Music CD - Let's Active: Cypress/Afoot

	Music CD: Cypress/Afoot Artist: Let's Active List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $9.95 Your Save: $ 9.03 ( 48% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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Tracks: 1. Cypress: Easy Does It 2. Cypress: Waters Part 3. Cypress: Lowdown 4. Cypress: Gravel Truck 5. Cypress: Crows On A Phone Line 6. Cypress: Ring True 7. Cypress: Blue Line 8. Cypress: Flags For Everything 9. Cypress: Prey 10. Cypress: Co-Star 11. Cypress: Ornamental 12. Cypress: Counting Down 13. Cypress: Grey Scale 14. Afoot: Every Word Means No 15. Afoot: Make Up With Me 16. Afoot: Edge Of The World 17. Afoot: Room With A View 18. Afoot: In Between 19. Afoot: Leaders Of Men 20. Afoot: Two Yous
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0617742037623 Label: Collector's Choice Manufacturer: Collector's Choice Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Collector's Choice Release Date: 2003-08-12 Studio: Collector's Choice
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Best of the Best Comment: Get it, Get it, Get it, Get it! There is no chance what so ever you won't love it. Just as much as a classic in 2008 as the early 1980's Customer Rating: Summary: This band was so far ahead of it's time . . . Comment: that you will discover them very soon - buy this disc! Seriously, I had vinyl of both of these releases in college and as CD's took over replaced my vinyl with this. It's pure psychedelic power pop done right, combining sing along hook happy elements of the Beatles, ethereal layered guitar work with background electronics that really put it "out there". Front man Mitch Easter of course played a hand in putting REM at the forefront of college radio and it's unfortunate that his excellent work with Let's Active never really made it into the mainstream consciousness. Those who have heard it know. Buy this, love it, and then move on to Big Plans for Everybody. Customer Rating: Summary: pure pop euphoria ! Comment: If heaven is going to have a "pop" soundtrack playing at all times, then my friends, this is THE CD that should fit the bill. It is about as irresistable and satisfying as a pure pop album can be, with plenty of goodies and surprises in store for all pop and rock fans. Why this band didn't become a household name in the 80's will forever be a mystery and a big mistake. Simply put, it doesn't get any better than this. I would highly encourage music lovers in general to purchase this CD. You absolutely, positively can not go wrong. Your money will be well invested. Customer Rating: Summary: Absolutely Brilliant...The Best record (now CD) of the 80's Comment: This is great news for me that these are available on CD now. Having thrown away all my cassette tapes over 15 years ago, this is THE one I could not dream of losing. Mitch Easter is an incredible song writer/musician. It's too bad we have not had more access to his work. Customer Rating: Summary: Great CD!! Comment: I wore out my tape of Cypress. Afoot is great, but Cypress is amazing. I bought this while stationed in the Army. There weren't too many "new wave" tapes available at the PX, and I wasn't going to listen to Def Leppard or Bon Jovi. So I bought Cypress. One of those rare tapes that I bought 20 years ago and still listen to every few months (The Jam's Snap and Setting Sons, and The Smith's Hatful of Hollow are 3 other tapes I never tired of). Get this CD. Get it now! It is great. Thanks for reissuing it. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: One of the biggest gaps in '80s rock—nay, THE biggest gap—would have to be the absence on CD of R.E.M. producer and southern underground rock icon Mitch Easter's band Let's Active. Composed on these two albums of Easter, bassist Faye Hunter and drummer Sara Romweber, Let's Active blended psychedelic production, bubblegum melodies and that Athens-rock jangly guitar sound to create an American answer to the new wave bands from Britain that were sweeping the country at the time. We're thrilled to announce that we're going to release the entire Let's Active catalog, and here we've put together their 1983 EP 'Afoot' and their 1984 debut LP 'Cypress', plus two bonus tracks for a total of 20 tracks of irresistible jangle pop. Includes from 'Afoot—Every Word Means No; Make Up with Me; Edge of the World; Room with a View; In Between', and 'Leader of Men'. From 'Cypress—Easy Does; Waters Part; Lowdown; Gravel Truck; Crows on a Phone Line; Ring True; Blue Line; Flags for Everything; Prey; Co-Star; Ornamental', and 'Counting Down'. And 'Grey Scale' and 'Two Yous' are the bonus tracks. We've also included new liner notes…an indispensable '80s 'Collectors' Choice Music' exclusive!