#392: The EP Collection

Legendary rocker Marshall Crenshaw
releases his first new CD in more than
six years, #392: The EP Collection.
The album compiles all of the original songs and cover versions from
the acclaimed six 10 EPs Crenshaw released over the last three years, with some
of the songs featuring new mixes. There are also two previously
unreleased bonus tracks, a live cover of the Everly Brothers Man
With Money recorded with the Bottle Rockets and a demo of the
Crenshaw rarity, Front Page News along with special liner notes
penned by Crenshaw for this release.
I ve been making records for most of my adult life, says Crenshaw,
at this point in time I think that I ve mostly gotten the hang of it, and
I still love doing it.
I ve always put a great deal of care into the albums I ve made,
Crenshaw says, and this is evidenced by the depth of his original
songs contained here as well as the deft covers ranging from the Carpenters
and James McMurtry to The Move and The Easybeats.
#392: The EP Collection will be available as a CD containing the two
Bonus Tracks and as a special Limited Edition 10 vinyl box set
containing the six 10 EPs. This edition will each be personally
numbered and signed by Crenshaw.
Over the course of a career that s spanned three decades, 13 albums and
hundreds of songs, Marshall Crenshaw s musical output has maintained
a consistent fidelity to the qualities of melody, craftsmanship and
passion, and his efforts have been rewarded with the devotion of a
broad and remarkably loyal fan base.
His debut album, "Marshall Crenshaw," was acclaimed as a pop
masterpiece upon its release in 1982 and established him as a first-rate
songwriter, singer and guitarist. The record spawned the Top 40 single
Someday Someway, which rockabilly singer Robert Gordon covered
and scored a hit with a year earlier. Other Crenshaw classics include
(You re My) Favorite Waste of Time, Whenever You re On My Mind,
There She Goes Again and Cynical Girl. The great songs continued
with the Field day and "Life s Too Short" albums ( Fantastic Planet of Love ),
three albums for Razor & Tie and the 2009 release, Jaggedland"
( Someone Told Me, Passing Through, Never Coming Down ).