Everclear - Songs from an American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile

First time on vinyl! Artist-approved "Everclear" transparent yellow vinyl pressing!

Platinum-selling Songs from An American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile

Featuring the smash hits "AM Radio," "Wonderful" and "Brown-Eyed Girl"

100% analog mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Numbered edition limited to 2,000 copies and pressed at Gotta Groove Records

Beautiful deluxe gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing with included authentic booklet

Everclear and Intervention Records are thrilled to bring the platinum-selling Songs from An American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile to vinyl for the very first time!

Featuring the smash hits "AM Radio", " Wonderful" and "Brown Eyed Girl," this first-ever vinyl release is artist-approved by Art Alexakis and pressed on "Everclear" transparent yellow 140-gram vinyl by boutique press Gotta Groove Records.

This numbered edition is limited to 2,000 copies and comes in a beautiful deluxe gatefold by Stoughton Printing and includes an authentic booklet.

Everclear's Art Alexakis enthuses, "I am so stoked that after 25 years, this album will finally be available on vinyl...for the first time ever! When this record was originally released on Capitol, it was supposed to be released on vinyl, but vinyl sales were down so much that the label absolutely refused to honor our contract. I can't wait for the fans to get a hold of this record. It's exactly how I envisioned it to be almost 25 years ago, down to the yellow vinyl and the original artwork! I hope fans of this record and vinyl enthusiasts enjoy it as much as I do."

Songs From An American Movie Vol. One: Learning How To Smile production notes

SFAAM Vol One is 100% analog mastered by Kevin Gray from the Original Master Tapes, but that's just the beginning of this story! Working with Chris Walch and the archive team at Universal Music Group, Intervention Records discovered that although the original audio was digitally captured (mostly at frontman Art Alexakis' Basement Studio) the final mixdown format is analog tape. The big "but" here is that because this was never released on vinyl, it was never sequenced to A/B master tapes- UMG had over a DOZEN reels with only a few tracks marked as masters! And that's when original engineer Neal Avron came to the rescue! Art's team contacted Neal who quickly identified the masters. Universal then graciously set Kevin Reeves to making a beautiful sounding new set of ¼" A/B master tape reels so Intervention could master this release 100% analog from these brand new master tapes!

Intervention Records: Unprecedented clarity and quality

Intervention Record's vinyl reissue of Songs from An American Movie will startle Everclear fans who are only used to how the original 2000 CD sounds! The audio from these tapes is so much more representative of the performance from Art and the band! Much more open sounding, with wide dynamic range, but with much sweeter highs and incredible vocal purity. After 25 years it's finally possible to hear this amazing album exactly as Art and the band truly intended.

Intervention's fanatical quality standards have precluded the use of colored vinyl previously, but Matt Earley and his team are now able to deliver 140-gram transparent colored vinyl that's as stunningly ultra-quiet as the black 180-gram we're used to! Stampers will be replaced every 500 units as always, and customers can rest assured Intervention Founder and resident audiophile crank Shane Buettner tested this transparent vinyl himself and only then put IR's name on it!

Because the original album art was CD only, that presented a challenge for the jackets as well. 5" CD art doesn't blow up to large sizes very well, so Art's team pointed Intervention to original photographer Frank Ockenfels. Ockenfels and art director Tom Vadakan were able to rebuild the jacket art from ultra high-res scans of the original photography! Printed on heavy blanks as a beautiful, chunky "Old Style" gatefold by Stoughton these jackets are simply stunning!

 

Side A

1. Songs From An American Movie pt. 1

2. Here We Go Again

3. AM Radio

4. Brown Eyed Girl

5. Learning How to Smile

6. The Honeymoon Song

Side B

1. Now That It's Over

2. Thrift Store Chair

3. Otis Redding

4. Unemployed Boyfriend

5. Wonderful

6. Annabella's Song

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