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2016 repress. Originally released in 2000. Train Leaves At Eight is an in-between project, a concept album which is reminiscent of Satisfied Mind (1993), another in-between album with cover versions that became one of the most critically acclaimed recordings in the long career of The Walkabouts. This time they've taken their favorite European songs, from Greece to Portugal, from the Netherlands to Serbia, from Portugal to England to Germany and Slovenia. Features songs written by Mikis Theodorakis, Bosnian born composer Goran Bregovic, Vlado Kreslin, Italian artist Fabrizio De Andre, Spanish composer Lluis Llach, Portuguese songwriter Jose Maria Branco and his wife Manuela De Freitas, French singer-songwriter Francoiz Breut, Jacques Brel, Belgian band Deus, Dutch artist Solex, Hamburg based band Blumfeld, Swedish songwriter Stina Nordenstamm, Al Bystrom (Midnight Choir), and Neu!. Chris Eckman provides background for the release: "Another name for this album might have been: 'Songs From Continental Europe'. That is the place these songs call home. That is the abstraction from which they are born. However, that title would sorely miss the point of this project. This album is not a destination; it is an unfinished, personal journey. It is a quick flare across borders; both imagined and sturdy. It is the faint sound of the train as it turns the corner, away from well-worn landmarks and cultural filing cabinets. This album is a sequence of questions: Why do the trains keep stopping at the same stations? Why do our musical stories seem to travel in only one direction? Why does our luggage seem so worn, when we actually go nowhere? In the end, the only map one needs is the songs themselves. These songs came to us over a period of years. Some arrived in unmarked parcels, some were heard crackling in the night air. Some of them were rumors and some of them were promises fulfilled. All of them came to us shellacked with coincidence and kindness. We certainly must thank the songwriters, the song-givers, the generous musicians, the recordists, and the translators for helping us to pull this album together. Without them, we would still be waiting for the same old train."
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GR 897LP
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Besides being probably one of the best and most underestimated indie-rock bands from the United States, Seattle's The Walkabouts always delivered remarkable and outstanding covers. In 1993, they released Satisfied Mind the first cover album in the band's history and truly an alternative country masterpiece. 20 years after the release, MOJO elected it as one of the "Best 5 Americana Albums of All Time". In 2001, the highly anticipated Train Leaves At Eight was released - the counterpart to Satisfied Mind - covering only European music from Norway to Greece. Satisfied Mind was released as a single LP in 1993, maybe not the best decision for sound reasons, whereas Train Leaves At Eight was never released on vinyl. Both albums are now available for the first time ever remastered and on double vinyl. As a bonus and a special gift to the fans, this box includes a third double LP, the live album Gone To Hell, Back By Eight. This album includes two recordings of two concerts from the time of creation of both Satisfied Mind and Train Leaves At Eight. Remastered from the original tapes by Grammy nominee Hans-Jörg Maucksch (Pauler Acoustics Studio). The Walkabouts's Feel Like Going Home: Cover Albums comes as a deluxe box set with three double LPs (180 gram vinyl) plus four CDs.
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Glitterhouse presents a 6LP/5CD box set of music from Seattle folk-rock group The Walkabouts. Limited to 500 copies worldwide, this deluxe box set contains the double LP (plus 2 CDs) Devil's Road (1996), the double LP (plus 2 CDs) Nighttown (1997) and exclusively to this set, the double LP (plus CD) Bruxelles, which is a live recording with the Nighttown String Orchestra from June 28th, 1997 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels in superb sound quality. All vinyl albums in the box will feature deluxe gatefold sleeves, and the box itself will be a piece of art.
