{"product_id":"gee-whiz-the-get-away-from-me-demos-2x-vinyl","title":"Gee Whiz:The Get Away From Me Demos (2x Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*This is NOT a comic! But you can listen to it while you read comics!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Nellie McKay. Published by Omnivore Recordings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2x Vinyl LP Record, 2004 (2025 printing)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e18 previously unissued demos on 2-LPs mirroring Nellie’s critically acclaimed, Geoff Emerick-produced and -engineered debut album.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I was attracted to the lyrics immediately,” says legendary Beatles engineer and producer Geoff Emerick, on the demos for what would become Nellie McKay’s 2004 critically-lauded debut album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet Away From Me\u003c\/em\u003e. “Her level of maturity at such a young age is astounding. You come across an artist of this caliber once every 10 or 15 years. And I don’t do a lot of projects these days unless something really stands out like this did.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet Away From Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elanded on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTop 200, received four stars from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, and Nellie made her network television debut on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Late Show with David Letterman\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2020, Salon hailed the record as “one of the great pop albums of the early 21st century.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevisiting the album in 2024, reviewers remarked:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…anger and discombobulation reflect the violence happening in her name via her tax dollars… Two decades later, the circumstances and names differ, but the anguish remains the same, as politicians, dictators, and other killers make life hell for ordinary citizens… The word “brilliant’ comes to mind, as does the acknowledgement—the reality—that the average listener can’t deal with this many ideas, lyrical and musical. The average listener will be as alienated by this music as by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor any movie by that bygone boy genius Orson Welles, who was supposed to remake Hollywood in his image(s) and ended up with a fascinating, difficult, and individual body of work.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Pop Matters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“But if older reviewers—mostly men—scoffed at her juvenile assessment of George Bush and world politics, with twenty years of hindsight, we can now say that she was a lot more astute than many of the scholars writing at the time… Nellie McKay—and her debut album—were not perfect. They were better than that. They were real. And in a year that saw seminal punk from Green Day (\u003cem\u003eAmerican Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e) and seminal hip hop from Kanye (\u003cem\u003eCollege Dropout\u003c\/em\u003e, which came out the same day as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet Away From Me\u003c\/em\u003e) that was enough to make it the best album of the year.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Audiophix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat said, the story really began before the album was recorded.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollects Nellie’s recordings which became that landmark album, composed, performed, and produced by Nellie, and sequenced identically to the original record, now on CD, Digital, and as a double-LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a bonus, the CD and Digital programs also contain three very early, previously unissued tracks. Mastered by multiple Grammy-winner Michael Graves, these revelatory demos show how complete the album was in its initial stages and brings new insight on the creative process from one of music’s most creative artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1    David\u003cbr\u003eA2    Manhattan Ave\u003cbr\u003eA3    Sari\u003cbr\u003eA4    Ding Dong\u003cbr\u003eA5    Baby Watch Your Back\u003cbr\u003eB1    The Dog Song\u003cbr\u003eB2    Waiter\u003cbr\u003eB3    I Wanna Get Married\u003cbr\u003eB4    Change The World\u003cbr\u003eC1    It's A Pose\u003cbr\u003eC2    Toto Dies\u003cbr\u003eC3    Won't U Please B Nice\u003cbr\u003eC4    Inner Peace\u003cbr\u003eC5    Suitcase Song\u003cbr\u003eD1    Work Song\u003cbr\u003eD2    Clonie\u003cbr\u003eD3    Respectable\u003cbr\u003eD4    Really\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnivore Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61518961967434,"sku":"geewhizthegetawayfrommedemosvinyl","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_6623.jpg?v=1775238320","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/gee-whiz-the-get-away-from-me-demos-2x-vinyl","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}