DR. MARTENS SHOE PIE Various Artists 1997

 

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Comp released by 4AD

 Tracklist

  1. Lush - Runaway
  2. Throwing Muses - Freeloader
  3. Heidi Berry - Holy Grail
  4. Dead Can Dance - The Snake and the Moon (Edit)
  5. GusGus - Polyesterday
  6. The Breeders - Safari
  7. Scheer - Demon
  8. Mojave 3 - Mercy (Strings Version)
  9. Pale Saints - 1000 Stars Burst Open
10. His Name Is Alive - Nice Day
11. Michael Brook - Arrival
12. Tarnation - There's Someone
13. Lisa Germano - I Love a Snot (Tchad Blake Mix)
14. Tanya Donnelly - Human
15. Paladins - One Step

ESP SUMMER Esp Summer 1996

 

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Artist Biography by Andy Kellman

A short-lived studio-based project, ESP Summer gave the pop underground one dazzling LP in 1994 and was never heard from again. Much like the pairing of Brian Eno and David Byrne in the early '80s, Warren Defever (His Name Is Alive) and Ian Masters (Pale Saints) made for an alignment of talented studio eccentrics of the time. Their excellent eponymous release was originally issued on cassette through Defever's Time Stereo outlet, but was thankfully issued on disc over a year later on Perdition Plastics. A minimal, scatterbrained effort, ESP Summer's dreamy acoustics made for one of the decade's unrecognized gems and was certainly deserving of the high regard of His Name Is Alive and the Pale Saints' best works.

 

Tracklist

1	Sticky Sun
2	Web Of Dream
3	Great Eye Is Simple Eye
4	More Water
5	Golden Heart Of The Year
6	Land Of 102°
7	Your Hands
8	On You
9	Splinters
10	Last Time Hand
11	When Leaves Are Gone
12	No June

THE ADVENTURE CLUB SESSIONS Various Artists 1993

by request

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Tracklist

1	–Ocean Colour Scene	Alibis	2:59
2	–Frank Black	Old Black Dawning	1:36
3	–Jellyfish (2)	The King Is Half-Undressed	3:41
4	–Catherine Wheel	Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely	3:27
5	–James	Lose Control	3:01
6	–The Cranberries	Linger	4:47
7	–The House Of Love	Crush Me	3:28
8	–Blur	Miss America	4:27
9	–The Lilac Time	Too Sooner Later Than Better	3:43
10	–His Name Is Alive	Baby Fish Mouth	2:20
11	–Frazier Chorus	Cloud Eight	2:36
12	–Frank Black	Czar	2:38
13	–James	Maria's Party	3:20
14	–The Trash Can Sinatras	The Safecracker	5:04
15	–The Posies	Will You Ever Ease Your Mind	3:35
16	–XTC	Blue Beret	3:10
17	–The Lilac Time	Raspberry Beret / Kiss Me (Medley)	4:46
18	–The Lemonheads	It's About Time	2:14
19	–Suede	My Insatiable One	2:52

 

HIS NAME IS ALIVE Great Lakes State Blues 1996

by request

 

 

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Recorded at Zoot's in Detroit, MI on 27 September 1996. Subtitled as "Concert Near The Lake, Detroit, Michigan, 1996". 

 

 

Artist Biography by Heather Phares

One of rock's most eclectic acts, Livonia, Michigan's His Name Is Alive have explored shoegaze, folk, '60s pop, electronic music, R&B, hard rock, and metal during their decades-spanning career. In the early '90s, they helped define the sound of the arty indie label 4AD with albums such as Home Is in Your Head and Mouth by Mouth; as time went on, their rotating lineup mirrored their ever-changing sounds. Defever and company explored sunny, Beach Boys-tinged pop on 1996's Stars on ESP just as deftly as they channeled gospel and R&B on 2001's Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth. Later in the decade, they fused their dream pop roots with touches of African and Asian music on 2007's Xmmer. His Name Is Alive entered a particularly creative period in the 2010s, combining the ambitious and heavy sounds of prog and metal with ethereal vocals on the concept albums Tecuciztecatl (2014) and Patterns of Light (2016). 

 

Tracklist

1	Untitled	1:39
2	Untitled	3:15
3	Untitled	3:14
4	Untitled	4:38
5	Untitled	4:07
6	Untitled	4:26
7	Untitled	6:01
8	Untitled	3:11
9	Untitled	3:17
10	Untitled	4:46
11	Untitled	2:00