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I can only find UK links to these at the moment. Due out at the end of June on Rhino.

 

http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/65910.htm

 

http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/65907.htm

 

http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/65909.htm

 

It doesn't look like Ruby Vroom has been released on vinyl before, and this is a LOT cheaper than buying an OP of El Oso.

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why have I not heard Mike Doughty talk about this?

 

Two likely reasons:

 

1) It's probably the label deciding to do the repress and not the band.

2) Mike's disdain for the other members of Soul Coughing is pretty well documented. He's probably happy to get some royalty checks but otherwise sit out any active participation/promotion of something he doesn't really believe in anymore.

 

Anyway, I'm suuuuper down for these. Some of the most important music in my personal timeline.

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Anyway, I'm suuuuper down for these. Some of the most important music in my personal timeline.

Same here. These songs from each and every album are embedded in my mind and tied to pretty specific points in my life. I'm insanely glad these guys seemed to like Minnesota and played there a lot in the nineties.

I'll order right away once they start popping up in the US.

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Two likely reasons:

 

1) It's probably the label deciding to do the repress and not the band.

2) Mike's disdain for the other members of Soul Coughing is pretty well documented. He's probably happy to get some royalty checks but otherwise sit out any active participation/promotion of something he doesn't really believe in anymore.

 

Anyway, I'm suuuuper down for these. Some of the most important music in my personal timeline.

Who will release these in North America? That's the big question.

I'd rather not have to pay import prices....

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I really thought these were records that would never get crossed off my list, so awesome that this is happening!

 

Yep. His book painted a pretty unflattering picture of them.

I think this is definitely a case of two sides to every story. If you've ever had a friend who was a heroin addict, and add in the personality type Doughty seems to have, sounds like some rough times all around.

 

 

All i ever really heard was Super Bon Bon. Where would be a good place to start?

I would suggest listening in order, Ruby Vroom then Irresistable Bliss, they're both great. I never really got on with El Oso personally, but others might have another opinion. They definitely seem like they changed on that album, and from what I've read the band was kind of a trainwreck by that point.

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I really thought these were records that would never get crossed off my list, so awesome that this is happening!

 

I think this is definitely a case of two sides to every story. If you've ever had a friend who was a heroin addict, and add in the personality type Doughty seems to have, sounds like some rough times all around.

 

 

I would suggest listening in order, Ruby Vroom then Irresistable Bliss, they're both great. I never really got on with El Oso personally, but others might have another opinion. They definitely seem like they changed on that album, and from what I've read the band was kind of a trainwreck by that point.

El Oso is my least fave studio album of theirs, but still has some indispensable tracks (Circles, Rolling, St. Louise is Listening, Houston, $300, So Far I Have Not Found the Science)

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