The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas [CD]

The 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 about a decade ago. The songs were originally transferred from the cassettes onto which they were recorded to 1/2″ reels at Tiny Telephone by Alex Newport. Remastered 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.

Tracklist:

1. The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton
2. Fall Of The Star High School Running Back
3. Color In Your Cheeks
4. Jenny
5. Fault Lines
6. Balance
7. Pink And Blue
8. Riches And Wonders
9. The Mess Inside
10. Jeff Davis County Blues
11. Distant Stations
12. Blues In Dallas
13. Source Decay
14. Absolute Lithops Effect
15. Hardpan Song* (Bonus Track)
16. Answering The Phone* (Bonus Track)
17. Indonesia* (Bonus Track)
18. Midland* (Bonus Track)
19. Jenny (Alt. Take)* (Bonus Track)
20. Tape Travel Is Lonely* (Bonus Track)
21. Waco* (Bonus Track)

UPC: 673855048123
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 7.23.13
Format: CD