Big Star - Radio City [New Vinyl LP] 180 Gram

Big Star - Radio City [New Vinyl LP] 180 Gram Artist:
Big Star Title:
Radio City Format:
Vinyl LP Genre:
Rock UPC:
888072096523 Release Date:
2020 Record Label:
Craft Recordings Album Tracks 1.
O, My Soul 2.
Life Is White 3.
Way Out West 4.
What's Going Ahn 5.
You Get What You Deserve 6.
Mod Lang 7.
Back of a Car 8.
Daisy Glaze 9.
She's a Mover 10.
September Gurls 11.
Morpha Too 12.
I'm in Love with a Girl
Radio City is the 1974 follow up to Big Star’s debut, #1 Record. The critically acclaimed, Memphis-based band is often credited with creating the power pop sound, and has become a cult favorite over the years. Remastered from the analog stereo masters, this reissue will allow fans to appreciate Radio City as a standalone release. This is the first time in many years that this version of the album will be sold independently of #1 Record.
One half of Big Star’s songwriting duo, Chris Bell, made the decision to leave the band following the 1972 release of #1 Record, which left Alex Chilton at the helm as primary songwriter on album number two. Chilton was able to use this opportunity to shine and prove himself to be an incredible songwriter on his own. Journalists noticed: bearing a tongue-in-cheek title, Radio City garnered rave reviews and produced several cult favorites, including “September Gurls,” which has been covered by everyone from
Mike Mills writes, “On Radio City, Chilton confirms his place as one of the best songwriters in rock and roll. While ‘September Gurls’ may be the best-known song from this album, every other song here is one that I wish I’d written.”
This reissue comes during a time of resurgence for Big Star, a band whose legacy has been widely recognized as of late, with a tribute record (Big Star Small World, 2006), a documentary (2012’s Nothing Can Hurt Me) and a touring live show, “Big Star’s Third,” which features the sole-surviving original member of the band, Jody Stephens, on drums, guest vocalists, a chamber orchestra and a core band including Mike Mills, Chris Stamey of The dB’s, The Posies’ Ken Stringfellow and others. The ever-changing ense
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