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My record collection
[271] Various artists - Mint Humbucker (CD)
Mint Humbucker was a compilation released in 2001 purportedly to celebrate it’s 11th (!) anniversary but also to flag its shortlived ressurection. Dean Wareham touches a few of the contributions.
Mint was launched in 1991 and it’s first release (on it’s Mint Sauce imprint) was Justin Harwood’s studio project Mutton Gun’s first album Amplexus on which Dean Wareham appeared and has previously been visited in this series. Dean doesn’t play on the one track from Amplexus on this compilation and the other two Mutton Gun tracks are from their second album Into The Hogger which Dean (probably) didn’t play on… but did it did have DEAN WHERE ARE YOU? scratched into the run out grooves.
Mint also was the first home of Mercury Rev whose first album was released on its Mint Films imprint, it later released the Car Wash Hair single that featured Dean Wareham and is included on this compilation, and also has appeared in this series.
And, of course, Dean Wareham’s first post-Luna release Anesthesia was released on Mint’s Mint Tea imprint, this compilation has Anesthesia, and Tomato Poodle which was only ever released on the Mint version of the Anesthesia single, and on this compilation. I’ve written about both the CD version and the 12” version for this series.
Mint were selling this compilation cheaply for ages through their website, and then through Discogs, and you can still pick up copies for almost nothing and it’s worth it for all the above… and the Radial Spangle tracks it also includes.
- Catalogue Number: AHFOW 10/097
- Artist: Various artists
- Title: Mint HUMBUCKER - the mint label family album
- Format: CD
- Bought driect from Mint/Jungle way back… around the time of release I think.
Previously in my record collection: