Linda Smith is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and

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artist who began self-releasing cassette albums in the late 1980s. Beginning in the 1990s, some of her recordings were released in vinyl and CD form on indie labels such as

Slumberland Records Slumberland Records is an American independent record label, formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C. and based in Oakland, California. The label has released recordings by Velocity Girl, Honeybunch, Lilys, Stereolab, Evans The Death, St. Christopher ...

and

Harriet Records Harriet Records was an American independent record label based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The label was founded by Harvard history professor Tim Alborn in 1989 in music, 1989. The label was named for the children's book ''Harriet the Spy''. ...

. In 2021, the

Captured Tracks Captured Tracks is an American independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. The label was founded in 2008 by Mike Sniper. About Current flagship artists include: Craft Spells, DIIV and Wild Nothing. Captured Tracks has reissued record ...

label reissued a selection of her recordings on an album called ''Till Another Time: 1988–1996''. ''

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'' described the release as a "hidden treasure of America’s pop underground." In the 1980s, prior to her solo career, Smith was in a New York City band called the Woods. In the 1990s, she was a member of the

Silly Pillows The Silly Pillows were an American indie pop band formed by Jonathan Caws-Elwitt. They began as a home-recorded duo of Jonathan and his wife Hilary Caws-Elwitt, sharing tapes through the cassette underground. In the 1990s the band evolved into ...

, appearing as a vocalist on one album with the band. Other bands that included Smith were the Window Shoppers and Yours Truly. Smith is a longtime resident of

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Discography

*''The Space Between the Buildings'' (MC) – Preference – 1987 *''Do You Know the Way...?'' (MC) – Preference – 1988 *"Gorgeous Weather" (7") – Harriet – 1990 *''Put It in Writing'' (MC) – Preference – 1991 *"Till Another Time" (7") – Slumberland – 1993 *''Remember Your Heart'' (EP) – Hoppel di Hoy – 1993 *''Nothing Else Matters'' (CD) – Feel Good All Over – 1995 *''I So Liked Spring'' (MC) – Shrimper – 1996 *''Preference: Selected Songs, 1987–1991'' (CD) – Harriet – 1997 *''Emily's House'' (CD) – Preference – 2001 *''Something New!'' (CD) – Preference – 2001 *''All the Stars That Never Were'' (MC) – Juniper Tree Songs – 2014 *''Till Another Time: 1988–1996'' (CD) – Captured Tracks – 2021 *''Untitled 1–10 Plus 1'' (LP) – Almost Halloween Time – 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Linda Living people Musicians from Baltimore Year of birth missing (living people) Cassette culture 1970s–1990s