i know the original ten songs was released by c/z records.
but what songs were released by burning, up yours, crash, and poison records?
11-16 were on the cassette version of GPT/17-19 were together/track 25 (music only) was on Kill Rock Stars/ blessing the operation was on deep six/that's all i know about that
i think its just bull :)
Was the C/Z release the Melvins 10 Songs on vinyl called 8 Songs?
Anyone with a copy fill us in.
yes
As far as I know, it wasn't called anything, just like the six song single isn't called anything, and the 10 song CD isn't called anything (officially, anyway). But the vinyl does indeed have 8 songs on it, so I guess the logic behind it works.
Man, I still can't believe how can some of you think/say this isn't as good as their latter stuff.
To me, it's fantastic. Not one bad song, and the songs are in the perfect size for those who suffer from short attention spans (i.e. moi). Not to mention that "Snake appeal" has some of my favorite Melvins basslines ever. Punk as fork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have dreams with a better-produced version of "Over from underground", actually...no shit.
Where are all the people who bought 26 songs? Get rid of your 10 songs copy now!!!!!!!!!!! I'm heavily interested in that.
... and all three releases has the same catalog number. But '6 songs' are different recordings to '8 songs' and '10 songs'.
that must have been really short especially since 10 songs was only like 25 minutes.
i like "number 2 pencil" and "grinding process" a lot. don't know why they didn't re-record that for Ozma or GPT.
Quote from: leroyi like "number 2 pencil" and "grinding process" a lot.
At a CRAW !!!!
"six songs" is just a 7", so it's short, but not for a 7". And the versions are good stuff. They were tacked on to the 26 songs re-release.
Yah, 10 songs kicks my teeth in and it feels so good.
Quote from: alnisAs far as I know, it wasn't called anything, just like the six song single isn't called anything, and the 10 song CD isn't called anything (officially, anyway). But the vinyl does indeed have 8 songs on it, so I guess the logic behind it works.
i'm not at home right now but i could have sworn it said 10 songs down the spine of the cd, making it pretty official
I love 10 songs too - especially now a limo. I love its production (or lack thereof). It is the first and definitive grunge album (and the only one by the Melvins).
Quote from: brianQuote from: alnisAs far as I know, it wasn't called anything, just like the six song single isn't called anything, and the 10 song CD isn't called anything (officially, anyway). But the vinyl does indeed have 8 songs on it, so I guess the logic behind it works.
i'm not at home right now but i could have sworn it said 10 songs down the spine of the cd, making it pretty official
yes. It does say "10 Songs".
my bad
i just dont understand why someone dosent like ten songs.....
ive been listening to it all week and i fuuuuuuuuuuckin luv it :)
you can feel the ENERGY from it.... wow.... thats melvins!
the intro of number 2 pencil is a motafokin badass piece...
and buzzos voice has never ever been so BRUTAL
underground baby......
i love you.
26 songs gets you some really cool garage stuff too from 10 songs,
iv been listening to 10 songs all week too heh, got it for x mas, well 26 songs that is.
my favorite track on that album is grinding process.
what kind of sick fuck doesnt like 10 songs?
Quote from: pottyheadi love you.
what kind of sick fuck doesnt like 10 songs?
that's why they have mental asylums
what songs are on 26 songs?
and on that gpt garage demos?
mommy, i want that.... pls..... moooooommmy! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
(sigh)
26 Songs includes is 10 Songs + the garage demos on 1 CD:
(10 Songs)
1. Easy as it Was
2. Now a Limo
3. Grinding Process
4. #2 Pencil (fucking great song!!)
5. At a Crawl
6. Disinvite
7. Snake Appeal
8. Show off your Red Hands
9. Over from Underground
10.Cray Fish
(Garage Demos)
11. Easy as it Was
12. Now a Limo
13. Grinding Process
14. At a Crawl
15. Disinvite
16. Snake Appeal
17. Set me Straight
18. Show off your red Hands
19. #2 Pencil
20. Grinding Process
21. Snake Appeal
22. At a Crawl
23. Operation Blessing
24. Breakfast on the Sly
25. Ever since my Accident
10. Hugh
gotta DL it fast 8)
Quote from: kurvagotta DL it fast 8)
you bastard....
Quote from: anaconda26 Songs includes is 10 Songs + the garage demos on 1 CD:
(10 Songs)
1. Easy as it Was
2. Now a Limo
3. Grinding Process
4. #2 Pencil (fucking great song!!)
5. At a Crawl
6. Disinvite
7. Snake Appeal
8. Show off your Red Hands
9. Over from Underground
10.Cray Fish
(Garage Demos)
11. Easy as it Was
12. Now a Limo
13. Grinding Process
14. At a Crawl
15. Disinvite
16. Snake Appeal
17. Set me Straight
18. Show off your red Hands
19. #2 Pencil
20. Grinding Process
21. Snake Appeal
22. At a Crawl
23. Operation Blessing
24. Breakfast on the Sly
25. Ever since my Accident
10. Hugh
not all of them are garage demos though, some are previously recorded stuff and ever since my accident is from the kill rockstars compilation.
Why is the last bonus track ("Hugh") numbered as 10?
No Idea why it is numbered as 10 but on the Disc Nr.25 and 26 are one Track. 26 is smalltalk in the Melvins's bandroom (but none of the Melvins speaking).
Quote from: melvinsgotlaidinmybathrooQuote from: kurvagotta DL it fast 8)
you bastard....
muhahaha
whats wrong with that? :?: :twisted: :cry: :lol:
Tracks 1-10 is the original 10 songs
Tracks 11-16 is the songs from the 6 songs 7
hmmm, you can hear buzz talking in the background...maybe they hadnt reached puberty yet and scrawny voices :P
Its just boring. The production is crappay too.
Give me Ozma.
Quote from: turnacussIts just boring. The production is crappay too.
Give me Ozma.
Disagreed. I'm not really into the production, but some of the songs on it are among the best Melvins' stuff, right up there with
Stoner witch and
Stag
you know what?
id like to hear the songs off of maggot in a 10 songs sound
maggot sounds...... tooo..... metal to me
(fuck i hate 'stupid metal'. its so goddamn boring. even death, black metal, or grind....... omg... boooooring...)
but dont get me wrong, its not like i dont like the maggot songs..
so you're saying that the guitar tones should be a little less punchy? and less heavy?
Quote from: kurva
(fuck i hate 'stupid metal'. its so goddamn boring. even death, black metal, or grind....... omg... boooooring...)
Let me guess, you're a Merzbow "fan", right? :roll:
I am a merzbow 'fan'. but I like SOME metal. but i don't know if you'd call it metal. dillinger e.p., meshuggah... complicatedcore is more like it.
there's way too many categories for music these days...
the maggot is great because it doesn't really sound like the other albums though
i dont know what is a merzbow :roll:
little less punchy? no no, i like the songs (theyre not my favorite though) but the sound isnt exactly my taste
they all sound the same
thats the only thing i dont like about the maggot
i like Amazon very much, We All Love Judy, The Horn Bearer, See How Pretty, See How Smart is a great track
could someone tell me, why are the songs like this:
.....
5. We All Love Judy
6. We All Love Judy
7. Manky
8. Manky
....etc
?
Quote from: kurva
could someone tell me, why are the songs like this:
.....
5. We All Love Judy
6. We All Love Judy
7. Manky
8. Manky
....etc
?
each song is split into two tracks
because it's the goddamn melvins, man, and they are crazy fucks. or maybe it's so you can skip to the middle if you like it there. the middle is warm and cozy. i think that i have problems because i think about sex way too much. i will just barely zip my pants up and then i look at her and want her again. is there something wrong with me?
:shock: :shock:
haha. no. nothing wrong.
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
you sick fuck :lol:
Quote from: bUcKsAtAnI am a merzbow 'fan'. but I like SOME metal. but i don't know if you'd call it metal. dillinger e.p., meshuggah... complicatedcore is more like it.
I was only being faceious, Buck. His comments just sounded so much like an elitist avant garde/noise fan I know... :D
Hello! I have a question about 10 songs. I always thought Gluey Porch treatments were Melvins debut album. Then in 91 (?) C/Z issued the 8/10 songs album/cd. However, was this record originally released in 86??? I know about the 6 songs ep released in 86 (different recordings). Was the 91 record the first time those other exact RECORDINGS were released and if that's the case, why do people refer to 10 songs as Melvins debut album?
I know that the 10 songs versions were recorded in 86...
I found a new copy of 10 songs in a record store 2 years ago. Pretty weird.
yeah, 10 song is the first album of Melvins,recorder by C/Z records :
Recorded live to 2 track at Ironwood,february 8, 1986.
is that cover in Neither here or there with the spider and the cobweb saying the melvins also a cd?
