{"product_id":"smog_knock-knock-half-speed-remaster_2019_mdl","title":"Knock Knock (Half-Speed Remaster)","description":"REISSUE OF THE CULT 1999 ALBUMCO-PRODUCED BY JIM O'ROURKEWho's that back after all these years of absence? Why, it's super-sexy frontman Bill Callahan, who has just crashed onto our doorstep in his 90s vehicle - the Smog-mobile! And what's on the passenger seat? Hey, it's the 20th Anniversary Edition of the classic Knock Knock by Smog, remastered from the original tapes! Placing this album on your turntable will draw you ever deeper into the sound - and that's not just thanks to the eternally impressive co-production by Callahan and Jim O'Rourke, it's also due to the incredible precision of the half-speed mastering work done at Abbey Road, bringing out the highs, lows, and even the mid-range that fans have taken for granted for too long. In 1999, Bill was venturing into uncharted territory. Released in the wake of the Red Apple Falls LP, Knock Knock set a high bar by combining his raw portraits with increasingly delicate nuances in melody and arrangement. People responded in kind, flocking in ever-increasing numbers to stores and concert venues. They weren't yet singing along to \"Cold-Blooded Old Times\" - that's a happy post-millennial development - but there was a lot of excitement in the air in those final days of the old century. Knock Knock was enough of a tour de force that a twenty-year makeover was a no-brainer. With production values at an all-time high (for the time) and a team of Chicago studio rats (as well as a carefully selected and paid children's choir), Knock Knock was the most colorful of the Smog albums; a record that played like a true opera, a story told in song. The story of a boy named Smog. Today, songs like \"Held,\" \"River Guard,\" and \"Hit the Ground Running\" are still requested at concerts. Meanwhile, the 20th-anniversary half-speed remaster of the LP allows us to perceive the vast spaces in tunes like \"Sweet Treat\" and \"Left Only With Love.\" Knock Knock never stops!","brand":"Smog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55312173891928,"sku":null,"price":20190927.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0781484016113.jpg?v=1760407947","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/smog_knock-knock-half-speed-remaster_2019_mdl","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}