DAN MODLIN/DAVE SCOTT The Train Don't Stop Here... LP

DAN MODLIN & DAVE SCOTT 'The Train Don't Stop Here Anymore' LP (Italy, Mandrax, Catalogue #MX0803LP) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited Mandrax label LP edition (edition of 350 copies only) of rare and highly sought-after 700 West label American rural rock album from 1976 by Dan Modlin & Dave Scott.

(NOTE: LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES ONLY!)

'Folk-rock, laid-back '70s rock, slightly psych, slightly country-rock. Not too easy to define, but a great album with good songwriting and such a good production that makes you think this was a big name rather than an unknown band. Released in 1976 by the 700 West label (yes, same as Zerfas), this hardly turns up as original, and as the Acid Archives says, it's 'very, very good'. Never reissued before in any format, now available in limited edition of 350 vinyl LPs.'

'Interesting LP on the same label as Zerfas; ambitious, pro-sounding Americana rock in a westcoast style comparable to Dillard & Clark or Brewer & Shipley. Not psychedelic in any way, but not quite country-rock either. The music has rich guitar and banjo tapestries, solid rhythm section, some stray keyboard flourishes and fine arrangements. Nevertheless this must rank as a bit of an acquired taste as the whole album is based on a romantic notion of a bygone hobo-drifter lifestyle which seems a bit cliched to me. The band was serious enough about this concept to have a real life old-timer reminisce briefly in spoken word about the 'good ol' days' in a thick Okie accent that's hard to decipher. At one point he sounds just like the bizarre spoken bit at the end of the Kaplan Bros' "Nightbird", and this is not a good thing. The band's vocals are good but suffer slightly from similar boxcar & bourbon posturing, and while the harmonies work they're not up to the level of the big LA bands in the style. I like this LP but am somewhat annoyed by the presentation.' - Acid Archives/PL

'This highly regarded rural rock album really is one of the best in the genre. It's not country rock, but rather laid back 70s rock with strong vocals and a very mild nod in the country direction. The usual 700 West high-quality production makes it sound as professional as an Eagles album. Though it's a concept album hobos and drifters, these guys sound way too practiced and educated to know anything about the subject, and two spoken bits by a real hobo are incoherent and distracting. Other than those bits, though, you could listen to the whole album without noticing the theme, as most of the lyrics are smart enough to allow multiple interpretations. This album is melodically sharp and instrumentally sound. It's very, very good.' - 'Acid Archives/AM

High-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

• Loser, Lover
• Long Way From Heaven
• Highways
• Jack McCall
• I've Seen Your Face
• Round & Round
• Entr'acte (Playin' The Dance)
• Southern Lady
• Till The Bottle's Dry

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