Guided By Voices brings 20th anniversary reissues of two early gems from the Fading Captain Series. Originally issued as small vinyl pressings (1000 copies) in 1999, used copies of these Guided By Voices “side-projects” have regularly re-sold for hundreds of dollars each. Both have been remastered from the original analog tapes.
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is the first album of Robert Pollard’s fruitful collaboration with long-time guitarist Doug Gillard. Gillard recorded all the instruments on Tascam 4-track cassette in Cleveland, then sent them via US Postal Service to Pollard who added vocals in a studio in Dayton. Eleven Pollard compositions followed, along with four songs which Pollard wrote and recorded melodies over Gillard-penned…
…instrumentals, starting an unusual songwriting process that Pollard pursued for several years with various long-distance collaborators. Nearly half the songs on the album became staples of the GBV live set for several years, including Pop Zeus, Tight Globes, Frequent Weaver Who Burns and Do Something Real, which was featured in the Stephen Soderbergh film, Full Frontal.
1. Frequent Weaver Who Burns (2019 Remaster)
2. Soul Train College Policeman (2019 Remaster)
3. Pop Zeus (2019 Remaster)
4. Slick as Snails (2019 Remaster)
5. Do Something Real (2019 Remaster)
6. Port Authority (2019 Remaster)
7. Soft Smoke (2019 Remaster)
8. Same Things (2019 Remaster)
9. And I Don’t (So Now I Do) [2019 Remaster]
10. Tight Globes (2019 Remaster)
11. I Get Rid of You (2019 Remaster)
12. Life Is Beautiful (2019 Remaster)
13. Messiahs (2019 Remaster)
14. Larger Massachusetts (2019 Remaster)
15. And My Unit Moves (2019 Remaster)
Repress of rare third solo album from 1999, featuring Greg Demos, Tobin Sprout, and Jim MacPherson (Breeders). Kid Marine, the first-ever release of the Fading Captain Series and Robert Pollard’s third solo album, features “Far-Out Crops,” “Submarine Teams,” and the sublime “White Gloves Come Off.” Pollard handles all guitar and keyboard duties as well as vocals, joined by GBV’s Greg Demos (bass) and Tobin Sprout (piano) and The Breeders’ Jim MacPherson (drums), soon to join GBV for Do The Collapse.
1. Submarine Teams (2019 Remaster)
2. Flings of the Waistcoat Crowd (2019 Remaster)
3. The Big Make-Over (2019 Remaster)
4. Men Who Create Fright (2019 Remaster)
5. Television Prison (2019 Remaster)
6. Strictly Comedy (2019 Remaster)
7. Far-Out Crops (2019 Remaster)
8. Living Upside Down (2019 Remaster)
9. Snatch Candy (2019 Remaster)
10. White Gloves Come Off (2019 Remaster)
11. Enjoy Jerusalem! (2019 Remaster)
12. You Can’t Hold Your Women (2019 Remaster)
13. Town of Mirrors (2019 Remaster)
14. Powerblessings (2019 Remaster)
15. Island Crimes (2019 Remaster)