{"product_id":"alan-licht-three-chords-and-a-sword-solo-cover-versions-1988-2021","title":"Alan Licht: Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021 - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThree Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Licht\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eFamily Vineyard\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e656605412238\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2022-10-28\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Three Chords and a Sword is a collection of eight cover songs recorded by rock\/experimental musician Alan Licht over a span of three decades. Re-imagining both Van Halen's \"Jump\" and Sonic Youth's \"Tom Violence\" from the perspective of American Primitive guitar soli, employing a chord organ to twist Pere Ubu's \"Heart of Darkness\" and Fred Neil's \"Everybody's Talkin'\" into eerie, doom-laden ballads, conjuring the sound of New York's Suicide with little more than a microphone and patch cord, each song emerges transformed. Even the rarely-heard Bob Dylan spoken word piece \"Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie\" is markedly different from the original as heard in Licht's voice. Licht's interpretations echo from a childhood encounter with a Larry Rivers pop art painting drawn from a coloring book of Japanese art, which inspired the album cover created by acclaimed illustrator Robert Beatty. Gatefold, limited CD features songs by the above-mentioned artists plus the Stooges and Will Oldham, plus an insert with a text-based version of Alvin Lucier's \"I Am Sitting In A Room\" generated by artificial intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Heart of Darkness \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Jump \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Stable Will \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Rocket USA \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Tom Violence \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Everybody's Talkin' \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie \u003cbr\u003e1.8 1970\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alan Licht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39788748275783,"sku":"42963493","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4130584-2877456.jpg?v=1711775516","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/alan-licht-three-chords-and-a-sword-solo-cover-versions-1988-2021","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}