Backfeed Magnetbabe (LP/Digital Album)

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shiftingsoundsukfan One of the best psychedelic noise-pop bands - hands down! They changed the Austin music scene forever when Backfeed Magnetbabe was released. It's a gem! Favorite track: Baby Headrush.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

The 20-track digital album includes:

* Download/streaming of the original LP tracks
* The full-length version of Big Star's "Kanga Roo" (not included on vinyl)
* Three session outtakes
* The complete 5-song Trance Syndicate demo tape recorded in 1994 (previously released on Year One)
* PDF booklet of 40-plus unpublished photos from the Backfeed Magnetbabe recording sessions and early gigs

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Backfeed Magnetbabe (Limited Edition LP Reissue)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
We are pleased to bring you this 25th anniversary edition of Backfeed Magnetbabe, the long out-of-print LP originally released by Trance Syndicate. Sourced from the 1995 production master, this limited edition release features gorgeous, newly imagined artwork from original designer Kevin Whitley, with violet swirled 180-gram vinyl stored inside a full-color inner sleeve. Limited edition of 200 manufactured by Gold Rush Vinyl in Austin, Texas.

The 20-track digital album includes:

* Download/streaming of the vinyl album tracks
* The full-length version of Big Star's "Kanga Roo" (not included on vinyl)
* Three session outtakes
* The complete 5-song Trance Syndicate demo tape recorded in 1994 (previously released)
* PDF booklet of 40-plus unpublished photos from the Backfeed Magnetbabe recording sessions and early gigs

Includes unlimited streaming of Backfeed Magnetbabe (LP/Digital Album) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

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Backfeed Magnetbabe (Original Compact Disc)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Original stock compact disc released by Trance Syndicate in 1995. Shrink-wrapped and unplayed, in jewel case with full-color artwork and insert. Note: the compact disc contains the original 12-track album (tracks 1-12 below).

Includes unlimited streaming of Backfeed Magnetbabe (LP/Digital Album) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Warm Jets 03:23	buy track
2.	Fetus 05:44	buy track
3.	Shanesong 02:37	buy track
4.	Idea 04:08	buy track
5.	Floor 13 04:27	buy track
6.	Baby Headrush 04:46	buy track
7.	Apron Strings 03:02
8.	Now 05:23	buy track
9.	Erotica 03:26	buy track
10.	Roo 01:49	buy track
11.	Kanga Roo 06:28	buy track
12.	the beginning 08:55	buy track
13.	Happy Song (outtake) 02:00	buy track
14.	Giver (outtake) 03:51	buy track
15.	Away in a Manger (outtake) 03:42	buy track
16.	Baby Headrush (demo) 05:02	buy track
17.	Now (demo) 04:29	buy track
18.	Idea (demo) 04:03	buy track
19.	Honey (demo) 04:18	buy track
20.	Happy Song (demo) 02:20	buy track

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Released September 4, 2020

Album art and design by Kevin Whitley

Carrie Clark - guitar/vocals
Jeff Copas - bass
Chris "Frenchie" Smith - guitar/vocals
Bryan Bowden - drums (tracks 1-15)
Lyman Hardy III - drums (tracks 16-20)

Tracks 1-12: Recorded and mixed December 1994 at Music Lane Studios with: Brian Fulk - engineer; Kevin Whitley - vibes director and head cheerleader; Craig Stewart - smoke. Original mastering by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering, Austin TX

Tracks 13-15: Session outtakes recorded at Music Lane, December 1994. Brian Fulk - engineer

Tracks 16-20: Cassette demos recorded by Mark Fagan and Sixteen Deluxe at 5th & San Jacinto rehearsal complex and 912 W. Elizabeth, summer 1994. Mastered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders

Digital transfers by Mule Ear

credits

released September 4, 2020

All songs written by Sixteen Deluxe © Feed the Hobo/The Crumb Factory/Mule Ear Music (ASCAP) except: Baby Headrush by Sixteen Deluxe and Sara Kitchen; Warm Jets by Brian Eno/arranged by Sixteen Deluxe; Kanga Roo by Alex Chilton; Away in a Manger - traditional/arranged by Sixteen Deluxe.

CD/LP originally released May 23, 1995 by Trance Syndicate (TR-37).

Thank you forever: King Coffey, Craig Stewart, Bryan Bowden, Lyman Hardy III, and Kevin Whitley.

PLEASE FEED THE HOBO

℗ 2020 Sixteen Deluxe

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Sixteen Deluxe Austin, Texas

Sixteen Deluxe is a psychedelic noise-pop band from Austin. Led by frontwoman Carrie Clark & guitarist/producer Chris "Frenchie" Smith, the band was active from 1994 to 2000, releasing 3 full-length albums, 3 7"'s, and 2 EP's on indie and major labels. They reunited in 2010, put out a 7" of new songs in 2015, and continue to play and record together only after consulting an arcane cosmic calendar. ... more

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