Various - Heated Garage: Toasty Treasures From Minnesota's Kay Bank StudioPressed on orange vinyl for USA RSD 2024. Heated Garage is a sonic snapshot of what happened when boundless musical energy and middle American moxie combined to create a cultural phenomenon The tracks are drawn from a vast archive of Kay Bank master tapes some are ultra rarities you'd be hard pressed to snatch from the collectors' market without mortgaging a kidney. Others are alternate versions and outtakes never before released in any form! "The

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