Al Perry & The Cattle - Fraidy Cat (cassette, 1986)
Nearly sixty minutes of sloppy lo-fi cowpunk instrumentals recorded on a cheap ass four-track with a portrait of Link Wray looking on in approval. Each sans-vocal track is a mini masterpiece, with the average running time barely eclipsing the two-minute mark. The range of sounds go from punk (with a hint of blues) to country/western (with a dash of punk) to blues (with a smidgen of surf) to noise (with a blast of noise wrapped in a deep-fried tortilla made of noise). This is quite possibly the greatest local release to ever come out of Tucson, AZ. If you aren't interested in hearing it, I will pee on your grave.
3 comments:
Wow. Thanks for that. Amazing stuff.
You are an inspiration, sir! I've done a few records but it takes SO LONG. And everything seems to skip, even records that look pristine. What do you recommend for digitizing tapes? I could start with the Hecklers...
For skipping, I recommend **drenching** the record with Discwasher fluid (you can find it on Amazon in a cheap 3-pack). I kid you not: drip that shit all over the vinyl and leave it on while digitizing. Almost without fail, that record will NOT skip.
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