III

“III”, Sebadoh’s third album, was the first full length Sebadoh album to feature Jason Loewenstein, who joined the band’s two founding members Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney in 1989, and debuted on the “Gimme Indie Rock” single earlier that year. The album was released in 1991 via Homestead Records, and the cover features a childhood photograph taken by Gaffney. It was recorded for $1300 at Fort Apache Studios, then located in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, and at home.

Lou Barlow explained that the album contained “Every type of music that we’re capable of playing but not like… Well, here’s our funk song and here’s our folk song… It’s just every facet of our power is exercised to its fullest on the record, it’s a really balanced LP… This one is truly a group effort.”

This is the highly sought-after original first press from 1991. The item is used and has visible scratches on the vinyl, but both records play great. The sleeve is still in the original shrinkwrap and is as good as new.