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The first worldwide vinyl release of Sam Phillipss critically acclaimed Nonesuch debut album, Fan Dance, is the latest fan-selected title on Run Out Groove. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Record Industry in the Netherlands, the remastered LP comes in an old-school tip-on style jacket with booklet, limited and individually numbered.
Each month, Run Out Groove allows fans to vote on the labels next high-quality vinyl pressing, chosen from selections of unreleased material, reissues of out-of-print titles, titles that have never seen a vinyl release, or brand new collections compiled from the Warner Music vaults.
Released in 2001, Fan Dance was Sam Phillipss first all-new studio recording since Omnipop in 1996. Unlike her more elaborately produced previous efforts, Fan Dance is unadorned, with the feeling of an intense, look-you-in-the-eye, late-night conversation. The Boston Globe calls it a stunning work of intimacy and emotional range Phillips digs deeply within to chart romantic yearning and spiritual fulfillment.
I wasnt trying to imitate any style, to be any certain thing, Phillips said. I just disconnected, went away from the culture, and tried to create a world I was interested in.
She and frequent collaborator T Bone Burnett deliberately chose to operate on an intimate scale. As Sam explains, I feel that when I hear a lot of records, theres no room for me as a listener. This record is not built like a stadium to present music to the largest audience possible. This record is built more like a bungalow, or a salon to receive guests hopefully one at a time.
Along with Burnett as producer and bassist, Phillips was accompanied in the studio by guitarist Marc Ribot and drummer Carla Azar. Gillian Welch lent her voice to a pair tracks and Van Dyke Parks, a frequent guest on Phillipss records, created the austerely beautiful string arrangement to Wasting My Time, and played harpsichord on the haunting Taking Pictures.
A breathtakingly original talent. Uncut
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