''Atwater Afternoon'' was a limited edition CD released by the band
American Music Club and initially sold on the tour to promote their album ''
The Golden Age
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''. Half of it was a recording of the band rehearsing songs for the tour and the other half was studio recordings of new songs. The initial run of 300 copies came with either blank covers or covers featuring pictures drawn by the band members. Once these had sold out, it was repressed in an edition of 1500 and sold from the band's web site. Two of the original songs on the album were written by members of the band other than
Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.
Biography
Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...
. Neither has been released elsewhere. The name of the album relates to the area in
Los Angeles
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where the recording took place.
Critical reception
Jack Rabidof of
All Music said "American Music Club and singer Mark Eitzel often bring limited-edition CDs to sell on their tours, and their 2008 world tour was no exception. They tend to be high quality and sometimes indispensable (see Eitzel's Lovers Leap USA from 1997), and Atwater, recorded at their rehearsals for globe-trotting, is no exception."
The All Music rating was three of five stars.
Track listing
#"City Lights" (
Ray Price cover)
#"All My Love"
#"For The Good Times" (Ray Price/
Kris Kristofferson cover)
#"
I'm Your Puppet" (made popular by
James & Bobby Purify
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)
#"Long Long Walk"
#"Little Joy" (Written and sung by
Vudi
Vudi is the nickname of Mark Pankler (born 22 September 1952, Chicago), guitarist with San Francisco based indie rock band American Music Club. He is also the vocalist and guitarist in San Francisco based indie rock band Clovis de Floret.
He al ...
)
#"One Step Ahead"
#"Who You Are"
#"All The Lost Souls Welcome You To San Francisco"
#"Insider's Guide To Life" (S. Didelot penned; Mark sings)
#"Hello Amsterdam"
#"Home"
#"Western Sky"
Personnel
* Mark Eitzel
* Vudi
* Steve Didelot
* Sean Hoffman
References
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American Music Club albums
2008 albums