{"id":17162,"date":"2021-11-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17162"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:34:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T22:34:27","slug":"the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-boxset-set-for-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=17162","title":{"rendered":"The Gun Club &#8211; Preaching The Blues&#8217; Boxset set for January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-Must-Credit_-Photo-By-Ed-Colver-.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-Must-Credit_-Photo-By-Ed-Colver-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-Must-Credit_-Photo-By-Ed-Colver-.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-Must-Credit_-Photo-By-Ed-Colver--300x194.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pic by Ed Colver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Limited Edition 7 x 7inch vinyl Box Set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Includes the highly sought-after debut 7\u201d \u2018Ghost On The Highway\/Sex Beat\u2019 All tracks remastered and issued with original artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>52-page booklet with rare photographs, reminisces from Thurston Moore, Mark Lanegan, Henry Rollins, X and extensive liner notes from noted author Clinton Heylin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Includes exclusive \u2018Fire Of Love\u2019 Fanzine, \u2018Gun\u2019 Button and Promo Postcard Released by Flood Gallery on 21st January 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gun Club: Preaching The Blues Box Set Trailer\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIaMBrw6Xxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Box set Pre-Order <a href=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/preachingtheblues\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/smarturl.it\/preachingtheblues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If ever there was a band seemingly determined to come from nowhere and go straight back there, it was The Gun Club. Jeffrey Lee Pierce\u2019s search and destroy combo was spawned by the L.A. punk scene in 1979. Two years later their first LP, the incendiary Fire Of Love, was spewed out by Slash Records, a matter of months after the punk zine Pierce wrote for, and the label named itself after breathed its last. Fire Of Love was one of the 80s\u2019 genuinely shape-shifting US debuts, igniting post-punk depth and minting genres including blues, psychobilly, and Americana. Yet before they could fire up the lathe to cut the album master, The Gun Club unleashed a debut 7\u201d \u2018Ghost On The Highway\u2019 b\/w \u2018Sex Beat\u2019, two purgatory-bound hellraisers from the pen of Pierce. Appearing in the UK on the Beggars Banquet label,<br>this single is now entrenched in the collectors\u2019 market commanding a three-figure sum for a mint original. Its inclusion here is worth the price of the Box Set alone. \u201cGhost on the Highway\/Sex Beat\u2019 was the first in a run of fire and brimstone singles The Gun Club released. Seven of their very best 45\u2019s issued between 1981-1993 are<br>brought together on this potent collection including three later day 7\u201ds for the completists. Joining \u201cGhost On The Highway\u2019 are \u2018Fire Of Love\u2019, the \u2018Death Party EP\u2019, \u2018The Great Divide\u2019, \u2018Pastoral Hide &amp; Seek\u2019, \u2019Cry To Me\u2019 and a \u2018Miami Demos\u2019 single, exclusively made for this box set.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Each double-sided single is remastered and reproduced with its original artwork. Inside the Box Set is a high quality 52-page page booklet complete with expert sleeve notes by author Clinton Heylin alongside various contributors, among them Mark Lanegan, Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore. Reproductions of gig posters, tickets,<br>rare photographs and other Gun Club memorabilia are featured throughout. The Box Set is produced in association with the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Estate. Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an extraordinary character. Learning to play guitar at the age<br>of 10, he quickly immersed himself firstly in reggae and later the Delta Blues, particularly works by Tommy Johnson &amp; Robert Johnson. By 1976, he had become obsessed with Blondie, going on to become President of the West Coast Blondie Fan Club. It was Jeffrey Lee Pierce who suggested to the band they cover \u2018Hanging On The Telephone\u2019. The Blondie connection would later resurface in 1982 when Chris Stein signed and produced The Gun Club for his Animal Records label. In 1996, after releasing 7 studio albums, 37-year-old Jeffrey Lee Pierce sadly passed away following<br>a stroke. What he left behind is a legacy of work that has had a prolific effect on some of the most distinguished rock acts of the past 20+ years, these include Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds, Sonic Youth, The White Stripes, Mark Lanegan, Primal Scream and The Black Keys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br>The Gun Club story would not be complete without mentioning the following personnel who played an integral role in the musical output of the Gun Club: Kid Congo Powers, Terry Graham, Chris D, Rob Ritter, Patricia Robinson, Romi Mori, Ward Dotson, Jim Duckworth, Dee Pop and Nick Sanderson.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Gun Club \u2018Preaching The Blues\u2019 Singles Box Set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ghost On The Highway (1982) &#8211; Ghost On The Highway\/Sex Beat<\/li><li>Fire Of Love 1982 \u2013 Fire Of Love\/Walking With The Beast<\/li><li>Miami Demos (1982) \u2013 Carry Home\/Brother And Sister<\/li><li>Death Party EP (1983) \u2013 The House On Highland Ave.\/ The Lie\/Death Party<\/li><li>The Great Divide (1990) \u2013 The Great Divide\/Crabdance<\/li><li>Pastoral Hide And Seek (1990) &#8211; Pastoral Hide And Seek\/Black Hole\/Emily\u2019s<br>Changed (Live in Paris, 91)<\/li><li>Cry To Me (1993) \u2013 Cry To Me\/Give Up The Sun<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/190256-the-gun-club-preaching-the-blues.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limited Edition 7 x 7inch vinyl Box Set Includes the highly sought-after debut 7\u201d \u2018Ghost On The Highway\/Sex Beat\u2019 All tracks remastered and issued with original artwork. 52-page booklet with rare photographs, reminisces from Thurston Moore, Mark Lanegan, Henry Rollins, X and extensive liner notes from noted author Clinton Heylin. 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