Pocketwatch (album)
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Pocketwatch | |
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Demo album by | |
Released | 1992 |
Recorded | December 19, 1990 [1] February 16, 1991 [2] July 27, 1991 [3] |
Genre | Alternative rock, grunge, lo-fi |
Length | 34:45 |
Label | Simple Machines |
Producer | Barrett Jones, Geoff Turner |
Pocketwatch is a
Background
In the summer of 1991, Dave Grohl went into WGNS Studios and recorded four songs, playing all the instruments himself. The recording was combined with six songs from a previous Upland Studios session recorded in late 1990. Both sessions occurred after Grohl had joined Nirvana. A tape of the songs, given to Simple Machines co-founder Jenny Toomey by Grohl, immediately became a candidate for the label's Tool Cassette Series.[4] The 1990 sessions emerged as Grohl, then the drummer of Scream, requested his producer friend Barrett Jones to record songs on his home 8-track tape recorder. Upon accepting Simple Machines' request for a demo tape, Grohl decided to hide his identity under the pseudonym Late!, "because I’m an idiot and I thought it would be funny to say to everybody, 'Sorry, we’re Late!’".[5]
The Tool Cassette Series started around 1991 as an experiment and as a way of keeping music "in print" on an as-needed basis without having to finance
With minimal help and deteriorating
Other releases
As
Songs from the Late! album made appearances on official releases as well. Prior to the Pocketwatch offering, "Petrol CB" was included on the Neapolitan Metropolitan 7" vinyl box set
Although constantly coupled with Nirvana and Foo Fighters collections, Late! should be considered its own separate project,
Track listing
All songs written by Dave Grohl except where noted.
- "Pokey the Little Puppy" – 4:21
- "Petrol CB" – 4:44
- "Friend of a Friend" – 3:06
- "Throwing Needles" – 3:20
- "Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson" – 2:05
- "Color Pictures of a Marigold" – 3:13
- "Hell's Garden" – 3:18
- "Winnebago" (Grohl, Geoff Turner) – 4:11
- "Bruce" – 3:52
- "Milk" – 2:35
Personnel
- guitars, bass guitar, drums
- Barrett Jones – backing vocals on "Petrol CB", production
- Geoff Turner – audio engineering, producer
References
- ^ "Dave Grohl session at Laundry Room Studio, Dec 19 1990". FooFightersLive.
- ^ "Dave Grohl session at Laundry Room Studio, Feb 16 1991". FooFightersLive.
- ^ "Dave Grohl session at WGNS Studios, Jul 27 1991". FooFightersLive.
- ^ a b c d e "Simple Machines Records | Tool Cassette Series". www.simplemachines.net.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chicago Music & Nightlife". Time Out Chicago.
- ^ "All Nirvana Discs". www.livenirvana.com.
- ^ "Various - Neapolitan Metropolitan" – via www.discogs.com.