The Music On Vinyl label released more than a dozen very nice Record Store Day releases this year, but their reissue of ABOVE by MAD SEASON was definitely the must-buy for any grunge-appreciating vinyl freak this time around. A one-off pressing of only 5000 copies, and good timing because only a little earlier, the Deluxe CD reissue had seen the light of day. The previously unreleased bonus tracks on that edition are also featured on this double LP. Three of them would have originally appeared on the band's second album, which never got off the ground because of Layne Staley's condition that got worse and worse. So these finished versions on this album are now sung by Mark Lanegan. Totally fits with the band's status as grunge supergroup, of course. And like we're used from MOV, everything sounds just fantastic. A true classic!
Funny detail: while other current MOV releases have catalogue numbers in the 800's, this one has the low number 169. That's because a reissue of this album was already scheduled years ago, but it got postponed and postponed, and eventually withdrawn. The catalogue number however was never used. Now it's here after all, and even in an expanded edition. So definitely worth the wait, looking back at it.
Label: Music On Vinyl
Cat.nr.: MOVLP 169
Year of release: 2013 (originally: 1995)
SIDE A:
01. Wake Up
02. X-Ray Mind
03. River Of Deceit
SIDE B:
01. I'm Above
02. Artificial Red
03. Lifeless Dead
04. I Don't Know Anything
SIDE C:
01. Long Gone Day
02. November Hotel
03. All Alone
04. Interlude
05. Locomotive
SIDE D:
01. Black Book Of Fear
02.Slip Away
03. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier (remix)
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