Camper Vantiquities is a 1993 rarities compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by music

Music

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al group Camper Van Beethoven

Camper Van Beethoven

Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983.An eclectic band, Camper Van Beethoven mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk and alternative country, as well as various types of world music. Their aggressive musical pluralism created a...

, released on I.R.S.  It included the earlier EP Vampire Can Mating Oven

Vampire Can Mating Oven

Vampire Can Mating Oven is an EP released in 1987 by the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. The EP includes satirical liner notes relating false stories behind the songs...

and a number of other unreleased tracks, compiled by bassist Victor Krummenacher

Victor Krummenacher

Victor Krummenacher is an American musician and bass guitarist who is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. He also helped form CVB offshoots Monks of Doom and Camper Van Chadbourne and has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter...

 a few years after the band split up. The 2004 re-release added several more tracks, all demo versions of songs that appeared on the band's two Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 albums.

Original 1993 version

1. "Heart" (David Lowery) - 3:08
2. "Never Go Back" (Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, Lowery, Chris Pedersen, Jonathan Segel) - 3:24
3. "Seven Languages" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) - 4:12
4. "Axe Murderer Song" (Lowery) - 2:28
5. "SP37957" (Krummenacher, Lowery, Jonathan Segel) - 3:04
6. "Crossing Over" (Krummenacher, Lowery, Chris Molla, Segel) - 3:24
7. "Guardian Angels" (Lowery, Molla) - 2:06
8. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else
   I'm Not Like Everybody Else
   "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" is a song written by Ray Davies and first recorded by The Kinks in 1966.-History:Davies had written the song for The Animals, but it was turned down, so the Kinks released their own version with guitarist Dave Davies on lead vocals...
   
   " (Ray Davies) - 3:24
9. "AC Cover" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) - 3:01
10. "Porpoise Mouth (Remix)" (Joe MacDonald) - 2:38
11. "(We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) - 2:58
12. "We Eat Your Children" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) - 3:49
13. "Ice Cream Everyday" (Box O' Laffs, Curkendall, Hart, Lowery, Molla) - 2:57
14. "Six More Miles to the Graveyard" (Hank Williams) - 4:04
15. "Processional" (Krummenacher, Lisher, Lowery, Pedersen, Segel) - 3:48
16. "Photograph" (George Harrison, Ringo Starr) - 3:14
17. "Om Eye (Sweet Isthmus)" - 2:06 [hidden track]

Personnel

• Anthony Guess – Drums
• Victor Krummenacher
  Victor Krummenacher
  Victor Krummenacher is an American musician and bass guitarist who is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. He also helped form CVB offshoots Monks of Doom and Camper Van Chadbourne and has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter...
  
   – Bass
• Greg Lisher
  Greg Lisher
  Greg Lisher is the lead guitar player for Camper Van Beethoven, from 1986 until 1990, and again from 2000 to present.He was the lead guitarist for the Monks of Doom, from 1986 until 1993, and again from 2003 to present....
  
   – Guitar
• David Lowery
  David Lowery
  David Lowery is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter; he is the founder of alternative rock band, Camper Van Beethoven, and co-founder of the more traditional rock band, Cracker...
  
   – Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
• Chris Molla – Guitar, Mandolin
• Chris Pedersen
  Chris Pedersen (musician)
  Chris Pedersen is an American-born musician, best known as the drummer of the groups Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom. He currently resides in Australia.-Musical career:...
  
   – Guitar, Violin, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
• Jonathan Segel
  Jonathan Segel
  Jonathan Segel is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.-Biography:...
  
  – Guitar, Violin, Keyboards, Vocals

2004 CD reissue

1. "Heart" - 3:07
2. "Never Go Back" - 3:24
3. "Seven Languages" - 4:12
4. "Axe Murderer Song" - 2:28
5. "SP37957" - 3:04
6. "Crossing Over" - 3:24
7. "Guardian Angels" - 2:06
8. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - 3:24
9. "AC Cover" - 3:01
10. "Flowers (Fox Demo)" - 3:03
11. "One of These Days (Fox Demo)" - 3:27
12. "Humid Press of Days (Fox Demo)" - 2:55
13. "All Her Favourite Fruit (Fox Demo)" - 5:14
14. "Silent Monster" - 2:54
15. "Porpoise Mouth" - 2:38
16. "(We Workers Do Not Understand) Modern Art" - 2:58
17. "We Eat Your Children" - 3:49
18. "Six More Miles to the Graveyard" - 2:57
19. "Ice Cream Everyday" - 4:04
20. "Processional" - 3:48
21. "Photograph" - 3:33