I was living in San Francisco and in 1994 the Red Crayola were playing a gig at I think The Albion(?), decided to check it out even though I'd never really heard any of their back catalog. Basically knew Mayo as the guy who had produced some of my favorite Fall records. To sum up the gig, I was absolutely blown away. And that has been my experience at the other times I've seen them live.
I can't comment on the earliest material, but I enjoy all the Rough Trade Lps I have. I really recommend this the red krayola the red krayola
cd/lp/cassette (drag city) 1994 to start, there a couple of tunes on there that will bring you back again and again. The Singles anthology is also really great, but it might be too dense to start out with.
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