Quote from: jakobHello! I have a question about 10 songs. I always thought Gluey Porch treatments were Melvins debut album. Then in 91 (?) C/Z issued the 8/10 songs album/cd. However, was this record originally released in 86??? I know about the 6 songs ep released in 86 (different recordings). Was the 91 record the first time those other exact RECORDINGS were released and if that's the case, why do people refer to 10 songs as Melvins debut album?
as far as i knew that 8 songs record was released in 86 too, then they re-released it on cd in 91 with the extra two tracks. if i were you i'd ask the people at czrecords, http://www.czrecords.com/contact.php
Quote from: brianas far as i knew that 8 songs record was released in 86 too, then they re-released it on cd in 91 with the extra two tracks. if i were you i'd ask the people at czrecords, http://www.czrecords.com/contact.php
I'm quite sure that both 8 songs and 10 songs were released in '91. At least the sleeve (of my copy) of 8 songs says '91.
AND it fits in with the discography printed in Melvins Newsletter #1 (WHICH I HAVE!!!!).
so they waited that long to release those versions? that is rather curious. of course releasing 6 songs and 8 songs in the same year would be rather odd to do as well. do you know which session occurred first?
This bit is taken from the PITW issue you have on your site, Brian:
Crover:
Quote:
wow i hadn't actually read that article since i was in the tenth grade, thanks for pointing it out to me peter, i'll update the discography page soon to reflect that new info.
hey, he is a card-carrying member of the melvins army after all. :)
is the spiderweb cover the album with mark dillard or whoever
so what songs aren't on 8 songs? the last two on the cd?
If I remember the 2 instrumentals " Crayfish " and " Over from Underground " were not on " 8 Songs ".
can anyone confirm that for me?
I can confirm it Brian. I have held 8 Songs in my hand a couple of times. Over from Underground and Crayfish are only on the 10 Songs CD. You can poke around on the net for some pics and songlists, I have seen it listed in some discographies.
it was all part of the larger concept brian!.
Melvins
6 songs 7" / 8 songs LP / 10 songs CD
1986
c/z records. cz 002 / 8 / 10 tracks / 1991
Reissue LP has two bonus tracks, CD has 4 bonus tracks.
Debut EP; early live recording (feb 8 1986), but it's all there: powerful slow motion hardcore, well played & produced. [8].
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=4015199844&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
Here it is.
Wondering how people feel about this release. Gonna pick it up, eventually.
So, is 26 Songs something to get excited about, or is it just an OK release?
its the greatest evah!
Really, really great early material. The unreleased stuff is great. I enjoy the early stuff. If only Mangled Demos would get an official release!
if they weren't all over the web i bet the mangled demos would have been re-released by Ipecac already.
Conda you're right as usual. I have it now thanks to Beto. What I would enjoy though would be maybe some remastering, a cover and some cool liner notes by Buzz.
thx. 26 Songs is a good purchase, though technically its only like
19 songs and a few tracks with multiple takes of the same songs
but different eras/mixes. Added bonus is the 4 panel insert where Buzz goes on at length, much unlike the more recent CDs where there's very little inside text. I further like it because there's a little picture of a wheelchair on the inside that makes me think of Electroretard every time.
8)
Great, some great songs which wasn't relased before (I think)
well 26 songs, as im sure you know, is re-release of the original 10 songs. they are re-mastered, and alternate takes and all that are included. buzz's liner note rant is fucking awesome. tells about the wierd tour life of early Melvins
the first 10 (remastered) songs are really powerful, heavy rock songs. slightly punk influenced, with great riffs. Buzz's voice sounds slightly distorted, and dale's drum sound thick and heavy. great all around. get it.
I recently burned a copy of this off my mate and i think that its my favorite melvins album to date. Really slow and sludgy stuff. My favorite are easy as it was, #2 a pencil, at a crawl and the much better version of set me straight. Any other really big fans of this album?
right here.... I bought it which is rare for me and I made a T-shirt with it's cover huge on the front (in color).
Quote from: Dr. Gonzoright here.... I bought it which is rare for me and I made a T-shirt with it's cover huge on the front (in color).
nice! I bidded for a cool bullhead shirt on ebay but some fucker outbidded me at the last second!!!!
