THIS IS THE 1995 US ORIGINAL PRESSING on on MATADOR Records. GATEFOLD COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUT discolouration/wear on spines/corners, creases on corners/edges, left spine is fully readable; INSIDE PANELS in great condition; for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.

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GUIDED BY VOICES

Beginning in the mid-'80s, Robert Pollard revolutionized indie rock with ever-evolving lo-fi pop created by a rotating cast. Inspired equally by jangle pop and arty post-punk, Guided by Voices created a series of trebly, hissy indie rock records filled with infectiously brief pop songs that fell somewhere between the British Invasion and prog rock. After recording six self-released albums between 1986 and 1992, the Dayton, Ohio-based band attracted a handful of fans within the American indie rock underground. With the 1994 release of Bee Thousand, the group became an unexpected alternative rock sensation.

"ALIEN LANE"

tracklist

please, for tracklist see pictures

1995      LP     MATADOR RECORDS     ole 123-1

PRINTED IN U.S.A.   ORIGINAL PRESSING

GATEFOLD COVER

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

NOTES: Some copies have a stickered barcode (7 44861 01231 3) on back jacket. This one not.

Barcode: none

LABEL: MATADOR - WHITE LABEL - BLACK/RED TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) ole 123-1

Catalog on labels: ole 123-1

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): OLE-123-1-A (scratched) -RE  DMM SP1-1 

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): OLE-123-1-B-RE  DMM  SP1-1

On labels: c 1995 needmore.............ole 123-1

On Back Cover: tracklist

MATADOR logo + address

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

It's surprising what a difference it makes when a musician knows someone will actually be hearing his work. After 1994's charmingly sloppy Bee Thousand gained Guided By Voices a nationwide cult following (instead of the local cult following they were accustomed to), 1995's Alien Lanes found Robert Pollard and his partners in hard pop cleaning up their act a bit. For the most part, Alien Lanes isn't radically different from Bee Thousand -- it was primarily recorded on a four-track cassette machine (and sounds like it), and Guided By Voices was still a garage band with more in the way of inspiration than chops. But the musicians have put a bit more care and focus into their performance on this set; the playing is tighter and sharper, and the band plays toward their strengths, pushing their occasional sloppiness into a harder, more rock-oriented direction. And if Pollard and Tobin Sprout were still obsessed with tiny fragments of pop song wonderment, they also rounded up a more consistent collection of them; there aren't quite as many obvious masterpieces as on Bee Thousand, but also fewer obvious mistakes, and the sequencing gives the album a more consistent flow than before. Pollard also made genuine inroads into more lyrically cognizant material (though don't fret, "Auditorium" and "Blimps Go 90" are as cryptic as ever), and "Watch Me Jumpstart," "Striped White Jets," and "Motor Away" are simply superb pop/rock songs. (Sprout also gets a few shining moments on "A Good Flying Bird" and "Straw Dogs.") Both Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes sound like they were made by a band of inspired amateurs with great ideas; the difference is that Alien Lanes suggests that Guided By Voices wanted to prove that they could turn pro some day...(AllMusic)