THIS IS THE 1994 UK ORIGINAL PRESSING on SARAH Records. SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG(+) condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT discolouration/wear on spines/corners, surface ringwear on bottom rear, mild creases on edges, left spine is readable; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). Vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.

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EAST RIVER PIPE

East River Pipe is the guise of singer/songwriter F.M. Cornog, who began recording his melancholy one-man pop on a Tascam 388 mini-studio in his apartment in Astoria, NY. Born in Suffolk, VA.

tracklisting

Side A: BRING ON THE LOSER - AH DICTAPHONE - CRAWL AWAY - METAL DETECTOR

PUT-DOWN - SUPERSTAR IN FRANCE

Side B: KEEP ALL YOUR WINDOWS TIGHT TONIGHT - MAKE IT REAL

HEY, WHERE'S YOUR GIRL' - WALKING THE DOG - MILLION, TRILLION

1994     LP     SARAH RECORDS     Sarah 621

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

NOTES: UK original has 11 tracks.  AU version (15 tracks) omits "Million, Trillion", and adds 5 of the 7 tracks from Even The Sun Was Afraid.  US version (13 tracks) additionally omits "Make It Real", and adds 4 of the same bonus tracks (not "Hide My Life Away From You"). Track order varies between each version.

These songs were recorded a mixed in a small apartment in Queens, NYC, on a Tascam 388 mini-studio.

Pre-mastered at This Way Productions, NYC. Issued under licence from Hell Gate Productions to Sarah Records

Sleeve made in England.  Record made in France.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 016557 362114

Label:  SARAH - BLUE LABEL - BLUE TEXT

Catalog on cover: Sarah 621

Catalog on label: (Side B only) Sarah 621

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SARAH- 621 A¹ MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SARAH- 621 B¹ MPO

On labels: (Side B only) rim text "All rights.........prohibited"

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits + Lyrics

  Issued under.........℗ & © 1994 Hell Gate Productions.........

Sarah 621     Made in England     Vital Distribution

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

F.M. Cornog returns with his eagerly awaited second LP after the appreciative murmurs caused by his debut, Shining Hours in a Can (the British Goodbye California, plus all his stellar early 7" songs as additional tracks). Reviews that attempted to lump the uniquely talented Cornog in with some sort of "lo-fi" revolution, with such bands as Guided by Voices and Sebadoh -- since Cornog contents himself with recording 8-track in his home -- are misguided and laughable. For while those groups -- ERP is a person -- record haphazard, sporadic bursts of whatever tunes come into their heads, Cornog is busy multi-tracking undefiled recordings of his simple, neo-spiritual arrangements -- he's more Pet Sounds than The White Album. Poor Fricky in particular puts some distance between him and those other 24-track/mega-studio-eschewing-folks. Its 13 burbling tracks are more in the vein of Shining Hours' "Make a Deal with the City" (too bad nothing here is as nasty or as nerve-racking as "Psychic Whore" or "Helmet On," but that's OK), with a supremely prickling ambiance in his simple, only-slightly distorted, dreamy guitar signatures. Sometimes he'll add an ice-pop organ, and his vocal is as yearning and slightly resigned as ever. The likes of the luscious "Bring on the Loser" (nice sentiment, that, the opposite of "in your face"), and the happy "Here We Go" show that as he progresses, Cornog gets more and more likable, not a lonely loser but a transcendent-pop lover, as he better navigates his home portastudio for maximum results. Poor Fricky is as fresh as Pop'n'Fresh dough and as gently babbling as a spring brook. From a nondescript Astoria apartment to us, this is direct communication...(AllMusic)