Yeah that's really cool early stuff. I wish there was more like it!
Quote from: crazyslapat a crawl
the best song of Melvins!!!
my favor ! 10 songs is the best album !! :wink:
ya,i love that album.i love snake appeal(the track 23 one),the start is really cool.and.....now that i listen to it,the rest of the song rocks just as much!!!ya 26 songs is definitly one of my favorite melvins cds.
excellent early stuff by the Melvins, it really displayed how fucking heavy their music was were for being a bunch of teenagers.
the drums sound clunky and huge, and Buzz's voice is slightly, tastfully distorted.
number 2 pencil: the 'intro'
F
U
C
K
I
N
G
R
U
L
L
L
L
E
E
Z
Z
Z
can someone clear this up for me. are all of these songs on "26 songs" because there are 24 when i count them all up. and is there anything from any of these albums that doesn't appear on 26 songs?
The 26 Songs CD covers it all. There's really no 26th song on the CD; at the end of track 25 there's a "field" recording of them fucking around talking with some neigborhood weirdo and jamming at someone's house when they were teens.
thanks man i'm going to buy another melvins cd and i didn't know which one i wanted to buy so i decided to see what the differance between all of these are
The songs on 10 Songs and 8 Songs are the same, the cd just had two extra songs. The songs on 6 Songs are the same songs but different versions of them. They are all included on 26 Songs. Kind of confusing, and the fact that they include 2 and sometimes 3 of the same song with different recordings of it doesn't help matters.
so everything is included on 26 songs right, cause i'm gonna buy it pretty soon.
here is the origin of each song (feel free to correct me/add stuff)
01 Easy As It Was - 8/10 Songs
02 Now A Limo - 8/10 Songs
03 Grinding Process - 8/10 Songs
04 #2 Pencil - 8/10 Songs
05 At A Crawl - 8/10 Songs
06 Disinvite - 8/10 Songs
07 Snake Appeal - 8/10 Songs
08 Show Off Your Red Hands - 8/10 Songs
09 Over Form Underground - 10 Songs
10 Cray Fish - 10 Songs
11 Easy As It Was - 6 Songs
12 Now A Limo - 6 Songs
13 Grinding Process - 6 Songs
14 At A Crawl - 6 Songs
15 Disinvite - 6 Songs
16 Snake Appeal - 6 Songs
17 Set Me Straight - Outakes from 1st 7 inch (Single, bootleg?)
18 Show Off Your Red Hands - Outakes from 1st 7 inch (Single, bootleg?)
19 #2 Pencil - Outakes from 1st 7 inch (Single, bootleg?)
20 Grinding Process
21 Snake Appeal
22 At A Crawl
23 Operation Blessing
24 Breakfast On The Sly
25 Ever Since My Accident - Kill Rock Stars (VA) (imho the quality is a little better on KRS)
26 Hugh
Seems strange (as this release is aiming for completeness) that they didn't include the 4 tracks from the Deep Six Compilation and Malfunkshun split 7" on this. They're from the same period, contain a couple of alternate versions of tracks already on there, and would've fitted on the CD. Any ideas why they're not on there?
I think becuz Cruz Records still owns the rights to release the Deep Six comp versions
What the Melvins should do is release a b-sides boxset with EVERYTHING(live and studio) that has not been included on the official albums/CDs that are in print. There's a ton of stuff out there, the one-off singles on small defunct labels, the Atlantic years, ToraX3 box, etc. etc.
I'm just too lazy to be bothered with downloading/transferring and hunting down singles on ebay for one song.
I have a feeling that were gonna have to wait a while for the next melvins album.
they have sort of had a gigantic production level the last few years, so...maybe some re-issues, but i think a fullfledged album will take a while...
(all the statements above are obviously reversed psychology to make the melvins do the EXACT opposite ! :lol: )
(damn phpbb codes! :P )
Quote from: anacondaI think becuz Cruz Records still owns the rights to release the Deep Six comp versions
Conda did you mean C/Z records? Cuz Cruz Records was a pretty crappy label.
yes, simple slip of the fingers Dub. Nice attention to detail there.
I picked up Blessed Black Wings todays btw, would i be
out of line to say there's a definite Motorhead influence??
They picked up some schooling obviously when they toured with
Motorhead last year. At least from the first three songs, and that
great opening drum assault on Devilution. Thats the only time you
hear Albini's patented dry drum sound on the whole CD! hahha when
Des is unaccompanied!
