{"product_id":"al-manfredi-blue-gold-2026-repress","title":"Al Manfredi - Blue Gold (2026 RePress)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAl Manfredi, born to a musical family of Italian immigrants in the small SoCal beach town of San Clemente, found regional success with his garage rock band Lost \u0026amp; Found while he was still a teenager.\u003cbr\u003eThe tragic deaths of two of the band’s members in the late 60s shook Manfredi to his core, and he gave up on the band scene completely, retreating to his family’s music store, and working on music in private, multi-tracking demos of growing prowess on primitive recording equipment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1973 he chose six of his favourite songs and exactingly produced and recorded an album, which he custom-pressed in minute quantities.\u003cbr\u003eHis dreams of securing a record deal faded, but he spent the rest of his life recording music, surfing, bringing children into the world, and battling alcohol and drug abuse.\u003cbr\u003eThis little-known West Coast rock masterpiece was rediscovered celebrated by Acid Archives founder Patrick Lundborg and others around the time that Manfredi died in 1995.\u003cbr\u003eThis version of the album, overseen by Manfredi’s son, the hip hop producer Exile, and with Manfredi’s story told by Ugly Things’ founder Mike Stax, presents the complete package of an incredible lost and found artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW-AGAIN RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Standard Edition Black Vinyl","offer_id":53458182406471,"sku":"TRI-71458","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/86f0fda880db1f07a38865b6eb300a5d.jpg?v=1772707778","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/al-manfredi-blue-gold-2026-repress","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}