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SAMARKAND - 1992 - SAMARKAND - CD

the first Samarkand release, from autumn 1992

SAMARKAND
SAMARKAND
aka the first tape
with the green cover

recorded fall 1992
in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
at Berklee, in some of the rehearsal rooms
all songs written by Ian

Stephanie Ralston - vocals
Ian C Stewart - guitar, drum machine
Jeremy Van Buskirk - bass
Chad Popple - drums on the live rehearsal tracks

1-8 recorded on Jeremy's four track, 9-18 on Christine The Ghetto Blaster Of Death Who Will Eat Your Tapes Even If You Are Careful.

1. 01.28.92
2. Glowing Letters
3. Me
4. Obsessing
5. Mortality
6. Equal Force In Opposing Directions
7. Erotogenic Worship
8. Samarkand
9. 01.28.92 (rehearsal)
10. Me (rehearsal)
11. Glowing Letters (rehearsal)
12. Mortality (rehearsal)
13. Equal Force (rehearsal)
14. Erotogenic Worship (rehearsal)
15. Booty Train (rehearsal)
16. Jam Instrumental (rehearsal)
17. Obsessing (rehearsal)
18. Obsessing Improvisation (rehearsal)

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