{"product_id":"mountain-goats-all-hail-west-texas-lp","title":"THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'ALL HAIL WEST TEXAS' LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst time on vinyl via Merge Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered from the original tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGatefold jacket features extensive new liner notes by John Darnielle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes download card plus 7 digital bonus tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe last of the \"all-home-recordings albums\" by The Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail West Texas was originally released as a free-standing compact disc on the late, lamented Emperor Jones. That was about a decade ago. The songs were originally transferred from the cassettes onto which they were recorded to 1\/4\" reels at Tiny Telephone by Alex Newport, who also played in Fudge Tunnel. John got really excited when he realized his tapes were being EQ'd by the guy from Fudge Tunnel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemastered from those reels, along with 7 unearthed songs from the two surviving contemporaneous cassettes, All Hail West Texas stands as the peak of The Mountain Goats' home recording era, a time people like to refer to as \"when John Darnielle had his four-track,\" except John did not actually use a four-track. He used the condenser mic of a Panasonic boombox and there was no overdubbing. All songs recorded on the day they were written, usually within minutes of the actual composition. Highlights include \"Jenny,\" \"Fall of the Star High School Running Back,\" and \"The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton,\" a song which has compelled audiences around the globe to yell \"Hail Satan,\" and to mean it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"aec-musictabs\" class=\"ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003cbr\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 Fall of the Star High School Running Back\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 Color in Your Cheeks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Jenny\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 Fault Lines\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 Balance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7 Pink and Blue\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 Riches and Wonders\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9 The Mess Inside\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10 Jeff Davis County Blues\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11 Distant Stations\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12 Blues in Dallas\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 Source Decay\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14 Absolute Lithops Effect\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 Hardpan Song\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16 Answering the Phone\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17 Indonesia\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18 Midland\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19 Jenny [Alternate Take]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20 Tape Travel Is Lonely\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21 Waco\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SECRETLY DISTRO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67497765961946,"sku":"MOUNTAIN-GOATS-ALL-HAIL-WEST-TEXAS-LP","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/1879182-2596891.jpg?v=1791231112","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/mountain-goats-all-hail-west-texas-lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}