Alexander "skip" Spence - I Want A Rock & Roll Band / I Got A Lot To Say/Mary Jane - Vinyl

RECORD STORE DAY 2019 RELEASELIMITED TO 1,300 COPIES IN NORTH AMERICASkip leaves his hotel. It’s a cold day in Nashville, climbing to only 43F in the afternoon. It may be Sunday, but on this day a 22-year-old musician is working at Columbia Recording Studios. Over the past few days, he’s recorded a slew of new songs and today will be no different. On December 7, 1968, Skip Spence will record no less than 8 different songs. He has only 3 more days left to finish the album. It’s been fast and furious and it’s also been tough, recording every instrument on every track, layer after layer, song after song, overdub after overdub. In a sense, Skip is now a one-man rock & roll band. A few months ago, he was in a band, but now he’s on a different path. On one of today’s tracks, he opens with a low growl, “I want a rock & roll band.” He then sighs, perhaps wish- ing he didn’t have to do it all himself. After repeating the phrase, he adds, “One that spits fire and chew