Some Small History
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Some Small History | ||||
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Released | September 9, 2008 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | Merge | |||
Producer | Mac McCaughan | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Some Small History is a collection of "rarities, collecting B-sides, compilation tracks, EPs, fanzine vinyl, and previously unreleased material recorded between 1990 and 2007"[2] from the band Portastatic. It was released on Merge Records on September 9, 2008.[3]
The album includes a number of cover songs including songs by
. The release was a limited edition of 3000 copies.Merge Records also released a bonus download from their website with 11 rare tracks that did not make the album.[4]
One additional rare track, "Do You Want to Buy a Bridge?" from the "Spying On the Spys" 7" single was not included because Mac McCaughan found the song to be "embarrassing."[5]
Track listing
- disc one:
- "Starter"
- "Sandals with White Socks "
- "Oh, My Sweet Carolina" (Ryan Adams)
- "Lousy Penpal*"
- "A Cunning Latch (acoustic)*"
- "Teenage Kicks" (The Undertones)
- "Too Trashed to Smoke*"
- "Skinny Glasses Girl"
- "Trajectory"
- "Power Supply"
- "Josephine" (The Magnetic Fields)
- "Race You Home"
- "Make You Up*"
- "Your Own Cloud"
- "When Love Breaks Down*" (Prefab Sprout)
- "Portraits From Before The War"
- "Gray Robbins"
- "Easily Aroused"
- "Guessing"
- "Little Fern"
- "All I Need Is You" (Sandy Denny and the Strawbs)
- "You Love To Fail" (The Magnetic Fields)
- disc two:
- "Some Small History"
- "San Andreas Crouch"
- "Not The Same"
- "And I Was a Boy from School" (Hot Chip)
- "Spying on the Spys"
- "Too Close to the Screen"
- "Weighted Raft"
- "Dragging a Crow"
- "Soft Fruit"
- "I Wanna Know Girls" (acoustic demo)
- "Feel Better"
- "Useless Switch"
- "Had" (full band)*
- "Secret Session"
- "Tugboat" (Galaxie 500)
- "Codes, Runes, Dunes"
- "Candy Cigarettes"
- "Firefly" (American Music Club)
- "La Pelicula"
- "Look, Honey, Peaches"
- "Replacement Parts*"
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan)
Bonus Download:
- "Slant Roof"
- "Weedhopper"
- "A Faithless Auld Lang Syne"
- "Books For Any Occasion"
- "Clean Barrel"
- "Following Footprints"
- "Echoes Myron" (Guided By Voices)
- "Duck 96"
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding" (Nick Lowe)
- "Jetlag"
- "Flat Roof"
Notes
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "MergeRecords.com". Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portastatic - Some Small History Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-11-09
- ^ "MergeRecords.com" Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "MergeRecords.com"