Ghost Riders 2xLP Vinyl
A North American road trip of coming of age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space’s latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache and unchecked, unrealised ambition. Across 17 open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the 2LP collects and connects dots between British Invasion fanatics, child prodigies, the loners and the luckless, in a kind of trans-continental survey.
Hailing from the regional backwaters of Illinois, Arkansas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Texas and beyond, the licensed artists were scouted by way of local fire departments, spiritualist fellowships and animal welfare centres, often barely a stones throw from where their contributions were originally laid. The vision of record collector and graphic designer Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders simmers with the scent of youthful summers, the pang of schoolyard romance, and the excitement (and disenchantment) of teenage naïveté, delivered via a deceptively simple and frequently wonky garage band set up.
Tracklisting:
A1 The Mod 4 – A Puppet
A2 The Yardleys – Just Remember
A3 Decompressed Impossibility – You Can't Ride Away
A4 The Living End – Brigitta
B1 The Newports – Feelin' Low
B2 The Landlords – I'm Through With You
B3 The Prisners Dream – Autumn Days
B4 The Fortels – She
B5 The Bohemians – Say It
C1 Tresa Leigh – Until Then
C2 WM. Penn & The Quakers – Ghost Of The Monks
C3 The Tempters – I Will Go
C4 Jerry McGee – Twilight Zone
D1 Carroll – The Boy Called Billy Joe
D2 The Common People – Here, There & Everywhere
D3 Dennis Harte – Summer's Over
D4 Toe Head – Goodnight Jackie
Hailing from the regional backwaters of Illinois, Arkansas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Texas and beyond, the licensed artists were scouted by way of local fire departments, spiritualist fellowships and animal welfare centres, often barely a stones throw from where their contributions were originally laid. The vision of record collector and graphic designer Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders simmers with the scent of youthful summers, the pang of schoolyard romance, and the excitement (and disenchantment) of teenage naïveté, delivered via a deceptively simple and frequently wonky garage band set up.
Tracklisting:
A1 The Mod 4 – A Puppet
A2 The Yardleys – Just Remember
A3 Decompressed Impossibility – You Can't Ride Away
A4 The Living End – Brigitta
B1 The Newports – Feelin' Low
B2 The Landlords – I'm Through With You
B3 The Prisners Dream – Autumn Days
B4 The Fortels – She
B5 The Bohemians – Say It
C1 Tresa Leigh – Until Then
C2 WM. Penn & The Quakers – Ghost Of The Monks
C3 The Tempters – I Will Go
C4 Jerry McGee – Twilight Zone
D1 Carroll – The Boy Called Billy Joe
D2 The Common People – Here, There & Everywhere
D3 Dennis Harte – Summer's Over
D4 Toe Head – Goodnight Jackie