RICHARD SWIFT - 4 HITS AND A MISS: THE ESSENTIAL RICHARD SWIFT (LP)

BLACK VINYL LP. *HEADS UP, THESE COPIES CAME INTO THE SHOP WITH CORNER DINGS. THEY ARE MARKED DOWN $1. "Devotees of Richard Swift know that his catalog is sprawly and imaginative, packed with as many finely-honed stone cold classics as one-take, madman experiments. The gems take all shapes and sizes, and while it doesn’t phase the diehard, it does make Swift’s music tricky to introduce to the newcomer: Where to start? What makes the cut? How many crooners? How many wild ones? It’s with this in mind that Secretly Canadian presents 4 Hits & A Miss, our humble swing at gathering the forty-seven minutes and fourteen songs that can initiate the uninitiated. If you don’t know Richard Swift, let the incomparable Kevin Morby catch you up:  There’s an old boy-scout myth I heard about as a child where, if you put the right person in the middle of the forest, armed with only a Swiss Army knife, they could build you a chapel.  When I think back on this myth I end up thinking of Richard Swift w