As mentioned in the previous post from Cotton Mather, the band started out as an experimental duo consisting of guitarist Robert Harrison and cellist Nat Shelton, and with the addition of friends Owen and Wendy they recorded a number of their compositions, and compiled them onto a cassette in 1990. They called this tape 'Thee Early Sermons', carrying on the preaching theme of their 17th Century namesake, and they also self-released three of the songs on a single-sided cassette EP. Other out-takes and rarities have since surfaced, when Harrison released the 'Buffalo Nickels (Rarities And Shoebox Classics)' compilation in 2019, but only a couple of tracks from 'Thee Early Sermons' were included, so here is the full cassette album, plus a few choice singles, b-sides and out-takes to make up the running time. If anything, this collection just shows that the superb song-writing was in place from the very beginning, as none of the tracks from 'Thee Early Sermons' does the band any disservice.
Track listing
01 Railroad Days (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
02 Acteon And Diana (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
03 Pedestrian (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
04 Pill Box Hat Made Of Love (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
05 Coat Of Many Colors (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
06 Bull In A Data Closet (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
07 Cycle Down (from 'Thee Early Sermons' cassette 1990)
08 Asterisk Man (from the 'Cotton Is King' promo version 1994)
09 Flying (from the Badfinger tribute album 'Come And Get It' 1996)
10 Heaven's Helping (b-side of '40 Watt Solution' 2001)
11 Little Star ('The Big Picture' out-take 2001)
12 I'll Be Gone (7" single 2012)
13 Animal Show (b-side of 'I'll Be Gone')
14 Call Me The Witch ('Death Of The Cool' out-take 2016)
15 Fading ('Death Of The Cool' out-take 2016)
16 Girl Friday ('Death Of The Cool' out-take 2016)
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