''Start at the Top'' is a compilation album by American rock band
Skin Yard
Skin Yard was an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on several of their grunge contemporaries, including Soundgarden, Screaming ...
, released in 2001 by
C/Z Records
C/Z Records was a Seattle-based punk rock record label that was established in early 1985 by Chris Hanzsek and Tina Casale. It started with the release of '' Deep Six'' which collected the earliest recordings of what later came to be known as ...
.
Overview
The album is a hand-numbered limited release CD compiling a number of never-before-heard tracks and several previously vinyl-only recordings. Included are
Skin Yard
Skin Yard was an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on several of their grunge contemporaries, including Soundgarden, Screaming ...
's
Sub Pop single, their "Stranger" single (on Toxic Shock Records), "
Machine Gun Etiquette
''Machine Gun Etiquette'' is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned, released on 2 November 1979 by Chiswick Records.
Background
The album was the group's first since reforming with Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensibl ...
" from
The Damned covers comp., and
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the hard rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played wit ...
's "
Snow Blind" from the
KISS
A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...
compilation (also on
C/Z Records
C/Z Records was a Seattle-based punk rock record label that was established in early 1985 by Chris Hanzsek and Tina Casale. It started with the release of '' Deep Six'' which collected the earliest recordings of what later came to be known as ...
).
Track listing
#"Start at the Top" (House, McMillan) - 3:06
#"Watch" (McMillan) - 3:24
#"Jump the Wall (Gentle Collapse)" (Endino, House, McMillan) - 6:22
#"
Machine Gun Etiquette
''Machine Gun Etiquette'' is the third studio album by English punk rock band the Damned, released on 2 November 1979 by Chiswick Records.
Background
The album was the group's first since reforming with Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensibl ...
" (
The Damned) - 1:41
#"Twelve Points" (Endino, House) - 3:39
#"Make Room" (McMillan, Skin Yard) - 3:05
#"
Snow Blind" (
Ace Frehley
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician, best known as the original lead guitarist and co-founding member of the hard rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. Space Ace) and played wit ...
) - 3:57
#"
Hey Bulldog (Alternate version)" (
Lennon-McCartney) - 3:12
#"This Lonely Place" (House, McMillan) - 4:47
#"NWAP II" (Skin Yard) - 2:06
#"The Ha-Ha" (House) - 2:28
#"No Right (Jason version)" (Endino, House, McMillan) - 7:50
Personnel
;Musical
*
Ben McMillan - vocals
*
Jack Endino
Jack Endino (born Michael M. Giacondino; 1964) is an American producer and musician based in Seattle, Washington. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands including Mudhoney, ...
- guitar
*
Daniel House - bass
*
Jason Finn - drums
*
Barrett Martin
Barrett Martin (born April 14, 1967) is an American record producer, percussionist, writer, and ethnomusicologist from Washington. As a producer he has won one Latin Grammy and has been nominated in two other categories. As an ethnomusicologist ...
- drums
*
Matt Cameron
Matthew David Cameron (born November 28, 1962) is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Pearl Jam. He first gained fame as the drummer for Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he joined in 1986. He appeared on each of ...
- drums
*
Scott McCullum - drums
;Production
*Ken Kelly - cover painting
*Gary Bedell - graphic design, photography
*Arthur Aubry - photography
References
External links
Production Details at Endino.com
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Skin Yard albums
2001 compilation albums
Albums produced by Matt Cameron