Palace Songs-Horses b/w Stable Will 7" (1994)


 

Artist: Palace Songs

Title: Horses/Stable Will 

Label: Drag City

Format: 7"

Cat #: DC47

Year of Release: 1994

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994

Sold Price: $6.99

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 9/29/20

Discogs Last Sold: 7/27/20 $7.53

Low: $6.99

Median: $7.65

High: $18.41

Current low price: $8.00 NM/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14

Have/Want: 499/116

Where Sold: Brockport, NY

Time it took to sell: 4 years

Where and When Bought: Kims on St. Marks NYC?

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go?: No

I don't usually set the bar on the low end of the price scale, but somehow I cut this single price down to $6.99 over the last 4 years.  I was big on Will Oldham's Palace output primarily in the mid-90's and this single was during my peak fandom which lasted around the time the Palace moniker became simply Will Oldham. 

This particular single is a pair of thematic covers, which I didn't realize were covers until this very day.  The A-side is from the Mekons Timm's and Langford and the B-side is from Eric Stross, whose output, including Boyracer,  I managed to ignore completely.

The A-side is excellent, the B-side less so.  I probably played them both on WFDU.  I know Palace Brothers and Viva Last Blues I was very much into, and played them heavily on the radio.  But my interest started to tail off around Arise Therefore, and by the time I bought Joya in 1997, it was going through the motions music buying.  I'm trying to remember if I ever saw Palace.  I saw a Drag City night at Tramps in NYC  in the mid-90's, but all I seem to remember is Smog playing "Red Apple Falls."  This is all the more funny to me because I preferred Palace to Smog in the 90's, but somehow I prefer Bill Callahan to Will Oldham now. 

Comments

  1. ufoOctober 6, 2020 at 8:42 AM

    It almost doesn’t matter who it is, but after awhile anybody’s output gets worn around the edges and it’s time to move on ....and go to the bar to get a drink

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