenience Of Tomorrow heralds a new phase of releases for an iconic, legendary artist set to reintroduce herself and show how beautiful songwriting flames eternal."
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CLOUD 038CD
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"Remastered versions of the classic Scissors album and its follow up LP One Perfect Green Blanket (both currently out of print in any format). Plus 24 other previously unreleased songs and recordings from the same time period (mid-1980s - early 1990s) -- and guaranteed NOT to be re-released again in your lifetime. Among the 24 unreleased tracks are out-takes and demos from Scissors, interesting cover versions (originally recorded by various New Zealand/Flying Bands), home demos and more. Packaged in a hardshell box set with 3 mini-LP innersleeves, plus a thick booklet of photos and liner notes by Nigel Cross, Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate, Byron Coley, plus members of the Bats, the Verlaines, and the Clean."
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