This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Beggars can’t be choosers. That’s a good thought to hold on to while you listen to this curious twofer from L.A. cult heroes Green On Red.
How is Gas Food Lodging / Green On Red curious? Let us count the ways: 1) It contains the band’s fourth release from 1985 and — for reasons that have more to do with licensing than logic — their first EP from 1982. 2) It presents them in reverse order. 3) The band, which started off in the neo-psychedelic paisley underground, quickly ditched those trendy threads for edgier roots-rock a la Crazy Horse, meaning this CD’s two halves sound vastly different. 4) The 1982 tracks seem to have been taken from damaged tapes riddled with dropouts. Having said all that, songs like the lazy, loping That’s What Dreams Are For, the squalling Hair Of The Dog and the electrifying murder ballad The Drifter (“I kill from town to town”) belong in everyone’s collection. And aside from a really good used record store, this is about the only place to find ’em. So quit looking a gift horse in the mouth, already.
