Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, subtitled "Words from a Hessian Sack", is the first album to be released by Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...

 under the name 'Porcupine Tree'. It was originally a compiled cassette of experimental music made by Steven Wilson for his joke band he formed with his friend Malcom Stocks. The cassette was only sent out to a few people, but was enough to give the band a bit of fame in the UK underground music scene of the time, being picked up by the underground magazine Freakbeat. It was later released under Delerium Records

Delerium Records

Delerium Records was a UK record label, that specialised in psychedelic music which ran from 1991 to 2003, and was notable in promoting the careers of bands including Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Kava Kava, Mandragora, Sons of Selina and Moom and for starting the Freak Emporium and Molten...

 in 1991 in a limited edition of 300 copies, with a few tweaks in the track listing. Eventually, the tracks from this and the later Porcupine Tree album The Nostalgia Factory

The Nostalgia Factory

The Nostalgia Factory, subtitled "...and other tips for amateur golfers", is the second album to be released by Steven Wilson under the name 'Porcupine Tree'. It was the second full-length cassette produced for his 'joke' project with friend Malcom Stocks...

were compiled into what are considered Porcupine Tree's first true studio albums, On the Sunday of Life

On the Sunday of Life

On the Sunday of Life is the debut album of English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in July, 1991. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm and The Nostalgia Factory...

and Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is a compilation album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree . It is a compilation of the band's initial three tapes, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, Love, Death & Mussolini and The Nostalgia Factory...

.

Track listing*

(All tracks written by Steven Wilson except "Jupiter Island" written by Wilson/Duffy, "Clarinet Vignette" written by Wilson/Masters and "The Cross" written by Prince

Prince (musician)

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. Artwork by Alistair Campbell.)

Cassette side A

1. "Music for the Head (Here)" - 2:44
2. "Jupiter Island" - 6:09
3. "Nun's Cleavage (Left)" - 2:45
4. "Clarinet Vignette" - 1:18
5. "Nun's Cleavage (Right)" - 1:09
6. "Space Transmission" - 2:56
7. "Message from a Self-Destructing Turnip" - :28
8. "Radioactive Toy" - 5:49
9. "Towel" - 3:33
10. "Wastecoat" - 1:10
11. "Mute (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)" - 8:06
12. "Music for the Head (There)" - 1:24

Cassette side B

1. "No Reason to Live, No Reason to Die" - 11:09
2. "Daughters in Excess" - 6:46
3. "The Cross / Hole / Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape" - 20:39

• Note, for the re-release of the album under Delerium, a few tracks were lengthened or shortened by a few seconds, and in some cases replaced with different mixes of the same song.

Credits (fiction)

Tripping Musicians Extraordinaire:

• The Porcupine Tree – Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Flute, Koto and Sings
• Sir Tarquin Underspoon – Organ, Electric Piano, Synthesisers and Sings
• Mr Jelly – Bass Guitar
• The Expanding Flan – Drums, Percussion, Drum Computer and Speaks
• Timothy Tadpole-Jones – Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
• Sebastian Tweetle-Blampton III operates the delay circuits and mixing desk
• Solomon St. Jemain – Guitar on 'Wastecoat', Drum Computer on 'Towel' and speaks
• Master Timothy Masters – Oboe, Cor Anglais
• Linton Samuel Dawson operates the light show