Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Strange But TrueFirst pressing, 1998, with printed inner, and in opened cellophane VG+ VG+

One summer morning while he was recording the album

Paris-born singer and activist Pierre Barouh introduced the sounds of Brazil (and more) to Europe and pushed the envelope with his pio-neering label Saravah

This is a band able to play pop magpies of the highest grade

At once warm and welcoming

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and one can draw a straight line from here to the many groups they influenced

this chronologically arranged LP is a collection of previously unreleased radio recordings all of which have one thing in common: the unmistakably original musical ideas and vocal performances of Marin Škrgatić (1950-2014)

it's a vital document

​Candid f​inally sees the full touring band in a recording studio together

These ideas aren't necessarily contrived though

tentative tunes

released in 1976 was called Challenge Initially pressed on independent Detroit imprint TB&C enterprises