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Crashing Through (album)
''Crashing Through'' is a box set with 7 discs containing every studio album, oddities, and rare tracks by the indie rock band, Beat Happening. It was released through K Records on May 7, 2002 but is now out of print. The box set comes complete with a booklet which includes a lengthy essay of the history, importance and impact of the band by Lois Maffeo, as well as rare photos of members Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford, and a photo of Calvin with artist, musician and director G.B. Jones. Track listing Disc one: '' Beat Happening'' (1985) # "Our Secret" # "What's Important" # "Down at the Sea" # "I Love You" # "Fourteen" # "Fun Down Stairs" # "Bad Seeds" (live) # "In My Memory" # "Honey Pot" # "The Fall" # "Youth" # "Don't Mix the Colors" # "Foggy Eyes" # "Bad Seeds" # "Let Him Get to Me" # "I Spy" # "Run Down the Stairs" # "Christmas" # "Fourteen" # "Let's Kiss" Bonus tracks #"1, 2, 3" # "In Love with You Thing" # "Look Around" # "Bonus Track 1" Disc two: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's ''Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and ''The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released ''The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Print
__NOTOC__ An out-of-print (OOP) or out-of-commerce item or work is something that is no longer being published. The term applies to all types of printed matter, visual media, sound recordings, and video recordings. An out-of-print book is a book that is no longer being published. The term can apply to specific editions of more popular works, which may then go in and out of print repeatedly, or to the sole printed edition of a work, which is not picked up again by any future publishers for reprint. Most works that have ever been published are out of print at any given time, while certain highly popular books, such as the Bible, are always "in print". Less popular out-of-print books are often rare and may be difficult to acquire unless scanned or electronic copies of the books are available. With the advent of book scanning, and print-on-demand technology, fewer and fewer works are now considered truly out of print. A publisher creates a print run of a fixed number of copies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamy (Beat Happening Album)
''Dreamy'' is an album by the indie pop band Beat Happening, released in 1991. The band recorded the tracks in a living room and in a professional recording studio. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote: "It's a stripped-of-conventions, anti-pop stance that could sound just as calculated and empty as some elaborate pop productions, but Beat Happening imparts both quirky charm and a sense of immediacy to its material." The ''St. Petersburg Times The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...'' deemed "Collide" "one of the eeriest songs to come along in a while... It's eerie in a playful, sickly pretty way." Track listing All tracks written by Beat Happening. # "Me Untamed" – 3:46 # "Left Behind" – 2:53 # "Hot Chocolate Boy" – 2:21 # "I've Lost You" – 2:48 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Candy
''Black Candy'' is the third album by indie pop band Beat Happening. Track listing All tracks written by Beat Happening. # "Other Side" – 3:35 # "Black Candy" – 3:00 # "Knick Knack" – 2:13 # "Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive" – 4:38 # "Gravedigger Blues" – 2:26 # "Cast a Shadow" – 2:31 # "Bonfire" – 3:12 # "T.V. Girl" – 2:31 # "Playhouse" – 2:30 # "Ponytail" – 3:27 Cover versions Beat Happening’s songs from Black Candy have been covered by other artists: * Sonic Youth released a version of the album’s title track featuring vocals by Kim Gordon. * Both Cub and Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James M ... have rendered their own versions of “Cast A Shadow”. References Beat Happening albums K Records albums 1989 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamboree (Beat Happening Album)
''Jamboree'' is the second album by American indie rock band Beat Happening, released in 1988 through K Records and Rough Trade Records. All songs were produced by Steve Fisk with assistance from Screaming Trees members Mark Lanegan and Gary Lee Conner (who plays a brief guitar solo on "Midnight a Go-Go"), except "Cat Walk," produced by Patrick Maley, and "The This Many Boyfriends Club," recorded live by Rich Jensen. Content The album marks a darker approach to the twee pop for which the band is known, due largely to a thicker production than is present on the group's earlier recordings and the dominance of tracks written by Calvin Johnson, while Heather Lewis only provides vocals on two songs, the uncharacteristically brash "In Between" and the more typically understated "Ask Me." At the time of the album's release, Johnson described ''Jamboree''s sound as "dark and sexy." Still, the band retained their emphasis on exuberance over musicianship, as Bret Lunsford stated in an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Happening (album)
