Description
The Last Amen is a live album by the American rock band Chagall Guevara, Kickstarter-funded and independently released on Splint Entertainment in 2021, distributed by Burnt Toast Vinyl. (Digital files were released August 2020 exclusively to backers upon successful completion of Kickstarter campaign.) The live album was recorded November 15, 1991 live on analog tape at 328 Performance Hall in Nashville, Tennessee. Engineered by Malcolm Harper, assisted by H.L. McConnell. (Tech Crew: Christopher Wyant and Eric Elliott.) Mixed by Russ Long.
Chagall Guevara features Steve Taylor on vocals, Dave Perkins on guitar and vocals, L. Arthur Nichols on guitar and vocals, Wade Jaynes on bass, and Mike Mead on drums.
Burnt Toast Vinyl 2LP Promo
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when music was performed in front of live audiences. The best bands were judged both by the creativity they sparked in a recording studio and the electricity they generated on a stage.
Chagall Guevara’s 1991 self-titled debut can still be heard wherever fine music is streamed. But their live show is a fading memory for those who saw them back-in-the-day performing in clubs, a handful of music festivals, and as the opening act for Squeeze on their U.K. tour.
On November 15th of 1991, at the height of the band’s musical powers, Chagall Guevara’s live show was recorded to 24 tracks of analog splendor in front of a very rowdy hometown crowd at Nashville’s legendary 328 Performance Hall. With the band’s full cooperation, it has now been lovingly mixed by Russ Long, who began his illustrious career as a recording engineer and producer by mixing Chagall Guevara’s live shows. That live album, now entitled The Last Amen, is finally ready to be heard.
CD tracklist:
01. The Wrong George
02. Tale O’ The Twister
03. Violent Blue
04. Candy Guru
05. Play God
06. Escher’s World
07. Love Is A Dead Language
08. Can’t You Feel The Chains?
09. Monkey Grinder
10. If It All Comes True
11. Murder In The Big House
12. Workin’ For MCA
13. Still Know Your Number By Heart
14. Gloria
Note: Released on both CD and 180g 12-inch vinyl double LP (with the vinyl edition housed in a gatefold sleeve). This CD release was first made available to backers of the Kickstarter campaign. CD packaging is a gatefold cardboard sleeve with credits printed on the inside. A 4-page booklet is included with a review of the concert and its recording by Rick Clark. The barcode only appears on the sticker applied to the shrink wrap. Available at Bandcamp: https://chagallguevara.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-amen
Chagall Guevara made their UK Debut on the Main Stage at Greenbelt Festival at Castle Ashby, England on August 22, 1991.
Chagall Guevara, Greenbelt Press Conference
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