GOOD RECORDS ASTROTURF EDITION #8

***GOOD RECORDS ASTROTURF EDITION-TEXAS SUMMER DREAMSICLE VINYL-LIMITED TO 500 COPIES***

TEXAS SUMMER DREAMSICLE VINYL EXCLUSIVE TO GOOD RECORDS
COMES WITH EXCLUSIVE OLD 97'S TRADING CARD
COMES WITH EXCLUSIVE  12'X12" ART PRINT

Their classic second album for Elektra Records on vinyl for the very first time. The 180g deluxe 3LP set features the original 1999 album, a 2021 remix by Grammy winning producer, Vance Powell, and a bonus disc of unreleased 1998 demos all mastered from the original analog tapes.

Old 97’s "Fight Songs (Deluxe Edition)" is Run Out Groove's new featured title this month; voted in by fans. Pioneers of the 1990s alt-country movement, Old 97’s have been together with their original lineup for over 25 years and have released 12 studio albums. Run Out Groove is releasing their classic Elektra Records album FIGHT SONGS on vinyl for the very first time.

When asked about the album finally seeing a release on vinyl, guitarist Ken Bethea said, “When Run Out Groove approached us with the idea of releasing “Fight Songs” for the first time on vinyl, not only were we excited, but also immediately thought of the idea of a remix. A chance to turn back time 23 years and we coaxed our current producer/mixer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Phish, Sturgill Simpson) onto the project and he agreed with one caveat: no slick, all rock…”

Ken goes on to say, “For the band, this 3LP set is a wild trip back in time. It includes our original recording of 1998’s “Fight Songs”, the Vance Powell remix that allows us to experience an alternative “what if” version of the album, and this little nugget of what the band sounded like back in those days as we rehearsed and sussed out our songs. We are blown away by these sounds. We know you will be blown away as well.”

OLD 97S:                                             
Fight Songs (Deluxe Edition)
3LP

  A1.JAGGED (original 1999 master)                               [3:27]
(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

     A2.LONELY HOLIDAY (original 1999 master)                        [4:08]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP) 

  A3.OPPENHEIMER (original 1999 master)                         [3:27]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

  A4.INDEFINITELY (1999 MASTER)                                  [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

  A5.WHAT WE TALK ABOUT (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                  [4:10]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

  A6.CRASH ON THE BARRELHEAD (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)             [2:39]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)     

   B1. MURDER (OR A HEART ATTACK)(ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)           [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   B2. ALONE SO FAR (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                        [4:17]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   B3. BUSTED AFTERNOON (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                    [3:11]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   B4.NINETEEN (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                            [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)    

   B5. LET THE IDIOT SPEAK (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                 [3:43]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   B6. VALENTINE (ORIGINAL 1999 MASTER)                           [3:08]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)  

   C1. JAGGED (2021 REMIX)                                        [3:27]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)   

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    C2. LONELY HOLIDAY (2021 REMIX)                                [4:08]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)        

    C3. OPPENHEIMER (2021 REMIX)                                   [3:27]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)    

   C4. INDEFINITELY (2021 REMIX)                                  [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)    

   C5. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT (2021 REMIX)                            [4:10]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   C6. CRASH ON THE BARRELHEAD (2021 REMIX)                       [2:39]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

   D1. MURDER (OR A HEART ATTACK)(2021 REMIX)                     [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP 

   D2. ALONE SO FAR (2021 REMIX)                                  [4:17]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)    

   D3. BUSTED AFTERNOON (2021 REMIX)                              [3:11]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    D4. NINETEEN (2021 REMIX)                                     [3:41]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)   

    D5.LET THE IDIOT SPEAK (2021 REMIX)                          [3:43]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

     D6. VALENTINE (2021 REMIX)                                    [3:08]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

     E1.LONELY HOLIDAY (Unreleased demo)                           [4:34]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    E2. OPPENHEIMER (Unreleased demo)                             [3:30]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    E3. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT (Unreleased demo)                      [4:01]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    E4. JAGGED (Unreleased demo)                                  [3:37]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

         Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)
    
    E5. WEIGHTLESS (Unreleased demo)                              [3:59]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

         Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)    

    F1. INDEFINITELY (Unreleased demo)                            [4:10]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    F2.SINGULAR GIRL(Unreleased demo)                             [4:48]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    F3. BUSTED AFTERNOON(Unreleased demo)                         [3:36]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP) 

    F4. NINETEEN(Unreleased demo)                                 [3:21]

(Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

       Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

    F5. ALONE SO FAR(Unreleased demo)                             [4:41]

 (Miller, Hammond, Bethea, Peeples)

        Burgermeister Music (ASCAP)/Pennycost Music(ASCAP)/ This Is My Piece of Sheet Music(ASCAP)/Wait Till Next Year Music(ASCAP)

Tracks 1-5 on Side E and tracks 1-5 on side F are previously unreleased pre-production demos.

Recorded in July 1998 at 70 Hurtz Studio in Argyle, Texas.

Rhett Miller Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar;

Ken Bethea, Lead Guitar; Murry Hammond, Bass, Background Vocals;

Philip Peeples, Drums; Andrew Williams Acoustic guitar, Piano

Engineered By: Dave Willingham

Produced By: Andrew Williams

Album originally released as Elektra 62372-2 on April 27, 1999

Original album credits:

Guitar – Rhett Miller

Bass, Vocals – Murry Hammond

Drums, Percussion – Philip Peeples

Guitar – Ken Bethea

Steel Guitar – Jon Rauhouse (tracks: 1 & 2 on side A, track 2 on side B, tracks 1 & 2 on Side C and track 2 on Side D)

Mixed By – Bradley Cook (tracks: 1 to 6 on side A & 2, 3, 5 & 6 on Side B, tracks 1 to 6 on side C and 2,3, 5 & 6 on side D), Tom Lord-Alge (tracks: 1 & 4 on side B and tracks 1& 4 on Side D)

Performer [Odds And Ends] – Andrew Williams

Producer – Andrew Williams

Recorded By – Bradley Cook

Engineer – Ethan Allen, Femio Hernandez, Joe Zook, Martin Klemm, Philip Broussard

Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Markus Greiner

Originally Mastered By – Bob Ludwig

Photography By – Danny Clinch, Joan Sheehan, Rhett Miller

Reissue credits:

Vinyl Produced for Release By: Matt Block and Tom DeSavia 

Analog to Digital Transfers: Tal Miller at Next Generation Audio

2021 Album Remixed By: Vance Powell at Sputnik Sound, Nashville, TN

Unreleased 1998 Demos Mixed By John Pedigo at Angleridge Estates in Dallas, Texas

Vinyl Mastering By: Pete Weiss at Verdant Studio, Somerville, MA

Lacquers Cut By: Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN

Liner Notes By: Rhett Miller & Tom DeSavia

Additional band photos, promo items and ephemera courtesy of: Tom DeSavia

Graphic Design By: Edward O’Dowd

Management: Wes Kidd