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Deluxe reissue of the 1996 classic from The Walkabouts, with re-worked and extended artwork plus a bonus CD containing five unreleased tracks from that period. Comes in a multifold digipak with a 16-page booklet. "For 30 years, The Walkabouts have written and sung about one of their main topics: America -- the origin and home of rock'n'roll. The Walkabouts scrutinize America as a mythic place spotlighted by desires and hopes, but also contradictions and inconsistencies. Singer-songwriter Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson founded The Walkabouts in 1984 in Seattle. 1989 saw the release of their Sub Pop debut, finding themselves the only non-grunge band next to the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney. Ironically enough, the sound of The Walkabouts, the mixing of folk, Americana and country with the knowledge and energy of punk, survived the grunge hype of the '90s and became one of the most important and enduring musical genres of the following decades. In 1992, The Walkabouts and Sub Pop split but the band joined forces with Sub Pop Europe represented by Glitterhouse Records in Beverungen, Germany. After releasing two albums -- Devil's Road (1996) and Nighttown (1997) -- with Virgin Records, The Walkabouts returned again to their home Glitterhouse and have remained there from 1999 until today. 1996: The Walkabouts are standing at the edge of their career. Glitterhouse isn't the distribution partner of Sub Pop anymore and because of these changes the bond breaks and the band are in need of a new label. At that time, major labels still had a strong interest in signing indie-bands, and were open to investing reasonable amounts of money into their careers. Acts with an underground reputation were added to these label's rosters in order to raise the label's artistic profile and credibility. And so The Walkabouts were drafted, and in 1996 Devil's Road saw the light of day as the first of their two albums recorded for Virgin Records. Based on the higher production budget that the major-label provided, the band realized their long-held dream and added string arrangements to their somber folk-country ballads and dust-dry mid-tempo rockers. In cooperation with arranger Mark Nichols and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the strings were recorded in a radio studio in Warsaw that was still very 'Eastern Bloc.' Especially compared to Eckman's and Torgerson's rather stripped-down side project of those days, Chris & Carla, these songs come through almost overblown. But one has to admit something that goes for all The Walkabouts' albums: Devil's Road is another cornerstone on the neverending road the band has followed in search of the perfect song." --Albert Koch
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Double LP version. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a double CD version of the album.
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Deluxe reissue of the 1997 classic from The Walkabouts with re-worked and extended artwork plus a bonus CD containing five unreleased tracks from that period. Comes in a multifold digipak with a 16-page booklet. "For 30 years The Walkabouts have written and sung about one of their main topics: America -- the origin and home of rock'n'roll. The Walkabouts scrutinize America as a mythic place spotlighted by desires and hopes, but also contradictions and inconsistencies. Singer-songwriter Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson founded The Walkabouts in 1984 in Seattle. 1989 saw the release of their Sub Pop debut, finding themselves the only non-grunge band next to the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney. Ironically enough, the sound of The Walkabouts, the mixing of folk, Americana and country with the knowledge and energy of punk, survived the grunge hype of the '90s and became one of the most important and enduring musical genres of the following decades. In 1992, The Walkabouts and Sub Pop split, but the band joined forces with Sub Pop Europe, represented by Glitterhouse Records in Beverungen, Germany. After releasing two albums -- Devil's Road (1996) and Nighttown (1997) -- with Virgin Records, The Walkabouts returned again to their home Glitterhouse and have remained there from 1999 until today. Nighttown was a kind of concept album about cities at night. The darkened city serves as a metaphor, as a surreal place filled with possibilities, hopes and desires. And if we speak of hopes, one must mention that Virgin Records had high expectations for this second album release of The Walkabouts, even trying to take control of, at least aspects of the band's artistic decisions. Devil's Road, which was released one year before, did reasonably well, but wasn't a real hit by major label definitions. However, it did well enough to focus Virgin Records' interest on the further commercial development of the band's career. Once again, The Walkabouts joined forces with conductor/arranger Mark Nichols. Inspired by their experience from the Devil's Road recording sessions, the band and their arranger had enough self-confidence to try out things they never would have tried before, sound-wise. Now the string arrangements that had first appeared on Devil's Road created an even more elaborate and nocturnal atmosphere. The string sections and the filigree arrangements melt the songs into effecting and compact aural sculptures. Ironically enough, this album turned out to be even more focused and artful than its predecessor, despite all the adverse conditions and pressures during its making. 'The Walkabouts are unpretentious romantics, self-confident outsiders, melancholic hedonists who know: Life is a long, quiet river that leads directly into the heart of darkness' -- this quote from Peter Felkel's review for Musikexpress back in 1997 pretty much sums up what this album, this band is all about." --Albert Koch
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GR 811LP
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Double LP version. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a double CD version of the album.
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