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Beck Recruits Wilco, Feist, Jamie Lidell For Skip Spence "Record Club" Tribute

Nov 13, 2009, 9:37am stereogum
Skip Spence Little Hands - Radio Toast for Cancer Research
When not collaborating with Charlotte Gainsbourg on IRM , Beck continues adding covers collections to his Record Club. His (and MGMT and Devendra Banhart's) go at Songs Of Leonard Cohen included mixed results. We have higher hopes for his take on Skip Spence's gorgeous 1969 solo album Oar -- we've heard Hansen cover the Jefferson Airplane/Moby Grape player's " Halo Of Gold " in the past for More Oar: A Tribute to Alexander "Skip" Spence . It'll be interesting to see if he does "Halo" differently with Wilco, [...]
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