Limited Edition 180g White Vinyl Double LP - Only 1500 Copies!
The MuleÂ’s previously unreleased original recordings from 1994!
In early summer of 1994, while on break from Allman Brothers work, the original Mule line-up of Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, and Matt Abts assembled at Tel-Star Studios outside Sarasota, Florida, to lay down on tape their vision to exhume the rock power trio – their influences ranging from Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience to Blue Cheer and ZZ Top.
Says Warren, "Allen Woody had plenty of ideas in that department -- starting with simultaneously bringing back the 'rock bass' sound. Along with our discussions about the 'power trio' being missing from the current musical landscape were the discussions of how the sound of the bass guitar had gotten progressively 'cleaner' since the '80s (or late '70s), and how that affected the overall feeling of the music. So, when we went in to the studio to do our first recording sessions, part of our mission was to capture an old familiar sound as well."
What resulted from those sessions was the key soundscape of the bandÂ’s rawness and excitement that Mule fans will love: straight-ahead rock- and blues-based song structures, explorative but tight and tough as a clenched fist. And while their search for that old familiar sound bore great creative fruit, these recordings also reflect the times in which they were recorded: there are interesting Soundgarden- and Alice In Chains-like musical references to grunge and the alternative rock sound that emerged from the early and mid-Â’90s.
What was originally intended to be the bandÂ’s debut album, but then subsequently shelved until now, these songs are newly mixed and mastered and available as a Limited Edition White Vinyl Double-vinyl set with special artwork (featuring a limited time download code for the digital files).
Features:
• Limited Edition - Only 1500 Copies
• White Vinyl
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Limited time download code
• Re-mixed & re-mastered
• Gatefold jacket
Selections:
LP 1:
Side A:
1. Blind Man In the Dark
2. Rocking Horse
3. Monkey Hill
Side B:
4. Mr. Big
5. Mother Earth
6. Just Got Paid
LP2:
Side C:
7. Left Coast Groovies
9. World Of Difference
Side D:
10. The Same Thing
Bonus Track:
11. World Of Difference (alternate version/original mix)
The MuleÂ’s previously unreleased original recordings from 1994!
In early summer of 1994, while on break from Allman Brothers work, the original Mule line-up of Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, and Matt Abts assembled at Tel-Star Studios outside Sarasota, Florida, to lay down on tape their vision to exhume the rock power trio – their influences ranging from Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience to Blue Cheer and ZZ Top.
Says Warren, "Allen Woody had plenty of ideas in that department -- starting with simultaneously bringing back the 'rock bass' sound. Along with our discussions about the 'power trio' being missing from the current musical landscape were the discussions of how the sound of the bass guitar had gotten progressively 'cleaner' since the '80s (or late '70s), and how that affected the overall feeling of the music. So, when we went in to the studio to do our first recording sessions, part of our mission was to capture an old familiar sound as well."
What resulted from those sessions was the key soundscape of the bandÂ’s rawness and excitement that Mule fans will love: straight-ahead rock- and blues-based song structures, explorative but tight and tough as a clenched fist. And while their search for that old familiar sound bore great creative fruit, these recordings also reflect the times in which they were recorded: there are interesting Soundgarden- and Alice In Chains-like musical references to grunge and the alternative rock sound that emerged from the early and mid-Â’90s.
What was originally intended to be the bandÂ’s debut album, but then subsequently shelved until now, these songs are newly mixed and mastered and available as a Limited Edition White Vinyl Double-vinyl set with special artwork (featuring a limited time download code for the digital files).
Features:
• Limited Edition - Only 1500 Copies
• White Vinyl
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Limited time download code
• Re-mixed & re-mastered
• Gatefold jacket
Selections:
LP 1:
Side A:
1. Blind Man In the Dark
2. Rocking Horse
3. Monkey Hill
Side B:
4. Mr. Big
5. Mother Earth
6. Just Got Paid
LP2:
Side C:
7. Left Coast Groovies
9. World Of Difference
Side D:
10. The Same Thing
Bonus Track:
11. World Of Difference (alternate version/original mix)
