

Mark Arm http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/DxlkpG95/file.html
Dino Jr: http://www11.zippyshare.com/v/Hh3cImBt/file.html
Long after the "classic" Records lineup that included John Wicks (www.johnwicksandtherecords) and Will Birch (www.willbirch.com) was put to pasture, a vinyl-only affair titled, A Sunny Afternoon in Waterloo, found it's way onto select power-poppin' turntables in 1988. Contained within were eight demos from a 1978 recording session, none of which had appeared in any form on the Records flabbergasting, debut magnum pop-opus, Shades In Bed. Thoroughly unrepresentative of the impeccable, genre-defining Records albums to follow (from 1979 to 1982) Sunny Afternoon is a gleeful snapshot of the band immersed in Dave Edmunds-style pub rock. Unabashed, unadorned, and rootsy as all-get-out, it's a fun way to kill a half-hour, but lets not kid ourselves. The best was waiting in the wings.
Incidentally, a few years ago John Wicks himself was nice enough to make me a CD-R of the album, a scan of which is included in the folder.
Vintage Nils followers still prefer their pre-LP recordings, but I beg to differ, as the album's version of cuts that originally appeared on the Nils EPs and demos are stunningly more taught and commanding, with a damn-near flawless recording mix to boot.
Post-debut LP, the Nils continued to play publicly and record privately, but no further releases were issued. The mid-1990s saw the formation of Chino, a Nils-offshoot commandeered by Alex that toured and issued the promising, Mala Leche EP on Mag Wheel Records (http://www.magwheel.com/). It would also be the last official Alex Soria release, as he tragically died after being struck by a train in December 2004.
I would also highly recommend purchasing on the Mag Wheel label, the Nils Green Fields in Daylight, an outstanding 29 track CD compilation of all of the Nils pre-album EPs, demos, compilation appearances and more. Mandatory listening for anyone who grabs this LP!
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While I primarily plan on sticking to the aforementioned genres, (see header) rest assured there will be plenty of breathing room. The emphasis here is on out of print, and otherwise unreleased recordings by artists that I feel are worthy of further exposure
If there are any questions, objections, concerns, reveries, requests, (and my personal favorite) praise, may I direct you to my profile for further information. Special thanks go out to Scott Rothschild, for enlightening me on the phrase this blog derives it's moniker from. Without further a do bon appetit!