The Tape of Only Linda

Released October 25, 1994 Length 46:19 Release date 25 October 1994 Label Alias Records		Recorded 1994 Artist The Loud Family Producer Mitch Easter Genres Power pop, Rock music

The Tape of Only Linda (1994) Interbabe Concern (1996) Similar The Loud Family albums, Power pop albums

The Tape of Only Linda is the second full-length album by The Loud Family, led by guitarist and singer/songwriter Scott Miller. The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape recording of a live performance of "Hey Jude" by Paul McCartney in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.

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Track listing

"Soul Drain" (Miller/Smith/Wieneke)– 4:12
"My Superior" (Smith/Miller)– 4:49
"Marcia and Etrusca" (Miller/Becker/Smith/Wieneke/Poor)– 7:14
"Hyde Street Virgins" (Miller)– 4:02
"Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" (Miller/Becker/Smith/Wieneke/Poor)– 3:32
"It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" (Miller/Smith/Wieneke/Poor/Becker)– 4:38
"Better Nature" (Wieneke)– 3:25
"Still Its Own Reward" (Miller)– 4:12
"For Beginners Only" (Smith)– 2:41
"Ballet Hetero" (Miller/Poor/Smith)– 7:27

Personnel

Jozef Becker - drums, percussion, drum programming

Scott Miller - lead vocal (le mis), guitar, serioushouse guitar, classical guitar

R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar and backing vocals

Zachary Smith - lead guitar, funhouse guitar, electromagnetic 12-string guitar, limited-market-appeal pedal effect guitar, controversial sounds

Paul Wieneke - keyboards, not-all-that-sleighbell-like-sound, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Better Nature" and "For Beginners Only"

with:

"Waxy" Bill Dupp - harmonica

Mitch Easter - real time frequency analysis

Kid Shaline - backing vocals

Ken Stringfellow - funny-Seattle-tuning-guitar, great and powerful ahs, duet vocal on "Still Its Own Reward"

Songs

1Soul Drain4:13
2My Superior4:50
3Marcia and Etrusca7:15

References

The Tape of Only Linda Wikipedia

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