-----
p.s. Cruz is/was shit Dub, I have some Greg Ginn solo bullshit
that he mailed to our studio ages ago. Complete crap to be honest.
Greg Ginn with drum machines?? So uncool.
Was that Dick by Greg Ginn? Talk about a guy that lost his edge. Yeah and that ALL stuff was some of the worst music I've ever heard
did everybody out there get a promo copy of DICK? hahhaa, my mom even has one.
It's like the Frampton Comes Alive of the 90s! Seriously though he should never have put Gone back together without Weiss and Cain.
Quote from: anacondaI think becuz Cruz Records still owns the rights to release the Deep Six comp versions
I doubt that c/z would care (I mean 6 and 8/10 are c/z releases) but the original deep six (the one with the blue cover) was a limited edition of 2000 seven inches, it was rereleased in 1994 by a&m (interscope/geffen) with red/green cover art and I can imagine that such major label might object
Quote from: anacondadid everybody out there get a promo copy of DICK? hahhaa, my mom even has one.
Funny; the last few times I ordered some CDs from SST (Minutemen, Husker Du), they sent me some UPC-punched Cruz CDs for free - Goodbye Harry(guys from ALL), plus Ginn's "Getting Even" and "Let It Burn...". "Getting Even" is alright, ended up getting two copies of that one.
Sold most of them on ebay for $5 a pop. One of the Ginn CDs I cashed in at an indie shop for a few bucks and bought the lone sealed copy of Melvins -YCLS#12 for under $10 :shock: .
The first two Gone CDs are the only post-Flag Ginn albums that I enjoy.
pardon my ignorance but what's "Melvins -YCLS#12"???
Quote from: anacondapardon my ignorance but what's "Melvins -YCLS#12"???
Your Choice Live Series - (Germany '91)
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers
Sold most of them on ebay for $5 a pop. One of the Ginn CDs I cashed in at an indie shop for a few bucks and bought the lone sealed copy of Melvins -YCLS#12 for under $10 :shock: .
You suck man! :lol:
I was listening to it a lot today. Great cd! I LOVE #2 Pencil.
Some karma for ya for making me get 26 songs out and dust it off.
I can't think of set me straight without DCH attached to it now. I think my brain is reprogrammed from hearing it the new way.
http://www.gemm.com/item/MELVINS/10--SONGS/GML852387603/
Maybe I'm not getting something....???
well, you definitely won't be getting that album.
Quote from: Idlehanz on October 29, 2006, 05:03:21 PM
http://www.gemm.com/item/MELVINS/10--SONGS/GML852387603/
Maybe I'm not getting something....???
Gemm is really overpriced.
Can't believe I was buying Alchohol Funny Car c/d's when I could have made a fortune off the Melvins. :(
and I own this. no way in a million years I'd sell it. a million dollars? maybe. but a million years, no way.
I got it used for $8 a couple of years ago at Amoeba.
You can probably get this record for around $40 U.S. on ebay.
Quote from: Zelig on October 30, 2006, 05:59:10 PM
You can probably get this record for around $40 U.S. on ebay.
It's for a cd.....
Quote from: Idlehanz on October 30, 2006, 06:31:07 PM
Quote from: Zelig on October 30, 2006, 05:59:10 PM
You can probably get this record for around $40 U.S. on ebay.
It's for a cd.....
Dios mio, that is insane. The cd can be found for around 10 to 15 dollars. Might as well get the reissue anyways.
I just got a pretty much perfect used copy for like $12 shipped from amazon. I snagged it because I didnt have it, not because it was cheap, but come to think of it you dont see it for sale that often...
I was shuffling the ipod the other day and deserted cities of the heart starts (cream version) playing and I hadn't actually heard it yet. Its kinda weird when you know a cover 100x better than the original.
Quote from: deatheats on November 01, 2006, 01:12:36 AM
Its kinda weird when you know a cover 100x better than the original.
In my theory no cover can ever top the original. I do like all Melvins covers because they're often a completely original interpretation of the original - the way you want a cover to be - but yet stays just close enough to the original.
Oh wait, you were talking about 'knowing'. What's so weird about that?
I also like #2 Pencil... :P
Quote from: norecess on November 01, 2006, 06:57:27 AM
Quote from: deatheats on November 01, 2006, 01:12:36 AM
Its kinda weird when you know a cover 100x better than the original.
