Carnival Season – Waiting For No One on vinyl LP. VG+. 1987 Birmingham power pop, produced by Tommy Keene. Ships from Germany.
About Waiting For No One
A VG+ vinyl pressing of the sole full length album from Birmingham, Alabama band Carnival Season, produced by power pop cult figure Tommy Keene and retrospectively regarded as a genuine lost gem of 80s college rock.
Waiting For No One is the debut and only full length album by Carnival Season, released in 1987 via What Goes On Records. Formed in Birmingham around 1984 or 1985, the band recorded the album at Hit And Run Studios in Rockville, Maryland with producer Tommy Keene, a respected power pop cult figure in his own right, and engineer Steve Carr. This listing is a VG+ vinyl pressing from a Berlin based eBay seller.
- Who were Carnival Season
- About Waiting For No One
- Critical reception
- Pressing details and buying advice
In Brief
- Artist Carnival Season were a Birmingham, Alabama band formed around 1984-85, featuring guitarist Tim Boykin, bassist Brad Quinn and drummer Mark Reynolds.
- Release Waiting For No One came out in 1987 via UK indie label What Goes On Records, the band’s only full length album.
- Producer Produced by Tommy Keene, a respected power pop cult figure, at Hit And Run Studios in Rockville, Maryland.
- Sound Loud, raunchy rock and roll with a strong pop sensibility, compared to the Replacements and Pontiac Brothers.
- Touring history Opened for the Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ and the Replacements.
Carnival Season – Waiting For No One (LP, Album, VG+)
Vinyl LP, What Goes On Records
Very Good Plus condition vinyl pressing of Waiting For No One, sold by a Berlin based eBay seller with 100% positive feedback.
Pressing Specifications
Who Were Carnival Season?
Carnival Season formed in Birmingham, Alabama around 1984 or 1985, initially spelled Karnival Season, featuring two members fresh out of high school, Tim Boykin and Brad Quinn, alongside Mark Reynolds and Ed Reynolds. The band self-released a 1985 seven inch EP steeped in psychedelic, garage, folk rock and punk overtones, and secured a development deal with MCA Records, recording demos at Terminal Studio in Jackson, Mississippi with the Windbreakers' Tim Lee producing. When the MCA deal fell through, the band, now down to a trio and having corrected the spelling of their name, signed instead with the UK independent label What Goes On Records, which also represented fellow Birmingham act The Primitons.
About Waiting For No One
Recorded at Hit And Run Studios in Rockville, Maryland during stormy but ultimately productive sessions with producer Tommy Keene, a genuinely respected power pop cult figure, and engineer Steve Carr, Waiting For No One arrived in 1987 as the band's sole full length statement. AllMusic later praised the record for its potent rock and roll, comparing the band favourably to the Replacements while noting their hard rock formalism had more in common with the Pontiac Brothers, all wrapped in melodies suggesting the Windbreakers or Let's Active had picked up Les Pauls and Marshall stacks. According to the band's own liner notes, they nailed the climactic rave-up Potential Crime in a single take, an impressive achievement given the song's demands. The band toured extensively behind the record, opening for acts including the Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Drivin' N' Cryin' and the Replacements, before disbanding in 1989; guitarist Tim Boykin would go on to form the power pop bands Shame Idols and later The Lolas, and decades later the band's complete catalogue was compiled onto the 2010 retrospective Misguided Promise, which led some critics to reconsider Carnival Season as a genuine candidate for Great Lost Band of the 80s.
Critical Reception
- VG+ condition, a well kept vintage pressing
- Produced by respected power pop cult figure Tommy Keene
- Retrospectively hailed by AllMusic and other critics as a lost 80s gem
- The band’s sole, genuinely accomplished full length album
- Not a sealed or mint copy
- The band never released a proper follow-up before disbanding
- Niche appeal outside power pop and 80s college rock collectors
What is Waiting For No One by Carnival Season?
It is the band’s sole full length album, released in 1987 via What Goes On Records, produced by power pop cult figure Tommy Keene.
What condition is this vinyl copy in?
The sleeve is graded Very Good Plus (VG+).
Who were Carnival Season?
A Birmingham, Alabama band who blended loud, raunchy rock and roll with a strong pop sensibility, comparable to the Replacements.
Did the band release any other music?
This was their only full length album; their complete catalogue including EPs and outtakes was later compiled on the 2010 retrospective Misguided Promise.
Does this listing ship outside Germany?
The seller is based in Berlin and lists a fixed shipping cost; check the current listing for up to date international shipping options and rates.
Where To Buy This Pressing
Final Spin
- A genuinely acclaimed lost gem of 80s power pop and college rock
- Produced by respected cult figure Tommy Keene
- Best suited to fans of the Replacements and 80s American college rock
Waiting For No One stands as Carnival Season’s sole, genuinely rewarding statement, and this listing offers a VG+ pressing from a highly rated German seller.