Spare Changes, by Tom Wachunas

Spare Changes

by Tom Wachunas

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Tom Wachunas – Spare Changes is by far one of the best (and unknown/underappreciated) singer-songwriter records ever made. Classifying the album within a specific genre is a terribly difficult feat – acid folk? folk rock? psychedelic? A true cornucopia of instrumentation – sax, vibes, kalimba, tabla, guitars, accordion(!) and introspective lyrics. Imagine being on a Caribbean cruise ship in 1975, and Neil Young happens to be croonin’ with a 12 piece band on some new material that never saw the light of day.

Recorded in Columbus, Ohio USA in 1975 at the now-defunct Owl Recording Studios, Spare Changes was actually Tom Wachunas’s graduation project for his Masters in Fine Arts from The Ohio State University. Extremely rare – only 1,000 copies of the original pressing were manufactured.

Now available again on high quality 150 gram black vinyl – housed in a 100% recycled board jacket and 100% recycled polybags.

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1.	Blues 03:30	buy track
2.	Sailboat 05:03	buy track
3.	Each Day's Passing 03:41	buy track
4.	Remember You That Way 02:22	buy track
5.	No Need To Cry 03:29	buy track
6.	For Aliceanne 02:24	buy track
7.	I'll Be Better Soon 04:10	buy track
8.	Poets Never Win 02:58	buy track
9.	Spare Changes 03:54	buy track
10.	Happy The Man 04:59	buy track

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released December 10, 2021

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Tom Wachunas Canton, Ohio

Visual artist, journalist and teacher Tom Wachunas received his BFA (1973) and MFA (1975) degrees from The Ohio State University. From 1977 through 1991 he resided in New York City, where he painted and exhibited extensively and curated shows for “alternative” galleries. Tom recorded the album Spare Changes in 1975 in Columbus, Ohio ... more

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