ROBERT ASHLEY - Private Parts LP french It was the first record

It was the first record on which Stephin Merritt took over all lead vocal duties and his distinctive baritone informs a bunch of songs that are clever and romantic odes to country music and life on that dusty old road

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25th Anniversary RSD edition on red vinyl

They are still going strong today

and is mixed by Stuart Sikes (Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose

ROBERT ASHLEY - Private Parts LP french It was the first recordHighly recommended. Originally issued in 1978, this newly mastered LP release is a must have for aficionados as well as a perfect introductory work to Ashley's oeuvre. Among Lovely Music's first six releases, it came to be known as "the yellow record". No one had ever heard anything like it; Ashley presented an unvarnished exposition of the inner workings of a man's mind. And on the other side, those of a woman. These two episodes were the foundation