It’s Free Basin’ Friday and this week we have a very special prize for ya’ll. We will be giving away a limited edition Lee Hazlewood screen print!! This is the same design used for the Lee Hazlewood tee-shirt and tote bag.
This multi-color print is designed and hand numbered by Light In The Attic’s very own Jess Rotter of Rotter and Friends. Scoring this sweet gem would be an awesome addition to any Hazlewood collection!
For your chance to win, come up with a name for Lee Hazlewood’s mustache. The most creative name will take home this rare Hazlewood prize. Please write your answer in the comment box below. Do not forget to included your email address in the box provided, all addresses will be visible to Light In The Attic employees ONLY. Winners will be announced next Friday via Twitter and Facebook.
It’s time for another installment of Free Basin’ Friday. This week we’ve got an awesome prize for yah! We will be giving away copy of Strawberry Rain’s forthcoming release of Slaty Dog’s self-titled LP with non-album bonus 7” single!!!
Having formed during the height of the Zamrock period, Salty Dog was a three man band modled after the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Having wanted to base the band around the concept of the force of life, Salty Dog was chosen as a result of being slang for ‘sperm’. The 8th release on the Zambezi imprint, Salty Dog is one of the most obscure Zambian titles from the era having failed to achieve the success of some of their peers like WITCH. The self titled release is a combination of psychedelic rock, blues and folk, with all english songs. Really good from start to end, essential for collectors of African rock and insanely rare as an original. As a bonus for this release we’ve also managed to press up the non-lp single that was released before the album titled ‘Sunday Morning Sunshine’.
For your chance to win this weeks Free Basin’ Friday, please answer the following question: If you had a psychedelic zamrock band, what would name it? Please write your answer in the comment box below. Do not forget to included your email address in the box provided, all addresses will be visible to Light In The Attic employees ONLY. Winners will be announced next Friday via Twitter and Facebook.
Its Friday baby! Time to giveaway some free stuff. This week’s Free Basin’ Friday prize is Steve Gunn‘s latest album Time Off.
Time Off , out June 18th on Paradise of Bachelors,imagines the fugitive moments afforded us during time off, out, and away as occasions for dilatory investigations into our immediate environments and interiors. Time Off showcases the virtuosic guitarist and songwriter’s oblique character sketches and story-songs, some of which, like “Lurker” and “Street Keeper,” portray specific denizens of his Brooklyn neighborhood. “Old Strange” celebrates Jack Rose, a dear and departed friend and muse.
Those contemplative studies frame Gunn’s most affecting, accessible and articulate work of pure songcraft to date. His definitive statement as a songwriter, Time Off represents the culmination of nearly fifteen years of stylistic experimentation as a solo artist, a member of GHQ and the Gunn-Truscinski Duo, and more recently, as a guitarist in fellow Philadelphia-bred troubadour Kurt Vile’s touring band the Violators.
In this latest creation from Gunn, his guitar work masterfully deploys the discursive, deconstructed blues style, at once transcendent and methodical, that has become his signature. Close listening reveals the influence of Delta and Piedmont country blues, ecstatic free jazz, and psych, as well as Gnawa and Carnatic music, on the continually unfolding compositions. The fresh emphasis on narrative, characters in counterpoint, and those heavy-duty vocals likewise recall the finest work of Steve’s friend and sometime touring partner, Michael Chapman.
Building on his established penchant for charting musical travelogues that ramble through city and wilderness alike, these dispatches about home are not merely descriptive but corporeal. Gunn’s evocative writing and ductile instrumental phrasing, buttressed by the band’s intuitive playing, carries the listener along bodily for the “Trailways Ramble.” It’s a real collection of foot-tappers and head-nodders, perfect for summer sessions.This is Gunn at the top of his game, utterly unique but steeped in traditions both vernacular and avant-garde. Jump in.
For your chance to win this weeks Free Basin’ Friday, please answer the following question: What is your favorite summer activity to do in your time off? Please write your answer in the comment box below. Do not forget to included your email address in the box provided, all addresses will be visible to Light In The Attic employees ONLY. Winners will be announced next Friday via Twitter and Facebook.
Finally, it’s the end of the week and Memorial Day weekend is nearly upon us! This week’s Free Basin’ Friday giveaway is an especially good one. In light of our recent release of Digable Planets’ Blowout Comb, we will be giving away a super limited edition subscriber only vinyl copy on lavender wax!
For your chance to win this weeks Free Basin’ Friday, please answer the following question: What is your most memorable experience while listening to Digable Planets’ Blowout Comb? Please write your answer in the comment box below. Do not forget to included your email address in the box provided, all addresses will be visible to Light In The Attic employees ONLY. Winners will be announced next Friday via Twitter and Facebook.
Ahhhh yeah, its Friday! You know what that means…time to dust off the ole’ pipe and get ready for a Free Basin’ giveaway! This week’s prize is yet again another sweet title from our distro catalog. We’ll be giving away John Carpenter and Alan Howarth’s score of Escape From New York, from of our pals over at Death Waltz Recordings Company.
Exclusively re-mastered for this vinyl release including 6 tracks that never made it into the original film. John Carpenter not only directed Escape From New York but also composed and recorded all of its music too. This score sounds as fresh today as it did when it was first released. Laden with brooding electronic pulses, flashes of Krautrock and healthy dose of nu disco ensures that this soundtrack sounds as happy on the dance floor as it is in your headphones.
Exclusive cover art by Jay Shaw (aka Iron Jaiden) one of the most in demand poster artists working today, his recent work has been selling out in minutes creating a huge demand on the aftermarket. Jay is heavily influenced by the abstract posters of the polish film industry and is not afraid to experiment with his work.
This weeks Free Basin’ Friday question is: What is your favorite quote from the film Escape From New York? Please give your answer in the comment box below. Do not forget to included your email address in the box provided, all addresses will be visible to Light In The Attic employees ONLY. Winners will be announced next Friday via Twitter and Facebook.
It’s Free Basin’ Friday! We’re going to do things a little differently this time, but don’t worry, you’ll still get the chance to win a killer prize! In the spirit of Record Store Day, we want to encourage you guys to get off your computers and out into the world.
So here’s the deal: Tomorrow, while you’re out and about digging for all the titles on your list (hopefully ours are among them), purchase and snap a picture of yourself with one of our official Record Store Day releases and post it to Instagram (@lightintheatticrecords) and/or Twitter (@lightintheattic), tag us, and mark it with the hashtag #LITARSD
Winner will receive a rare test-pressing of the album pictured! One entry per release. The more releases you buy and tag, the greater shot you have at a win!
Winner will be chosen and announced next Friday! Learn more about all four of our official Record Store Day titles at LightInTheAttic.net! Happy hunting, and have a killer Record Store Day!
TGIF! It’s Friday and we have en EPIC giveaway to bestow upon all you vinyl-thirsty record heads. This week we’re giving away a grandiose mega pack containing ALL FOUR of our 2013 Record Store Day releases!
Hot damn! For your chance to win, leave a comment below and tell us the best thing that’s ever happened to you inside a record store! Tell us ANYTHING, as long as it took place inside a record store. Make sure to leave your name and email address (kept private) in the proper fields so we can contact you if you win! Winner will be chosen and announced next Friday (the day before Record Store Day 2013)!! Good luck, and have a killer weekend.
To learn more about our official 2013 Record Store Day Releases, head to LightInTheAttic.net!
It’s Free Basin’ Friday! This week we’re giving away a DELUXE copy of Lee Hazlewood’s debut, Trouble Is A Lonesome Town pressed on baby blue wax! Don’t worry, we’re not stopping there! We’ll also include a copy of Lee Hazlewood’s unaired screenplay for a 1960′s television special based on Trouble Is A Lonesome Town!
This blue vinyl version is long out of print and very limited! So, give it your best shot! For your chance to win, complete this line pulled directly from Lee’s Trouble script in your own words, Mad Libs style! Anything goes.
DIRK
“Trouble is about the only town in the world that’s got a __________ that thinks he’s a __________.”
Make sure to include your name and email address (kept private) in the proper fields, so we can contact you if you win! Winner will be chosen and announced next Friday. Good luck, and have a killer weekend!
It’s Friday! Y’all know the drill. We’re here to hook you up with some fresh jams before you head off into the weekend. This week we’re giving away the Big Boys’ debut Where’s My Towel? / Industry Standard on limited edition hand numbered LP with randomly packed colored wax (either green or white) AND the limited edition hand-numbered cassette (a collab with our friends at Burger Records)!
Famously, the Big Boys would end their sets with the foursome shouting, “OK y’all, go start your own band.” So, for your chance to win, go start your own fictitious band, fantasy football style! Pick any musicians (living or dead), tell us the lineup, and give yourselves a name! Winner will be chosen and announced next Friday! Be sure to leave your name and email address (kept private) in the proper field, so we can contact you if you win! Good luck, y’all! Have a great weekend!
It’s Free Basin’ Friday! You know the drill. They say, “the best things in life are free,” and in this case, they are right! This week we’re giving you the chance to win a copy of Marcos Valle‘s Vento Sul AND a copy of Previsão Do Tempo, both on out-of-print colored wax!
Previsão Do Tempo, pressed on oceanic blue and Vento Sul pressed on midnight-purple swirl (both colors out of print).
For your chance to win, leave a comment below with an original haiku (5, 7, 5) about ANYTHING in the world of Marcos Valle. Brazil, Samba, dashing good looks, beaches, sunshine, music, ANYTHING! Let it flow! Don’t be shy. Make sure to include your name and email address (kept private) in the proper fields, so we can contact you if you win! Winner will be chosen and announced next Friday! Good luck, and have a killer weekend!
