Bulldozers and Dirt/Nine Bullets 7" Single

[excmcr]

For any of you vinyl freaks out there, thought some of you might be interested. I was clicking through the onofthesedays.org site and stumbled upon the Misc. tab and saw the Bulldozers and Dirt/Nine Bullets 7". I was curious if I could find it anywhere. Well here it is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/DRIVE-TRUCKERS-1st- ... 1c192fde1d

[tinnitus photography]

that seller needs to return to reality...$250? never.

[Monty610]

3 posts? Spam alert...

[excmcr]

Ha, no spam alert here. Look at my join date.

I read more than I post, or I am a "lurker" as some would say.

[John A Arkansawyer]

I suppose I could afford the $150 one was offered to me for in Athens, but I'll tell you: Nothing beats the thrill of finding something like that out of the blue. I know that ain't gonna happen, just like I wasn't going to turn up the white label copy of Are You Experienced which I found for $3 in 1985.

[Monty610]

*edited*

[tinnitus photography]

:lol: Ha, no spam alert here. Look at my join date.

I read more than I post, or I am a "lurker" as some would say.

you joined a week ago (Jan 28th)...

[Monty610]

Busted...

[Jonicont]

Be nice. His first 2 posts were set lists

[Steve French]

that seller needs to return to reality...$250? never.

$350 buy now!

I paid nearly $100US* for a copy of the first single with the brown and black cover. there was (I think) a second pressing with a white and black sleeve. I'd like a copy of that, just to be a completist.

*at least the exchange rate was OK.

[Monty610]

Be nice. His first 2 posts were set lists

Cool, I'm just playin...

[Jenn]

I paid nearly $100US* for a copy of the first single with the brown and black cover. there was (I think) a second pressing with a white and black sleeve. I'd like a copy of that, just to be a completist.

*at least the exchange rate was OK.

If I remember correctly, black and white covers came first - then black and brown.

[Will]

I bought one of those at Wuxtry for a friend's birthday around the time they came out, but didn't buy one for myself.

I am an idiot.

[Jonicont]

I am an idiot.

We frown on calling people names here

[beantownbubba]

I am an idiot.

We frown on calling people names here

That's why we're not calling him Will.

[Jonicont]

I am an idiot.

We frown on calling people names here

That's why we're not calling him Will.

[RevMatt]

So much for used vinyl being the cheapest way to build up your music collection.

[excmcr]

Be nice. His first 2 posts were set lists

Cool, I'm just playin...

Haha figured as much. Tis all good. Thought it was cool to see it out there at least.

[Steve French]

I paid nearly $100US* for a copy of the first single with the brown and black cover. there was (I think) a second pressing with a white and black sleeve. I'd like a copy of that, just to be a completist.

*at least the exchange rate was OK.

If I remember correctly, black and white covers came first - then black and brown.

Thanks for the clarification



I am nearly 100% sure that this vendor is the guy I bought my copy from. He was excellent to deal with, also has some cool stuff.

[Hud]

I always have thought this single on ebay was odd, there is always one for sale on ebay, for around 4 years now. A reproduction or someone found a case in a warehouse?

[Millerdm]

For newbies like me, what do the songs SOUND like? How different are they from the versions on the album?

[jimmyjack]

Ha, I'm the opposite of a DBT newbie, and I'd like to know, too! I'm tempted every time this pops up on eBay, but can't rationalize $175.00. But don't think it isn't on my watch list even as I type this!

But yeah, can anyone answer this? Are they different mixes? Different versions entirely?

I'm hoping I'm browsing in some BFE record store one day and just find a copy in the dollar bin. Stranger things have happened!

[olwiggum]

Wish I would have started collecting vinyl sooner and bought one from Byron before he passed away. I miss the big guy and his political rants.

[Kudzu Guillotine]

I bought one back at my first DBTs show in Chapel Hill in 2000 when Patterson was selling homemade copies of Killers and Stars but I've never listened to it because I still don't have a turntable.

[scotto]

To answer the sound question, the 45 does "sound" different from both the CD and the vinyl reissue, but not different enough to prove it's a totally different recording--could just be the way it was mastered for the 45 vs. the CD, etc. But I believe these songs were recorded before the rest of the album, so who knows.
If someone has the definitive lowdown on this (Paging Dr. Hood...paging Dr. Hood) I'd like to know, too.

[ariedl]

I believe the versions on the 7" are the same as those on the 5 song EP, which was everything the band recorded (I think) in the infamous first session on June 10, 1996. I'm pretty sure that "Margo and Harold" from the EP is the only song that showed up on a later release in its original form.

The version of "Bulldozers and Dirt" from the 7"/EP is much faster than the version on PD. The backing vocals are more Adam Howell and less Cooley, at least to my ears. "Nine Bullets" on the 7"/EP is mostly (if not completely) acoustic, whereas the version on PD is mostly electric. The original also has more prominent pedal steel.

All in all, I like each of these versions, but those on PD sound like a band who had been playing the songs for a couple of years and had really grown into them. I hope I'm not wrong and that they used versions from much earlier!

By the way, I have 2 copies of the EP cassette, and 3 copies (1 brown/2 white) of the 7", and my wife would absolutely kill me if she knew how much I spent on all 5. I was lucky to connect with Byron Wilkes a couple of years before he passed away, and I think he had a small stash of the 7" singles from when he worked in some capacity for DBT. Every couple of months he would put one on ebay to supplement his income. He was a really nice guy, and I was shocked when he died so suddenly.

Alec

[ariedl]

BTW, if Patterson actually posts with some details, and he says it's cool (as he did for AAW), I could post a download link for the EP. But only if he says it's OK!

[olwiggum]

Thanks for the info, Alec. You're right about Byron. He used to have a stash of those in his shop while it was open and he always had PD and GB for sale as well as SRO right after it came out. He helped them with distribution for a while. I think the 7 inches got boxed up once he moved out of the shop and went mostly to making his living selling stuff on Ebay. When he found the 7 inches, he would put one online every few months.

Miss that guy.

[Millerdm]

BTW, if Patterson actually posts with some details, and he says it's cool (as he did for AAW), I could post a download link for the EP. But only if he says it's OK!

I'd kill to hear those recordings. Here's hoping that Patterson does not have a problem with your generous offer to share. Who knows? Maybe he will say no because there is a box set in the future. That would be equally great news.

[Kudzu Guillotine]

"Nine Bullets" on the 7"/EP is mostly (if not completely) acoustic, whereas the version on PD is mostly electric. The original also has more prominent pedal steel.

I think I asked this before and Smitty replied but I don't recall his answer. Is this the same version of "Nine Bullets" that appears on the Revival Volume 2: Kudzu and Hollerin' Contest compilation on Yep Roc? That was the first cut I ever heard by DBT, btw.