''Six Pence for the Sauces'' was the second and last record released by

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. The five-song EP included two future

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tracks, as well as a

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cover. 1996 marked the end of Drake Tungsten, as well as the birth of Spoon - the musical group that

Britt Daniel John Britt Daniel (born April 14, 1971) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Spoon, as well as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and singer of the band Divine Fits. Daniel also founded numero ...

has performed with post-Tungsten.Raoul Hernandez
"Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington."
''The Austin Chronicle'', January 25, 1999.

Track listing

# "Do the Manta Ray" - 2:12 # "Cool It You Need" - 3:52 # "Chicago at Night" - 3:17 # "He Was Soon To Undergo an Experience for which his Long Training as an Aristocrat, a Gentleman, and an Officer Had Scarcely Prepared Him" - 1:09 # "I Could Be Underground" - 1:14

Notes

* "Do the Manta Ray" is an instrumental

cover of "Dancing the Manta Ray", which appears as a

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on the "

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" single. * "Chicago at Night" was later re-recorded and re-released on

's third LP, ''

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''. * "I Could Be Underground" was later re-recorded and re-released on Spoon's '' 30 Gallon Tank'' EP.

References

External links

* * Peek-A-Boo Records
Drake Tungsten page
* Spoo
Official Website
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