Fair, Jad & Yo La Tengo - Strange But True (Mint Green Coloured Vinyl)

Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Strange But True (Mint Green Coloured Vinyl)

Available to pre-order now, released December 12th. As this is an import we may have a week later.

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Jad Fair has been prolific for half a century now, long before the Internet could create a simultaneous and seemingly eternal archive of everything someone with his predilections made. He’s been involved in several hundred titles, at least, many of them out-of-print on tiny labels that do not exist anymore. In fact, one of those collaborations that Fair made in the ’90s—Strange But True, with Yo La Tengo—has been hard to find, despite its stateside release on October 20th 1998, by Matador Records. For the first time, the album is being reissued on vinyl by Joyful Noise and Bar/None.

By the time Fair played a party with Yo La Tengo in the mid-’90s, they were all friends, fans, and collaborators, having worked on or released records together. When Fair suggested they all head into the studio, the trio bit. The result, Strange But True, is as wonderful, varied, and wild as some enormous lawn of native grasses. This collaborative album showcases the artists’ uncanny range, bringing us back to a time when indie rock was still free to be as weird and unruly as its makers wanted it to be.

Tracklisting:

1. Helpful Monkey Wallpapers Entire Home
   
2. Texas Man Abducted by Aliens for Outer Space Joy Ride
   
3. National Sports Association Hires Retired English Professor to Name New Wrestling
4. Holds
   
5. Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled to Play Newborn Baby in High School Play
   
6. Three-Year-Old Genius Graduates High School at Top of Her Class
   
7. Embarrassed Teen Accidentally Uses Valuable Rare Postage Stamp
   
8. Principal Punishes Students with Bad Impressions and Tired Jokes
   
9. Retired Grocer Constructs Tiny Mount Rushmore Entirely of Cheese
   
10. X-Ray Reveals Doctor Left Wristwatch Inside Patient
    
11. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #2
    
12. Retired Woman Starts New Career in Monkey Fashions
    
13. Circus Strongman Runs for PTA President
    
14. High School Shop Class Constructs Bicycle Built for 26
    
15. Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Dessert by Mistake #1
    
16. Ohio Town Saved from Killer Bees by Hungry Vampire Bats
    
17. Nevada Man Invents Piano with 21 Extra Keys
    
18. Clever Chemist Makes Chewing Gum from Soap
    
19. Minnesota Man Claims Monkey Bowled Perfect Game
    
20. Ingenious Scientist Invents Car of the Future
    
21. Car Gears Stick in Reverse, Daring Driver Crosses Town Backwards
    
22. Shocking Fashion Statement Terrorizes Town
    
23. Feisty Millionaire Fills Potholes with Hundred-Dollar Bills