| LUNA Strange (Live) (recorded
for Dave's Garage 1994) |
Luna
isn't really a Teenbeat band but, in 1997, the album
Pup-Tent was released on 12" vinly carrying the
Teenbeat imprint and the catalogue (that's catalog for you folks
south of the Canadian border) number of 232.
This song here first appeared as a track on, Luna founding member
Dean Wareham's previous band, Galaxie 500's On
Fire LP, but was performed by Dean Wareham and Sean Eden (a
Canadian!) at some point in 1994 at WHFS
radio, for a show called Dave's Garage.
"In 1991, after leaving Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham signed
a demo deal with Elektra Records, and recorded some demos with
drummer Jimy Chambers of Mercury Rev. Songs included Anesthesia,
I Can¹t Wait, and Slash Your Tires. Anesthesia was released
as a single (under the name Dean Wareham) on Number 6 records.
Elektra liked what they heard and Dean began to put Luna
together, calling his friend Justin Harwood (former bassist with
the Chills) in New Zealand. Justin moved over to New York City,
taking an apartment on east 16th street, and the two began auditioning
drummers. The first drummer¹s name was Byron Guthrie, and
the trio rehearsed in the basement underneath his apartment on
Avenue B. They recorded another group of demos (produced by Dave
Fridmann) and played a couple of shows together..."
—from fuzzywuzzy.com
the Official Luna website
On the left is an image from David
Levinthal's "Wild West" series featured so prominently
on Pup Tent (TB 232).
Thanks to Kent for the cassette.
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