JOE KING CARRASCO TEX-MEX PARTY WEEKEND LP AUTOGRAPHED!

JOE KING CARRASCO & THE CROWNS PARTY WEEKEND LPCategory / Style / Moods: Rock * Tex-Mex * New Wave Moods Instruments * Party/ Celebratory * Carefree * Quirky * Amiable/ Good-Natured * Manic * Confident * Playful * Boisterous * Freewheeling * Fun * Energetic * Irreverent * Exuberant * Rowdy * Rambunctious * Guitar * Vocals24.77 / 2007-12-11 S asocc1983 MCA US LPTITLE: PARTY WEEKENDARTIST: JOE KING CARRASCO & THE CROWNSCONDITIONCOVER: VG+VINYL: VG+Click here for info on grading and abbreviationsCLASSIC ORIGINAL PRESS AUTOGRAPHED TO PAUL "VAMOS A ROCK"Click the pix for a better view TRACKS: Disc: 11.Let's Go2.Get Off3.BuenaCarrasco 4.Tears Been A-FallingGracey 5.Party WeekendCarrasco, Kizer 6.Let's Go Nutz7.Lupe8.Perfect Spot9.Burnin' It Down10.GraciasBiography by William Ruhlmann Texas native Joe "King" Carrasco has devoted his career to re-creating the Tex-Mex, Farfisa organ rock & roll sound of such '60s groups as the Sir Douglas Quintet and Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs. After playing in a succession of bands around Texas in the late '60s and early '70s, Carrasco founded his band El Molino in 1976 and recorded Tex-Mex Rock-Roll in 1978. (The album was reissued by ROIR in 1989.) By 1979 he had formed the Crowns and was calling his music "nuevo wavo," playing especially in New York, where he appeared on stage in a cape and crown. He was signed to the U.K. Stiff label and Joe Boyd's Hannibal label in the U.S., and released Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns in 1980. By 1982 he had moved up to major label MCA for Synapse Gap, followed by Party Weekend (1983). These missed the charts, however, and although Carrasco has recorded since, turning increasingly political meanwhile, his work has been harder to find. Bandido Rock (1987) on Rounder was credited to Joe "King" Carrasco Y Las Coronas. This exquisite piece of retro music history is a vinyl sound recording (not a CD). Please visit the A Sound Deal store for similar items and information on grading and shipping. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$! Click here to check the store for more!©A Sound Deal