[ ADA / Warner / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 10 January 2020
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After co-founding Big Star, the world only received two tracks of new music from Chris Bell during his lifetime - a 1978 single on the Car Records label run by Chris Stamey (dB's, Sneakers) titled "I Am The Cosmos" b/w "You And Your Sister". He would tragically be killed in a car accident later that same year. However, those were not the only tracks Bell had recorded in his post-Big Star years.
In 1974-1975, Bell worked in the famed Château D'Hérouville near Paris, France, and later recorded at both Shoe Studios and Ardent Studios in Memphis. That material arrived in 1992 as I Am The Cosmos to great acclaim, and was issued on LP by Omnivore Recordings in 2017.
Due to popular demand, the LP returns in a new pressing. The packaging contains liner notes from set co-producer Alec Palao as well as Bob Mehr. All Chris Bell projects are being approved and overseen by Chris' estate run by his brother, David. With renewed reverence for his work in Big Star, as well as a look back at his earlier work with a biography from Rich Tupica, the stars have aligned.
Pressed on translucent blue vinyl.
A1. I Am The Cosmos (Single Version)
A2. Better Save Yourself
A3. Speed Of Sound
A4. Get Away
A5. Make A Scene
B1. Look Up
B2. I Got Kinda Lost
B3. There Was A Light
B4. Fight At The Table
B5. I Don't Know
B6. Though I Know She Lies
B7. You And Your Sister (Single Version)