| 1 | The Milk Part | |
| 2 | USA: Milkiest Theme | |
| 3 | Bookbag | |
| 4 | My Cherry Bomb | |
| 5 | Another Lego In Tha Cross | |
| 6 | The Boy Who Stuck His Head In The Dryer (And Whirl'd Round N' Round) | |
| 7 | Intermission | |
| 8 | The Milkier Part | |
| 9 | Playing In The Mud | |
| 10 | Ugly Girl | |
| 11 | Milk (Theme) | |
| 12 | Isn't A Lie .../Glow Worm | |
| 13 | We Stole The Cow |
The Sunshine Fix was the brainchild of Bill Doss, former member of the Olivia Tremor Control. After the breakup of OTC, the Sunshine Fix showed Doss to be the Paul McCartney to Will Cullen Hart's John Lennon. Leaving the radical experimentalism of OTC to Hart's project Circulatory System, the Sunshine Fix focused on the more pop end of the spectrum, even incorporating some country and soul influences on their debut EP, A Future History of the Sunshine Fix. With the help of other members of the still-fertile Athens, Georgia, scene and the Elephant 6 collective, the Sunshine Fix put out their debut full-length, Age of the Sun, on the Emperor Norton label in 2002. After a shift to Spin Art records, the group released its second full-length, Green Imagination, in 2004. Sadly, Bill Doss died in July 2012 at the age of 44.
| A1 | Listen For The Day | 2:18 | |
| A2 | Love Athena | 4:00 | |
| A3 | I'll Be Gone | 3:07 | |
| A4 | You Won't Be | 2:10 | |
| A5 | Queen Misery | 2:37 | |
| B1 | Learn | 2:55 | |
| B2 | Temptation | 3:06 | |
| B3 | Turtle Song | 3:26 | |
| B4 | Superman Suit | 3:59 | |
| B5 | Leonard Upon Entering The Fish Market (Speaks Of Apple Butter) | 2:56 |
Though the Music Tapes are seen primarily as a spinoff from the Elephant 6 music collective, which includes bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, and the Apples in Stereo, they began as the brainchild of Julian Koster. As a 16-year-old, Koster
conceived of his early recordings, like the "Silly Putty Symphony" as a
surreal soundworld to escape into and share with friends. This
motivation also fueled Koster's band at the time, Chocolate U.S.A., which eventually evolved into the Elephant 6 projects, including Neutral Milk Hotel, in which Koster performed as a multi-instrumentalist. When he decided to resurrect the Music Tapes in 1995, Koster enlisted the help of Jeremy Barnes, another member of Neutral Milk Hotel.
Their first single, Please Hear Mr. Flight Control, was released three
years later, and featured a variety of sounds and antique and
contemporary instruments, as well as pop-up artwork. The 1999 debut
album 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad
had a similar aesthetic: a wax cylinder recorder and a wire recorder
were used to record it, and a supplemental comic book was also included.
2008 saw the release of the like-minded Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes,
which took nearly nine years to record, and 2012 heralded the arrival
of the Purim's Shadows (The Dark Tours the World) EP and the full length
Mary's Voice.
| 1 | Song For Soon To Be Sailor | 2:16 | |
| 2 | 1st Imaginary Symphony By Vaccume Cleaner | 1:00 | |
| 3 | Song Of The Nomad Lost | 2:34 | |
| 4 | "Pulled Out To Sea..." | 1:34 | |
| 5 | March Of The Father Fists | 2:35 | |
| 6 | Nomad Tell Us | 3:10 | |
| 7 | Aliens | 2:32 | |
| 8 | Song Of 100 Castles | 0:55 | |
| 9 | What The Single Made The Needle Sing... | 4:02 | |
| 10 | The Clapping Hands | 4:12 | |
| 11 | Seas' Song For Sailor | 0:33 | |
| 12 | The Television Tells Us | 4:34 | |
| 13 | An Orchistrations' Overture | 1:53 | |
| 14 | Song For The Death Of Parents | 4:02 | |
| 15 | A Warning! | 1:30 | |
| 16 | Fanfare For Speeding Bullet | 2:13 | |
| 17 | Wishing Well At Caper's End | 2:04 |
by request
| 1 | –Ashley Stove | A Chocolate Crave |
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| 2 | –Beatnik Filmstars | Hypo-Boxing |
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| 3 | –East River Pipe | So Much Hate |
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| 4 | –Ganger | Blaufest |
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| 5 | –Guv'ner | Lucky Ladybug |
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| 6 | –The Karl Hendricks Trio | You're A Bigger Jerk Than Me |
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| 7 | –The Ladybug Transistor | Massachusetts |
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| 8 | –Lambchop | Up With People (Live) |
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| 9 | –The Mad Scene | Kokomo Joe |
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| 10 | –The Magnetic Fields | Take Ecstasy With Me |
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| 11 | –Neutral Milk Hotel | Engine |
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| 12 | –Pipe (2) | Sheer Heart Attack |
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| 13 | –Portastatic | Easily Aroused |
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| 14 | –The Rock *A* Teens* | What Took You So Long |
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| 15 | –Rocket From The Crypt | Man Down |
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| 16 | –Seaweed | Brand New Order |
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| 17 | –Shark Quest | Dancing Tooth |
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| 18 | –Spent (2) | (I'll Clean Up) The Mess That You Are |
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| 19 | –Superchunk | Clover |
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| 20 | –Third Eye Foundation* | Semtex |
| 1 | Test | 0:40 | |||
| 2 | All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today | 3:14 | |||
| 3 | Doogie Love Theme/Wysotsky's Tea | 2:25 | |||
| 4 | My Little Two Eyes | 3:04 | |||
| 5 | 100 Feet Tall | 2:36 | |||
| 6 | The Feelies Show | 3:02 | |||
| 7 | Skyphilis/Air Raid | 3:46 | |||
| 8 | The Shower Song | 3:57 | |||
| 9 | Wash My Face | 4:32 | |||
| 10 | Two Dogs | 1:58 | |||
| 11 | Vocal Exercise No. 1 | 0:32 | |||
| 12 | The Crashing Song | 2:33 | |||
| 13 | Luniks Furniture | 2:39 | |||
| 14 | Kriss Ford | 2:43 | |||
| 15 | Kathy | 1:38 | |||
| 16 | Nervous Aged Catalunian | 3:07 | |||
| 17 | Loud | 4:22 | |||
| 18 | Smile | 3:27 | |||
| 19 | She's An Aeroplane | 4:21 |
| 1 | Sunshine Soul | |
| 2 | Is She Fiona | |
| 3 | Crayon Box | |
| 4 | Penny Waits | |
| 5 | Fluid | |
| 6 | Wet Host | |
| 7 | Glue | |
| 8 | Ted Doesn't Mind | |
| 9 | Walnuts | |
| 10 | Lead | |
| 11 | Grin |
