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BIG STAR - #1 RECORD (200g LP)

Big Star #1 Record On 200g Vinyl LP From Classic Records

Seemingly snake-bit from the start, Big Star's pure innovation and creativity exploded onto the music scene with their first two albums, both of which would eventually become iconic in the American power pop lexicon. The Memphis quartet, originally founded by Chris Bell in 1971 and joined shortly thereafter by the legendary chameleon Alex Chilton, unfortunately would suffer due to personnel issues and distribution problems by their label, delaying their place in musical history. One of the ultimate cult bands in popular music, #1 Record and Radio City influenced countless ‘80s and ‘90s artists on both sides of the Atlantic, from Tom Petty to the Replacements and R.E.M. to England’s Primal Scream and Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub among others. Both titles placed within Rolling Stone magazine's poll of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Big Star's brilliant debut #1 Record (1972) sustains a '60's British feel mixed with a Memphis edge and it's the band's only full album to feature founding member Chris Bell. The layered twin alpha-male harmonies are slightly reminiscent of Lennon and McCartney's early Parlophone sides. The two singles, "When My Baby's Beside Me" and "Don’t Lie To Me" reveal surprisingly elegant songwriting from talented young songwriters while the track, "In The Streets," would later be resurrected and slightly reworked as the theme to the television sitcom That 70's Show. Mastered and cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood California directly from the original ¼” 2 track analog master tapes and pressed on Classic Records proprietary 200g Clarity Super Vinyl Profile II for maximum fidelity in playback!

Big Star #1 Record Track Listing

1. Feel
2. The Ballad of El Goodo
3. In the Street
4. Thirteen
5. Don't Lie To Me
6. The India Song
7. When My Baby's Beside Me
8. My Life Is Right
9. Give Me Another Chance
10. Try Again
11. Watch the Sunrise
12. ST 100/6