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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelFtor, Factory 25
UPC0082354254124
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046068813
Product Key Features
Release Year2015
FormatRecord
GenreRock
ArtistJay Reatard
Release TitleBetter than Something: Jay Reatard
Dimensions
Item Height0.26 in
Item Weight1.38 lb
Item Length13.16 in
Item Width12.49 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks14
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TracksSuch a Shame - TV Rennes 2008, Bummer Bitch - Gonerfest 2005, No One Stands Me - Gonerfest 2005, I Get Nervous - Vpro 2005, Tyrants Head - Vpro 2005, You Call It Love - Gonerfest 2005, Let It All Go - SXSW 2007, Better Than Somethings - Lost Sounds 1998, Fading All Away - Studio Brussel 2009, Death Is Forming - Crystal Ballroom 2008, Not a Substitute - Stuy Town NYC 2009, Waiting for Something - Walter's 2009, Nightmares -Studio Brussel 2009, Let It All Go - France 2008
Number of Discs1
NotesVinyl LP pressing. Original soundtrack to the 2011 documentary. For Jimmy Lee Lindsay, known to his fans and detractors as Jay Reatard, life was a race against time. After growing up fast among Memphis crack addicts, he managed to blaze a path through the rough-and-tumble underground rock scene of the early aughts, releasing over 100 singles, EPs and full-length records in fourteen years. Then on January 13, 2010, not yet 30, he died. With their feature documentary Better Than Something, filmmakers Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz let Jay tell his own story: a poverty-stricken childhood, teen years spent as a two-fisted tunesmith battling fans and band mates alike, and a short-lived adulthood of focused and relentless productivity. Jay said "I just try to make as much as I can with the time that I have." By any measure, that is exactly what he did. Better Than Something is both a testament to Jay Reatard's indisputable legacy and a tribute to his vital, thrilling, and all-too-brief life.