Naked Record Club (2022, Reissue)
I have a somewhat complicated relationship with the third Beezewax full length, Oh Tahoe. It was supposed to come out on PopKid records when it was originally released, alongside of other labels handling various other non-North American locales. But, as things often do, everything sort of went sideways and the PopKid version of the record never came out. It came out on a few other labels in other parts of the world, all with slightly rearranged track orders for reasons I was never completely sure of. I think the PopKid version was meant to start with "Big Bad Car" if I'm not mistaken, but that was over twenty years ago, so I might be.
This LP is the first vinyl version of the album to ever be released. It came out as part of a record subscription called the Naked Record Club, though you can also buy it on its own. It is a really expensive record. I know vinyl is more expensive everywhere and yes, I'm guilty of buying into some of the fancy and expensive Vinyl Me Please releases, but in fairness, most of those tend to be double albums. This one is a single LP and the cost of the record, plus shipping to America came out to over $65 US, which is quite a lot, really. It's cheaper if you join the club, but at this point I personally was only looking for Beezewax.
Is it worth it? To me, yeah it is. The record sounds excellent on vinyl. While I like all of Beezewax's output, those first three albums of theirs will always be something special to me. The way they took Posies style guitar pop and filtered through their own hook machine produced many of my favorite songs of the late 90s and early 2000s. There's so many incredible tunes on this bad boy and finally having them on vinyl was worth every penny.
Now, I just need someone to step up to the plate and get their first album, A Dozen Summits, pressed. Yeah, I'd pay this much for that one too.
Beezewax - Oh Tahoe:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nH_hFWk1XHkJ8Gc0iS1CAzSG9C5TOecLA
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