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***A first-time-on-CD reissue of the 1998 Hentch-Forth album from Detroit garage rockers THE HENTCHMEN along with friend and compadre JACK WHITE (THE WHITE STRIPES). Originally released the same day as the second White Stripes 7-inch (both records on Italy), the album's nine tracks have been remixed and digitally remastered to sound as the band and Jack had originally intended. Also included are all four songs from the Ham And Oil instrumental 7-inch, and one previously unheard gem. This release crystalizes a time before the White Stripes international explosion, when Detroit's music scene was an incestuous miasma of band-hopping, Benadryl-buzzing and pre-MySpace/real sex. The Hentchmen's sound was an imagined 1965-- organ-fueled rock of the purest kind, influenced by things like The Trashmen, The Sonics, DEVO, early Damned-- only more rare. Though White lived in an imagined 1865 (the year of the Gentleman), his nascent guitar blisterings, basspertise and blueschild voice gelled well with the Hentchmen's fraternal chug. Original LP copies trade hands on eBay for high amounts of money. Deluxe packaging includes never-before-seen photos. If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: go to iTunes to browse downloads for Hentchmen "Hentch-Forth.Five" If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here. For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service and emusic.com, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |
