Description:
Even as the first sounds of new wave and punk rock were being heard in New York City in the mid-70s, the first stirrings of `indie-rock` and `guitar pop` were occurring in the unlikely locale of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Mitch Easter were recording arguably the first `low-fi` records ever in their band the Sneakers. Though heard by few, the reverberations from these recordings spread everywhere from New York -- where Stamey and Rigby were to form the dBs -- to Athens, Georgia -- where a band named R.E.M. hooked up with Easter to record their first two albums -- to just about every college radio station in the land during the 80s. Now, Stamey and Easter have gone back into the studio to produce the definitive look at this seminal power pop band, consisting of tracks from their 1976, Don Dixon-produced EP `The Sneakers`, their 1978 LP `In the Red` and their 1992 `reunion` record, `Racket`, plus three unreleased bonus tracks, all (except the debut EP) remastered and/or remixed for superior sound. (Collector`s Choice)
