The Envelope Sessions is the second release from Ben Gibbard's solo project ¡All-Time Quarterback!. The tape was a limited release on Elsinor Records and is now out of print. Tracks from this tape were later taken and put together with the ¡All-Time Quarterback! EP

¡All-Time Quarterback! (EP)

¡All-Time Quarterback! was the first release of Ben Gibbard's solo project ¡All-Time Quarterback!. A limited number of the CD EP was released on Elsinor Records and is now out of print. All of the tracks from this release were collected and re-released by Barsuk on 2002's ¡All-Time Quarterback!...

 and re-released by Barsuk records on the ¡All-Time Quarterback! album

¡All-Time Quarterback! (album)

¡All-Time Quarterback! is the third and final release from Ben Gibbard's solo project ¡All-Time Quarterback!. It is a collection of tracks from the now out of print EPs ¡All-Time Quarterback! and The Envelope Sessions...

. The tracks "Don't Touch the Tape," "Lullaby, Lullaby," "Dig It!" and "Stark Mobile" were excluded from the re-release.

Ben recorded these songs straight to walkman, accompanied only by a toy guitar. The track "Underwater!" went on to become a Death Cab For Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....

 song, released on 7" inch as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club in March of 2000.

Track listing

1. "Don't Touch the Tape"
2. "Underwater!"
3. "Sock Hop"
4. "Lullaby, Lullaby"
5. "Dig It!"
6. "Cleveland"
7. "Stark Mobile"
8. "Factory Direct"
9. "Empire State"

Credits

Ben Gibbard: Toy guitar, vocals.


The Envelope Sessions were written June 3rd-5th, & 7th 1999 and recorded live onto a Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

 walkman

Walkman

Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones...

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