Bright Eyes_There is No Beginning to the Story 12" LP

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Bright Eyes – There is No Beginning to the Story 12” EP
(Saddle Creek, 2002)

Continuing in his tradition of releasing stellar EPs before releasing almost equally stellar full-lengths (see Every Day and Every Night EP), Conor Oberst released this EP months before his break-out full-length, Lifted—or—The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. This contains “From a Balance Beam,” which later appeared on the full-length, and five other non-album tracks. Two of those tracks, “Amy in the White Coat” and a live cover of Neil Young’s “Out on the Weekend,” were not released on the CD version of this EP and were exclusive to the vinyl version of this EP.

I purchased this directly from Saddle Creek back in 2002. I’ve stored it in a resealable sleeve and have probably only listed to it a handful of times. The record and sleeve are in excellent condition, showing no visible signs of wear. 

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