Paper Bag's first release on vinyl. It was originally intended to be another independent cassette release (we'd had a few by then) but we opted to press it ourselves and get it distributed. The manufacturer turned out to be crooked and we had to fight to get back the master tapes and the cover art. (We only got back half of the cover art- M. had to recreate the rest.) Meanwhile we were still cheated out of our money, so we wouldn't be able to release it ourselves. Eventually SST picked the band up and released this album.

Despite the fact that we did the mixdown at a professional studio, it still sounds like what it is- a 4-track recording. While some might find fault with this, I think it gives the record a very singular atmosphere- subtle and slightly distant, like a dream or an old photograph. For me, it's always been a toss-up between this and "Music To Trash" for my favorite PB release.

Side One:
Ticket to Trauma
Through Your Eyes
Crankman
Sublimation
Rain On Benares
Monkey Jack
What More Do You Want?
The Ballad of Ed Gein

Side Two:
Think For Myself
Priests On Drugs
The Devil's Cha-Cha
Ambient Languages
Homeless
Garberville
The Nile Cries
Closed City

Recorded at LBP Studios, Van Nuys, CA. Produced and engineered from 4-track recordings by C. Alleca. Mixed April, 1986 at Platinum Studios, Hollywood, CA.


Paper Bag: was formed in 1983 by Greg Segal and M. Segal. (A full listing of members, from the band's inception to the present, can be found in Musicians & Lineup history.) The idea was to take improvisational music into new territory and develop a method to expand it as an art form. In 7/85, the line-up solidified to Greg Segal, guitar; M. Segal, drums, percussion and vocals; Kenny Ryma.......
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Paper Bag's first release on vinyl. It was originally intended to be another independent cassette release (we'd had a few by then) but we opted to press it ourselves and get it distributed. The manufacturer turned out to be crooked and we had to fight to get back the master tapes and the cover art. (We only got back half of the cover art- M. had to recreate the rest.) Meanwhile we were still cheated out of our money, so we wouldn't be able to release it ourselves. Eventually SST picked the band up and released this album.

Despite the fact that we did the mixdown at a professional studio, it still sounds like what it is- a 4-track recording. While some might find fault with this, I think it gives the record a very singular atmosphere- subtle and slightly distant, like a dream or an old photograph. For me, it's always been a toss-up between this and "Music To Trash" for my favorite PB release.

Side One:
Ticket to Trauma
Through Your Eyes
Crankman
Sublimation
Rain On Benares
Monkey Jack
What More Do You Want?
The Ballad of Ed Gein

Side Two:
Think For Myself
Priests On Drugs
The Devil's Cha-Cha
Ambient Languages
Homeless
Garberville
The Nile Cries
Closed City

Recorded at LBP Studios, Van Nuys, CA. Produced and engineered from 4-track recordings by C. Alleca. Mixed April, 1986 at Platinum Studios, Hollywood, CA.


Paper Bag: was formed in 1983 by Greg Segal and M. Segal. (A full listing of members, from the band's inception to the present, can be found in Musicians & Lineup history.) The idea was to take improvisational music into new territory and develop a method to expand it as an art .......
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