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{24 page booklet with history and photographs, 50 track total includes 36 song mp3 cache on CD for transfer to computer/iPod}
To commemorate our 50th release, HUSH has collected, not coincidentally, fifty unreleased, out of print and rare tracks from the various acts it has worked with since its inception in the late 90s. This enhanced CD takes advantage of the near ubiquity of jukebox software like iTunes and the proliferation of iPods by offering thirty-six high quality mp3 tracks (accessible via computer–just drag and drop) in addition to the fourteen songs which play on any standard CD player. The twenty page booklet interweaves the music with photos and anecdotes from the label’s golden past, rooted in DIY determinism, scrappy community and a clean aesthetic. The fourteen primary songs offer a contemporary glimpse into the label, where maturing artists refine their craft for ever-growing niche audiences, alongside nationally established acts. As with the first compilations HUSH issued, the mix is cohesive, compelling, and texturally engaging. Artists hop-scotch from song to song assisting each other with their productions, while Kind of Like Spitting goes so far as to offer up a cover version of Blanket Music’s “Hips”. The remaining thirty six mp3 tracks highlight the out of print first-fruits from the label and offer out-takes from various sessions over the past six years. This is a lovingly crafted, highly personal, richly detailed audio-visual document illuminating what some might call a modest regional “movement”. In a word, community.
Tracklist
1. Honey Pot – Graves
2. Sorry – Toothfairy
3. I’ll Walk You Out – Corrina Repp
4. Time Enough – Jeff London
5. I Don’t Mind (2002) – The Decemberists
6. Keep Your Road – Kaitlyn Ni Donovan
7. The Damn Insane Asylum – The Places
8. Hips – Kind Of Like Spitting
9. White Stripes – Blanket Music
10. Weaver of Dreams – Esperanza Spalding
11. Alphabet, An – Reclinerland
12. Martyr Brave – Norfolk and Western
13. I Only Have Eyes For Me (Zome Dub) – Bobby Birdman
14. Lion’s Share – Amy Annelle
Bonus Tracks
(available on the CD as high quality mp3 files to drag and drop into your favorite software player)
1 Opening Theme – Kind of Like Spitting – 2 Reno – Chad Crouch – 3 Uninspired – Jeff London – 4 All You Need Is Me – Reclinerland – 5 Leaving With Love In My Heart – Chad Crouch – The Thing About Distance – Kind of Like Spitting.mp3 – 7 Fire At St. Jude – Corrina Repp – 8 Palm Trees – Kaitlyn ni Donovan – 9 Laptop – Paul Hixon Pittman – 10 Bluegrass – Paul Hixon Pittman – 11 SUV – Megapak – 12 Bills To Pay – Jeff London – 13 Stopping Distance – The Places – 14 Sky – Kim Norlen – 15 Part 2 – Chad Crouch – 16 Everything is Okay – Corrina Repp – 17 Long Wasted Fall – Amy Annelle – 18 They Sang The Solo – Corrina Repp – 19 Love Is A Many Splinter’d Thing – Amy Annelle – 20 Ceiling Tiles Remix – Kaitlyn Ni Donovan – 21 My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist – Tarkio – 22 Easy To Leave – Corrina Repp with Ben Barnett – 23 Canoe – Kind of Like Spitting – 24 Magazine Life – Jeff London – 25 Ambulance – Corrina Repp – 26 Stolen Moments (Basement Version) – Fancie – 27 Billet Deux – Kaitlyn ni Donovan – 28 Sunday, Pale Grey – Blanket Music – 29 Boulevard Street – Reclinerland – 30 He Calls Me (Acoustic) – Kind of Like Spitting – 31 Tired and Untied – Operacycle – 32 The Ancient Cry – Norfolk and Western – 33 Give Up Your Film Career (MGJ sings) – Reclinerland – 34 Big Pill (Electric) – Graves – 35 Boot Straps – Blanket Music – 36 Rain Bird – Chad Crouch
