Comments on: best pavement songs ever (10-6) http://17dots.com/2007/04/05/best-pavement-songs-ever-10-6/ notes from the digital underground Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SKM http://17dots.com/2007/04/05/best-pavement-songs-ever-10-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 SKM Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:53:13 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/04/05/best-pavement-songs-ever-10-6/#comment-1527 I remember hearing about the Slay Tracks 7" and the freakouts Douglas mentions. In particular, I remember getting really excited from reading the Ajax mailorder catalog long after Tim Adams had sold all his copies of Slay Tracks. Also, the Weddoes' version of "Box Elder" was initially a b-side on a British 12" and later tacked on to CDs of Bizarro (and radio promo 12"s in the US) -- the LP version doesn't have it. I always preferred the 7" version of "Summer Babe" (which should be on Westing) to the LP version -- they're close, but there's something about the tone and dynamics that changed by the time Pavement got to Matador. Summer 1991 was absolutely dominated by Pavement, with the Perfect Sound Forever 10" and then the Summer Babe 7" putting Drag City on the map in a major way. Ba ba bada ba... I remember hearing about the Slay Tracks 7″ and the freakouts Douglas mentions. In particular, I remember getting really excited from reading the Ajax mailorder catalog long after Tim Adams had sold all his copies of Slay Tracks. Also, the Weddoes’ version of “Box Elder” was initially a b-side on a British 12″ and later tacked on to CDs of Bizarro (and radio promo 12″s in the US) — the LP version doesn’t have it.

I always preferred the 7″ version of “Summer Babe” (which should be on Westing) to the LP version — they’re close, but there’s something about the tone and dynamics that changed by the time Pavement got to Matador. Summer 1991 was absolutely dominated by Pavement, with the Perfect Sound Forever 10″ and then the Summer Babe 7″ putting Drag City on the map in a major way. Ba ba bada ba…

]]> By: Douglas http://17dots.com/2007/04/05/best-pavement-songs-ever-10-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Douglas Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:03:52 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/04/05/best-pavement-songs-ever-10-6/#comment-1526 "Slay Tracks" was a 7-inch, actually. I remember people FREAKING OUT when it came out... “Slay Tracks” was a 7-inch, actually. I remember people FREAKING OUT when it came out…

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