Name: 1988: The Original Demos
Brand: The Bootheels

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OVLP443

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-09-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

810075110555

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

OVCD443

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816651019519

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Bootheels

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Omnivore

Demo recordings from Luther Russell (Those Pretty Wrongs), Jakob Dylan and Tobi Miller (The Wallflowers), and Aaron A. Brooks (Moby, Lana Del Rey) Packaging contains photos and liner notes from Scott Schinder, including interviews with the band members Available on CD, Digital, and LP The Bootheels sprang to life for a few glorious months during the first half of 1988. Their brief existence was noted by a fortunate handful of friends and fans who happened to be in the right place and time to experience the youthful L.A. foursome’s meteoric creative surge and their equally swift dissolution. In between, they developed a raw, distinctive rock ’n’ roll sensibility and a repertoire of catchy, funny, introspective songs that never had a chance to become records. 

The members of The Bootheels were frontman/songwriter/bassist Luther Russell, who would later lead The Freewheelers before emerging as a prolific solo artist and half of Those Pretty Wrongs (with Big Star’s Jody Stephens); guitarist Jakob Dylan, who would soon achieve stardom as leader of The Wallflowers; future Wallflowers guitarist Tobi Miller, whose instrumental interplay with Dylan provided one of the Bootheels’ most notable sonic features; and drummer Aaron A. Brooks (who would go on to work with Moby, Lana Del Rey, and others). These tracks (13 on LP plus 3 bonus tracks on CD/Digital) provide a glimpse into the origins of teenage musicians who would rise to greater heights than they could ever have imagined. The packaging contains photos and an aural history of the band – with interviews with all four members conducted and assembled by noted writer Scott Schinder.

1988: The Original Demos

Music GB