Recently I've been checking out some SST Records releases by bands that I hadn't been interested in previously. So here's another one. Idecided to check out Meat Puppets and immediately found this pink vinyl copy of their 'No Strings Attached' double LP. It was pretty cheap, and I was sold on it when I saw that it still had the shrinwrap on with the original 'color vinyl' sticker attached.
Technically this isn't really a Meat Puppets LP. It's more of a compilation of songs from their first six full lengths and their first 12" EP. This was put out in 1990 after the band left SST, and it contains 24 songs. It does seem a slightly weird / pointless release in some ways, but I guess things were different in 1990. I imagine that it was probably designed to be a cheap introduction to the band in the hope that anyone who was into it would then buy seven more records. But I'm just guessing.
A bit like the Minutemen record I got into a few weeks ago, this isn't exactly a punk record. The band are described as being punk mixed with b2country and psychedelic rock, which I think is fair. Generally this is really interesting and definitely has me curious to check out more of their records, although I am slightly put off as they have about 20 albums out. We shall see.
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