Tallahassee | Mint (M) Mint (M)

*BRAND NEW AND SEALED*

Label:    4AD – CAD 2215

Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:    US
Released:    Apr 8, 2008
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Folk Rock, Indie Rock

A1        Tallahassee    4:42
A2        First Few Desperate Hours    3:03
A3        Southwood Plantation Road
Tambourine – Michael Ivins
2:45
A4        Game Shows Touch Our Lives    3:48
A5        The House That Dripped Blood    2:53
A6        Idylls Of The King    3:32
A7        No Children
Piano – Franklin Bruno
2:46
B1        See America Right
Guitar – Franklin Bruno
1:54
B2        Peacocks    3:44
B3        International Small Arms Traffic Blues    2:50
B4        Have To Explode
Piano – Franklin Bruno
3:21
B5        Old College Try    2:52
B6        Oceanographer's Choice
Percussion [All Manner Of Wonderful Clicks, Thumps, Bells And Whistles] – Alun Woodward, Paul Savage
4:08
B7        Alpha Rats Nest    2:10

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright © – 4AD Ltd.
Published By – Cadmean Dawn
Recorded At – Tarbox Road Studios
Designed At – v23
Pressed By – United Record Pressing – L-17159M
Art Direction, Design – Vaughan Oliver
Bass, Guitar, Vocals [Harmony], Drums, Keyboards, Shaker – Peter Hughes (2)
Design [Assistance] – Charles Grant (2)
Guitar, Vocals, Bells, Keyboards, Xylophone, Harmonica – John Darnielle
Photography By – Dominic Davies
Recorded By – Mr. Tony Doogan*
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Mr. Ivins*
Written-By – John Darnielle
Barcode (Text): 6 52637 22151 0
Barcode (Scanned): 652637221510

Mountain Goats: John Darnielle (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, xylophone, bells); Peter Hughes (guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, shaker, background vocals). Additional personnel includes: Franklin Bruno (guitar, piano). Recorded at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York. The very first album by the Mountain Goats, 1995's ZOPILOTE MACHINE, started with a song called "Alpha Incipiens." Throughout leader John Darnielle's prolific career, numerous songs with the word "Alpha" cropped up on Mountain Goat releases, along with hints that the songs could be pieced together to form a story. But it was not until 2002's TALLAHASSEE, the Mountain Goats' first album for 4AD Records, that Darnielle spelled out the narrative in full: TALLAHASSEE is the culmination of the story of what he calls "the Alpha couple," a nameless man and woman locked in a dysfunctional tailspin. By the album's end, the couple finally drink themselves to death as their house burns down around them. A lyrically devastating work married to the most fully realized and tuneful melodies of the Mountain Goats' career, TALLAHASSEE is the stunning culmination of the band's early run.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP standard Jacket
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Format Type: LP
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 04/08/2008
• Internal ID: JITRE