{"product_id":"the-b-52s-ancient-culture-mesopotamia-revisited-lp-3cd","title":"The B-52's - Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited [LP + 3CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAncient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited finally lets The B-52's finish the album they started with David Byrne, in a set pairing vinyl with three CDs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1981 the Athens band, worn out after two albums and nonstop touring, began a third record with Byrne producing. His ambitious approach brought in outside players such as saxophonist Ralph Carney, but management cut the sessions short and released a six-song Mesopotamia EP in 1982 instead. This edition restores the full-length sequence the band had in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vinyl presents the nine-track Ancient Culture running order, opening with the title track Mesopotamia and its hypnotic, Byrne-produced groove. Deep Sleep shows the denser, moodier sound those sessions pushed toward, while two previously unreleased songs, Adios Desconocida and Big Bird, finally take their place in the story. The CDs add the album, a disc of international mixes and later remixes, and a previously unreleased 1982 concert from New York's Roseland Ballroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a fascinating what-if made real, catching a party band at a crossroads between surf-tinged new wave and something stranger, denser and more experimental. Longtime fans who know the band mainly through the singles get a missing chapter of the story, assembled with real care and plenty of context across the four discs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67763416793378,"sku":"603497803743","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/The_B-52s-Ancient_Culture_Mesopotamia_Revisited.jpg?v=1794324601","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/the-b-52s-ancient-culture-mesopotamia-revisited-lp-3cd","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}