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The true test of originality for
any musician comes when
you hear an instrument being
played and you instantly know
who's playing it. For electric
guitarists, certainly Hendrix
qualifies; Page and Clapton,
too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen
before the legion of imitators.
You probably have your own
list, but to us, standing toe-to-toe (or pick-to-pick) with those
legends is Television guitarist and solo artist Tom Verlaine. His
self-taught, jazz-influenced style, largely devoid of effects,
and vibrato tone (oh, that tone!) makes any Verlaine solo
unmistakably a Verlaine solo. That he was quite an accomplished,
idiosyncratic songwriter is just a bonus. Real Gone Music is very,
very proud to announce that we have arranged with the Verlaine
estate to release Tom's last three solo albums on LP, starting
with his 1992 instrumental masterpiece Warm and Cool, which
has never been released on vinyl in the U.S. Swirling within this
album's 14 compositions are hints of rock, jazz, country, surf, and
even a little bit of the guitar noir found on Angelo Badalamenti's
soundtracks for David Lynch, all given brilliant new life in a fresh
mastering for vinyl by long-time Verlaine collaborator Patrick
Derivaz, who also played bass on the album. Simultaneously
avant-garde and familiar-sounding, Warm and Cool is as
contemporary and forward-thinking as any music coming out
today, but-as the new liner notes by Verlaine's life partner Jutta
Koether point out-the album fits into a larger modern art and
philosophical context. Indeed, reading Koether's poetic love
letter to her dear departed and listening to this gorgeous, daring
music makes for a profound experience we are eager to share.
Pink vinyl pressing to go with the artful choice of type hue on the
front cover!