''Beat Happening'' is the debut album by Beat Happening, released in 1985 through K Records. It was produced by Greg Sage, singer and guitarist for post-punk band Wipers. Track listing All songs written by Calvin Johnson, Bret Lunsford, and Heather Lewis. Original 1985 tracklist Reissues In 1986, the album was reissued with "Our Secret" and "What's Important", the two tracks from Beat Happening's first single. These were placed as the fourth and fifth track, with "fourteen" and "Bad Seeds (live)" pushed to the sixth and seventh place on the same side. The album has been reissued multiple times since its initial release with slightly altering track listings, sometimes under the title "1983-85". The version with the most comprehensive tracklist is the initial 1990 CD on the Feel Good All Over label, which bears the following track list: 1983-85 Notes: * 1-4 produced by Greg Sage, Dec. 11, 1983, Young Pioneers' practice room, the old Fire House. * 5, 7, 8, 10 recorded Nov. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Lunsford
Bret Lunsford (born December 12, 1962) is an American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of the influential band Beat Happening and D+. In addition to his own musical endeavors, Lunsford owns and operates Knw-Yr-Own Records, an independent label based in Lunsford's hometown of Anacortes, Washington, and manages What the Heck Fest Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.The Business record store in Anacortes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Lewis (musician)
Heather Lewis (born 1962) is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Beat Happening. Prior to her work with Beat Happening, Lewis was a member of the Supreme Cool Beings, who are notable for having the first ever release on K Records, 1982's ''Survival of the Coolest''. She appeared as a guest vocalist on several songs from Land of the Loops, as well as the Wedding Present's album '' Watusi''. Career Early years Lewis grew up in Westchester County, New York, and left to attend Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington in 1980. Supreme Cool Beings During a summer break at Evergreen in 1982, Lewis was visiting her friend Gary May's apartment. The room had been turned into an impromptu rehearsal space, and after playing with a drum set she was invited to drum for his band. After adding Doug Monaghan, the trio, including drums, sax, and guitar, was named the Supreme Cool Beings. The Supreme Cool Beings played a live performance of eight songs for Calvin John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Johnson (musician)
Calvin Johnson (born November 1, 1962) is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, music producer, and disc jockey. Known for his uniquely deep and droning singing voice, Johnson was a founding member of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Go Team and The Halo Benders. Calvin Johnson is also the founder and owner of the influential indie label K Records and has been cited as a major player in the beginning of the modern independent music movement. As a prominent figure in the Olympia music scene, he was one of the major organizers of the seminal International Pop Underground Convention. Career Early years Johnson was born in Olympia, Washington. His first introduction to underground culture was in 1977 when he became a volunteer at Olympia's community radio station, KAOS-FM, at the age of fifteen. The station's uniquely progressive programming policy mandated a focus on music available through independent and artist owned labels, rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Maffeo
Lois Maffeo (professionally known for much of her career as Lois) is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. She has been closely involved with and influenced many independent musicians, especially in the 1990s-era Olympia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. music scenes. Early life Maffeo was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated in 1981 from Xavier College Preparatory, an all-female private Catholic high school. She moved to Olympia, Washington to attend The Evergreen State College. Discography As Lois Maffeo ;albums *''The Union Themes'' (with Brendan Canty of Fugazi), 2000, Kill Rock Stars (Japanese release contains five bonus tracks) ;compilations and other collaborations/appearances * ntitled a cappella track ''Dangerous Business International cassette'', 1985, K Records *"My Head Hurts" (with The Go Team), ''Archer Come Sparrow cassette'', 1988/1989, K Records *"Cup to the Wall" (with Satisfact), ''Life Abroad 7" single'', 1996, K Records *"Thick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
