First Edition LP includes bonus 12” with 2 remixes of “East West,” including one by Tchad Blake + a poster. CD has 2 remixes as bonus tracks + poster
“I had a crazy idea and was looking for musicians who perhaps didn’t think it was so insane.” - Dave Alvin
- Dave Alvin, Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Monks of Doom), David Immergluck (Counting Crows, Monks of Doom, John Hiatt), and Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, Better Than Ezra)
- They approached the recording of these songs in a very free-form manner - no rehearsals, no charts - where they’d just choose a key, hit record and play.
- They chose songs/compositions primarily identified with the 1960s underground scene as a tribute to the open minded music of that period as well as to the fearless musicians like Alice Coltrane, Michael Bloomfield, Fred Neil and Roky Erickson who helped create the sounds of that era.
- The album contains six songs, 5 covers and one original.
- The First Edition CD and LP contain 2 bonus tracks - remixes of East West, one which is by legendary producer Tchad Blake
