SUMMER/FALL 1989 - REEL TIME STUDIOS (2 CDS)

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| lineage:  DCC1>CDRM>SHN>CDR1     |
| bonus tracks: ANAL>CDRM>SHN>CDR1 |
| cd running time(s):   69:43      |
|                       57:08      |
| overall quality:      09/10      |
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tracklist:
-=DISC 1=-
01. Egg
02. Bury Me    
03. Bye June     
04. Cinamon Girl [Neil Young]
05. C'mon
06. Daughter            
07. Daughter (extended)
08. Daydream          
09. East (alt)
10. Honey Spider  (edit electric)
11. Honey Spider  (electric)
12. Honey Spider   
13. I am One 
14. Love
15. Not Worth Asking
16. Psychodelic
17. Rhinoceros (organ)
18. Rhinoceros 
19. Snap

-=DISC 2=-
20. Stars Fall In
21. With You
22. Waiting for you Now     
23. Fat Man Blues (abandoned)
  > Fat Man Blues (tease)
  > Fat Man Blues (1st half)
24. Fat Man Blues (2nd half)
  > Bleed (tease) 
25. Bleed (2 false starts)
  > Bleed
26. She (2 false starts)
  > She (abandoned)
  > Vanilla (multiple teases)
27. Vanilla 
28. My Dahlia (2 teases)
  > My Dahlia (abandoned)
  > My Dahlia (abandoned)
  > (jam tease)
  > Fat Man Blues (tease)
29. Waiting
30. Sun (abandoned w/teases) 
  > Fat Man Blues (tease)
  > Stray Cat Blues (multiple teases)
31. Stray Cat Blues [Rolling Stones]
32. I am One Pt.2
33. The Time Has Come Today [Chambers Brothers]
34. Jennifer Ever (acoustic)
35. Nothing + Everything


NOTES: Two studio demo sessions in their entirety. All of disc 1 and the first two tracks
of disc 2 come from the Summer 1989 Reel Time Studios session. From spfc.org:

"These sessions spawned both the second demo tape Moon, and what is known as the Gish 
Basement Tape, a promotional cassette used for bookings and label solicitation in 1989 and 
1990. A few others were officially released elsewhere: I Am One and Not Worth Asking 
appeared on the Limited Potential 7"; Bye June was officially released on the Lull EP and 
was also included on Moon; Daughter was released on the Reflex Magazine flexi-disc and also 
included on Moon. Two versions of Honeyspider were recorded: a distorted, rocking version 
was released on the Tristessa 12" and a quieter, clean-toned version was put on Moon, and 
later on the Pisces Iscariot bonus 7". Just as well, two unreleased versions of Rhinoceros 
were recorded: an odd version with an organ solo played by Mark Ignoffo was put on Moon, 
and a version closer to the Gish album version was put on the Gish Basement Tape."

This version also has an edited version of Honeyspider electric, with the feedback
ending omitted, and a version of Daughter with an additional minute and a half of
feedback.

Tracks 22 - 32 from disc 2 come from the Fall 89 session. To again quote spfc:

"This session was booked to record live-only favorites such as Razor and I Am My End. 
Unfortunately Jimmy didn't show up and, since the studio time was prepaid, it morphed into 
an acoustic session. This was noted as a sloppy session with many false starts. D'Arcy was 
present but did not perform."

The completed takes of Vanilla and Fat Man Blues appeared on Mashed Potatoes. I am One
Part II and Waiting came from... somewhere, as they have been in wide circulation for
quite some time but in horrid quality.  Needless to say, this copy of it is near-
perfect.  :)


BONUS TRACKS: three bonus tracks were tacked to the end of disc 2 for those who
participated in the CD tree of this material. Time has Come Today is from Last Exit,
11-20-88 Chicago.  Jennifer Ever is the same version found already in circulation,
but with only a single guitar track (no drums, etc). Nothing + Everything comes
from an unknown date and venue in 1989.


DIGITAL CORRECTIONS: There have been numerous fan-made "remasters" of this material since
it first went into circulation.  I have chosen to instead leave the songs as-is, with two
exceptions: a loud burst of static about 53 seconds into East (alt) has been removed; about
eight seconds of Rhinoceros' organ solo looped like a broken record and has also been
removed. Flaws like these aren't surprising, as the source was a 12-year-old DAT.