“Turquoise Jewelry” by Camper Van Beethoven

"Turquoise Jewelry" comes off Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, the 1988 album that took Camper Van Beethoven to a major label, Virgin, and into the studio with an outside producer for the first time. Dennis Herring was that producer, and his polish gave the band a slicker, more mainstream sound than their garage-rock records without killing their magpie taste for folk, ska and Eastern European sounds.

David Lowery sings it and plays guitar alongside Greg Lisher, while Jonathan Segel supplies most of the color, credited with guitar, cittern, mandolin, piano, keyboards and strings. Victor Krummenacher plays bass and Chris Pedersen drums, in the first Camper lineup without founding member Chris Molla.

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