The Allegheny White Fish Tapes
2009 compilation album by Tobacco
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The Allegheny White Fish Tapes is a compilation album of Tobacco's early tapes from 1996-1999 released on July 7, 2009, described as "over 70 minutes of mostly unreleased/unheard songs. warped drum machines, purple noise, Black Flag-esque tracks, ripped cassettes, and rhythmic melodies to calm you down. Pre-vocoder & ambient and mystical synths, post-apocalyptic surrealism."
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| Released | July 7, 2009[1] | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock Lo-fi Noise rock Experimental | |||
| Label | Rad Cult | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Braided Cellophane" | 2:19 |
| 2. | "What You Gonna Say to Me?" | 1:45 |
| 3. | "Sunburned Face" | 2:38 |
| 4. | "The Bees Love Me" | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Left Out (The Freaky Pieces)" | 3:36 |
| 6. | "Enough to Calm You Down" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Metal Ball Moon" | 1:36 |
| 8. | "Backwards Song #2" | 0:40 |
| 9. | "Dead Cowboy Dance (Live to Ghettoblaster)" | 4:01 |
| 10. | "The Blue Seahorse" | 2:46 |
| 11. | "4-Track Phone Mistake" | 1:28 |
| 12. | "The Love Song" | 2:41 |
| 13. | "Gonna Git You Brainwashed (Long Version)" | 3:49 |
| 14. | "Oh Shit Doug" | 2:47 |
| 15. | "I Am 6 Years Old" | 5:20 |
| 16. | "Eating Butterflies" | 2:46 |
| 17. | "I Saw Brown" | 4:39 |
| 18. | "All Songs Have an Ending" | 5:28 |
| 19. | "Too Weird to Be a Tree" | 3:30 |
| 20. | "Violet Induced Armpit" | 3:09 |
| 21. | "Friendly and Unfriendly Spiders" | 4:21 |
| 22. | "Hidden Track 1" (unlisted) | 0:11 |
| 23. | "Hidden Track 2" (unlisted, originally titled "The Goodbye Method") | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 1:10:29 | |
- 1–6, 17, 18 & 23 from the album The Anti Freakout Method, released on CDR in 1999, less than 40 copies made
- 7 & 8 from EP 1996, released on cassette in 1996, less than 20 copies made
- 9 recorded live to ghetto blaster in 1996 with Doug and the mysterious Justin, previously unreleased
- 10 from EP 97, released on cassette in 1997, less than 10 copies made
- 11 recorded in 1997, previously unreleased
- 12 from the mini album The Fucked Sound, released on cassette in 1998, less than 15 copies made
- 13 & 14 from the album Bad Vibrations, released on cassette in 1999, less than 15 copies made
- 15 from the Bad Vibrations sessions, previously unreleased
- 16 released as an mp3 single in 1999
- 17–20 from the Violet Induced Armpit: Good Songs Infinity EP, released on cassette in 1999, but never given out (track 17 was previously released on Black Moth Super Rainbow's Drippers EP)
- 21 recorded live with drums in 1999, previously unreleased, the last recorded AWF song