POND / The Early Years 2008 - 2010 / RSD 2025 Exclusive
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“‘Early Years’ is made up of three albums, ‘Psychedelic Mango’
(2008), ‘Corridors of Blissterday’ (2009) and ‘Frond’ (2010). The first
two were never originally mastered, which meant we could just take
the 16bit WAV from the CD copies we found and master them for
the first time. The CD’s by the way were from the CD Pressing Plant
down the road from us, we just took our digital 8 track files down
there and asked for ‘some CD’s please!’.
“From the band's conception under the teeming purple branches of
Mulberia, it's first steps around a filthy share-house carpet in
Daglish, to some of its first words - "mango" "duck" "bucket" - these
songs form a sepia photo album of Ponds giddy first days, lovingly
re-touched and remastered by Jay and Gin.
They were the best of times, and probably not anywhere near the
worst of times. Just some barely adult idiots with limited access to
money or the internet trying to be silly and trippy in equal
measures, while lacking the intellect or maturity to see how vastly
overambitious they actually were.” Nicholas Allbrook
Tracklist:
SIDE A
1. That is How We Came
2. Pyschadelic Mango Vision
3. Don’t Look at the Sun or You’ll Go Blind
SIDE B
4. Sweet Loretta
5. Mist in My Brain Forest
SIDE C
6. Betty Davis
7 Torn Asunder
8. Annie Orangetree
9. Mussels Tonight
SIDE D
10. Sunlight Cardigan
11. Frond
