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Over There... And Over Here

Red Rippers

Over There... And Over Here

Paradise Of Bachelors
LP $19.85

01/22/2013 616892082743 

POB 05 


CD $14.75

01/22/2013 616892090144 

POB 05 CD 


***The first-ever reissue of the previously obscure 1983 LP by the RED RIPPERS. Written and recorded by Navy pilot EDWIN BANKSTON, the album’s nine battle-scarred country-boogie dispatches chronicle the experiences of Bankston and his fellow vets in Vietnam and back home. 
Scarce and seemingly inscrutable, the sole recording credited to the Red Rippers has long captivated and mystified record collectors. When we first encountered Over There … and Over Here, we were fascinated by the prescient, genre-dredging synthesis of Waylonesque honky-stomp with early ’80s new wave production values and eerie, out-of-time psychedelic guitar leads, weirdly reminiscent of the Blue Öyster Cult and the Meat Puppets at their most desert-drunk. We were intrigued by the record’s ambiguous provenance (Oracle Records?) and moved by its complex, apparently deeply personal articulation of an enlisted man’s efforts to break on through his fear, anger, and disillusionment during and after the Vietnam War. Vinyl edition housed in a thick 24 pt matte jacket, including a digital download coupon; CD housed in a matte gatefold wallet. Package includes archival photos of Bankston and his family, a reproduction of the 1983 Soldier of Fortune ad for the album, and extensive notes, featuring an introductory essay, a 4500-word oral history with Bankston, and complete transcribed lyrics (lyrics available in vinyl edition only).