In my theory no cover can ever top the original. I do like all Melvins covers because they're often a completely original interpretation of the original - the way you want a cover to be - but yet stays just close enough to the original.
Oh wait, you were talking about 'knowing'. What's so weird about that?
I guess its not that weird, it was just surprising to hear such a different take on the same song when I wasn't expecting it (cause I didn't even know I owned the original). I do agree the Melvins do a great job of making the covers they do "their own".
26 songs does kick ass.
breakfest on the sly 8)
yep yep yep!
one of the only melvins i don't own
remember listening to it back in college ('93)
10 songs of course
but never felt like i needed it
which version of 'at a crawl' do you like better?
songs or ozma?
i will give this a listen next time at the record store
I like the sound on 10 songs better.
Wow! My old-ass thread that I created a while ago got ressurected! Cool! :P
I'd have to say I like the Ozma At A Crawl better. 8)
10 songs is very raw in a most satisfying way
i like the liner notes from all of the re-issued records. for me, it adds a little perspective to the whole thing, which i enjoy.
everytime i listen to 26 songs i picture a young dale beating up a beat up drum kit with heads caved in like soup bowls and recording a revolutionary style of drumming that had never been done (to my knowledge). it's fascinating to me. and that's just the drumming! i won't start on buzz's songs or guitar playing.
i guess it makes me appreciate the melvins even more, if that's possible.
Quote from: Vcavallo on January 29, 2007, 10:49:10 PM
10 songs is very raw in a most satisfying way
Indeed it is. INDEED!
thats a prett kick-ass handle and avatar you got there sergeant D.
me likey, beddy beddy much.
Quote from: glen on January 30, 2007, 02:41:23 PM
thats a prett kick-ass handle and avatar you got there sergeant D.
me likey, beddy beddy much.
I'm partial to it myself. I got tired of the Justin Timberlake avatar.
I like 26 Songs. You get a lot of songs.
Quote from: GrimReaper on February 01, 2007, 04:22:36 AM
I like 26 Songs. You get a lot of songs.
yea like, 30 or somtin
my favorite was "hugh"
i've been really getting into 26 songs lately. i saw a cool 10 songs LP just go for around $40 on ebay, but i don't have the funds to buy anything. #2 pencil is such a good song. hugh is gold.
I just noticed Show Off Your Red Hands and Don't Piece Me share the same last lines.
"Never is an ugly word."
I also found out that the "demo" version of Easy As It Was is used in Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck.
Quote from: Jeanstealer on May 30, 2008, 09:32:04 PM
I also found out that the "demo" version of Easy As It Was is used in Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck.
bullshit. e=mc squared. not kurt cobain is the ruler of our galaxy.
Quote from: Uncle Fester on September 21, 2008, 01:35:23 PM
Quote from: Jeanstealer on May 30, 2008, 09:32:04 PM
I also found out that the "demo" version of Easy As It Was is used in Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck.
bullshit. e=mc squared. not kurt cobain is the ruler of our galaxy.
I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Man.
Quote from: Mismagius on September 30, 2008, 12:01:42 AM
Quote from: Uncle Fester on September 21, 2008, 01:35:23 PM
Quote from: Jeanstealer on May 30, 2008, 09:32:04 PM
I also found out that the "demo" version of Easy As It Was is used in Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck.
bullshit. e=mc squared. not kurt cobain is the ruler of our galaxy.
I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Man.
I like you. you should come into the ecumenical discussion everyonce in a while.
whats a good price for the 26 songs CD?
Quote from: kdools on October 11, 2009, 01:43:17 AM
whats a good price for the 26 songs CD?
Found it used for $6 at my local record shop.
I have it released as 26 Songs from Ipecac and I really like this one. All of the songs have that wonderful, heavy as shit Melvins sounds we all love, and I can almost hear the evolution of Gluey Porch Treatments in it.
Quote from: Rusty Shackleford on January 30, 2007, 01:14:50 AM
i like the liner notes from all of the re-issued records. for me, it adds a little perspective to the whole thing, which i enjoy.
everytime i listen to 26 songs i picture a young dale beating up a beat up drum kit with heads caved in like soup bowls and recording a revolutionary style of drumming that had never been done (to my knowledge). it's fascinating to me. and that's just the drumming! i won't start on buzz's songs or guitar playing.
i guess it makes me appreciate the melvins even more, if that's possible.
