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V.A. Ghost Riders

Efficient Space | Item No: 930668
Vinyl 2LP | 2022 / EU – Original | New
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A North American road trip of coming of age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space’s latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache and unchecked, unrealised ambition. Across 17 open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the 2LP collects and connects dots between British Invasion fanatics, child prodigies, the loners and the luckless, in a kind of trans-continental survey of those swept up in rock’n’roll mania and buoyed by local newspaper ads promising fame and gold records.

From the tangerine dreams of 8th grade all-girl combo The Mod 4 to the tri-state jukebox aspiring echoes of The Tempters, The Yardleys' poetic Farfisa vamp and lilting folk pop, and The Landlords’ weepy break up b-side blues, these are mostly one shots by dreamers whose experience was brief before being checked back to the reality of suburban normality and realistic career options. Hailing from the regional backwaters of Illinois, Arkansas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Texas and beyond, the licensed artists were scouted by way of local fire departments, spiritualist fellowships and animal welfare centres, often barely a stones throw from where their contributions were originally laid.

A barely teenage Dennis Harte's ‘Summer’s Over’ perhaps best taps the collection’s essence. A gut-wrenching lament of the passing of the season as if it was the last on earth. Flanked by players from The Left Banke, Harte, a now-piano tuner to the stars, is from the minor segment that found longevity in showbiz. Likewise with Michigan icon Lyn Nowicki who cast her ghostly voice over Beatles cover song chameleons The Common People and Jerry McGee, The Ventures member and conduit of Dr. John’s ‘Twilight Zone’.

Ghost Riders simmers with the scent of youthful summers, the pang of schoolyard romance, and the excitement (and disenchantment) of teenage naïveté, delivered via a deceptively simple and frequently wonky garage band set up. The vision of record collector and graphic designer Ivan Liechti, these eternal psych-folk howlers are further crystallised by Colin Young’s fastidious audio restoration, the original artwork of Elise Gagnebin-de Bons and an aptly penned forward from Sonic Boom.
Item Details
Item No: 930668
Artist: V.A.
Title: Ghost Riders
Label: Efficient Space
Catalog No: ES022
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Original
Release Date: 2022
Genre: Rock & Indie
Style: Folk
Available since: 2022-10-12
Condition: New
Price: $ 27.24
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 The Mod 4 - A Puppet
A2 The Yardleys - Just Remember
A3 Decompressed Impossibility - You Can't Ride Away
A4 The Living End - Brigitta
B1 The Newports - Feelin' Low
B2 The Landlords - I'm Through With You
B3 The Prisners Dream - Autumn Days
B4 The Fortels - She
B5 The Bohemians - Say It
C1 Tresa Leigh - Until Then
C2 Wm Penn & The Quakers - Ghost Of The Monks
C3 The Tempters - I Will Go
C4 Jerry Mcgee - Twilight Zone
D1 Carroll - The Boy Called Billy Joe
D2 The Common People - Here, There & Everywhere
D3 Dennis Harte - Summer's Over
D4 Toe Head - Goodnight Jackie
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