7 October 1998 | Toy’s Factory | RPT-856 |
01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. Italian Country Pickup 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Hell 10. Blue Green Olga 11. Give Me A Chance 12. Desperate 13. Torture 14. Attack 15. Calvin (Full) |
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Japanese Promo in slimline case issued prior to the release of Acme. Includes two bonus tracks. The card insert is printed on both sides and features information (in Japanese) and a band photo.
Italian Country Pickup is titled High Gear on all other issues of Acme. This version includes two bonus tracks which are Hell and Calvin (Full). Calvin, Magical Colors, Heavy, Talk About The Blues were all released as singles. An earlier version of Attack was released on Selector Dub Narcotic and titled Blues Explosion Attack, this has much more raw live-sound and totally different lyrics. High Gear is titled Italian Country Pickup on the Japanese promo CD. The title of the song Bernie is a tribute to a Blues Explosion fan who follows the band around the country. The song was originally “called Get Down With Brian for this Dub Narcotic guy, but Albini called it Get Down With Bernie. We shortened it as a tribute to him and to the friends of the Blues Explosion.” – extract from Rolling Stone article Track X Track. The song Talk About The Blues was written as a direct response to a Rolling Stone review of Now I Got Worry and Q&A with Jon Spencer and the title is a reference to I Do Not Play Not Rock ‘n’ Roll by Mississippi Fred McDowell. The song is discussed in detail in both a CMJ New Music Monthly article titled ‘Acme Blues Explosives, INC’ and a later Rolling Stone interview. Talk About The Blues was commercially released as single on 7″ (UK), CD (UK/US) and 12″ (UK/US). In 2010 Shout! Factory / Shove! Records issued Acme + Acme Plus as a double CD with numerous additional tracks. |
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01. Calvin Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt (BMI) Recorded: Calvin Johnson Remixed and Arranged: T-Ray 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. Italian Country Pickup (a.k.a. High Gear) 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Hell 10. Blue Green Olga 11. Give Me A Chance 12. Desperate 13. Torture 14. Attack 15. Calvin (Full) |
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The sleeve features mostly Japanese text and the following information in English:
“1998.10.07 Release! *Bonus tracks for Japan Only [in reference to ‘Hell’ and ‘Calvin (Full)’] DISC: PRT-856 STEREO (p) 1998 JASRAC (856) |
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BARCODE: n/a MATRIX: “PRT-856 MT A01 IFPI L261” |