![Two words: “Bee Girl”. Twenty years ago, Blind Melon burst on the scene with “No Rain” from their self-titled debut album, Blind Melon, featuring the now-iconic “bee girl”. If you […]](http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-11-at-4.30.48-PM.png "Blind Melon And The Return Of The Bee Girl")
Two words: “Bee Girl”.
Twenty years ago, Blind Melon burst on the scene with “No Rain” from their self-titled debut album, Blind Melon, featuring the now-iconic “bee girl”. If you ever saw the video then you probably still remember it. To celebrate, band members Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn have overseen the album’s first ever remastering and have paired it with their previously unreleased “Sippin’ Time Sessions” EP for the new release In addition to the new CD version, a 180-gram gatefold 2LP vinyl edition of the remastered album and “Sippin’ Time Sessions” EP will be available exclusively at Record Store Day-participating retailers.
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Blind Melon’s lead single, “No Rain,” became a phenomenon when coupled with the iconic music video that launched a thousand “bee girl” Halloween costumes. The song broke the fledgling band into major stardom as a No. 1 chart smash on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock singles charts, and it went Top 5 on the Top 40 Mainstream singles chart. The album’s second single, “Tones Of Home,” was a Top 10 Mainstream Rock hit. Blind Melon peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.
The band’s first professional studio recordings, cut at Sound City Studios in 1991, comprise the previously unreleased, five-song “Sippin’ Time Sessions” EP: “Dear Ol’ Dad,” “Soul One,” “Tones Of Home,” “Seed To A Tree,” and “Mother.” Included in all of the new edition’s configurations, the EP’s tracks have been newly remixed by Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn.
“When I pulled up the tracks, I was immediately taken back to the feeling of walking into a big studio for the first time,” says Brad Smith. “Everyone seemed to be on fire, especially Shannon. It was super refreshing to hear full takes without overdubs! 2″ tape, 24 tracks and dudes in a room with mics… amazing! David Briggs took us to Sound City because he had worked there with Neil Young and really liked the Neve board that was in there. Listening back to the tapes, I realize he made the perfect choice for us. We are lucky to have these recordings!”
“I am very excited that these recordings are finally being heard,” says Christopher Thorn. “As I was mixing the tracks I realized just how lucky we were to record at the legendary Sound City Studios with John Hanlon as our engineer and David Briggs as our producer. They taught us so much about how to capture our sound on tape. David was in the tracking room with us, conducting and dancing along with us. I felt so inspired by him. It is one of my favorite memories during this session. This was a magical time for our band and I am very excited that our fans will finally get to hear and feel just how pumped we were to be making our first recordings. Hearing Shannon’s voice on these recordings gave me chills and reminded me why I still miss him every day.”
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I have always loved the song “No Rain.” At the time it was released in the early 90’s I didn’t own a CD player. I would love to have this CD for my collection.
I have always LOVED Blind Melon!
Always loved this band — gone too soon!
I want to win because I love “No Rain,” and never heard the rest of the album.