Early Recordings (Quasi album)
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Early Recordings is a compilation album by the American
indie
band Quasi
. It was released on March 29, 1996, on Key Op records, and re-released on August 21, 2001 on Touch and Go Records
. It includes songs previously released on the band's self-titled, self-released cassette, as well as previously unreleased recordings.
except where noted.
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Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
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Quasi
Quasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by ex-husband and wife Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss . Since 2007 the group has been a trio, following the addition of bassist Joanna Bolme.-History:In 1990 , Coomes, Weiss, and Brad Pedinov formed the band Motorgoat...
. It was released on March 29, 1996, on Key Op records, and re-released on August 21, 2001 on Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...
. It includes songs previously released on the band's self-titled, self-released cassette, as well as previously unreleased recordings.
Track listing
All tracks by Sam CoomesSam Coomes
Samuel J. Coomes is an American musician, and currently one-third of the Portland-area indie band Quasi, along with drummer and ex-wife Janet Weiss and bassist Joanna Bolme...
except where noted.
- "Two Hounds" – 2:41
- "Superficial" – 3:27
- "Birds Are Bells" (Janet WeissJanet WeissJanet Lee Weiss was the drummer of now defunct Sleater-Kinney and is currently a member of Quasi and Wild Flag. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic.-Early life:...
) – 1:56 - "Lump of Coal" (Coomes, Weiss) – 3:08
- "Time Flies By" (Coomes, Weiss) – 2:26
- "Gaping Holes" – 3:08
- "Hui Neng" – 2:28
- "Homunculus" – 3:50
- "Monkey, Mirror" (Coomes, Weiss) – 3:52
- "Hairs" (Coomes, Weiss) – 1:04
- "The Egg" – 3:37
- "Rumpy" – 2:11
- "Digital Delay" (Weiss) – 2:09
- "Mammon" – 2:55
- "Reverse Coagulation" – 0:54
- "Op. 7" (Coomes, Weiss) – 1:29
- "Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later" – 3:45
- "Unspeakable Thing" (Weiss) – 4:07
- "Deep Sleep" – 5:08