{"product_id":"its-a-shame-about-ray-30th-anniversary-edition-vinyl-by-the-lemonheads","title":"It's A Shame About Ray (30th Anniversary Edition Vinyl) - By: The Lemonheads","description":"\u003cp\u003eLemonheads’ seminal album is back on vinyl, featuring Evan Dando classics such as ‘My Drug Buddy’, ‘Rudderless’ and ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’, lovingly reissued by Fire Records. Described by music journalist and author Everett True as “A 30-minute insight into what it’s like to live hard and fast and loose and happy with like-minded buddies, fuelled by a shared love for similar bands and drugs and booze and freedom.”. ‘It's A Shame About Ray’ had a considerable impact back in those heady, carefree days of '92, the record perfectly captures Dando’s ability to effortlessly encapsulate teenage longing and lust over the course of a two-minute pop song.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe reissue includes a download card with a slew of extra material, including the ‘My Drug Buddy’ KCRW session track from 1992 featuring Juliana Hatfield, B-sides from singles ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Confetti’, a track from the ‘Mrs. Robinson\/Being Round’ EP.\u003cbr\u003e\nSingles such as 'My Drug Buddy' and the breezy perfect pop of the title track might stand out (plus the add-on of 'Mrs. Robinson' which later copies included), but the album's real strength lies in the tracks in-between; the truly fantastic 'Confetti' (written about Evan's parents' divorce), and the eye-wateringly casual acoustic cover of 'Frank Mills' (from the \"hippie\" musical Hair), a version that seems to resonate with every ounce of pathos and emotion felt for the lost 1960s generation. To hear Evan Dando sing lines like 'I love him\/but it embarrasses me\/To walk down the street with him\/He lives in Brooklyn somewhere\/And he wears his white crash helmet' is to truly appreciate how wonderful and tantalising pop music can be. Then, there's the rush of insurgency and brattishness on the wonderfully truncated 'Bit Part'; the topsy-turvy 'Ceiling Fan In My Spoon'... this was male teenage skinny-tie pop music on a level of brilliance with The Kinks, early Undertones, Wipers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Ray sounds revelatory in its restlessness, mixing college pop with country flair and relocating Gus Van Sant's Portland atmosphere to New England.” Pitchfork ????½.\u003cbr\u003e\nLabel\u003cbr\u003e\nFire Records\u003cbr\u003e\nGenre\u003cbr\u003e\nAlternative  CD\u003cbr\u003e\nRockin' Stroll\u003cbr\u003e\nConfetti\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's A Shame About Ray\u003cbr\u003e\nRudderless\u003cbr\u003e\nMy Drug Buddy\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Turnpike Down\u003cbr\u003e\nBit Part\u003cbr\u003e\nAlison's Starting To Happen\u003cbr\u003e\nHannah \u0026amp; Gabi\u003cbr\u003e\nKitchen\u003cbr\u003e\nCeiling Fan In My Spoon\u003cbr\u003e\nFrank Mills.\u003cbr\u003e\nEssential Extras - Download Only\u003cbr\u003e\nMrs Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\nShakey Ground\u003cbr\u003e\nMy Drug Buddy (KCRW Session, 1992)\u003cbr\u003e\nKnowing Me, Knowing You (Acoustic)\u003cbr\u003e\nConfetti (Acoustic)\u003cbr\u003e\nAlison's Starting To Happen (Acoustic)\u003cbr\u003e\nDivan\u003cbr\u003e\nDemo Recordings Download only\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's A Shame About Ray (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nRockin' Stroll (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nMy Drug Buddy (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nHannah \u0026amp; Gabi (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nKitchen (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nBit Part (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nRudderless (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nCeiling Fan In My Spoon (Demo)\u003cbr\u003e\nConfetti (Demo)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUTHBOUND","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50010811203777,"sku":"FIRELP624B","price":60.96,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6482\/1953\/files\/453048-Product-0-I-638934787807871691.jpg?v=1771979480","url":"https:\/\/techsupplyshed.co.nz\/products\/its-a-shame-about-ray-30th-anniversary-edition-vinyl-by-the-lemonheads","provider":"TECH SUPPLY SHED","version":"1.0","type":"link"}