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A Turn... And A Halt (2nd Edition)

Farewell collection of hits. Second 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
Let's Vomit
Dead Tomato (1986)
Baseball Hotdogs (New Wave Version)
I Am A Fireman
Interlude
Phuong Nam's
Lump O' Luv
Marta Rules
New House

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

Track 1 recorded at Original Studios, Houston, Texas; with additional production at Wolfgang-Sly Studios, Houston, Texas. Tracks 2, 3, 5-7, 9, & 10 recorded at Drum Room Studios, Houston, Texas. Track 4 from Blanks IV – Trashrock Christmas With The Blanks (1983), recorded at Old House Studios, Houston, Texas. Track 8 from 10 Minute Tape at Chris's (1984), recorded at Chris's house, Houston, Texas.
Produced by The Blanks.
©1987 The Blanks.

1985: 1st Edition, released with slightly different track list.
1986: 2nd Edition, first issue, cassette, Blanks Enterprises

2008: All tracks remastered and reissued on A Turn... And A Halt (Complete Edition) CD.

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Band Memoirs

This edition of A Turn... and a Halt includes new versions of the “Intro” and “Dead Tomato.” Like the first one, our intent was to offer fans a “final something” – we were no longer a working band.

This also partly served as a Blanks Enterprises offering, including two non-Blanks songs – one Ran solo and one Revelations. I always liked these songs and thought it'd be nice to include on a career retrospective. In hindsight, it makes no sense. If there's ever a CD edition of this album, I'll probably combine the two editions of A Turn ... and a Halt and leave off the non-Blanks songs.

Finally, there's been some confusion about the dates of various A Turn... and a Halt and “Let's Vomit” versions. As of 2008, I think the discography now accurately reflects reality, as close as we knew it. In preparing for the CD remaster of a combined edition, I discovered that this 2nd Edition actually includes the original version of “Let's Vomit” rather than “Let's Vomit '87” as previously thought. This indicates that the 2nd edition was almost surely compiled between "Dead Tomato (1986)" and "Let's Vomit '87". Given the timing of all these recordings, I believe A Turn... and a Halt (2nd Edition) was released in 1986.

As I say in my A Turn... And A Halt (1st Edition) notes, I'm very pleased that we reissued the complete track list on A Turn... And A Halt (Complete Edition). 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