{"product_id":"the-clean-anthology-reissue","title":"The Clean - Anthology (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eserves as a celebration of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-clean\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Clean\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a band whose influence extends so far beyond their New Zealand home that even if you have never heard of The Clean before, you have surely heard of some of the bands (Pavement, Yo La Tengo, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/superchunk\"\u003eSuperchunk\u003c\/a\u003e, to name a few) who have been influenced by their unique blend of homemade garage rock, hook-filled melodies, and psychedelic experimentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is a compilation of songs from across The Clean’s legendary musical career, which began in 1981 and continues today. Merge originally released the 2-CD \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-clean-anthology-reissue\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in 2003, but in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we felt the time was right to release this essential collection on quadruple LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHamish and David Kilgour formed The Clean in 1978. Hamish played drums, and David picked up a guitar and figured out how to play it as he went along. Various other folk passed through the Kilgour brothers’ orbit during the first two years or so before Robert Scott (The Bats) joined on bass. Hamish, David, and Robert all wrote songs and sang in The Clean, who made their first recordings for the renowned New Zealand label Flying Nun in 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e kicks off with The Clean’s call-to-arms debut “Tally Ho!”; the story of the infectious track’s $60 recording bill is now legendary. From there, it continues with the early EPs \u003ci\u003eBoodle Boodle Boodle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreat Sounds Great \u003c\/i\u003ein their entirety. The hits—“Billy Two,” “Anything Could Happen,” “Beatnik,” and “Getting Older”—and live favorites like “Point That Thing Somewhere Else” and instrumentals “Fish” and “At the Bottom” all serve up memories of the joyous noise that characterized The Clean of that time. These recordings, mostly made by the band with Chris Knox and Doug Hood at the helm of the 4-track, capture the bright, raw sound of a classic garage band.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief breakup, the band recorded \u003ci\u003eVehicle\u003c\/i\u003e, their first full-length, in 1989. \u003ci\u003eVehicle\u003c\/i\u003e was made in three days and engineered by Alan Moulder (later to become one of the top producers of the alternative era, recording the Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, and My Bloody Valentine). The sounds of \u003ci\u003eVehicle\u003c\/i\u003e and the two albums that followed it, \u003ci\u003eModern Rock\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eUnknown Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), make up the bulk of discs 3 and 4 of the vinyl \u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e. The Clean used organ and other keyboards to mix bouncing pop tunes with continued experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to selections from these full-length recordings, \u003ci\u003eAnthology\u003c\/i\u003e includes two songs released only on an American 7-inch and two that appeared on a bonus flexi-disc with the \u003ci\u003eModern Rock \u003c\/i\u003eLP.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Clean’s story is on-again\/off-again purely by design. It suits the trio’s creative desires and keeps them clear of the machinery that threatened to interfere with that process from the moment they threatened to get awfully popular awfully quickly over thirty years ago. The Clean’s modern age has seen them splitting time and hemispheres: David Kilgour has a reputable solo catalog; Robert Scott has The Bats; and Hamish Kilgour has been an endearing and enduring fixture in New York City, playing with assorted combos. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP Box Set","offer_id":52740187455799,"sku":"MRG220LP","price":79.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2-CD","offer_id":52740187521335,"sku":"MRG220CD","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52740187488567,"sku":"MRG220digital","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/3e9787a3a2e7a8eab1b086b85da47092afc3ae7c_f0e270e20a4762e4ccf237283a678f09553df4ab_medium_jpg_5d6846c9-17f9-4d1d-9dad-eabe924ccc49.jpg?v=1789600146","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/the-clean-anthology-reissue","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}