Beach House: Beach House: B-Sides And Rarities (Loser Edition Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP

The cassette came in great condition. The B sides are just as good as the A sides.

Record is not cleaned properly and there are smears on it. Very disappointed. Especially since it's a clear vinyl it makes it highly noticeable. Can't take it off.

So glad you have this! Thanks

Love love love.

After six studio albums, Beach House has released a Rarities and B-Sides compilation. The band members, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand, have graced us with comprehensive notes on the tracks and importantly point out that the primary reason that these weren’t released previously was they didn’t fit into the comprehensive whole of the albums at the time. If you have listened to their many outstanding releases you know that they are in fact set pieces that sequence and flow, so as a career retrospective that isn’t the case here. However, the track list is not chronological so there must have been some method to how this was put together. There are some very strong fully formed tracks here like the “single” Chariot, that could have easily been on one of their last two releases, as well as The Arrangement, and Wherever You Go. There are also some stripped down and slowed down versions of previously released tracks like Norway, 10 Mile Stereo and Used to Be (oddly all from Teen Dream), with the former showing the skeleton of the song without the end product sheen and production that is the hallmark of their sound – the vocal ah, ah, ah’s being way up in the mix on the official release. Used to Be is so spare it starts with what sounds like a cardboard box drum and a tambourine and builds from there. The same elements are present on the studio release but fully produced, so the version here is interesting to more clearly see the components. Rain in Numbers is the earliest track and shows the beginnings of the sound that has evolved so beautifully to today. Essential for completists.Also reviewed on my Instagram: finelytunedsounds

Compré varios cassettes y todos venian defectuosos, por desgracia pensé que era mi aparato y lo mandé a revisar, para cuando lo tuve de regreso la ventana de devolución se había cerrado.

Item was in theory as discribed; however the quality of the vinyl does not meet my full expectations. The clear material of the record is full of blemishes that can not be removed. Sound quality is ok.