Name: The Texas Tapes
Brand: Rainer and Das Combo

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

fame184lp

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Colour

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Purple Vinyl with Download.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-12-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

809236118431

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Rainer and Das Combo 

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

Fire Records

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

From 1993, some seven years after the release of the Combo’s debut <i>Barefoot Rock</i>, with a contractually unnamed Gibbons steering the proceedings. Rainer and Das Combo are a tight Tucson-based trio fronted by songwriter and slide-guitarist Rainer Ptacek, whose singing suggests a cross between golden-age Bob Dylan and Jonathan Richman with a deep case of the blues. Expanded to include four heavier but more spacious Billy Gibbons’ mixes along with a trio of demo’s. The album features the glorious <i>One Man Crusade</i>, which Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb rates as “one of the top ten best songs ever written.“ Reissued to commemorate Rainer’s sad death in 1997.

The Texas Tapes

Music GB