Why Four Strings?

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Release Date: 2017-11-07

Label: Palilalia Records

"Why Four Strings?" is a compilation of various short-run, out of print 7"s, tapes & LPs released by Palilalia Records 2009 — 2017. Sounds by Bill Orcutt unless noted. More information: palilalia.com

1) Lonely Woman — B side of PAL-015 7", recorded San Francisco, March, 2013. Released as part of PAL-025 "25 Songs" boxset.

2) Why Does Everybody Love Free Music But Nobody Loves Free People? — excerpt from PAL-007 C60 cassette, recorded 2011 at the Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK, released June 2012.

3) My Friends When I'm Not There — excerpt from PAL-028 C40 cassette, recorded December 2013 in Weston FL in a staircase at the elementary school where my sister worked, released March 2014.

4) Live in New York — Circuit Des Yeux & Bill Orcutt, excerpt from PAL-040 C30 cassette. Recorded at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, NY, September 14, 2015.

5) The Raw & The Cooked — Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, track from PAL-011 LP. Recorded Baltimore MD, September 2012, released April 2013.

6) I Remember Pedro Bell — A side of PAL-026 7", recorded through a Pignose in the Living Room, San Francisco, released December 2014.

7) Nazi USA — Harry Pussy, A side of PAL-047, recorded Athens GA, on a bill with Sonic Youth & The Make-Up, October 1995. Released May 2017.

8) Live — Okkyung Lee & Bill Orcutt, A side of PAL-042, recorded at Cafe Oto, London, November 2015.

9) Star Spangled Banner — PAL-008 7" single, recorded SF, released July 2012 on PAL-025 "25 Songs" boxset.

10) Why Does Everybody Love Free Music But Nobody Loves Free People? — excerpt from PAL-007 C60 cassette, recorded Los Angeles, July 2011, released June 2012. Outro vox by Gertrude Stein.

11) Tupac Tattoo - Track from PAL-032 7", recorded SF Summer 2014.

12) Pocket Underground — track from PAL-002 LP, "A New Way To Pay Old Debts". Recorded at the apartment on 24th ST, SF 2009.

13) My Friends When I'm Not There — excerpt from PAL-028 C40 cassette.

14) Why 4 Strings? — excerpt from PAL-027 7", recorded at the Glad Cafe, Glasgow, October 2013.

15) This Is My Voice — Harry Pussy, recorded after hours at the Alliance Cinema, Miami Beach, 1993. Track from PAL-009 2LP, "One Plus One", released August 2012. Originally released on Esync Records.

16) It's Cold and I Don't Know What Time It Is — Harry Pussy, recorded at the Churchill's, Miami, 1993. Released on "One Plus One", PAL-009 2LP. Originally released on Esync Records.

17) Plays Songs — excerpt from PAL-035 C30, recorded 2012 at San Francisco’s Mutiny Radio.

18) Bring Me My Shotgun — A side of PAL-023 7", recorded SF 2013, released as part of PAL-025 "25 Songs" boxset.

19) Moon River — B side of PAL-020, recorded SF 2013, released as part of PAL-025 "25 Songs" boxset.

20) Tupac Tattoo — track from PAL-033 7", recorded SF Summer 2014. Bill Orcutt drums and guitar.

21) Way Down South — track from PAL-003 one-sided LP, recorded 2010 Christchurch New Zealand.

22) The Guitar and Its Double — From PAL-38 7", recorded SF, January 2015.