Half the reason I bought the old reissues was for the liner notes! They're wonderfully insane, keeping details on the music vague and telling stories of all the madness going on in that whole Washington scene! Not many bands have liner notes in a remotely same vein (If I can find one I'll buy!).
BREAKFAST ON THE SLY!!!!
Quote from: Idiotska on May 19, 2008, 11:53:00 PM
I just noticed Show Off Your Red Hands and Don't Piece Me share the same last lines.
"Never is an ugly word."
I think that "Don´t Piece Me" is an improved version of "Show Off Your Red Hands" ....Their ends sound exactly the same...
Is the Let's Kiss version of At A Crawl the same version as the version that's on 26 Song's 22nd track? At least the vocals are the same.
Just got 8 Songs on vinyl in the mail and I'm digging it. I agree with Flutter on hearing how the band evolved but overall it reminds me more of Ozma than Gluey Porch Treatments. I now officially have pretty much every Melvins album on vinyl. It is a happy day for Dan Halen. :D
Can anyone make out the background text on this?
(http://www.themelvins.net/wiki/images/3/3b/SixSongsSide2.jpeg)
It's a list of 'bands and people we shouldn't ever forget', presumably penned by Chris Hanzsek. He was going to sell me the stampers and some test pressings of 6 Songs but nothing ever came of it in the end. Not for lack of trying, of course. :D
Quote from: jules on April 25, 2014, 03:52:49 PM
It's a list of 'bands and people we shouldn't ever forget', presumably penned by Chris Hanzsek. He was going to sell me the stampers and some test pressings of 6 Songs but nothing ever came of it in the end. Not for lack of trying, of course. :D
weird, he promised me he sold me all of the 6 songs test pressings he had :-k
I just assumed the list came from the band, the ones I could make out of note were Beyond Possession, Krist Novaselic, Mike Dillard, Green River, Steve Turner, Mombius Hibachi, Steve Newman, Kurdt Kobain, and Kiss...
Beyond Possession - Tell Tale Heart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHcfcq_eVIM#)
Quote from: brian on April 25, 2014, 04:26:57 PM
weird, he promised me he sold me all of the 6 songs test pressings he had :-k
That may be true, I'm going back three years or so. Also up for grabs were the stampers and test pressings for Deep Six if I remember right. He got everything out and we talked about prices (he wanted $800 for the 6 Songs stampers and a test press which was out of my range) but a year later I contacted him again, he said he'd get them out again and that was the last I heard.
Maybe he got lucky and someone bought the lot?
Just listening last night. Excellent record!
So which version is it that was recorded in February 1986? Six songs or Eight/Ten songs? And when was the other version recorded then? Do we know?
Quote from: Chief Ten Beers on February 19, 2005, 12:30:46 PM
The 26 Songs CD covers it all. There's really no 26th song on the CD; at the end of track 25 there's a "field" recording of them fucking around talking with some neigborhood weirdo and jamming at someone's house when they were teens.
Confirmed.
http://youtu.be/Jlio-_Plzjk
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I dunno about you guys, but I'd really love to see Ipecac or Alternative Tentacles or somebody do a remastered vinyl set like the recent Boner ones but pairing 10 Songs & Gluey Porch Treatments. I really like both of those albums and it would be awesome to have them on vinyl on the shelf next to my other Melvins rekkids, especially if they got the same beautiful remaster treatment as those Boner ones. And I've got a plan to get Mike Patton and/or Jello Biafra onboard; I'll be on it just as soon as I get a cocktail dress and a crowbar.
Okay, what do you think about this?
This is from the Wiki here:
QuoteDale Crover said this about the various C/Z Records versions of this release: "The way it was (recorded), it could have been better. We set up live in a 24-track studio and the original 7" sounds all boxed in. Since it was our first record, we really didn't know what we were doing. I think the songs are OK, but the sound quality should have been much better for what it was. The re-release of that on C/Z was actually a different recording. We recorded the songs twice because on the first one, the vocals were a little bit distorted, a little bit too hot, and our bass player (Matt Lukin of Mudhoney) had only changed one string on his bass, so this one string was really bright and the others were dead. We went back in the studio and did them again and put the second (session) out. When we listened back to the first one a long time later, we just thought it sounded way better, so when they re-issued it (on C/Z) we had them put that one out."
