- ReleaseProduct
- Ride A Hustler's Dream (2025 Remaster)
- Artist
- Velvet Opera
- Label
- Think Like A Key Music
- Catalogue Number
- TLAK1199
- Release Date
- April 25, 2025
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CD
$13.00The "Velvet Revolution" CD Edition
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- Housed in a 350g cardboard digipak (as transformative as the band itself)
- The complete 1969 album remastered by Prof. Stoned to sound fresher than a new 12-string
- Four essential bonus tracks that complete the folk-rock transformation
- 8-page booklet featuring Mike Stax's deep dive into the band's reinvention (from psych-pop to folk-rock glory)
Post-Elmer Gantry, Velvet Opera refused a safe sequel—they hijacked the script. Ride A Hustler’s Dream collides Delta grit with Carnaby folk and out-there psychedelia. Opener Statesboro Blues sprints instead of slides; Raga and Lime drapes 12-string shimmer over tabla pulse; even Eleanor Rigby grows talons thanks to John Ford’s earthquaking bass (a preview of his Strawbs tenure). Producer Barry Kingston kept the edges ragged and the reels rolling. Prof. Stoned’s analog-loving remaster pushes the low-end and hand-claps forward like you’re in the Southern Studios live room, 2 a.m., tea-steam mixing with smoke. Limited to 400 copies with Mike Stax’s eight-page liner zine guiding every left turn. Catch the dream before it wakes.
- 1 Ride A Hustler's Dream 0:57
- 2 Statesboro Blues 3:43
- 3 Money By 4:00
- 4 Black Jack Davey 3:40
- 5 Raise The Light 4:14
- 6 Raga And Lime 5:34
- 7 Anna Dance Square 3:03
- 8 Depression 4:04
- 9 Don't You Realise 3:41
- 10 Warm Day In July 5:08
- 11 Eleanor Rigby 5:56
- 12 Anna Dance Square (45rpm Mono Mix) 3:04
- 13 Don't You Realise (45rpm Mono Mix) 3:39
- 14 She Keeps Giving Me These Feelings 2:41
- 15 There's A Hole In My Pocket 3:46