Guadalcanal Diary

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And your Bird Can Sing</div> <div> 8. Where The Angels Fear To Tread</div> <div> 9.Newborn </div> <div> 10.Winds Of Change</div> <div> 11.Say Please</div> <div> 12.Three A. M</div> <div> 13. Lips Of Steel</div> <bR> <div> Tracks 1-13</div> <div> From 2x4</div> <div> Elektra #60752 (1987)</div> <bR> <div> 14. Home (Joe Blaney Mix)</div> <div> 15. Shango</div> <bR> <div> Tracks 14 - 15</div> <div> Recorded during 2X4 sessions</div> <div> (Previously unissued)</div> <bR> <div> 16. It's Time (Demo)</div> <div> 17. Carrying the Torch (Demo)</div> <div> 18. Just an Excuse (Demo)</div> <div> 19. Lips of Steel (Demo)</div> <div> 20. Under the Yoke (Demo)</div> <div> 21. Winds of Change (Demo)</div> <div> 22. Get Over It (Demo)</div> <div> 23. 3 AM (Demo)</div> <div> 24. Tutti-Frutti (Demo)</div> <bR> <div> Tracks 16-24</div> <div> Recorded at John Keane Studios, </div> <div> Athens, GA, 1985-1986</div> <div> (Previously Unissued)</div> <div>  </div> <div> This wonderful, hard-rocking release shows Guadalcanal Diary moving away from the obvious <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>R.E.M</U></FONT>. influences exhibited on their first two releases. Only "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and "Winds of Change" (both excellent songs) sound like the music of their Georgia cousins. Styles explored here are surprisingly diverse. "Let the Big Wheel Roll" is a souped-up rockabilly-influenced number with nutty lyrics that make fun of junk-pop culture in general and television commercials in particular; appropriately enough, the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Monkees</U></FONT> song "For Pete's Sake" is closely referenced in the song's chorus. "3 AM" is an affectingly haunting and beautiful low-key stunner about alcoholism. Touches of funk and psychedelic-era <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Beatles</U></FONT> inform the driving "Lips of Steel." "Under the Yoke" weds booming arena-rock touches to a growled vocal, wailing harmonica, and oppressive lyrics. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>John Lennon</U></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Greg Lake</U></FONT> are the obvious touchstones for the uneasy slow-tempo song about paranoia and superstition entitled "Little Birds." "Things Fall Apart" comes across as a stumbling quintuple-meter burlesque of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Jethro Tull's</U></FONT> more bombastic numbers. And the soaring "Litany" is a powerfully exuberant selection with a walloping drum beat and vibrant guitar work. This fine album is well worth purchasing</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man/ Watusi Rodeo EP</B></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Arial" >(expanded, remastered)</FONT></div> <div> CD</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1118c8c60.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Just released: This definitive version of "Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man" is a deluxe limited edition CD. This expanded, remastered  release features <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man</FONT> in its entirety, plus the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" >Watusi Rodeo EP</FONT> and the previously unreleased "Just An Excuse" and the live b-side "Johnny B. Goode." Murray and the band were involved in this re-issue and the sound is better than the previous versions. 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As leader of Georgia's <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>Guadalcanal Diary</U></FONT>, Attaway was often too eclectic a songsmith for his own (commercial) good. <I>In Thrall</I> teeters on the brink of this trap, then pulls back into an intense, cohesive sense of purpose by the end. Attaway's style is best captured by the near genius of "Walpurgis Night," where he takes one of those great pure-pop melodies and proceeds to throw the baroque kitchen sink at it. There's always more going on here than first meets the ear. 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