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Released
  
4 February 1997

Length
  
37:09

Artist
  
Marbles

Producer
  
Robert Schneider

Genre
  
Indie pop

Recorded
  
1992

Pyramid Landing and Other Favourites (1997)
  
Expo (2005)

Release date
  
4 February 1997

Label
  
spinART Records

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Pyramid Landing (and Other Favorites) is the debut album from Robert Schneider's solo project, Marbles, containing songs written and performed, usually in their entirety, by Schneider on his 4-track recorder. The songs date from a period before the concrete formation of The Apples in Stereo in the early 1990s, while Schneider was sharing an apartment with Will Cullen Hart and Hilarie Sidney, a period that also saw the recordings of the first Apples releases, and Sidney's material as Secret Square. It was eventually released in 1997 on SpinArt.

Contents

In the liner notes, Schneider dedicates the album to the following:

"Tom, Chris, David (my little brothers); Hilarie, Sean, Jim, Will, Jeff, Bill, Mike (my best friends); Ben Rogers, Brian Wilson, John Lennon, Syd Barrett (my heroes); and all my cats."

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted.

  1. "Top of the Morning" – 2:10
  2. "Swimming" – 3:50
  3. "Sun to Shine" – 1:40
  4. "Death My Bride" – 3:22
  5. "Get Together" – 2:31
  6. "Pyramid Landing" (R. Schneider/W. Cullen Hart) – 2:35
  7. "Rather Be a Scarecrow" – 3:13
  8. "Laughing" – 1:35
  9. "Bottom of the Sea" – 1:20
  10. "Kite" – 3:57
  11. "Hidden Curtain" – 1:36
  12. "Play/Fair" – 3:09
  13. "Go Marilee" – 2:39
  14. "Grant Me the Day" – 2:11

Marbles

  • Robert Peter Schneider - vocal melodies and harmonies, Sears Silvertone acoustic and electric guitars, Fender bass guitar, sleigh bells, melodica, Casio SK-1 keyboard, Sears Silver Rhythm toy drums, flute, magic no.10 can, Dimension IV, maracas (or sand-filled envelope), Electro-Harmonix Octave Fuzz, recorder, Vox Repeat Percussion tremolo, jaw harp, Casio organ, Jay-Mar toy piano, drum-machine-for-a-metronome, percussive drinking glasses, Fisher-Price xylophone-piano, slide whistles, castanets, and sound effects from old records.

    • Also featuring

  • W. Cullen Hart - tambo-drumming on "Pyramid Landing", clapping on "Go Marilee", double lead and backing vocals on "Top of the Morning", "Pyramid Landing", "Go Marilee", "Grant Me the Day", and others
  • Hilarie Sidney - toy drums on "Go Marilee", inspiration for "Grant Me the Day"

    • Production

    Pyramid Landing (and other favorites) was produced, arranged, and conducted by Robert Schneider. Recorded on a four-track cassette deck from March 1992 - May 1993, at the Elephant 6 Recording Co. H.Q. (Robert's apartment), Denver, Colorado; except "Pyramid Landing," recorded in W. Cullen's bedroom, Athens, Georgia, June 1992. Mixed by Robert S., December 1996, at Pet Sounds, Denver, through an Empex tube four-track and Roaldn Space Echo tape delay. Sequenced and mastered with Park Peters at Audio Park, Denver. All selections composed by R. Schneider, except "Pyramid Landing" chord progression by R. Schneider / W. Hart.

    Songs

    1Top of the Morning2:11
    2Swimming3:52
    3Sun to Shine1:42

    References

    Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites) Wikipedia
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