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In A Desperate Red

by The Rats

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  • MOR-01 Black Vinyl 2nd Pressing LP
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    Second pressing of this lost classic, black vinyl in red sleeve

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  • MOR-01 Black Vinyl First Pressing LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Black Vinyl edition of In A Desperate Red, includes 40-page color booklet. Ships July 10!

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  • MOR-01 Red Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition red vinyl version of the Rats' lost classic. Includes 40-page book of notes and images.

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Never Say No 01:20
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Burnside 02:31
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Tremelo 02:56
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Stay 02:06
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I Want You 02:12
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Just A Man 02:12
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B-Sides 03:04
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about

At last! Fred and Toody Cole (Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows) and drummer Louis Samora's ultimate pop masterpiece - In A Desperate Red. This is the last record by the Portland punk legends before moving on to a very brief country period and then Fred and Toody moving on to Dead Moon. In fact, two songs from the first Dead Moon LP hail from the same session as this LP. A true lost pop masterpiece, In A Desperate Red finds the band in an almost new wave/art punk/pop mode...just picture a more pop version of Dead Moon if you can. 6 years of work went into remixing and remastering this version - with Fred Cole twisting knobs and obsessing over it's every detail and then Greg Shadoan and Tim Stollenwerk finishing the job. One of Fred Cole's greatest records and impossible to find for many years - at last this LP is available as it was meant to be heard. Play it loud....

Download includes 40 page PDF booklet

credits

released June 21, 2019

Bass, Vocals – Toody
Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter, Producer – Fred Cole
Drums – Louis Samora

Remastered By - Timothy Stollenwerk / Stereophonic
Liner notes design/layout: szim (www.szim.de)

Engineer – Mike Moore
Photography By – Janice Morlan

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