Don Caballero – American Don (deluxe, blue/red vinyl)

Original 2xLP recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in 2000 and remastered by Bob Weston in 2025Never-before-released live studio album, True Live Tapes, recorded by Greg Norman in 2000 and mastered by Bob Weston in 2025After finishing American Don with (Steve) Albini, we were nearing the peak of interpersonal tensions that would eventually wash us overboard. I (Eric) became convinced we lost the true essence of the songs in the recording process. It was not a unanimous decision to record with Steve. We wrote the album entirely on guitar loops and Team Storm & Stress wanted to go further in the studio with Pro Tools, which felt related to both what we were doing and where we were going. Steve had just finished building the magnificent A room at Electrical and Damon insisted we would record there for the drums. He never budged on it. As soon as we got there we realized all the songs, which were written in stacks of overdubs on our pedals, would