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A Turn... And A Halt (1st Edition)

Farewell collection of hits. First edition. All tracks remastered and reissued on A Turn... And A Halt (Complete Edition) CD.

Release Info
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Band Memoirs

Release Info

Tracks from The Blanks:

Intro
Chicken Pox Blues (Live)
Brett Has The Chicken Pox (Live)
Marta Rules
New House
I Am A Fireman
Lump O' Luv
Interlude
Phuong Nam's
Let's Vomit

The Blanks: Kar, Ran, and Spike
Guests: Abercrombie, Mrs. Cecil, Christopher Araha Arohadej, Kone, and Mr. Ed

Recorded at Original Studios (track 1), Bibby's Show Palace (tracks 2 & 3), Drum Room Studios (tracks 4-6, 8-10), and Chris's house (track 7), all in Houston, Texas.
Produced by The Blanks.
©1984-1985 The Blanks.

Track 1 recorded at Original Studios, Houston, Texas. Tracks 2 & 3 from Live At Bibby's Show Palace (1984), recorded at Bibby's Show Palace, Houston, Texas. Tracks 4-6 & 8-10 recorded at Drum Room Studios, Houston, Texas. Track 7 from 10 Minute Tape at Chris's (1984), recorded at Chris's, Houston, Texas. 1985: 1st Edition, first issue, cassette, Blanks Enterprises
1986: 2nd Edition, released with different track list.
2008: All tracks remastered and reissued on A Turn... And A Halt (Complete Edition) CD.

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Band Memoirs

This album is basically a farewell compilation. With the popularity of “Let's Vomit,” “Marta Rules,” and all the songs from New House, we felt that by packaging them with a full-length album they would get even more attention. We included the original songs from Live at Bibby's Show Palace. This album is kind of controversial in a way because we also included a Revelations song [as a hidden bonus track]. By now, though, the Revelations had changed their name to Just Add Water. “Are You Having Your Period?” appeared on this Blanks album and many people made the mistake of thinking it was a Blanks song. I think one version of A Turn... and a Halt also had some Ran solo songs on it.

This album didn't really have anything original recorded for it. I think from this point until the very end of 1987, The Blanks were in chaos and a period of turmoil. A Turn... and a Halt was really a way to present some of our best and most popular songs in a full-length album format. This would be the album that the music world would remember us by, now that we were done with The Blanks. Thus the overly obvious title – A Turn (new sound) and a Halt (we were done).

– Spike

I'm very pleased that we reissued the complete track list on A Turn... And A Halt (Complete Edition). For reflections, read my overall notes on that reissue page. To listen to this version as it was released, I encourage you to program your CD player or make a playlist with (e.g., in iTunes) with the tracks in this original order.

– Kar