Description
Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing. The album of solo and American Music Club songs re-interpretations performed by a band with traditional Greek musicians was released in 2003. Eighteen years later, with a rejigged artwork and an Abbey Road cut, The Ugly American is unveiled for the first time on vinyl. The ten tracks cover a varied period of Mark Eitzel”s solo output, the cult band American Music Club albums, and a sole composition from Manolis Famellos (”Love”s Humming”). All songs were recorded with the addition of traditional Greek instruments (bouzouki, tzouras, Cretan lyra & zournas) under the guidance of Manolis Famellos and his band. At a time were American Music Club albums where hard to obtain re-interpretations of ”Western Sky”, ”Last Harbour” and ”Jenny” were treated with effervescence and stunning new arrangements. ”Anything” (originally on ”The Invisible Man”) as a stark and bleak electronica track, is now heightened to a majestic instrumentation.
