The Lost Tapes - Rare Recordings 1991-2007
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The Lost Tapes - Rare Recordings 1991-2007 is a compilation album
by Ooberman
, released in September 2007 on the band's own Rotodisc
label.
"Running in date order, most of the tracks were recovered and restored from old cassette
and DAT
tapes, many of which were thought to have been lost forever in a burglary. The earlier recordings chart Ooberman's pre-indie band days as home recordists when founders Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett would post cassettes and lengthy critiques back and forth between Liverpool
and Birmingham
.
"Many tracks come from 1994, a big recording year for frontman Dan - he'd finished university, was on the dole with a lot of time on his hands and found himself with a bunch of new recording gear paid for by being a medical research guinea pig. Most music recorded before then was too rough for release, while the following years marked the beginnings of Ooberman's ascent to minor indie fame with most subsequent recordings therefore released on albums and B-sides."http://www.oobtube.net/viewtopic.php?t=648
According to the press-release, track 1 is from 1991, tracks 2-8 are from 1994, 9-12 are from 1999, 13-15 are from 2000 and 16 is from 2007 (although it was featured on music website GarageBand.com
in 2006).http://www.oobtube.net/viewtopic.php?t=402 Several of the tracks have been released previously - 1, 9, 11 and 15 on "official bootlegs", 13 on the Japan
ese version of Carried Away, and 14 as an e-single
- although the band have promised that "much has been done to clean up audio problems" in the earlier recordings.
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 Ooberman
Ooberman
Ooberman are a band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album Hey Petrunko, but announced their reformation in April 2006 and began releasing music again soon thereafter.-Early years:Ooberman...
, released in September 2007 on the band's own Rotodisc
Rotodisc
Rotodisc is a record label started by Ooberman frontman Dan Popplewell in 2001. It serves primarily to release recordings by Ooberman and related projects.-Releases:* Ooberman - Running Girl 7" * Ooberman - Running Girl mini-album...
label.
"Running in date order, most of the tracks were recovered and restored from old cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
and DAT
Digital Audio Tape
Digital Audio Tape is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. In appearance it is similar to a compact audio cassette, using 4 mm magnetic tape enclosed in a protective shell, but is roughly half the size at 73 mm × 54 mm × 10.5 mm. As...
tapes, many of which were thought to have been lost forever in a burglary. The earlier recordings chart Ooberman's pre-indie band days as home recordists when founders Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett would post cassettes and lengthy critiques back and forth between Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
.
"Many tracks come from 1994, a big recording year for frontman Dan - he'd finished university, was on the dole with a lot of time on his hands and found himself with a bunch of new recording gear paid for by being a medical research guinea pig. Most music recorded before then was too rough for release, while the following years marked the beginnings of Ooberman's ascent to minor indie fame with most subsequent recordings therefore released on albums and B-sides."http://www.oobtube.net/viewtopic.php?t=648
Track listing
- Growing Old
- Loveshit Ricochet
- Time Hurts
- I Know What You're Saying
- Don't We Make A Pair
- Ride Me Home
- Blossoms Buds
- Bubbles Bursting
- Brave Men And Beautiful Women
- Drum Song Without Hat (live)
- Come What May
- Rebels For A Day
- Rosie Mel
- Heavy Duty
- Pills For Popplewell
- You're Too Beautiful
According to the press-release, track 1 is from 1991, tracks 2-8 are from 1994, 9-12 are from 1999, 13-15 are from 2000 and 16 is from 2007 (although it was featured on music website GarageBand.com
GarageBand.com
GarageBand.com was a large online community of independent musicians and music fans. Founded in 1999, the site was used by musicians who were seeking greater exposure and critical insight provided by an audience of their peers. The site was also used by music fans to discover new independent...
in 2006).http://www.oobtube.net/viewtopic.php?t=402 Several of the tracks have been released previously - 1, 9, 11 and 15 on "official bootlegs", 13 on the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese version of Carried Away, and 14 as an e-single
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
- although the band have promised that "much has been done to clean up audio problems" in the earlier recordings.