Quite hard to fetch what he says here (at least for me as a non-native speaker) but doesn't Dale say that for the original "6 Songs" release, they used the re-recorded versions, and when it was re-issued later (as "8 Songs", later "10 Songs"), they listened to the initial recordings again, liked them better than the re-recordings (despite the distorted vocals and the too bright bass string) and used those? Think nobody has noticed this yet, or at least I couldn't find it.
Side note: The crappy quality versions of "Show Off Your Red Hands" and "#2 Pencil" on 26 Songs (Tracks 18 and 19, presumably sourced from the "Outtake From First 7"" release) are exactly the same takes as the versions released on "Eight/Ten Songs" (Tracks 4 and 8 ). They are simply repeated on this release, but in much worse quality. Nobody seems to have noticed this yet either.
So the initial session (used on "8/10 Songs") featured:
Easy As It Was / Now A Limo / Grinding Process / #2 Pencil / At A Crawl / Disinvite / Snake Appeal / Show Off Your Red Hands / Over From Underground / Crayfish
The re-recording (used on "6 Songs") featured:
Easy As It Was / Now A Limo / Grinding Process / At A Crawl / Disinvite / Snake Appeal
Leaves Set Me Straight. Given that it is found together with #2 Pencil and Show Off Your Red Hands, I suppose it also belongs to the initial session. Makes sense because it is an older song that was already present in '83.
I think you're correct.
Quote from: h3r3t!c on January 07, 2020, 11:15:55 AM
Okay, what do you think about this?
This is from the Wiki here:
QuoteDale Crover said this about the various C/Z Records versions of this release: "The way it was (recorded), it could have been better. We set up live in a 24-track studio and the original 7" sounds all boxed in. Since it was our first record, we really didn't know what we were doing. I think the songs are OK, but the sound quality should have been much better for what it was. The re-release of that on C/Z was actually a different recording. We recorded the songs twice because on the first one, the vocals were a little bit distorted, a little bit too hot, and our bass player (Matt Lukin of Mudhoney) had only changed one string on his bass, so this one string was really bright and the others were dead. We went back in the studio and did them again and put the second (session) out. When we listened back to the first one a long time later, we just thought it sounded way better, so when they re-issued it (on C/Z) we had them put that one out."
Quite hard to fetch what he says here (at least for me as a non-native speaker) but doesn't Dale say that for the original "6 Songs" release, they used the re-recorded versions, and when it was re-issued later (as "8 Songs", later "10 Songs"), they listened to the initial recordings again, liked them better than the re-recordings (despite the distorted vocals and the too bright bass string) and used those? Think nobody has noticed this yet, or at least I couldn't find it.
Side note: The crappy quality versions of "Show Off Your Red Hands" and "#2 Pencil" on 26 Songs (Tracks 18 and 19, presumably sourced from the "Outtake From First 7"" release) are exactly the same takes as the versions released on "Eight/Ten Songs" (Tracks 4 and 8 ). They are simply repeated on this release, but in much worse quality. Nobody seems to have noticed this yet either.
So the initial session (used on "8/10 Songs") featured:
Easy As It Was / Now A Limo / Grinding Process / #2 Pencil / At A Crawl / Disinvite / Snake Appeal / Show Off Your Red Hands / Over From Underground / Crayfish
The re-recording (used on "6 Songs") featured:
Easy As It Was / Now A Limo / Grinding Process / At A Crawl / Disinvite / Snake Appeal
Leaves Set Me Straight. Given that it is found together with #2 Pencil and Show Off Your Red Hands, I suppose it also belongs to the initial session. Makes sense because it is an older song that was already present in '83.
I wanna say I paid $16+tax for 26 songs. This was 2003, and I'm sure prices were up on CDs at this time. I found 10 songs before this in a resale shop for at least half of that price. I also had GPT on cassette with their first 7" on side 2. So I didn't have tracks 17 thru 26 from this CD. But the slowed down version of Set Me Straight made this purchase almost worth it. Breakfast on the Sly and a fast Ever Since My Accident were tunes I hadn't heard before. So that's cool.
(https://i.ibb.co/XrM5KKxy/melvins-twenty-six-redux001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yc7kZZFh)
These are the six songs that I listen to. It actually holds together like this. I love "Hugh". Everything else on Twenty-Six Songs is done better elsewhere or otherwise redundant.