The Complete Recordings (Oh-OK album)
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The Complete Recordings is a compilation album
for Oh-OK
released by Collector's Choice Music on June 24, 2002. The compilation includes all of the band's previous releases as well as a live set from 1984—shortly before the group broke up.
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Live tracks
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"Random"
Remaining live set
Other personnel
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
for Oh-OK
Oh-OK
Oh-OK was an American musical group from Athens, Georgia formed in 1981 with singer/lyricist Linda Hopper, bassist/vocalist/lyricist Lynda Stipe, and drummer David Pierce. Other members later included drummer David McNair and guitarist Matthew Sweet. The trio began practicing together at parties in...
released by Collector's Choice Music on June 24, 2002. The compilation includes all of the band's previous releases as well as a live set from 1984—shortly before the group broke up.
Track listing
Wow Mini Album- "Lilting" (Lynda Stipe) – 1:03
- "Brother" (Carol Levy) – 1:28
- "Playtime" (Stipe) – 2:02
- "Person" (Stipe) – 2:32
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- "Such N Such" (Stipe) – 2:05
- "Guru" (Stipe) – 3:03
- "Choukoutien" (Stipe) – 2:54
- "Straight" (Linda HopperLinda HopperLinda Elizabeth Hopper is the vocalist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Her pop punk/power pop vocal style helped to define the band's sound and she has co-written their minor hit singles "Slowly, Slowly" and "Open the Door"...
) – 2:24 - "Giddy Up" (Hopper) – 1:52
- "Elaine's Song" (Stipe) – 3:14
Live tracks
- "Random" (Stipe) – 1:25
- "Is It?" (Stipe) – 2:12
- "Whore Boy" (Ingrid Schorr) – 1:46
- "Round Is Funny" (Stipe) – 1:19
- "Let's Get TogetherLet's Get Together (Hayley Mills song)"Let's Get Together" was a popular song written by the songwriting team of brothers Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1961 Disney film, The Parent Trap. It was sung in the film by teen actress Hayley Mills as a duet with herself. This is because she played twin sisters, which was a technical feat...
" (Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. ShermanSherman BrothersThe Sherman Brothers are an American songwriting duo that specialize in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman ....
) – 1:46 - "Here We Go" (Stipe) – 1:47
- "Sunday MorningSunday Morning (The Velvet Underground song)"Sunday Morning" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It is the opening track on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. It was also released as a single in 1966 with "Femme Fatale".-Recording:...
" (John CaleJohn CaleJohn Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
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) – 2:22 - "Down by the Beach" (Stipe) – 2:05
- "Shock (Sic Transit)" (Stipe) – 2:46
- "Lilting" (Stipe) – 2:04
- "Jumping" (Oh-OK, Stipe) – 1:35
- "Courage Courage" (Stipe) – 2:50
- "Psycho KillerPsycho Killer"Psycho Killer" is a song by American New Wave band Talking Heads from their 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Allmusic calls it a...
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, and Tina WeymouthTina WeymouthMartina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side. Weymouth was a cheerleader in high school...
) – 1:52
Personnel
Wow Mini Album- Linda HopperLinda HopperLinda Elizabeth Hopper is the vocalist for the Atlanta, Georgia-based rock group Magnapop. Her pop punk/power pop vocal style helped to define the band's sound and she has co-written their minor hit singles "Slowly, Slowly" and "Open the Door"...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, noisesNoise musicNoise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically... - David Pierce – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Lynda Stipe – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals
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- Linda Hopper – vocals
- David McNair – drums
- Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals
- Matthew SweetMatthew SweetSidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
"Random"
- Recorded for the various artists compilation Squares Blot Out the Sun in November 1982 at 688 in Atlanta, Georgia
- Linda Hopper – vocals
- David Pierce – drums
- Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals
Remaining live set
- Recorded April 6, 1984 in Atlanta
- Linda Hopper – vocals
- David McNair – drums
- Lynda Stipe – bass guitar, vocals
- Matthew Sweet – guitar
Other personnel
- Robert ChristgauRobert ChristgauRobert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
and Carola Dibbell – liner notesLiner notesLiner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...